In bid for domains, Amazon and Google vie for similar names
Google hopes to inherit the Earth - or at least .earth. And Amazon wants to bring you .joy. It's probably no surprise that they both want .you.
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Jun 15, 2012
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Internet address group names Steve Crocker chair
(AP) -- Steve Crocker, who as a UCLA grad student in the late `60s helped develop the foundation for the Internet today, is the new chairman of the organization responsible for the Internet's address system.
Internet
Jun 24, 2011
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Computer hackers and defenders mix in Las Vegas
Rival factions from the Internet security world will mix warily this week at a pair of Las Vegas conferences gathering computer security experts and software savants who make sport of hacking them.
Internet
Jul 24, 2012
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Android 4.4 system named 'KitKat'
Google, which is known for nick-naming its Android mobile operating systems for smartphones and tablets after desserts, has chosen a brand-name candy for its 4.4 version that's expected to launch this fall: Kit Kat.
Software
Sep 3, 2013
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Software identifies censored China microblog posts
Hong Kong researchers have developed software able to identify censored posts on China's main microblog, they said Thursday.
Internet
Jun 28, 2012
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What's in a name? Perhaps more (or less) money
Before employers have a chance to judge job applicants on their merits, they may have already judged them on the sound of their names. According to a study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Labor Economics, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2009
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Cambodian catches world's largest recorded freshwater fish
The world's largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States.
Plants & Animals
Jun 20, 2022
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Investors find little market for mobile-centric domains
Rick Schwartz made his fortune the new-fashioned way, raking in millions of dollars buying and flipping domain names, like Candy.com, which he sold for $3 million.
Internet
Jun 3, 2010
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Persona Beta 2—identiy bridging solution—released by Mozilla
(Phys.org) —Mozilla has released the second beta of its "Persona" identity bridging solution—offering users the possibility of a single login (e-mail address) and password for all of the sites they visit, or so the company ...
Cybersquatting cases reach record in 2012
The number of cases of alleged cybersquatting handled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation jumped five percent to reach a record 2,884 last year, the head of the UN agency said Thursday.
Internet
Mar 28, 2013
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