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The pros and cons of Wikipedia
MATTOON — Compared to those convoluted days when the Internet was still in its infancy, Web users certainly are warier about the accuracy of information gleaned from certain sites.
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Microsoft drops US price of Xbox
Microsoft is cutting the price of its Xbox 360 from Friday in the US, undercutting Nintendo ’s Wii and offering the cheapest next-generation console. Its move comes ahead of the crucial holiday sales season and follows a third-place finish in the latest US monthly sales figures, behind the Wii and Sony ’s PlayStation 3.
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MySpace links users to alerts
MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online social network.
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Google Analytics Now Tracks Chrome. Our Share: 6.23%
Until today Google was saying Google Analytics would not track Chrome usage for some time. Today they added Chrome tracking, allowing site owners to see how many of their users are coming to the site from the Chrome Browser. Clicky continues to track Chrome usage in the 2-3% range across its 45,000 sites. Use of Chrome among TechCrunch readers is much higher: 6.23% since Tuesday, making it ...
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Phorm delays internet trial
Phorm admitted on Thursday that preparations for the first major trial of its internet advertising technology had taken “longer than originally anticipated” but that it still expected deployments to go ahead with the UK’s largest broadband providers.
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BLOTTER: Sept. 5, 2008
Lorain police Tuesday, Sept. 2 8 a.m. – 1000 block W. 11th St., computer, clothing and Xbox 360 stolen. 9:06 a.m. – 1000 block Tower Blvd., DVDs stolen. 10:30 a.m. – 3000 block Fulmer Road, $1,980 was fraudulently removed from a bank account. 10:39 a.m. – [...]
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Dell launches low-cost ‘netbook’ laptop
Dell on Thursday became the latest company to enter the “netbook” market with the launch of a small, stripped-down laptop designed to appeal to customers looking for a low-cost, Internet-ready computer.
Financial Times |
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Amazon launches video-on-demand service
Amazon has announced a video-on-demand streaming service as internet and consumer electronics companies strive to match the capabilities of US cable and satellite providers.
Financial Times |
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Microsoft Ads: First Phase To “Engage Consumers, Spark Conversation”
So the tech and geek crowd is a little underwhelmed by the new $300 million Microsoft advertising campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld that kicked off tonight . It's mostly content free, with just one mention of Microsoft near the end. It's a far cry from the brilliant Microsoft v. mac ads that Apple has run over the years. So what's the deal? In an email we've obtained from Microsoft SVP ...
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Yahoo stock drops after rebuffing takeover bid
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc.’s stock sunk to its lowest level in nearly five years Thursday, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify their rebuff of Microsoft Corp.’s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
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Gaming board investigates Internet café
LAS CRUCES — The New Mexico Gaming Control Board is investigating what it has alleged was an illegal gambling operation being run from an Internet café in Las Cruces.
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Man with plan for park in Bethlehem has criminal past
BETHLEHEM — A Thomaston man eager to open what he calls a "family fun center" for foster children on Munger Lane has a lengthy criminal record in Kansas, including convictions for theft and battery.
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Online Ad Optimization: YieldBuild Explains Itself - Paul Edmondson Video Interview
Online ad optimization is the science of identifying on the basis of statistical data the best performing ads / ad network providers as well as the best performing ad position, layout, color and font style on your web pages. Paul Edmondson , Co-Founder and CEO of YieldBuild , a online web service designed to " take the guesswork out of ad formatting ", has kindly agreed to have a good ...
MasterNewMedia.org |
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The New Google Chrome Browser - All Of The Best Video Clips To Learn Everything About It
The Google Chrome browser is out and fully available for download right now. " Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. ", that\'s what Google says. To help you out find out what Google Chrome is all about I suggest you to do one of two things: a) Download Google Chrome now and try it out for ...
MasterNewMedia.org |
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Police get crime-fighting computers
Criminals beware. Cleveland Police Department has a new way of detecting stolen vehicles and outstanding warrants, and it’s at the touch of the police officers’ fingers.
Cleveland Advocate |
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Kevin Smith makes a porno with 'Zack and Miri'
LOS ANGELES -- Kevin Smith likes to watch porn online, not to get his jollies but to marvel at how extreme the art of exhibitionist sex can be.
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DAILY EXPRESS NEWS
Kuala Lumpur : After going 'missing' for two months, the doctor who conducted a preliminary examination on Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan who had accused Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy reappears to explain his disappearance.
Sabah Daily Express |
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Microsoft kicks off $300M Windows ad Blitz
Redmond ready to hit back at the "I'm a Mac" ads.
InternetNews.com |
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MasterNewMedia Web Traffic Stats, Authority, Audience Metrics: August 2008
Summer is over , or at least it looks like so from the traffic trends in the last two weeks. Web traffic has been going up again quite rapidly and I expect the trend to continue for another week or two still, until the typical traffic levels are reached again. MasterNewMedia compared head to head with some of its many competitors: Poynter.org , Scoble , Copyblogger , Shoemoney . Source ...
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Online Collaboration Tools - New Technologies And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Sep01 08
If you want to increase the effectiveness with which you collaborate with your geographically dispersed team-mates this new set of online collaboration tools should come in handy. Among the new collaboration tools I have selected for you this week: a co-browsing facility , a new way to plan and share events via IM or SMS, and a cool tool to share documents and let other people annotate them. ...
MasterNewMedia.org |
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Visual Communication And Video Publishing - Selected Tools And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Aug31 08
If you need to edit your images without installing or paying for any professional software, today\'s visual communication centered Sharewood Guide can really help you out. Great tools personally selected by Robin Good, concerning video and image research , color schemes and visual charts, are waiting for you: check them out! Photo credit: Villedieu Christophe Here the visual ...
MasterNewMedia.org |
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First Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Advertisement. Where’s The Microsoft?
Those Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft advertisements started today. CrunchGear's Doug Aamoth recorded the first ad during the Giants/Redskins game and put it up on the site. This is reportedly a $300 million ad spend. Seinfeld gets $10 million. It's a cute and cuddly situation comedy about shoes. Has a couple of moments. No mention of Microsoft or Windows other than "are they ever going to come ...
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New Media Internship With Robin Good - Firsthand Report From A MasterNewMedia Intern
Daniele Bazzano contacted me via email to apply for the just re-opened MasterNewMedia Internship program , on Monday of last week. The next day, he had already been selected, among many, to be part of my extended virtual newsroom. Daniele Bazzano - doing his internship at MasterNewMedia Compared to the typical US guy (I have seen quite a few of these recently), who gets directed or ...
MasterNewMedia.org |
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Google Chrome Won't Kill IE
Google's browser debut won't kill Microsoft's IE, but it might kill local search and mortally wound Mozilla.
InternetNews.com |
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More dorm computer labs to be open 24/7
Procrastinators rejoice - printing in your College House computer lab at 3 a.m. might now be possible. More of the College House computer labs are switching to having 24/7 access. However, some may be scaling back how many hours Information Technology Advisors work at help desks.
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