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Technology NewsAOL Buys Search Company2008-04-16 05:55 - AOL acquired contextual search company Sphere, whose technology allows publishers to aggregate content based on related subjects, such as video, audio and blog posts. Cubans line up for mobile phones 2008-04-16 05:15 - Lines stretched for blocks outside phone stores Monday as ordinary Cubans were allowed to sign up for cellular phone service for the first time. Tea time goes high tech 2008-04-16 05:15 - Having a humble cuppa could help seniors stay safe with new technology that can can link a kettle to a mobile phone. Tracking device on bins ensures residents chip in 2008-04-15 06:01 - Randwick City Council installs microchips in garbage bins to monitor residents’ trash habits, but insists it is not spying. Gillard defends email intercept 2008-04-15 06:01 - Proposed laws to allow companies to snoop on emails ’needed to protect against terrorist attacks’. Bits: New York State Girds for War With Amazon 2008-04-15 05:55 - New York State has passed a new interpretation of tax law that meant to force Amazon.com and other online stores to collect sales tax. The state is threatening to audit any company that does not comply by June 1. Passionate Windows XP fans rebel 2008-04-15 05:15 - Fans of Windows XP, set to be pulled off store shelves in June, paper the internet with blog posts, cartoons and petitions. Slipstream: When Tech Innovation Has a Social Mission 2008-04-14 06:01 - For decades, Silicon Valley has been defined by the tension between the technologist’s urge to share information and the industrialist’s incentive to profit. Blog until you drop 2008-04-14 05:15 - This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home. Bits: The Coming of the Holodeck 2008-04-13 05:55 - A new generation of inexpensive video cameras that sense 3D information is taking a tiny step toward the Star Trek Holodeck. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 |
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