News tagged with web
Document shows how phone cos. treat private data
A document obtained by the ACLU shows for the first time how the four largest cellphone companies in the U.S. treat data about their subscribers' calls, text messages, Web surfing and approximate locations.
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Fujitsu develops prototype of world's first server that simultaneously delivers high performance, flexibility
Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the construction of a next-generation server that, using resource pool architecture, is the world's first to succeed in the simultaneous delivery of high performance ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Warner Bros. launches show on Facebook
(AP) -- Warner Bros. is launching a Web series on Facebook that will personalize the show for viewers.
Sep 29, 2011 |
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China web users top 500 million
China's online population -- the largest in the world -- has topped half a billion, the state Xinhua news agency reported Thursday, citing a senior official.
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Half-million Germans addicted to Internet: official study
More than half a million Germans are addicted to the Internet including a full five percent of mid-teen girls, the government said Monday following an unprecedented study.
Sep 26, 2011 |
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New mathematical model to enable web searches for meaning
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new theory of meaning has the potential to revolutionise many artificial intelligence technologies and enable web searches that interpret the meaning of queries, according to its developer, a computer scientist ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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EU probes online payment market
European regulators launched on Monday an antritrust investigation into the Internet payments market, the system used by consumers to buy products online.
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Review: Skype phone and adapter for home calling
(AP) -- With two new products, Skype has made it easier to make Internet calls from home phones, for savings on international calls and potentially also domestic ones.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 22, 2011 |
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From the comfort of home, Web users may have found new planets
Since the online citizen science project Planet Hunters launched last December, 40,000 web users from around the world have been helping professional astronomers analyze the light from 150,000 stars in the ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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HTML5 OS is set to disrupt platform lock-in
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Canada-based startup founded in November 2010 arrived at TechCrunch Disrupt last week to debut its "HTML5 operating system" called Carbyn. To get this system, there is nothing to install; ...
Sep 18, 2011 |
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Chinese search engine plans overseas expansion
The head of China's biggest search engine Baidu has said he aims to make it a household name in at least half the world within a decade, according to a company statement.
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Google says India Internet users to triple
Google expects India's Internet users to triple by 2014 as telecom carriers invest in high-speed wireless infrastructure and smartphones become cheaper, a report said Friday.
Sep 16, 2011 |
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New partnership looks to industrialize spider silk production
(PhysOrg.com) -- For thousands of years, human beings have looked with envy upon the silk webs spun by spiders; not only are they stronger than steel but they are tougher too (a vest made of spider web material ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Report: Yahoo, AOL Microsoft plan ad sale deal
(AP) -- Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft are joining up to sell each other's advertising inventory, according to published reports.
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Is smartphone technology the future of US elections?
With more and more Americans upgrading to smartphones, and as smartphone capabilities continue to improve, even the U.S. government is considering innovative ways to harness this advancing technology. Human factors/ergonomics ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2011 |
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