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Technology NewsBits: Can the Wireless Industry Handle Hip?2008-04-09 05:55 - Almost everyone at the CTIA conference last week seemed to be musing about how mainstream the wireless industry was becoming. When Roses Won?t Do, E-Mail a Fragrance 2008-04-09 05:55 - NTT Communications aims to tap into the sense of smell with a new system that allows users to send fragrances from their cell phones. Google and U.N. Put Refugees on the Map 2008-04-09 05:55 - Internet search giant Google unveiled a new feature for its popular mapping program that shines a spotlight on the movement of refugees around the world. Nokia to Pay $314 Million to Close German Plant 2008-04-09 05:55 - Nokia will also set up a ?transfer company? to help affected staff for one year in an effort to soften the blow from its closure of a factory in Germany. Deal close as Facebook face-off averted 2008-04-09 05:15 - The world may never know whether Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for the site from his old Harvard buddies. Young, savvy - and the bane of online predators 2008-04-08 06:01 - Jessica Negus, just 18 years old, is already playing a pivotal role in some of the federal police’s biggest and most complex investigations. Bits: Is Yahoo’s Letter the First Concession? 2008-04-08 06:01 - In its latest letter to Microsoft, Yahoo doesn?t even try to argue it will be better off as an independent company. It simply demands more money. What Cloud Computing Really Means 2008-04-08 05:55 - Cloud computing is all the rage. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition. Bits: Aiming for a Virtual End to PC Headaches 2008-04-08 05:55 - A startup called MokaFive, founded by four Stanford University computer scientists, is unveiling software that is designed to bring the advantages of so-called virtual machine software from server computers to the desktop. Bits: NebuAd Observes ?Useful, but Innocuous? Web Browsing 2008-04-08 05:55 - NebuAd says it can monitor the Web surfing activity of 10 percent of the people in America. It is building a file that will associate each of those users with 1,000 potential interests. 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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