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Clowns but No Windows at the Shoe Circus
News Commentary. I'm all for viral marketing and generating buzz, but this is how Microsoft wants to advertise Windows Vista?
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Undated video shows Qaeda leader reported killed
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda issued on Friday an Internet video featuring senior group leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid who was reported to have been killed last month, but it was not immediately clear when the footage was made.
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Microsoft begins big ad push
Microsoft's multi-year push, estimated at US$300 million, begins with a spot featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld aired during Thursday's NFL game.
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Seinfeld & Gates: Was this ad supposed to be funny?
The long-awaited $300 million ad campaign that Microsoft launched to counter Apple's successful "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" campaign aired during the Thursday night kickoff to the NFL season. Did you see it? I missed it on TV but caught it on YouTube. I don't get...
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Developers who adopt the Google App Engine for their cloud computing platform today may fear data lock-in, since the only way to import or export data is using a Python-based API. Google is working on a tool to improve data exchange to improve data portability.
Linux World Australia |
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Computer charity looking for new home
A non-profit community group that helps the needy is now in need itself.
WATE 6 Knoxville |
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New Exchange sync option reaches beta stage
A new solution for syncing Microsoft Exchange, Google and Apple contact and calendar information has surfaced, titled Sync'Em. Now available as a public beta Sync'Em, in its current state, can synchronize Exchange contacts with Apple's Address book or synchronize Exchange contacts across several Exchange accounts. The developer hopes to soon add functionality to allow users to sync Exchange ...
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Software pirates go on trial
Nine members of a gang alleged to have been involved in a multi-million-dollar counterfeit software scam went on trial here yesterday. The gang, led by Shanghai native Ma Jingyi, is accused of selling 677,000 pieces of pirated computer software to buyers in the United States at a price of $10.48 million, the Shanghai No 1 Intermediate Prosecutors' Office said. The men were arrested in July of ...
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Measurement Hurdle for New Media
Forrester's annual report on interactive marketing channels, based on a survey of 33 marketers, found strong and growing interest in relatively all new channels such as social media, online video and user-generated content.
AdWeek |
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Quantum computing director named Chief Defence Scientist
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has appointed Robert Clark, of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology, as its Chief Defence Scientist.
iTNews |
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ISP appeals Torrent-blocking decision
WASHINGTON - Comcast Corp. is appealing regulators' ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the government's authority to regulate the internet.
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Singer sews up a better strategy
Singer Thailand is a distributor of sewing machines under the ''Singer'' trademark, electrical appliances under the Singer and other brand names such as DVD players, television and home-theatre sets, air-conditioners, wine chillers, gas stoves, microwave ovens, refrigerators, electric irons, water pumps, computers and multi-purpose oil.
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news |
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Online TV grows in popularity in U.S.
Online TV viewership has doubled in the last two years in the United States, with nearly one-fifth households watching broadcasts on internet, according to survey results released here today. The Consumer Internet Barometer is based on a quarterly survey of 10,000 U.S. households and has been jointly carried out by the U.S. Conference Board and marketing research service provider TNS. The latest ...
People's Daily |
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Sandvox 1.5 features new and enhanced paglets
Karelia Software has announced the release of Sandvox 1.5, its website creation software for Mac OS X. For this new release, Karelia gathered feedback from its community and worked towards improving areas that users thought were insufficient. Some of the areas worked on include: media processing, blogging features, MobileMe compatibility and enhancing paglets. Several new designs have been ...
MacNN |
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HSC Edit 1.4 adds MultiTones converter module
HumanSoftware today announced an update to its Aperture effects plugin, HSC Edit 1.4. A new module has been added to the bundle, MultiTones, which allows users to create black and white or multi-tone images using color filtering with contrast, brightness, and detail adjustments. The new tool resaturates images, allowing the hue to be adjusted for a duotone effect. User edges can be added, or ...
MacNN |
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CamSpinner 2.0 adds presets, iPhone compatibility
Optima System has announced the latest version of its web cam utility, CamSpinner 2.0. This release includes new presets for different settings, iPhone compatible display of webcam images in the phone browser, faster uploads, improved support for AppleScript functions, and more web page themes. Users can publish cam images on web pages, capture stills, and record movies with QuickTime cameras ...
MacNN |
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HiVision to ship $98 MiniNote laptop in October [One Laptop Per Child]
In the race to develop the first mass-producible laptop that costs less than $100 has apparently been won by Chinese company HiVision, which currently offers an adorable, pink, 7" MiniNote for $120... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
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Michael Moore to release free doco on web
Firebrand filmmaker Michael Moore will release his latest documentary exclusively on the internet for free on September 23, eschewing a traditional theatrical rollout.
Stuff |
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Microsoft Settled EU Antitrust Case Not Knowing Vote Was 7 to 6
Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. may have made a mistake by settling antitrust charges with the European Union last year after losing an EU court ruling. The software maker didn't know it was one vote away from winning.
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Recent Sony News
Tokyo, Sept 4, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Sony Corp. said Thursday it will check and repair for free Vaio TZ series notebook personal computers due to overheating problems.
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25 Years Of Conventional Evaluation Of Data Analysis Proves Worthless In Practice
So-called ‘intelligent’ computer-based methods for classifying patient samples, for example, have been evaluated with the help of two methods that have completely dominated research for 25 years. Now Swedish researchers are revealing that this methodology is worthless when it comes to practical problems.
Science Daily |
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SR25bn spent on computers every year
DAMMAM: More than 11 million people in Saudi Arabia spend SR25.13 billion ($6.7 billion) on computers each year according to a recently released study by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC).
Arab News |
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On the Net: `Content' is new label for everything
Somewhere, an artistic youngster is dreaming of growing up to be a "content producer." In the terminology brought on by the Internet, few words have been repeated more often than "content." It's a magically general word that has come to stand in for film, music, video, photography, journalism, fiction, animation, graphics - anything that can draw "eyeballs" to a site and create large numbers of ...
The State |
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Outdoor notebook
The outdoor calendar runs every Friday.
Muskogee Phoenix |
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Pornographic Pictures Found On Councilman’s City-Issued Laptop
A city councilman has resigned after city workers said they found thousands of pornographic pictures on his city-issued laptop.
Central Florida News 13 |
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