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Intel Chipper Over Profits, but EU Regulators Lie in Wait
16.07.2008 18:12
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Intel investors received a double whammy of both good and possibly bad news regarding the world's largest c 5b4 hipmaker on Tuesday. Intel's quarterly profits topped analyst estimates by 3 cents. However, the company's guidance for the upcoming quarter was less than for what many in the market had been hoping. Worse, according to news reports, it appears as though European antitrust regulators may be gearing up to pursue Intel.
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Whedon's 'Dr. Horrible' Triggers Downed Server Epidemic
16.07.2008 15:15
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During the recent Hollywood writers' strike, Joss Whedon found the cure for all his sudden downtime. The man 5b4 who gave us "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly" created a genre-busting musical about a mad doctor with a bad case of evil-mastermind-wannabe inferiority complex. And the only place to fill this prescription for cult horror-comedy? The Internet.
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Skill or Chance? The Case for Online Poker in Germany
16.07.2008 15:14
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Online poker is becoming more and more popular in Germany. As a result, the country's strict legal restrictions on gambling are under pressure, and Germany may soon have to open its protected markets to private online poker providers. Currently, private online poker operations violate the new German Interstate Lottery Treaty, in force since January 2008.
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The New World and the New Name Economy
16.07.2008 15:14
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Among other things, the top percentile of the global brand name identities also affect what's pulling the strings of the world's stock exchanges, and when they sneeze, a shiver triggers throughout the globe, altering the wealth of national economies. This proves their influence on global moods of the economy.
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The Good Old Analog Customer
16.07.2008 15:14
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On my blog, I have been writing about my experience with my new computer: an iMac. I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the whole cultural difference between the Windows world and the Apple world. As a longtime user of Windows, I felt I knew and understood that platform pretty well and the jolt of cutting over cold turkey was both surprising and refreshing.
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My Net Is Your Net: Providing Guest Access Without Blowing Security
16.07.2008 15:14
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The other day I was visiting a partner company and asked if they had wireless Internet access I could use. The IT guy said they had not installed a wireless network due to security concerns, so instead he let me plug into the network to get access to a Web site I needed for our discussion. I don't believe he saw the irony in that decision.
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Former Samsung Chief Convicted but Won't Do Time
16.07.2008 15:14
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Former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee saw the suspension Wednesday of his prison sentence in a tax-evasion conviction, a move that confirmed South Koreans' view that tycoons are immune from jail. The Seoul Central District Court convicted Lee for failing to pay tens of millions of dollars in taxes, and imposed a hefty fine of about $109 million against him.
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Playtime for the iPhone
16.07.2008 15:14
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Well, I guess Apple does care about games. The flood of titles on the new online App Store for the iPhone and iPhone 3G is a good sign for gamers eager to see someone other than Nintendo or Sony in the portable-gaming space. The first crop of iPhone games is mostly of the sort that cell phone owners have been playing for a decade.
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Docmetrics: The Telltale PDF
16.07.2008 15:14
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The next time you're reading a PDF online, someone may be watching you. While this may sound a bit Orwellian, Vitrium Systems developed a way to track the eyeballs and reading habits of people who read PDFs. In fact, Gartner named Vitrium Systems' Docmetrics technology as one of its Gartner Cool Vendors in CRM Marketing and Analytics, 2008.
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Skill or Chance? The Case for Online Poker in Germany
16.07.2008 07:14
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Online poker is becoming more and more popular in Germany. As a result, the country's strict legal restrictions 5b4 on gambling are under pressure, and Germany may soon have to open its protected markets to private online poker providers. Currently, private online poker operations violate the new German Interstate Lottery Treaty, in force since January 2008.
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Google, Viacom Hammer Out Privacy Terms in YouTube Case
16.07.2008 07:14
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Viacom and Google have agreed to keep the personal information of YouTube users private, even as Viacom gears up for the next stage of litigation in its copyright infringement lawsuit against Google. Google will provide user data to Viacom, but redact information that can be used to make personal identifications.
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