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Technology NewsBands hit global stage in Second Life2008-04-12 05:15 - A growing number of musicians have found a launching pad for careers in the online virtual world Second Life. Top of the bloggies 2008-04-11 06:01 - Writer and radio host Marieke Hardy’s ’half-baked, ill-informed ranting’ earns her top blog gong. Privacy fears as Google hits the road 2008-04-11 06:01 - Google Maps Street View launches in Australia this year, but the company won’t guarantee private homes, faces and number plates will be obscured. MySpaceTV Lands Global TV Distribution Deal 2008-04-11 06:01 - ShineReveille, a company founded by Rupert Murdoch’s daughter, will help MySpace distribute Web shows on television and DVDs outside the United States. Bits: Ad Industry Bans Targeting People With Cancer; Ads to Widows and... 2008-04-11 06:01 - A group of advertising companies is proposing restrictions on monitoring users’ Web surfing on some sensitive topics. Cancer and sexual orientation are on the list. Explaining Lieberman’s Web Crash 2008-04-11 06:01 - An F.B.I. e-mail suggests Senator Joseph I. Lieberman’s Web site was not the target of a political rival’s attack, but went down because it was overutilized and misconfigured. Bits: The Open Way Yahoo Could Do a Search Deal With Google 2008-04-11 05:56 - If Yahoo let Google sell ads on its search engine, its revenue might increase by 60 percent. But there are likely to be antitrust questions. Bits: How Should I.S.P.s Tell You if They Want to Track Your Surfing? 2008-04-11 05:56 - Two companies that want to track your Internet surfing have radically different approaches to disclosing their plans. Betting to Improve the Odds 2008-04-11 05:55 - Companies are using prediction markets to funnel ideas from the work force. Names That Match Forge a Bond on the Internet 2008-04-11 05:55 - Why do so many feel a connection ? be it kinship or competition ? just because they share a name? 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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