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UK government plans to log every call, text and email
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 14 August 2008 at 00:38:00 So they’ll know if you’re naughty or nice The Home office has issued a consultation paper for a new law that would force phone companies, ISPs and network operators to record and store every phone call, web page...
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Victor Keegan: BBC iPlayer success points to the future
If your web connection slows down dramatically it could be because too many people are using the BBC's iPlayer. It has been a huge success and could soon account for 10% of UK traffic. That is the problem: it devours bandwidth, and internet service providers (ISPs) are up in arms. They argue that because of the success of a tax-funded service they are being forced to boost capacity while ...
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Letters and blogs: August 14
Chinese censorship The Olympic Games have kicked off in China, and as the world turns its attention to Beijing, it's not just the sport that has come into focus (Chaos aims to crack China's wall, August 7). Along with China's pollution and political repression, its policies towards online freedom have also been put under the microscope. I was listening to the Guardian's excellent Tech Weekly ...
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Blood agency will build national computer registries for organ donation
TORONTO - Efforts to create an integrated national system to improve organ donation in Canada are being heralded by those in the field as "very positive."
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Registration Beach Party Planned At Chattanooga State
Chattanooga State will make college registration like a day at the beach on Aug. 19 from 7:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Applicants will have the opportunity to register without the long lines. Computer labs will be open all over campus for those who need to complete the registration process online.
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Motorists turning more to carpool sites
n Internet finds a role in helping people to get work and save gas
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EBay In Talks To Buy Minority Stake In Gmarket
The online auction company eBay Inc. said Wednesday it is in talks to buy a minority stake in the South Korean online marketplace operator Gmarket.
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Researcher Lowers Projections For Online Video Ads
Research company eMarketer is sharply reducing its spending projections for online video advertising, saying the market hasn't been as strong as the firm had previously estimated.
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Democratic Convention Turning To Internet
The Internet will play an unprecedented role in getting the DNC's message to the public.
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NetEase.com Reports Second Quarter 2008 Unaudited Financial Results
BEIJING, Aug. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- NetEase.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTES), one of China's leading Internet and online game services providers, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.
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Alaska's Internet speeds nation's slowest
A report by the Communications Workers of America says Alaskans are stuck with the nation's slowest average Internet download speeds. The report released Tuesday says Alaska has a median average download speed of 0.8 megabytes per second.
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UK online ad spend overtakes mainstream TV
LONDON (Reuters) - Spending on online ads overtook advertising on mainstream TV in Britain last year, growing 40 percent to 2.8 billion pounds and accounting for 19 percent of all advertising, regulator Ofcom said.
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Apple faithful snared in phishing scam targeting .Mac users
More MobileMe carnage Hundreds of Mac users have been snared in a phishing scam that coincided with the glitches in the roll-out Apple's MobileMe service.…
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Final Glance: Internet companies
Shares of some top internet companies were down at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $.20 or .9 percent, to $22.72.
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Final Glance: Computers companies
Shares of some top computers companies were mixed at the close of trading: Apple Inc rose $2.57 or 1.5 percent, to $179.30.
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Hans Reiser Plea Deal Still In Works, Judge Says
An Alameda County judge still hasn't decided whether to approve a plea deal for software programmer Hans Reiser, who was convicted of murdering his estranged wife.
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Intel technology will let PCs wake up for phone calls
Right now, PCs need to be turned on, making them less practical as phone replacements
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Intel technology will let PCs wake up for phone calls
Right now, PCs need to be turned on, making them less practical as phone replacements
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Dell expects revenues to touch $1 bn by 2009
Global systems and services firm Dell Inc today said it expects its revenue from India to touch $1 billion by the end of next fiscal.
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How to make the web work for you
Lucy Tobin recommends specialist subject sites
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UK online ad spend overtakes mainstream TV
LONDON (Reuters) - Spending on online ads overtook advertising on mainstream TV in Britain last year, growing 40 percent to 2.8 billion pounds and accounting for 19 percent of all advertising, regulator Ofcom said.
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UK online ad spend overtakes mainstream TV
Spending on online ads overtook advertising on mainstream TV in Britain last year, growing 40 percent to 2.8 billion pounds ($5.3 billion) and accounting for 19 percent of all advertising, UK regulator Ofcom said.
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Cyber Command Delay? Internet Article Causes Confusion
An article surfaced on the internet Tuesday stating that the project could be put on hold. The speculation comes following a change in Aiir Force leadership at the federal level.
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TV channel for Borders
AN INTERNET television channel dedicated to Borders rugby is to be launched week.
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Malware heats up in July
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 14 August 2008 at 00:20:00 Google logs major spike in activity Spammed malware activity boomed over the month of July, according to Google. The company's Postini security branch recorded a major spike in malicious spam traffic over the month, peaking at...
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