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US senators seek to squash spam

Two US senators declared war on spam on Thursday. Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine, and Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, introduced legislation aimed at curbing unsolicited text ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3




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Internet censorship revealed through the haze of malware pollution

On a January evening in 2011, Egypt – with a population of 80 million, including 23 million Internet users – vanished from cyberspace after its government ordered an Internet blackout amidst anti-government protests ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Good wingmen fib for a friend

It could be called the wingman theory or the Barney Stinson principle (after the character played by Neil Patrick Harris on hit TV show How I Met Your Mother). A University of Alberta researcher says that – like Barney ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spammers propel India to junk-mail top spot

India has emerged as the world's top source of junk mail as spammers make use of lax laws and absent enforcement to turn the country into a centre of unsolicited email.

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created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IBM reveals five innovations that will change our lives in the next five years (Update)

Today IBM formally unveiled the sixth annual “IBM 5 in 5" (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (25) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

Yahoo investor demands board ouster of co-founder

(AP) -- A major Yahoo shareholder believes the slumping Internet company would be better off without Jerry Yang on its board as it mulls a possible sale.

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created Nov 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Behind the scenes at hip and hard-charging YouTube, Google

Clearly, this isn't the typical American workplace. Just inside the sleek glass doors of YouTube's corporate headquarters is a rock climbing wall - "for Googlers only." Straight ahead, five guys in T-shirts and jeans cluster ...

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created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: Google Plus thoughtful answer to Facebook

(AP) -- My first thought about Google Plus: "Here we go again." After Google's earlier attempts at social networking failed spectacularly, it was easy to scoff at this seeming Facebook wannabe.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Hackers talk their way into computers

Cyber crooks are avoiding the need for slick software skills by talking their way past computer defenses with old-fashioned telephone calls.

Technology / Software

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Q&A: Skype CEO has no qualms about company's merger history

Tony Bates has had an eventful seven months as Skype's new CEO.

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created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: AOL, buyout firms mulling bid for Yahoo

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s inability to snap out of a financial funk may be about to turn the embattled Internet company into a takeover target for the second time in less than three years.

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created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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