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Technology NewsJapan plans paper jet launch in space2008-02-09 05:15 - Japanese scientists plan to launch paper planes from the International Space Station to see if they make it back to Earth. Verizon Rejects Hollywood’s Call to Aid Piracy Fight 2008-02-08 06:01 - Unlike AT&T, Verizon won?t monitor its network to block unauthorized copying. That would violate customer privacy, it says, and would be expensive too. $1.2m paid for letter ’s’ in web address 2008-02-08 06:01 - It may be the most ever paid for a single letter of an internet address. Should IAC Merge With AOL? 2008-02-08 06:01 - IAC/InterActiveCorp is probably not interested in combining with AOL. But such a deal may be a good way to deal with the competition posed by Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Yahoo. The End of eBay’s Egalitarianism 2008-02-08 06:01 - Larger sellers are benefiting from discounts that for the first time in the site’s history, treat high-volume merchants better than mom-and-pop sellers. Kodak Knows a Little about Dying Business Models 2008-02-08 06:01 - Printing several versions of a newspaper in the same city, each with ads aimed at a specific neighborhood promises to yield increased sales of Kodak’s high-speed production printers. Major Vendors Join OpenID Board 2008-02-08 06:01 - IBM, Google, Microsoft, Verisign and Yahoo have joined the corporate board of the OpenID Foundation, giving a boost to the group’s efforts to simplify the process of signing into Web sites. The Beta Male’s Charms 2008-02-08 06:01 - A no-budget Web series based on the ups and downs of three former college roommates has become a cult hit and attracted mainstream media attention. Yahoo Still Mulling Its Options, Yang Says 2008-02-08 06:01 - Yahoo has not reached a decision about Microsoft’s acquisition offer and is considering ?a wide range of potential strategic alternatives,? Yahoo C.E.O. Jerry Yang said in an e-mail to employees. India Aims to Double Revenue From Infrastructure Management Services 2008-02-08 05:56 - India is targeting a larger share of the market for remote infrastructure management services, and is planning to more than double revenue from these services to $15 billion by 2013. 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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