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Technology News

AOL Buys Search Company
2008-04-16 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.

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