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*Google Launches 'Universal' Search
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*Tech Companies Line Up To Fill Gap Left By Military MySpace Ban
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*Internet Filtering Rises Worldwide, Study Finds
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*Consumer Groups Blame FCC For U.S. Broadband Drop
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*Telecom Leads In Race To The Bottom Of Customer Service
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*Motorola Beefs Up Video Strategy By Acquiring Modulus Video
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Google Launches 'Universal' Search
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Google's Web search now returns relevant videos, images, news,
maps, and books, alongside Web site links. It's tougher than it
sounds, because running a query across multiple search indices
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How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community
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Angry people looking for fights will inevitably try to poison
successful Internet communities. Columnist Cory Doctorow looks at
ways to remove the poison without killing the discussion too.
Linus Torvalds Responds To Microsoft Patent Claims
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The holder of the Linux trademark suggests Microsoft should name
the patents it alleges have been violated so the claims can be
tested in court.
Google Going With 'Unified Search'
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Google Inc. said Wednesday it was combining its different Web
search services into one Universal Search service that would
present Web sites, news, video and other results on one page.
Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop
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Is Linux finally ready to take on Windows as a desktop OS? We
tried out both Vista and Ubuntu on individual PCs to see which
works better. Here's who won.
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Samsung Develops 8-Gbyte Mobile Phone Memory Card
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The new card is capable of storing 2,000 MP3 music files, 4,000
digital photos, or about 5 DVD-quality movies, the company said.
LG.Philips Develops Hair-Thin Display
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The flexible screen is an active matrix organic light emitting
diode display, which uses a film of organic compounds to emit light.
Microsoft To Buy Web Ad Firm aQuantive For $6 Billion
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The all-cash deal tops a dramatic one-month consolidation
spree across the online advertising market sparked when Google
Inc. agreed to buy DoubleClick for $3.1 billion.
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Tech Companies Line Up To Fill Gap Left By Military MySpace Ban
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The move follows the Pentagon's edict, which bars its soldiers
from using its networks to access to YouTube, MySpace and other
social networking sites.
Internet Filtering Rises Worldwide, Study Finds
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The study predicts a rise in more subtle forms of filtering, such
as political Web sites made inaccessible during election periods.
Consumer Groups Blame FCC For U.S. Broadband Drop
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A congressional committee hears complaints that the FCC has
abandoned its mandate to bring true high-speed broadband service
to every American household
Telecom Leads In Race To The Bottom Of Customer Service
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A new ACSI survey finds overall satisfaction rates across
multiple industries have slowed.
Motorola Beefs Up Video Strategy By Acquiring Modulus Video
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Modulus Video provides MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding compression
systems to satellite, broadcast, and cable operators.
Can Microsoft Beat The Set-Top Box?
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Microsoft is setting the groundwork to challenge cable companies
with Home Server, Vista, and the Xbox video game console, which
can play Internet content and high-definition DVDs on a TV.
DOE Calls For Supercomputing Proposals
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Agency's INCITE program will award up to 250 million processor
hours to researchers next year.
Wi-Fi 802.11n Inches Closer To Formal Approval
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The alliance overseeing the advanced wireless architecture
readies draft 2.0 of the unfinished, yet highly used, specification.
Review: WAN Optimization Appliances
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Today's WAN optimizers readily deliver tangible performance
benefits -- the differences lie in network integration, security,
management and reporting. We tested products from Blue Coat,
Cisco, Citrix and Silver Peak. See how they fared on our live
test network.
Gates Sees PC And Web Evolving Together
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Gates said future innovations in the PC industry would revolve
around 64-bit computing, the development of more humanistic
interfaces, unified communications, and Web services.
Motorola Seeks To Recapture Its Mojo With New Phone Blitz
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Motorola is building on its current platforms and improving
music, multimedia, voice fidelity, messaging, and data handling
capabilities across multiple handsets lines.
CompTIA Says Maine Net Neutrality Bill Would Dumb Down Internet
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CompTIA warns that a state bill would "heavily regulate
innovative broadband services and keep computing technology
companies, as well as Internet users, in the dark ages."
Market For Handheld Devices Continues To Shrink
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Shipments plunged to 919,916 in the first quarter, compared to
1,549,199 the year before. IDC said the sharp downward trend in
the market was accelerated by Dell's decision to leave the market.
Inventing the Future of Business Technology
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Accenture Labs' test building in Silicon Valley falls somewhere
between seeing the future and inventing it, researchers suggest.
Verizon Security Services Set To Explode With Cybertrust Acquisition
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The move would add 800 Cybertrust employees to Verizon's security
services team of 300 and give it access to Cybertrust operations
in 30 locations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
Hitachi Tackles Data Growth With New Storage Platform
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Universal Storage Platform V is capable of 3.5 million operations
per second.
Skype Joins The World Of Pre-Paid Calling Cards -- At Wal-Mart
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The pre-paid cards will cost $8.85 and contain a $20 Skype credit
and a three-month subscription to the VoIP provider's Unlimited
Calling plan.
Phones, Laptops, Other Gear Readied For Microsoft's Unified
Communications Software
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The phones and devices will be formally introduced Tuesday at
WinHEC and can be used with Microsoft Office Communications
Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.
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In the UK The Internet's a Girl's Best Friend
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Across the pond in Great Britan, women 18-34 are the primary web surfers.
Fair Isaac Claims Pay-Per-Click Fraud Is 10% to 15%
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Google disputes the figures and has consistently taken issue with
the methodology and motives of those reporting significant levels
of click fraud.
Apple Gets FCC Approval For iPhone
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The Federal Communications Commission clears the way for the
highly anticipated launch next month.
Immigration Overhaul Compromise Could Raise H-1B Visa Cap
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New provisions could be drafted as early as next week following
an agreement between a bi-partisan group of senators and the
White House.
Dell Pushes Services With Project Hybrid
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The project will initially focus on the areas of virtualization
and helping companies reduce energy costs through better cooling.
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