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Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search by AP: Yahoo! TechYahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently. Beginning Thursday, Yahoo will mine the short messages posted on Twitter to find fresher information about hot topics. Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. had ...
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Google's Chrome OS revealed -- with video! -- EngadgetGoogle had a low-key event today to preview Chrome OS, its new operating system based on Linux and the Chrome browser. Things are still pretty early -- it's not even in beta yet, let alone on shipping products -- but that's the first official screen shot right there, and the big features are all ...
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Decade's top 10 Internet moments - Tech and gadgets- msnbc.comHere is the Webby's list of the 10 most influential Internet moments of the decade: * Craigslist, the free classifieds site, expands outside San Francisco in 2000, impacting newspaper publishers everywhere * Google AdWords launched in 2000 allowing advertisers to target their customers ...
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Dell smart phone to debut in China, BrazilDell Inc. is officially jumping into the "smart" phone market this month in a deal with China's biggest wireless carrier, China Mobile Ltd. The Dell Mini 3, a keyboardless touch-screen phone that runs Google Inc.'s Android operating system, will also be available in Brazil later this year. The ...
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What would George Orwell think of Google Dashboard? | DVICEThanks to Google, most people know who Eric Arthur Blair is. Doesn't ring a bell? You might know him better by his pen name, George Orwell. You know — 1984, Animal Farm? The question is, if he were alive today, what would he think of Google, and its power to spread information — sometimes very ...
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Google Poised to Become Your Phone Company | Epicenter | Wired.comGoogle Poised to Become Your Phone Company Google is set to become your new phone company, perhaps reducing your phone bill to zilch in the process. Seriously. Google has reportedly spent $30 million to buy Gizmo5, an online phone company. The service is akin to Skype — but based on open ...
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IEEE Spectrum: Push-Button BooksWe're an on-demand culture, accustomed to fast-food speed, drive-through convenience, and the virtual world's unlimited choices. And if a New York City–based start-up has its way, a 16th-century innovation with a 21st-century twist will soon satisfy those tastes. This summer, the company, called ...
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IEEE Spectrum: British Government: We Want Access to Your Every Phone Call, Email and Web SearchIn England, your home may be your castle, but the government will soon be able to get a rather good idea of what is happening inside it. The British government has decided to go ahead with its plans under what it calls the Intercept Modernisation Programme to force every telecommunication ...
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Storyboard: Demand Media’s Google-Crunching, Profit-Posting Answer Factory | MagazineYou’ll never guess the most profitable question on the internet. It is: “How do I donate a car in Dallas?” Seriously. We didn’t figure it out, the revolutionary algorithim behind Demand Media, better known as eHow, did. Check out the video (embedded right) that Demand Media churned out in ...
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Alt Text: Clever Murdoch Turns News Into Hip Underground Club | Underwire | Wired.comPresumably, Murdoch’s New York Post, for example, will be renamed to something hip and enigmatic, like Velocity or Unk. The new URL won’t be publicized. To get it, you’ll have to know somebody, or know somebody who knows somebody, or know somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody, or show a ...
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