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'Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights (AP)

2 hours 4 min ago
AP - Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.
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Economy casts pall on Sun Valley media fest (Reuters)

5 hours 59 min ago
Reuters - The deteriorating U.S. economy and slumping stock prices will frame discussions among top media and technology executives at the 26th annual Allen & Co confab in Sun Valley, Idaho, next week.
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Review: SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 (Macworld.com)

14 hours 52 min ago
Macworld.com - For personal organization, Apple has focused on the basics with its Address Book and iCal programs, which are included with Mac OS X. These are fine light-duty programs, but they lack power for anything more than simple contact and calendar management. Chronos's SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 suite provides a feature-rich alternative that will appeal to business and power users for whom Apple's offerings are insufficiently powerful or versatile.
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WITNESS: Virtual friends in a cancer world (Reuters)

16 hours 12 min ago

Reuters - Janet Guttsman is bureau chief for Reuters in Canada, and has worked for the company in Germany, Russia and the United


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Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (AFP)

Sat, 2008-07-05 22:41

AFP - The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday -- but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere.


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Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (AFP)

Sat, 2008-07-05 22:40

AFP - The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday -- but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere.


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Terra gets Olympic Internet rights (AP)

Sat, 2008-07-05 22:22

AP - Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.


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High oil prices spur demand for low energy electronics (Reuters)

Sat, 2008-07-05 19:09

Reuters - These days when customers walk into electronics stores, the first question they ask is how much electricity the fridge, washing machine or laptop computer they are contemplating buying consumes.


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iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan (CNET)

Sat, 2008-07-05 17:25
CNET - The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to form Friday--an entire week before the device goes on sale.
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Privacy advocate praises Google's new link (CNET)

Sat, 2008-07-05 11:55
CNET - Update at 12:35 p.m.: Comments from a privacy advocacy group added.
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Review: SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 (Macworld.com)

Sat, 2008-07-05 01:00
Macworld.com - For personal organization, Apple has focused on the basics with its Address Book and iCal programs, which are included with Mac OS X. These are fine light-duty programs, but they lack power for anything more than simple contact and calendar management. Chronos's SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 suite provides a feature-rich alternative that will appeal to business and power users for whom Apple's offerings are insufficiently powerful or versatile.
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2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos (AP)

Fri, 2008-07-04 17:44
AP - Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.
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Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal (CNET)

Fri, 2008-07-04 16:52
CNET - Ask.com, the fourth-ranked search engine, has completed its acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group, which owns Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
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1 euro eBay baby goes home (CNET)

Fri, 2008-07-04 15:37
CNET - The German baby taken from his parents after they put him up for sale on eBay for a euro--apparently as a joke--is back home, according to the Associated Press.
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Lithuania: Attacks Focused on Hosting Company (PC World)

Fri, 2008-07-04 10:10
PC World - A vulnerability in a Web server contributed to the attacks on some 300 Web sites in Lithuania earlier this week, a computer...
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Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs (AP)

Fri, 2008-07-04 06:52

AP - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.


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Review: SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 (Macworld.com)

Fri, 2008-07-04 06:00
Macworld.com - For personal organization, Apple has focused on the basics with its Address Book and iCal programs, which are included with Mac OS X. These are fine light-duty programs, but they lack power for anything more than simple contact and calendar management. Chronos's SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 suite provides a feature-rich alternative that will appeal to business and power users for whom Apple's offerings are insufficiently powerful or versatile.
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VeriSign names interim CEO (CNET)

Fri, 2008-07-04 02:02
CNET - VeriSign, which runs the master database for the .com and .net domains, has replaced its CEO and president, who resigned suddenly earlier this week.
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Google ordered to give YouTube user data to Viacom (AFP)

Thu, 2008-07-03 23:54

AFP - A US judge has ordered Google to expose to Viacom the video-viewing habits of everyone who has ever used YouTube in a decision condemned by the Internet giant and privacy advocates.


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Asustek to Offer Eee PC With Built-in 3G Wireless (PC World)

Thu, 2008-07-03 21:40
PC World - Asustek will offer an Eee PC later this year with built-in 3G connectivity.
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