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British travel company shatters record for most paid for a single letter of an Internet address. It may be the most ever paid for a single letter of an Internet address. A British travel company has paid $1.1 million for the domain name cruises.co.uk, a price that is…
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Trying to “lower potential entry barriers” to its first prime-time drama, the channel will stream the first 15 episodes for free. The doctor is in–five nights a week. In an attempt to generate a following for its new show In Treatment, HBO will stream the first 15 episodes…
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Although expected to slow, earnings growth could exceed estimates; CEO expected to address strategy for cable, AOL divisions. Time Warner forecast on Wednesday profit growth to slow but possibly exceed analyst estimates in 2008 after reporting quarterly earnings that reflected increases in broadband and phone subscribers and sales…
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Aimed at stealing market share from Baidu, Google partnership with Chinese online company would provide free music downloads. Web search leader Google is planning to boost its presence in China by tying up with a Chinese online music company to provide free music downloads, The Wall Street Journal…
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Montalvo has some cash and a lot of execs with deep backgrounds in the chip industry. But will it have the staying power to survive against Intel? It’s a drama we’ve all seen play out before: a small, secretive start-up lays plans to come out with a chip…
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Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod notes that where technology travels, the law will follow–sometimes to our detriment. George Orwell’s 1984 envisioned a world where individuals were controlled and monitored by centralized government. In such a world, the individual had no place to hide from governmental omnipresence. …
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Zonino! Replacement words, known as paragrams, are becoming part of younger generation’s regular banter. LONDON–R U cycle? Book! Fancy an adds down the sub? There’s a gr8 new carnage. It may look like gobbledygook, but the most streetwise of teenagers would have no trouble translating and responding…
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There’s a chance green products will save the world, so why are they so boring compared to a cell phone with a built-in TV? Clear your mind. Now, create a mental picture around the words “energy executive.” Then do the same around “Internet employee.” In the first…
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The Fox primetime series Don’t Forget the Lyrics will get some casting help from a new companion online game. The Fox primetime series Don’t Forget the Lyrics will get some casting help from a new companion online game being developed by the show’s producer, RDF USA, a unit…
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New risk-ranking system reaffirms smoking, alcohol, sunlight as leading risk factors, but allays concerns about others. Drinking coffee, using mobile phones or having breast implants is unlikely to cause cancer, according to a new risk-ranking system devised by an Australian cancer specialist to debunk popular myths. The…
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Bezeq Israel Telecom launches a service that would block calls to porn and other “improper” destinations in a bid to attract ultra-Orthodox customers. TEL AVIV–Bezeq Israel Telecom, the country’s dominant phone company, on Sunday launched a service that would block calls to porn and other “improper” destinations…
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Immigration department memo asks employees to turn off their handsets evenings and weekends. It may be wishful thinking, but a Canadian government ministry has sent out a directive to its employees urging them to relax and not to use their BlackBerry smartphones at night or on weekends and…
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Memo from Canadian immigration department asks employees to turn off their handsets evenings and weekends. It may be wishful thinking, but a Canadian government ministry has sent out a directive to its employees urging them to relax and not use their BlackBerry smartphones at night or on weekends…
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Swedish networking-gear maker always willing to look at a deal, but prefers to develop its own products, says CEO. Chief Executive Carl-Henric Svanberg said on Friday the Swedish firm would eye any assets put up for sale by U.S. rival Motorola, but would be “very cautious” about any…
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Simulation in Electronic Arts’ video game predicts Pats will beat Giants by eight points in Sunday’s NFL championship. The New England Patriots will beat the New York Giants by a score of 38-30 in the Super Bowl, at least according to the popular Madden NFL 08 football video…
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Offer amounts to $31 per share, which Microsoft said represented a 62 percent premium above the company’s closing stock price. Microsoft on Friday said it had offered to acquire Yahoo in a proposed cash and stock deal valued at $44.6 billion. Microsoft said it had offered to…
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Comstar UTS said it had started to build a mobile broadband network using WiMax technology in Armenia. Russian fixed-line operator Comstar UTS said on Thursday it had started to build a mobile broadband network in Armenia using WiMax technology. “We intend to launch the network this year and,…
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Man likely to become Russia’s next president launches a site with speeches, his campaign team, news, and a gallery of photos. Dmitry Medvedev, named by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month as his favored successor, launched his personal Web site on Wednesday. In links on the his site,…
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Film scheduled for July release is basis for game being developed by Brash Entertainment. Brash Entertainment is developing a video game based on the upcoming movie Space Chimps, from Vanguard Animation and Starz Media. The Chimps game, which has been in development for more than a year,…
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Net book value of wireless unit said to exceed its fair value; accounting adjustment could represent most of $31 billion goodwill on company’s balance sheet. Sprint Nextel said on Thursday it will take a material goodwill impairment charge representing a substantial portion, and potentially all, of the $31…
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