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France's Sarkozy takes on Google in books dispute - Yahoo! NewsAt a public round table meeting in eastern France, the president said digitisation of books would be one of the projects financed by a planned national loan, which is due to pump billions of euros into strategic investments in 2010. "We are not going to be stripped of what generations and ...
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Apple Boots Developer and 1,011 Apps from App Store - Yahoo! NewsApple is sending a clear message to developers: Play nice or get out. Apple made the message clear by booting out a developer and its approximately 1,011 apps from Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. To keep a clean store, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company banned China-based ...
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How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top - Yahoo! NewsWith a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Online charlatans typically try to lure people into giving away their personal or ...
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Colleges Battle Gossip Websites like ACB, JuicyCampus - Yahoo! NewsSo here's what free speech has come to on campus: "Name the freshman sluts!" an anonymous post demands on the Indiana University page of a multischool gossip site. So-and-so "has herpes!" proclaims an unsigned post on Texas Christian University's page. Among the profundities on the University of ...
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Introducing Two Clever New Apps for Your Viewing Pleasure | AMR Research - Supply Chain Management ExpertsA few weeks ago, we spent an hour with a small team from Dow Jones to review the newest release of Dow Jones Companies and Executive, which is software designed for B2B sales and marketing teams. The latest version includes two interesting features: triggers and connections. Triggers are news ...
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Facebook Worm Spreads With a Lurid Lure by PC World: Yahoo! TechSome Facebook users have been infected with a worm after clicking on an image of a scantily clad woman, which then redirects the victims to a pornography site, according to security researchers. The worm posts an image on a victim's Facebook Wall with a photo of a woman in a bikini and the ...
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Twitter Turns on Geolocation Functionality by PC World: Yahoo! TechTwitter is now allowing its externally built applications to provide geolocation features to end users, after announcing its intention to do so in August. The functionality is provided via a specific geotagging API (application programming interface) that external developers can use to build ...
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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 gifts US airports with free Wi-Fi by AFP: Yahoo! TechGoogle is giving the gift of free wireless Internet to travelers at a host of US airports this holiday season. The California-based Internet powerhouse said Tuesday that it is working with Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, and Airport Marketing Income to turn airports into free Internet ...
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"Time Spent Online" Report Puts Microsoft Way Ahead | WebProNewsDespite all the gains other companies (Google, Facebook) have made, it's still Microsoft's world, according to new statistics from comScore. comScore found that, in terms of time spent on sites, the Redmond-based corporation continues to maintain a huge lead over its competitors. People spent ...
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