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Google adds third dimension to online social relationships
NetworkWorld.com - 56 minutes ago
By Mikael Ricknäs , IDG News Service , 07/09/2008 Google has entered yet another space with the launch of Lively, a tool for creating 3D social spaces on Web sites, which is now available in a public beta test.
Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use? ZDNet
Google launches virtual experience web-site Reuters
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Time to patch DNS servers and clients
InformationWeek - 1 hour ago
CERT has issued an advisory, short on details about the exact nature of the problem, about a fundamental flaw in the DNS protocol which allows an attacker to poison a DNS cache.
MS DNS patch snuffs net connection for ZoneAlarm users Register
Firms Tackle Security Flaw In Web Addressing System Wall Street Journal
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How the iPhone 3G is changing the wireless game
CNNMoney.com - 53 minutes ago
When Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off of the iPhone 18 months ago, the wireless establishment offered a smug response. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a Nokia executive sniffed that Apple’s new gadget merely validated his ...
State of the Art For iPhone, the ‘New’ Is Relative New York Times
Cheaper iPhone will cost you more over time San Francisco Chronicle
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iPhone wannabes or smart alternatives? You decide
CNET News - 1 hour ago
Apple's iPhone 3G hits store shelves on Friday, but if you haven't been struck with iPhone fever, don't fret. There are plenty of alternatives that offer similar style and features.
Apple to offer concierge service and nearly instant iPhone ... CrunchGear
Software and Online Store Wall Street Journal
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Dreamworks executive on why it swapped Intel for AMD
CNET News - 8 hours ago
Intel has upstaged Advanced Micro Devices. DreamWorks Animation has decided to go with Intel processors and drop those from AMD, which had been supplying processors to the movie studio.
Intel replaces AMD as DreamWorks Animation supplier Los Angeles Times
DreamWorks Animation converts exclusively to Intel Product Reviews
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Internet advert outfit grilled over privacy
Inquirer - 1 hour ago
By Nick Farrell: Wednesday, 09 July 2008, 10:23 AM BIGWIGS FROM NEBUAD are to be grilled by a US Senate committee over their handling of customer data.
NebuAd's "breakthrough opt-opt" approach: legal or no? Ars Technica
US: Senate Committee to examine monitoring of Internet users by ... editorsweblog.org
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Microsoft Extends Services ...
InternetNews.com - 1 hour ago
By Stuart J. Johnston: More stories by this author: How much can change in a year? If you're Microsoft, quite a lot, even in the area of how it deals with partners.
Microsoft sets pricing, fee sharing for services Reuters
Microsoft strengthens Online Services offering Ars Technica
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Viacom Vows To Protect YouTube Users' Anonymity
InformationWeek - 18 hours ago
Viacom is negotiating with Google to come up with a way to distinguish most users from each other without using IP addresses or usernames.
Angry YouTube users boycott, Viacom seems to respond BetaNews
Viacom won't soon shed image as corporate bully CNET News
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"New" Words From the Geek Culture
Slashdot - 4 hours ago
thatskinnyguy sends news of Merriam-Webster's 2008 list of new words and, to no-one's surprise, a good number of them come out of geek culture: words like webinar, malware, netroots, pretexting, and fanboy are now official words according to MW.
Video: From Webinar To Malware CBS

Merriam-Webster Honors Lyrically Misunderstood Lady Mondegreen FOXBusiness
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Mossberg, Pogue and Baig pass judgment on the iPhone 3G
ZDNet - 1 hour ago
The top trio of Apple fanboys (Mossberg, Pogue and Baig) pass judgment on the iPhone 3G. “I’ve been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks, and have found that it mostly keeps its promises.
They’re out! The first iPhone 3G reviews CNNMoney.com
First iPhone 3G Reviews: Mossberg: Battery 'Significant Problem ... Washington Post
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The shuttle's long goodbye
MSNBC - 13 hours ago
NASA has set the dates for the space shuttle fleet's final missions, ending with a shipment of spare parts for the space station on May 31, 2010.
Nasa reveals final shuttle dates BBC News
Nasa details shuttle’s retirement VNUNet.com
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Solar-Powered Toyota Prius Coming?
InformationWeek - 1 hour ago
Reports are burning up the enviroblogs that the 2010 Toyota Prius will boast optional solar panels on the roof. A solar array on a Prius would be like those flower vases in VW Bugs: cute design feature, but not a feat of engineering.
Toyota to launch solar-powered Prius CNET News
Toyota Prius puts solar power idea to rest AutoWeek
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Great Photo on Flickr? Getty Images Might Pay You For It
New York Times - 10 hours ago
By Miguel Helft If you are a photographer with high-quality images posted on Yahoo’s Flickr service, you may soon get an e-mail inviting you to become a paid contributor to Getty Images, the world’s largest distributor of pictures and video.
Select Flickr photos to sell via Getty license CNET News
Getty And Flickr Team Up At Last eFluxMedia
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Since Sony PS3 2.41 Firmware: Call of Duty 4 Crashes
Product Reviews - 2 hours ago
We have all heard about the problems of the Sony PS3 2.40 firmware update and the fact that Sony even pulled this update and went back to just 2.36.
Sony Fixes, Rereleases PS3 Update Patch PC Magazine
Sony releases non-broken 2.41 update for PS3 CNET News
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Hawaiian Islands' reef fish declining, study finds
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
A researcher counts fish near a coral reef at Palmyra Atoll in the central Pacific. Scientists blame overfishing for the problem, which affects 75% of the species.
Video: Survey: Weather Changes Threaten Coral Reefs AssociatedPress

NOAA report: US coral reefs in severe decline The Associated Press
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Wii Beer Pong Game Draws Jeers
ABC News - 1 hour ago
By CLOE SHASHA JV Games has cleaned up its new Nintendo Wii version of the college drinking game "Beer Pong" by removing references to booze and renaming the title, but authorities and mental health experts fear that it will only reinforce an alcohol ...
Beer Pong Wii Game Stirs Drinking Controversy, Renamed Pong Toss Shacknews
ESRB Under Scrutiny for Alcohol Depictions 1UP.com
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Microsoft and Torpex Games Announce the Release of Schizoid(TM ...
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
BELLEVUE, Wash., Jul 09, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Prepare for a brain meltdown! Microsoft and Torpex Games announced today the release of Schizoid(TM) for Xbox LIVE(R) Arcade.
'Fable II' buyers offered free pub games Digital Spy
Golf: Tee It Up! Shacknews
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One-Third Of Consumers Pirate DVDs, Study Finds
CRN - 15 hours ago
The DVD industry is already losing money to Blu-ray discs, but now piracy can be added to the list of evils sucking DVD revenue dry.
Study says one in three consumers copy commercial DVDs Macworld
Breaking the law: one-third of US residents rip DVDs Ars Technica
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Apple's MobileMe To Go Live Wednesday
InformationWeek - 16 hours ago
By Marin Perez As Apple prepares for the much-anticipated launch of the iPhone 3G, the company said it will roll out its MobileMe wireless syncing and online storage service sometime Wednesday evening.
Apple's MobileMe Launching July 9? PC Magazine
Apple's MobileMe service set to debut CNET News
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New York City Plan Implements Green Technology, Has $2.3B Price Tag
AHN - 19 hours ago
New York, NY (AHN) - New York City will implement green measures costing $2.3 billion over the next nine years, City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday.
Titans Seek New York Mayor in Bloomberg’s Mold New York Times
NYC's official TV network celebrates its 5th year Newsday
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