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Google ad explains offensive Michelle Obama search result
Chicago Tribune - 7 Hours ago
As Search Engine Land reported last week, Google had removed the Obama image saying that the site hosting the image violated Googles guidelines by serving malware to visitors. But the same image remained
Google won't take down racist image of Michelle Obama Toronto Star Online
Google buys search ad for offensive Michelle Obama image Neowin.net
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Discover® Card Launches App for the iPhone
Reuters - 6 Hours ago
RIVERWOODS, Ill.--(Business Wire)-- Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) today announced the launch of a Discover App for iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store. The app will allow cardmembers to manage
Discover(R) Card Launches App for the iPhone Street Insider
eBay launches holiday deals app for iPhone CNET News.com
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Preview: We take a shine to Google's Chrome OS
ZDNet UK - 10 Hours ago
For an event that many thought would disrupt Microsoft's Windows 7 launch, Google's was remarkably low-key. A single hour-long webcast and the unceremonious unveiling of developer websites caught the
Google Chrome OS Preview Warp 2 Search
Public preview for Google Chrome OS Sydney Morning Herald
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Police arrest exec for not using Twitter
CNET News.com - 22 Hours ago
Well, according to Newsday, Canadian teen sensation Justin Bieber was due to conduct an album signing at the Roosevelt Field mall in Garden City, N.Y. It seems that thousands of teenage girls turned up
Label Exec Arrested For Not Using Twitter To Disperse Crowd At Mall To See Singer Techdirt
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Facebook Blocks Raunchy Worm
NetworkWorld - 7 Hours ago
Facebook has reportedly blocked an exploit propagating on , which spreads when users click to see a revealing photo of a woman. Security firm AVG warned of the Facebook exploit that uses a suggestive
Facebook Blocks Raunchy Worm (PC World) Yahoo! News
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How Microsoft could kill Google's Chrome OS
InfoWorld - 9 Hours ago
Here's a scenario for how Redmond could combat Google's Net appliance OS before it gets out of the gate Thin is in again. At least that's the message I'm taking away from the full-frontal media orgy surrounding
Google's Chrome OS to challenge Microsoft, Apple Sulekha
Google rides Chrome OS onto Microsoft turf Network World Middle East
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Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge
Builder AU - 22 Hours ago
Google's dual-pronged operating-system strategy will likely produce a single OS down the road, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Many Google observers were puzzled when the company announced
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Twitter finds its voice
The Register - 6 Hours ago
A new service offers to post voice files to Twitter, enabling those who can't even type 140 characters to contribute to their valuable insight to the blogosphere. The service comes from Kirusa and, unlike
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eBay offers compo for search failure
The Register - 6 Hours ago
eBay is offering customers hit by the failure of its search engine last weekend the chance to relist items, rather than sell them at lower prices. They are also offering discount vouchers to buyers who
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Amazon, Wal-Mart escalate Web price war
Seattle Times - 12 Hours ago
In what is emerging as one of the main story lines of the 2009 post-recession shopping season, Wal-Mart Stores and Amazon.com are waging an online price war that is spreading through product areas like
Price War Brews Between Amazon and Wal-Mart CNBC
Amazon and Wal-Mart don't want to share the Web. Slate Magazine
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Would You Use a Free Netbook From Google?
Slashdot - 7 Hours ago
Glyn Moody writes 'The response to Google's Chromium OS has been rather lukewarm. But suppose it's just part of something much bigger: a netbook computer from Google that would cost absolutely nothing.
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Data centre tips from EVE Online and World of Warcraft
Computerworld UK - 9 Hours ago
By Robert Lemos In In June, Iceland-based CCP Games brought the hammer down on a group of resource hogs that were clogging its data centre. In an operation dubbed internally 'Unholy Rage,' the company
Data Center Lessons from the Online Gaming World Network World Middle East
Data centre lessons from the online gaming world MIS-Asia
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Murdoch, Microsoft take on Google
Sky News Australia - 10 Hours ago
Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said on Monday. The plan
Murdoch, Microsoft might team up against Google Thought Leader
Murdoch, Microsoft, and Google Columbia Journalism Review
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Listing surge causes eBay to crash
Computer Weekly - 11 Hours ago
E-commerce site eBay crashed over the weekend, causing its search function to stop working. The site was back up by Monday, after the technical problems led to searches returning limited or no results
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Facebookers hit by click-jacking exploit
IT Web - 14 Hours ago
Facebook administrators have blocked a click-jacking exploit that displayed images of a scantily clad woman on profile pages without first prompting the user for permission, writes The Register. The attack
Facebookers hit with steamy clickjacking exploit The Register
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Mussolini's blood and brain up for sale
Sky News Australia - 15 Hours ago
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's blood and brain went on sale for 15,000 euros ($A24,343) on online auction website eBay before the company pulled the ad posted by an anonymous seller. 'No bid was
Mussolini's Blood and Brain Reportedly on Sale on eBay FOXNews.com
eBay removes Mussolini brain, blood samples The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
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Google unveils Chrome OS at a Mountain View press conferecnce
TopNews New Zealand - 15 Hours ago
Google Thursday held a press conference at its Mountain View headquarters to unveil its forthcoming operating system - Chrome OS. Going by the details forwarded by Google, the companyâ??s new platform
Photos: Google unveils Chrome OS Silicon.com
Google to unveil Chrome OS t.. NordicHardware
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Little Shows Online, Brought to You by ...
New York Times - 21 Hours ago
JENNIE GARTH of â??Beverly Hills 90210â? fame has a new series. But donâ??t look for it on a broadcast network or a cable channel. Justin Lubin/NBC â??Garden Partyâ? with Jennie Garth is sponsored by
Advertising: Little Shows Online, Brought to You by ... New York Times
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Android and Chrome OS Will Likely Coverge Over Time
Maximum PC - 22 Hours ago
In the wake of Googleâ??s Chrome OS announcement last week, some have questioned the search giantâ??s software vision. Cofounder Sergey Brin popped in for a brief appearance at the event and made some
Android and Chrome OS Will Likely Converge Over Time Maximum PC
Google Chrome and Android to become one, says Sergey Brin T3
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New Web site is a one-stop job shop
Modesto Bee - 21 Hours ago
'It's tough enough being unemployed without having people scrounge for the information they need. It shouldn't be a scavenger hunt,' said Byrne, now one of 2.6 million jobless Minnesotans. Determined
Imperva warns on Yahoo jobs web site hack Eskenzi PR
Yahoo jobs site in SQL attack worry Computerworld New Zealand
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Facebook, Mobile Phones and the Future of Shopping
CIO Magazine - 6 Hours ago
At least 22 retailers have been driven into bankruptcy protection during this recession, including RedEnvelope and Eddie Bauer, or gone out of business altogether, like Circuit City. Blockbuster, Virgin
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Can News Corp. afford calling Google's bluff?
CNET News.com - 24 Hours ago
It was inevitable that someone would seriously consider taking Google's dare. For years, Google has all but dared traditional media companies trying to develop online businesses . The folks at the Googleplex
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Internet Intercedes to Make Solar Cheaper
Wired News - 11/23/2009
While researchers have struggled for half a century to push down the cost of solar photovoltaic modules, an innovative web service is creating communities of customers who pay less for solar panels through
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Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome OS
Silicon.com - 11/23/2009
Google Chrome, that's just a web browser isn't it? Not anymore. Google have used their Chrome browser as the basis for a new operating system that shares the same name. Don't tell me I have to shell out
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New attack targets weakness in Internet Explorer
Washington Post - 11/23/2009
Microsoft has not yet issued an advisory about this threat. According to initial reports from Symantec and vulnerability management firm VUPEN, the exploit works against IE 6 and IE 7 versions only. The
New exploit targets Internet Explorer zero-day flaw IT Pro UK
Internet Explorer attack code published Techworld.com
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