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  Twitter Turns on Geolocation Functionality by PC World: Yahoo! Tech

  Twitter 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! Tech

  Yahoo 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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  Trust Linux!

  A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new ground in the global drive toward more secure computing environments. The latest release of openSUSE, a Linux version sponsored by ...

  JDP added 25 hours ago

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  Judge rejects AT&T's bid to pull Verizon ads

  A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by AT&T Inc. to force competitor Verizon Wireless to pull its "There's a Map for That" commercials. But the judge scheduled a Dec. 16 hearing to give the AT&T attorneys another chance to make their case. AT&T filed the lawsuit in federal court in ...

  JDP added 47 hours ago

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  Search engines are source of learning

  Search engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers. The researchers sought to discover the cognitive processes underlying searching. They examined the search habits of 72 participants while conducting a ...

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