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Court Gives Viacom Window on YouTube User Activities
03.07.2008 15:20
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U.S. District Court Judge Louis Stanton ruled that Google must provide Viacom with information from its database, 5b4 including users' YouTube login IDs, the videos they watched, and the time they watched them. Viacom wants the data in order to rebut Google's claim that user traffic to copyrighted content on YouTube is just a small part of the site's overall traffic.
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How to Keep Mid-Level Execs From Flying the Coop
03.07.2008 15:20
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These days, I'm often asked about the health of the technology sector. Granted, some people say the economy of the San Francisco Bay Area doesn't reflect the rest of the country, but indications point to the fact that technology industries appear to be relatively unscathed by the economic downturn.
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Pew Study Shows Sizable Chunk of US Still Not Online
03.07.2008 15:20
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A new study shows the majority of Americans still on dial-up Internet access are keeping the slow connection by choice. The Pew Internet and American Life Project's "Home Broadband Adoption 2008" report finds only 55 percent of Americans are now using high-speed broadband connections -- up 8 percent from this time last year.
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Not Really News: Cable, Satellite Customer Service Stinks
03.07.2008 15:20
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Consumers are losing patience with cable and satellite TV customer service operators who are supposed to help solve their problems, according to a survey. Customers who've called for help rate their satisfaction with cable's and satellite's service desks at a score of 66 out of 100, research and consulting firm CFI Group says in its second annual Contact Center Satisfaction Index study.
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Is Circuit City Headed for a Blowout?
03.07.2008 15:20
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Will Circuit City join the long list of electronics retailers, like Tweeter Home Entertainment and Harvey Electronics, that have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the past year? Given that shares of the Richmond, Va., company are trading at just over $2, Wall Street is betting that could be a possibility.
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Network Simulation and Emulation: Try It Before You Deploy It
03.07.2008 15:20
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Best-in-Class organizations are three times more likely to leverage solutions for network simulation and emulation than Laggards, according to a February report by Aberdeen. Deployment of these solutions resulted in Best-in-Class companies being twice as likely to report improvements in their ability to accurately estimate the impact of new technology rollouts on network performance.
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European Musicians: Don't Mess With Royalty System
03.07.2008 15:20
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The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, is close to finishing an antitrust investigation into how royalties are collected.
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UK Entrepreneurs Eye iPod Users With New miShake Player
03.07.2008 15:20
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Two Birmingham, UK, businessmen are taking on the might of the iPod with a new audio and video player they hope will take the world by storm. The "miShake" was launched by 24-year-old Birmingham entrepreneurs Steve Beckford and Alex Sylvester who, after running their own online gadget shop Electro Box, saw a market opportunity.
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How to Keep Mid-Level Execs From Flying the Coop
03.07.2008 07:20
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These days, I'm often asked about the health of the technology sector. Granted, some people say the economy of the San 5b4 Francisco Bay Area doesn't reflect the rest of the country, but indications point to the fact that technology industries appear to be relatively unscathed by the economic downturn.
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Microsoft Seeks Wingman for Yahoo Takeover
03.07.2008 04:33
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Microsoft may now be looking at a team-based approach to buying Yahoo. The company has talked with other media corporations 5b4 about partnering up to split Yahoo's assets, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, which cited sources close to the discussions. Microsoft could buy Yahoo's search business, while MySpace or AOL would take the rest of Yahoo's services, the Journal reported.
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Are the Feds Stalking Your Cell Phone? Lawsuit Seeks b68 Answers
03.07.2008 04:33
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Two legal groups have filed a lawsuit to get more information on whether the U.S. government may be using Americans' cell phones to pinpoint their locations -- sometimes without any warrant or court oversight. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed their suit on Tuesday.
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Master Data Management Myth Busters
03.07.2008 04:33
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Recently, I've observed a wave of articles, product releases and even analyst reports that describe solutions for companies looking to "get into" master data management or "try out" an MDM project. Other reports claim that companies have been successful at MDM without having an MDM infrastructure in place.
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With Linspire in Its Belly, Xandros Eyes Expansion
03.07.2008 04:33
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Custom Linux provider Xandros announced Wednesday that it has acquired Linspire, developer of the CNR software distribution facility, and the Linspire and Freespire Linux desktop operating systems. Xandros will use the combined technologies, expertise and market presence of the two companies to support its goal to becoming a one-stop Linux solutions company.
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The Domain Blast
03.07.2008 04:33
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Now you can buy any domain with any suffix. If a dot-com is gone, so what? For a cost, you can create your own suffix using any letters and any name. Domain names are made of three parts. The www, the "name" and the suffix like .com. With ICANN's latest decision, you now have full creative control over the last two parts. Now you can buy any domain with any suffix. If a dot-com is gone, so what?
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How Nokia's Symbian Move Helps Google
03.07.2008 04:33
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Nokia rocked the wireless industry June 24 with news it would purchase the portion of Symbian, a maker of mobile-phone software, that it didn't already own -- and then give away the software for nothing. The prospect of free software would surely lure users away from competing cell phone software makers including Google.
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