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Google brings Olympics updates to mobile phones
Searches for sports and Olympics-related queries will bring up schedules and results for the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.
CNET - 1 hour ago
Week in review: Let the games begin online
The Olympics go truly global with YouTube deal, while Yahoo tries to get along with its new family member. Also: Hackers really hack at Black Hat.
CNET - 1 hour ago
How to watch the ConnectU founders row in the Olympics
It's not every day that you get to see social-network entrepreneurs striving for Olympic glory. Whether or not you think these guys had a case against Facebook, you can still watch them go for the gold.
CNET - 1 hour ago
Apple's cash hoard: Begging for a 'windfall tax'?
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Apple's cash hoard: Begging for a 'windfall tax'?--The company is making so much money right now that it will almost certainly lead to fear and loathing down the road.
How many strikes before a tech CEO is out?--Sometimes it just takes one event, if it's big and hairy enough. But some CEOs swing and miss dozens of times for years on end, and they're still in the game.
Targeted for hacking by reporters at my table--A CNET News reporter explains how she may or may not have gotten hacked at the Black Hat security conference.
If JetBlue's reading this, guys, it's time to grok the blogosphere--One PR expert knew how to use the Internet to fight back, and he's not the exception. We're long past the era when companies could screw over their customers without risking public humiliation.
Maybe everyone (not just VMware) violates the GPL--Its handling of binary kernels appears to be a risk VMware is willing to take. But given the increasing competition it's feeling from open-source virtualization, perhaps it should reconsider.
CNET - 1 hour ago
Report: Facebook tried to buy StudiVZ
German rival, which Facebook recently sued, looks and feels just like Facebook. It's also likely the biggest obstacle to the social network's expansion in Germany.
CNET - 1 hour ago
Facebook responds to security warnings
The worm discovered this week has been fixed, head of security Max Kelly has said, ensuring users that the social network continues to work hard to keep the site safe.
CNET - 1 hour ago
Between a rock and YouTube, video execs see promise
Internet video executives say that advertisers are staying far away from so-called user-generated videos like those on YouTube. So where's the money going?
CNET - 7 hours ago
Google sours on $1 billion AOL investment
Search giant warns in a regulatory filing that its "investment in AOL may be impaired," which may lead to a $500 million loss on the investment.
CNET - 7 hours ago
Japan police crack down on 300 child porn cases
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japanese police took action against over
300 child pornography cases in the first half of 2008, up 17
percent from the same period last year, police said, a sign
both awareness and Internet sexual exploitation are rising.
Yahoo - 7 hours ago
Australian rock band Wolfmother torn apart
(Reuters)
 Reuters - One of Australia's most successful
rock exports, the Grammy-winning trio Wolfmother, has been torn
apart by "longstanding frictions," according to a statement
published on the group's Web site on Thursday.
Yahoo - 7 hours ago
Google sours on $1 billion AOL investment
(CNET)
CNET - Google acknowledged late Thursday that it may have made a bad bet on AOL.
Yahoo - 7 hours ago
Online social networking sites are hacker playgrounds
(AFP)
 AFP - Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust.
Yahoo - 7 hours ago
Typos can bedevil online political campaigns
(AFP)
 AFP - Typos can bedevil online political campaigns by letting evil software wizards or crafty king-makers turn misspellings into opportunities for sabotage or theft, a security specialist has warned.
Yahoo - 7 hours ago
Rebtel Goes 8 Crazy For China on Friday - 08/08/08
Asias lucky number inspires low-cost international calling provider to give away millions of free calling minutes to people calling China. (PRWeb Aug 7, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/China/phone/prweb1189864.htm
PR Web - 9 hours ago
AudioMicro.com Announces Subscription Packages and Multi-Lingual Functionality
AudioMicro.com announces two major site enhancements - subscription purchasing packages and multi-lingual functionality. (PRWeb Aug 7, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/royaltyfreemusic/audiomicro/prweb1184644.htm
PR Web - 9 hours ago
New Entertainment Alliances Offer Branded "Video Shorts" to Mobile Market
Gold Group launches thumb studio for branded mobile entertainment. (PRWeb Aug 7, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1188454.htm
PR Web - 9 hours ago
PortVision Selected as Enterprise Portal for Maritime Traffic Analysis within MarView Platform by the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration
AIRSIS announced today its PortVision service was selected by the U.S. Department of Transportations Maritime Administration to provide maritime data analytics and historical reporting for its MarView Internet portal. Under the subscriber agreement, The Maritime Administration employees will have access to PortVision through the MarView portal. External MarView users will be able to individually subscribe to PortVision through AIRSIS existing federal GSA schedule. (PRWeb Aug 7, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/maritime/portvision/prweb1189524.htm
PR Web - 9 hours ago
Plateau Systems Extends iContent Offerings with Three New Content Partners : Perpetual Demand for Talent Management Solutions that Expedite Training and Reduce Administrative Burden Drives iContent Expansion
Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced the expansion of its iContent solution offerings, adding three new partners: Martec International, StarQuest Online and NIIT. These partners bring new retail, sales, customer service, leadership and information technology titles to the iContent catalog and enable the creation of specialized custom-content for unique training needs. With these new partnerships, iContent now offers more than 30,000 talent management assets that span a broad range of business, technology and leadership development topics as well as custom content. (PRWeb Aug 7, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/icontent/plateau/prweb1189564.htm
PR Web - 9 hours ago
DomainPeople Launches 'The .Pro Red Carpet VIP Affair' Domain Reservation Period
Reservations for new .Pro Top Level Domain names to run through August 31, 2008 and firm relaunch date of .Pro TLD set for September 8, 2008 (PRWeb Aug 8, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/domain_name/registry/prweb1191814.htm
PR Web - 9 hours ago
Methodologies Corporation Launches the Green Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Training Program for Business and IT Professionals
The Green SOA Training Program introduces powerful training strategies that focus on enterprise asset consolidation and reuse, acceleration of time-to-market, and reduction of organizational expenditure (PRWeb Aug 8, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Methodologies_Corporation/Green_SOA/prweb1192564.htm
PR Web - 9 hours ago
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