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1. Adult Friend Finder: paedophiles are just one click away

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... the sexual abuse and exploitation of children, links to child pornography and paedophiles. Websites carrying AFF ad banners act as so-called affiliate marketers routing traffic to AFF. They are paid ...

2. DashBoard shows users what Google's got on them

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... links to control personal settings. Users will be able to see summaries of their email, search requests and so on in a single place.  It covers more than 20 products and services, including Gmail, Calendar, ...

3. Internet users do have friends

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... "However, we find some evidence that use of social networking services - for example, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn - substitutes for some level of neighborhood involvement." Read the full report here. ...

4. Microsoft overhauls MSN home page

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... Facebook and Twitter feeds. The new beta version can be seen here, and marks the first major change for years. The main difference is the lack of clutter - more than half the links in the previous version ...

5. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... Japanese site has just published a set of slides about cores in 2010 and more importantly in 2011.  We think hexus.net has a link to them. Ah yes, here. Here we see Leo, Dorado, the Scorpius and ...

6. Sony Ericsson Android lumbers into view

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... between contacts, content and media. The X10 can identify up to five faces in any picture, while automatically linking the image to relevant e-mails and social feeds across the device. 
 In addition, ...

7. Robot fish could monitor water quality

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   ... intervals and could similarly be linked to other robotic fish for coordinated maneuvers or signal relay. Global positioning system technology and inertial measurement units will allow precise navigation. ...

8. Google launches OneBox music service

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... music business with a service allowing people to find and hear tracks by searching on song titles, artists or snatches of lyrics. Using OneBox, entering a music-related query will generate links to an ...

9. Disney launches Click2Life iPhone app

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... reckons that the bonus content could be linked to location, established via GPS. This could mean special offers from local stores or cinemas. With nearly 31 million unique visitors per month, Disney ...

10. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... suddenly wants to watch this and bet on who advertises on it?). If you didn’t click on the link, Microsoft pulled support saying there was “inappropriate content”. It’s on my TIVO now for sure. But ...

11. Intel launches Windows 7 migration kit

    (Software/Software Features)

    Intel Business Exchange (IBX) has launched a migration kit for Windows 7. Intel Business Exchange (IBX) has launched a migration kit for Windows 7. It consists of two software products - Laplink ...

12. Americans tweet like a flock of canaries

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... from 26 in May 2008, but LinkdIn is the one for the real wrinklies, with a median age of 40.    ...

13. Microsoft upgrades Bing with live Twitter feed

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... his/her Tweet may get ranked higher. If a tweet is exactly the same as other Tweets, it will get ranked lower." He added that Bing had also replaced traditional links with "social captions" to more ...

14. Google readying Music Search

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... Google won't sell music but will bring up a box that links to streaming services. Wired says the working name for the service is OneBox.The service will be introduced in combination with a number of major ...

15. SSDs inch toward the desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    ... just pages into memory in the blink of an eye. As such, SSDs are also silent. In addition, prices for SSDs are also coming down to earth. Sort of. Crucial sells a 256GB SSD for $779 and Intel offers ...

16. Phoenix ties knot with Samsung for "instantly on" notebooks

    (Software/Software Features)

    Samsung and Phoenix have linked up to produce the dream of end users everywhere, a notebook or netbook computer that starts instantly.Samsung and Phoenix have linked up to produce the dream of end users ...

17. News aggregation sites threatened with legal action

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    UPDATED National, regional and local newspapers are attempting to force news aggregation sites to accept stringent new rules on linking to content in a bid to maintain their virtual monopoly on news, ...

18. Spring Design introduces Android E-Reader

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... a whole new industry in multimedia e-book publishing for secondary authors to create supplementary content that is hyper linked to the text," said Spring Design CEO Dr. Priscilla Lu. According to Lu, ...

19. Google draws global bead on Microsoft, IBM

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... relies heavily on client apps linked to its enterprise software. IBM is making a big song and dance about cloud computing. At the Etre conference in Paris a few weeks ago, a senior partner at a law firm ...

20. Mozilla preps Firefox 3.6 with beta test build

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... also expected to support jump lists, or shortcut menus found on an application's taskbar icon in Windows 7. The list will reportedly offer links to a user's most frequently visited sites, along with the ...

21. Levinson quits Google over FTC concerns

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... FTC anti-trust investigation over Apple ties FTC investigates Apple/ Google links  ...

22. Social Networking helps you dodge the law

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... through to ads. It's not as advertising, it's as a link in the text, and that's perfectly legal."Michael Terpin, chairman and CEO of SocialRadius, cited viral ads such as the 'baby-father' one which turned ...

23. Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, others also hit in Hotmail phishing attack

    (Security/Security Features)

    It has emerged that yesterday’s news of 10,000 Hotmail accounts being hacked was merely the tip of the iceberg and 20,000 AOL, Yahoo, Comcast, Earthlink and Gmail accounts have also been compromised. ...

24. Twitter Lists lets users pigeonhole their friends

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... blog. Lists are public by default - although they can be made private - marking one difference from the TweetDeck service. They are linked from the user's profile, allowing other users to subscribe. ...

25. Top 13 reader comments revealed

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    ... http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/x/20...lasma.html  without any link to it whatsoever! Not only it shows the writer has no clue as to what she's talking about, but it's just plan wrong and criminal! At least, ...

26. Oracle fined over "Sun + Oracle is Faster" equation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... as a member of the TPC, is obligated to follow TPC policies. The company has already responded by removing all web links that were in violation. In addition, Oracle has been asked to report back to TPC ...

27. Palm updates WebOS

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... cut ‘n’ paste, direct dial from the calendar, better Exchange support and the ability to synchronise information from a LinkedIn profile to the Pre smartphone Users will also be able to download music ...

28. EU says Google AdWords are fair game

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... to keywords. These ads typically consist of a short commercial message and a link to the advertiser's site; they are differentiated from natural results by their placement and design. "Through AdWords, ...

29. EU publishes lurid details of Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... as well and will follow through in EMEA [Europe Middle East and Africa region]". Intel payments to Lenovo were linked to or conditioned on Lenovo postponing the launch of AMD-based notebooks from June ...

30. TracFone sues "Intel Wireless" for reselling phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... TracFone's prepaid wireless service, marketed and sold under the TracFone, Net10, Safelink and Straight Talk brands, and the wireless telephones specially manufactured for TracFone to be used with its ...

31. Seagate upgrades network docking station for FreeAgent hard drives

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... the security and privacy of the drives' content because it is located within their home," Seagate explained in a statement. "Users will also be able to deliver linked pictures and video to social ...

32. Microsoft says "We are not pornographers"

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... types of queries. Of course if you advertize with your rival things might not always go the way you think.  But one wonders why Google would want to link its rival with porn, which might actually ...

33. Boxing champion threatens legal fight with Facebook

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... over a week and a half ago, and they haven't taken it down," he said. "They asked for the link and we provided that, but they still haven't done it." In any case, he says, Facebook should be vetting ...

34. Euro phone operators agree to auto crash alert system

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... Calls can also be made by pushing a panic button. In either case, a voice connection is established between the vehicle and the rescue centre in addition to the automatic data link, enabling drivers ...

35. AMD launches Tigris and Congo notebook platforms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... and an 800 MHz hyper-transport link.  ...

36. AT&T upgrades 3G network with high speed packet access

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... to support theoretical peak speeds of 7.2Mbps. However, the carrier conceded that typical real-world downlink and uplink speeds experienced by customers with upgraded 3G would be "less than the theoretical ...

37. Palm launches Pixi in time for holidays

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... application will be available. And as well as linking information from Google, Facebook and Exchange ActiveSync, Palm Pixi adds Yahoo! and LinkedIn integration through its Palm Synergy feature, assembling ...

38. Twitter makes you dumb, says psychologist

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... linking watching large amounts of TV with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and extensive texting with lower IQ scores. Sudoku was also good exercise for memory skills, as was keeping track of ...

39. Australian faces jail for video cleared by censors

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... behind bars on charges of accessing and uploading child-abuse material after he published, on the LiveLink site, a video of a man swinging a baby around like a rag doll. Despite not even making the three-minute ...

40. Analysis: Sony's 3D TV gambit likely to fail

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... is interesting with 3D and putting more Bravia Link movie downloads sound interesting, in reality, most people don't know or care right now," opined Woo. In addition, Woo noted that Hollywood studios ...

41. Qualcomm hit with Smartbook cease and desist order

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... obtained a preliminary injunction in a Cologne court against Qualcomm preventing the American firm from using Smartbook in Germany or links that use the word Smartbook. If the court order is breached, ...

42. Physicist tailors wideband invisibility cloak

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... Since the switching can be done rapidly, the invisibility cloak can blink on and off at will and is a 'cloak-on-command.'" Cohen explained that his firm had pioneered and demonstrated the world's first ...

43. Antitrust cops probe Google Italy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    The Italian antitrust watchdog is snuffling around Google Italy over claims that it is discriminating against newspapers that don't want their content linked on Google's news site. Rome, Italy - The ...

44. IBM: Malicious web links up by 508 percent

    (Security/Security Features)

    A report published by IBM's X-Force says there has been a staggering 508 percent increase in the number of malicious Web links. X-Force Director Kris Lamb told TG Daily that web client, server, and ...

45. Sun shimmers over Rainbow Falls

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... processor, with 16 cores interfacing to 16 L2 banks. In addition, the chip integrates 4 coherence units - with a set of 2 each interfacing independently to 3 high-speed links for remote node connectivity. ...

46. Web trackers know more about you than you think

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... tracking sites can use the information to link browsing habits to specific individuals. With a unique identifier, a tracking site could gain access to a user's name, physical address, email address, ...

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