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>>   Blogging
Google tweaks Gmail to challenge Facebook, Twitter 
Reuters Canada - 4 Hours ago
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google introduced a new product dubbed Google Buzz on Tuesday that allows users to quickly share messages, Web links and photos with friends and colleagues directly
Google tweaks Gmail to challenge Facebook, Twitter (Reuters) Yahoo! News
Google's new Gmail features target Facebook San Jose Mercury News
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Google Buzz goes after Facebook, Twitter 
CNN - 4 Hours ago
Google plunged into the world of Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday with Google Buzz, using its popular Gmail service to allow users to post status updates and items.
Google goes after Facebook, Twitter CNN
Google Takes on Facebook, Twitter with â??Buzzâ?? Wired News
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Social Networking Goes Vocal: Bubble Motion Launches 'Bubbly' - A Voice-Blogging  
Forbes.com - 5 Hours ago
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Bubble Motion, a leader in mobile messaging and social communication applications, today announced the launch of 'Bubbly'- the first voice-blogging service     Add Comment

Twitter Killer? Watch Google's Social Event And Decide For Yourself 
Forbes.com - 5 Hours ago
Google launched Buzz, its social strategy, Tuesday. Click here to watch the announcement.
Google Takes A Bite Out Of Twitter In Two Hours (GOOG) Silicon Alley Insider
Twitter Killer? Watch Google's Social Event And Decide For Forbes.com via MSN Money
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>>   Online content
Research: Internet Has Eaten Newspapers' Ads 
PaidContent UK - 4 Hours ago
Hark, the herald angels sing! Total UK ad spend will rise this autumn, after nine consecutive quarters of annual decline, according to an Advertising Association and WARC forecast. The rise is modest
Research: Internet Has Eaten Newspapers Ads paidContent.org
Research: internet has eaten newspapers ads... (PaidContent via TechNews AM) TechNews.AM
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Panda Security Publishes Highlights from 2nd Annual Security Blogger Summit; Experts  
Biz Journals - 5 Hours ago
Heralded industry event brought hundreds of attendees from around the world to engage live via Web stream, Twitter with the top security minds PR Newswire ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 9 ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/     Add Comment

Coffee Break: Police relying on YouTube; Nexus One fees 
USA Today - 8 Hours ago
Cops using YouTube to find criminals; Google cuts fees to break Nexus One contract.    Add Comment

Watching the birth of Flickr co-founder's gaming start-up 
CNET News.com - 16 Hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO--Stewart Butterfield and his business partner Cal Henderson stared at the MacBook Pro in front of them. For nearly a year, they'd been struggling to figure out what to call the game their     Add Comment
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>>   Online information
Survey Raises Questions on Data-Driven Policy 
New York Times - 15 Hours ago
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, an engineering major in college, has never been shy about proclaiming an unerring faith in statistics. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg defended the crime tracking system. He created
Crime Survey Raises Questions About Data-Driven Policy New York Times
Questioning Crime Data, and Other Data Behind Bloomberg Policy New York Times
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Elsevier celebrates scientists groundbreaking work with competition 
Information World Review - 4 Hours ago
Elsevier, the publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has launched a competition for excellence in methodology and approach in a peer-reviewed publication. Called
Elsevier celebrates scientistsâ?? groundbreaking work with competition Computing.co.uk
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Interactive Data products and services overview 
Bobsguide - 5 Hours ago
â?¢ Evaluations â?¢ Pricing and reference data â?¢ Real-time market data â?¢ Desktop solutions â?¢ Web-based solutions â?¢ Fixed income analytics Interactive Data Corporation    Add Comment

Thomson Reuters Acquires Aegisoft 
Finance Tech Online - 8 Hours ago
Thomson Reuters has acquired Aegisoft, a provider of electronic trading and testing tools, in an effort to increase its direct market access (DMA) capabilities. Aegisoft offers the Athena product, a multi-asset     Add Comment
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>>   Marketing
Social media and SEO: Where you'll spend your marketing budget this year 
Silicon.com - 8 Hours ago
Facebook, Twitter, search optimisation are winners as digital marketing increases NEWS Businesses are putting greater emphasis on digital marketing with investment predicted to increase by 17 per cent
ANA: Social Media, Web Spend Up, TV Down Media Post
Authenticity 'is vital for social media marketing' Experian QAS UK
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Opinion: The weirdest ad campaign ever 
CNN - 22 Hours ago
Carly Fiorina released the 'demon sheep' ad in California race for U.S. Senate David Frum says it may be the strangest campaign ad ever He says she's unfairly targeting Tom Campbell as a fiscal conservative     Add Comment

Navigon iPhone GPS to get social media and panoramic 3D view 
CNET News.com - 4 Hours ago
Of all the GPS applications for the iPhone, Navigon's MobileNavigator has arguably been the most comprehensive. It has lots of features, and Navigation is about to add a few more. The company announced
Navigon iPhone GPS app to get social media, panoramic 3D view CNET
Nissan launches social media iPhone app for skiers Promotions and Incentives
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Inbox Insider: Gmail going social poses challenges for marketers 
DMNews.com - 5 Hours ago
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Google will add more social media elements to Gmail. This raises questions for marketers, many of whom have worked to integrate social technology with e-mail     Add Comment
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>>   Online marketing
Social media and SEO: Where you'll spend your marketing budget this year 
Silicon.com - 8 Hours ago
Facebook, Twitter, search optimisation are winners as digital marketing increases NEWS Businesses are putting greater emphasis on digital marketing with investment predicted to increase by 17 per cent
ANA: Social Media, Web Spend Up, TV Down Media Post
Authenticity 'is vital for social media marketing' Experian QAS UK
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Research: Internet Has Eaten Newspapers' Ads 
PaidContent UK - 4 Hours ago
Hark, the herald angels sing! Total UK ad spend will rise this autumn, after nine consecutive quarters of annual decline, according to an Advertising Association and WARC forecast. The rise is modest
Research: Internet Has Eaten Newspapers Ads paidContent.org
Research: internet has eaten newspapers ads... (PaidContent via TechNews AM) TechNews.AM
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Motorola's Megan Fox ad stirs up some buzz online 
Chicago Tribune - 5 Hours ago
Motorola's Super Bowl ad starring actress Megan Fox generated a fair amount of online chatter over the weekend, but not as much buzz as Google and Doritos, according to Chicago-based marketing firm Alterian.     Add Comment

Z57, Inc. Internet Marketing for Real Estate Agents Reports 2009 Client Acquisition  
RIS Media - 54 Minutes ago
Z57, Inc., an industry leader of real estate online marketing services, announced 2009 new client acquisition was up 107% over 2008. This increase occurred during continued recessionary times. In its
Market Report, "Peru Real Estate Report Q1 2010", published PR inside
Real estate market heats up in capital Times Colonist
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>>   E-commerce
Maryland Movers, All My Sons Moving Launches Online Booking System Helps Consumers 
Forbes.com - 5 Hours ago
BusinessWire - The Maryland moving company, All My Sons Moving and Storage invites consumers to take advantage of their online booking and social media resources. 'There is no smoother way to book a move
Hilton Head Movers, All My Sons Moving Unite With Claims Prevention and Procedure  Earthtimes.org
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comScore Reports U.S. E-Commerce Spending in Q4 2009 Reached $39 Billion, Up 3 Percent  
TradingMarkets - 5 Hours ago
comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating "The fourth quarter, with 3 percent year-over-year growth, helped end what has been a disappointing year for online consumer spending     Add Comment

iPhone apps: British Airways, Ocado and Oasis explain why they did it 
Silicon.com - 11 Hours ago
How a smartphone mobile app makes business sense FEATURE Part one of silicon.com's series on mobile applications looked at the business case for apps and examined the issues to consider before taking     Add Comment

Video Consumers Still Searching for Deals, Survey Finds - Zibb.co... 
Zibb - 3 Hours ago
U.S. consumers continue to cite the price of video services as the most important factor in evaluating offerings from competing suppliers, a trend that will put even more pressure on telcos, cable operators,
Video Consumers Still Searching for Deals, Survey Finds San Antonio Business Journal
Video Consumers Still Searching for Deals, Survey Finds / Video services pricing  FinanzNachrichten.de
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>>   Webmaster tips
Why Are Web Pages So Ugly? 
About - 2/8/2010
I was thinking about the and specifically the participants when one of my friends was complaining that some of the nominees were (in his words) "downright ugly". He wondered why, when there were so many     Add Comment

Web Host Smackdown: 6 Hosting Plans Reviewed 
SitePoint - 2/8/2010
Itd be great if you and your clients always had exactly the right hardware on hand, with the right version of your favorite environment installed, and the horsepower to deal with running all of your apps.     Add Comment

Managing a Linux Wireless Access Point 
DevShed - 3 Hours ago
In this conclusion to a five-part series on building a LInux wireless access point, you'll learn how to manage the details, such as DNS caches. This article is excerpted from chapter four of the Linux
Maintaining a Linux Wireless Access Point DevShed
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A Web Developer Looks Into Dreamweaver CS4: The Basics 
HTML Goodies - 2/8/2010
By Curtis Dicken February 8, 2010 A Look Into Dreamweaver CS4: The Basics By Curtis Dicken Introduction to Web Design Software In this series I am going to take a look at some of the most popular web     Add Comment
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>>   Website owner
MLP USA Promotes Mike Stock to Director Sheetfed and Web Offset Sales 
Quick Printing - 4 Hours ago
MLP MLP USA, Inc. announced today that Mike Stock, a longtime sales and engineering manager with the organization that markets printing presses manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has been promoted     Add Comment

HostGator Web Hosting Renews Commitment to Keep More than 1,800 Servers Green 
AFP via Yahoo! - 9 Hours ago
HostGator.com, one of the world's biggest web hosting service providers, has decided to renew its commitment on buying renewal energy credits to offset server emissions. This commitment affects nearly     Add Comment

Microsoft updates ASP web apps tool 
Techworld.com - 12 Hours ago
ASP .Net MVC 2 to simplify rich application development Microsoft is offering a second release candidate for its ASP.Net MVC 2 technology, which enables developers to build web applications using a model
Microsoft moves on MVC Web apps platform upgrade TMC Net
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TCS website hacked and put up for sale 
Business-Technology India - 16 Hours ago
The website of the top tech firm in India, TCS, has been hacked. The site was hacked by an Algerian, according to a report by DNA. The hacker had directed the TCS site to his own and had put it up for
TCS Website Hacked, Domain Name Up For Sale TechTree
TCS website hacked by French hacker Cyber India Online
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>>   Internet news
What Does Google Buzz Mean for Social Media? 
CNBC - 3 Hours ago
Google just announced 'Google Buzz,' what it calls a 'Google way of sharing.' Google [ GOOG 537.18 +3.71 (+0.70%) ] presents buzz as an addition to Gmail that enables private sharing with your friends
Google Adds a Social Side with Buzz CBS News
Google Launches Buzz, Its New Social Media Sharing Platform Hot Wired
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Google Adds Phone Support for Nexus One Customers 
Wired News - 5 Hours ago
Google seems to finally responding to complaints about the poor customer service for its Nexus One smartphones. The search giant has started offering limited phone support for Nexus One users, who till
Google now taking user phone calls about Nexus One FOXBusiness.com
Google now taking Nexus One calls Macworld
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Haiti Relief's Secret Weapon: Google Earth 
Wired News - 3 Hours ago
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ? Days after the Jan. 12 earthquake, a group of Haitians set up a small tent camp in an open field not far from the U.S. Embassy. In theory, this small community was well-situated
Haiti Reliefâ??s Secret Weapon: Google Earth Wired News
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Google's social side hopes to catch some Buzz 
CNET News.com - 5 Hours ago
Facebook and Twitter are the darlings of the social-media world, not Google--which hopes to change that with Buzz, betting it can organize your online social life.    Add Comment
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>>   Environment
Now: cops searching landfill for baby Gabriel's remains 
CNN - 5 Hours ago
Breaking News! Right now, police searching a landfill for the possible remains of missing 8-month-old baby Gabriel! This after cops announce the disappearance of the baby boy is now a homicide investigation.
Police Search Landfill for Missing Arizona Baby KMSP-TV
Police Search Landfill For Missing Baby News4Jax.com
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WSH&LA Launches Greening Washington's Lodging Industry Program 
Forbes.com - 5 Hours ago
SEATTLE, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington State Hotel & Lodging Association (WSH&LA) recently selected a consulting team led by Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc. of Seattle, WA as its professional     Add Comment

It's Getting Haute in Here: The Green Youth Movement Presents L.A. Fashion Week's  
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
BusinessWire - This season, green is the new black. Los Angeles-based nonprofit, the Green Youth Movement (GYM) will be presenting THE GREEN INITIATIVE: A Humanitarian Fashion Show at 1 p.m. on Saturday,
Its Getting Haute in Here: The Green Youth Movement Presents L.A. Fashion Weeks  PR inside
Itâ??s Getting Haute in Here: The Green Youth Movement Presents L.A. Fashion Weekâ??s  EuroInvestor.co.uk
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SSPC Announces GreenCOAT 2011 
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings is excited to announce the formation of GreenCOAT(SM), a new trade show and technical conference for key stakeholders     Add Comment
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