Encyclopaedia Britannica sues TomTom, Magellan for alleged patent infringement

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TomTom has already tussled with Garmin over alleged patent infringement, but it looks like the company has now drawn some ire from a slightly more unexpected source, with Encyclopaedia Britannica now suing it, along with Magellan and, somewhat curiously, American TV & Appliance (a retailer based in Wisconsin). So far, about the only [...]

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TV most effective for marketing new products: study - DM News

TV most effective for marketing new products: studyDM News, NY -26 minutes agoDaniel McMahon is a copy editor at DM News and DMNews.com; he also covers search engine marketing and direct response TV. Reach him at . …
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Cell Phone Submitted Classified Listings: iqzone

Scottsdale, Arizona based iqzone has a solution for those seeking to sell items on the go: cell phone submitted classified listings.
Iqzone’s “Snap Send Sell” feature allows users to take a photo or video clip of any product or service, text a description and send as a Multimedia (MMS) message to iqzone. Iqzone then categorizes and [...]

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Wireless Spectrum Debate Moves Into Politics

Debate over upcoming auctions of wireless spectrum in the U.S. has reached new heights — the U.S. presidential campaign.
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Former CIA Officer Robert Richer on Insider Threat

If you do business overseas, or plan to, especially in France, China, India or Israel, you should watch this interview. Robert Richer is the former associate deputy director for operations at the CIA. The Directorate of Operations manages the CIA’s clandestine service. Richer, who is now the CEO of Total Intelligence Solutions, a private security [...]

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Parallels 3.0: Another Compelling Reason To Buy A Mac

The hardest thing for a Windows user wanting to make the switch to Apple is having software and games that won’t run on a Mac. Likewise OSX is deficient as a gaming platform.
Parallels has long bridged the Windows/ Mac divide by providing Windows support from the Mac desktop. The upcoming version of Parallels, Desktop for [...]

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PayPlay launches "the world's largest MP3 download store" - Afterdawn.com

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EU decision on Google data privacy months away - iT News

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BillG & SteveJ interviewed - Geekzone

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WHAT THE IMMERSIVE MEDIA PHOTO-CAR LOOKS LIKE! (Peter/PR. Differently)

WHAT THE IMMERSIVE MEDIA PHOTO-CAR LOOKS LIKE!  —  You’ve all heard about what Google is doing with street-level views, right?  —  What you probably all DIDN’T know, however, is that the company actually shooting the majority of the photos for Google’s datasets, is named Immersive Media.

Source:   PR. Differently
Author:   Peter
Link:   http://www.prdifferently.com/2007/05/what_the_immers…
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Making money from blogs? - ZDNet Asia

Making money from blogs?ZDNet Asia, Asia -14 minutes agoMany of them use Google's AdSense to generate some pocket money. Now, there is a couple of new options for local bloggers with good traffic. …
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Use the Internet to Bring Customers to Your Store - Jewelers Circular Keystone Online

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Grooveshark partnership#3 = Magnatune

We were one of the first blogs of discover Grooveshark more than 2 months back. Since that time, the Florida based anti-DRM startup has covered quite a bit of ground that includes launch of private beta and signing up music labels. Grooveshark has been especially quickly in building it’s music repository after having done deals [...]

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RFP Do's and Don'ts - ClickZ News

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Franchitti links Andretti to his revival - The Olympian

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