Google, Microsoft spar before senators - Los Angeles Times

Google, Microsoft spar before senatorsLos Angeles Times, CA -12 hours agoAs evidence, he displayed a large photo of a Web page from the Friendster social networking site that showed a display ad delivered by Google's AdSense…

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“txtor” tool circumvents basic torrent blockers

To the frustration of many students and other avid torrent downloaders, some universities and ISPs have been known to block the download of .torrent files in an effort to curb illegal file sharing.
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CBS Creates ‘EyeLab’ To Woo Web Surfers (Rebecca Dana/Wall Street Journal)

CBS Creates ‘EyeLab’ To Woo Web Surfers  —  CBS Corp. thinks Web surfers would rather watch a blooper reel from the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” than an actual episode of the show.  —  To cater to what it believes is the short attention span of online audiences, the network today is launching CBS [...]

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Senate Hearing on Google's DoubleClick Buy May Muddle Debate - ClickZ News

Senate Hearing on Google's DoubleClick Buy May Muddle DebateClickZ News, NY -14 hours ago… the fact is Google does serve ads onto other Web sites outside of its own search property through its AdSense network, something Precursor's Cleland …

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Verizon Wireless Introduces The Ultimate Consumer Entertainment Source … (Verizon)

Verizon Wireless Introduces The Ultimate Consumer Entertainment Source: The MOTORIZR Z6tv  —  The MOTORIZR Z6tv is Motorola’s First Device to Premiere V CAST Mobile TV  —  BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and SCHAUMBURG, IL — Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the nation’s …

Source:   Verizon
Link:   http://news.vzw.com/news/2007/09/pr2007-09-28f.html
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CSS Sprite Generator Released

Stuart Collville and Ed Eliot just launched a new CSS Sprite Generator tool, which is the first of many in a series of web-site performance tools.
For the uninitiated, a CSS Sprite is a single image file which contains several graphics. Using CSS background positions it’s possible to display any one of the graphics. By using [...]

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Facebook passes Myspace in the UK

Facebook has established itself as the hottest hang-out spot on the web among Britons, overtaking MySpace as the most popular social networking site in the UK last month.
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If You Write It: Demonoid is Down, Try Driveway File Sharing

commentary on demonoid and driveway file sharing
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DOMAssistant 2.0 released. Adds chainability, Ajax, and more

The folks at 456 bereastreet are reporting about the newest release of Robert Nyman’s DOM Assistant.
In case you aren’t aware of DOM Assistant:
DOMAssistant is plainly an extremely efficient way to work tightly on conjunction with the DOM without worrying about web browser caveats and inconsistencies. No matter what you do, you will always get [...]
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Rickshawvalas & Web 2.0 - Free press releases (press release)

Rickshawvalas & Web 2.0Free press releases (press release), UK -1 hour agoSaxena, who has great experience in the India’s Web 2.0 space, believes hareepa!com can become India’s biggest social networking site in 2-3 years. …

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Steve Jobs Girds for the Long iPhone War (Saul Hansell/Bits)

Steve Jobs Girds for the Long iPhone War  —  This afternoon, Apple did release the update.  And the gadget blogs confirm that it does indeed wreak havoc on modified iPhones.  Some phones have indeed been “bricked.”  In others, unofficial applications have been disabled.

Source:   Bits
Author:   Saul Hansell
Link:   http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/steve-jobs…
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What does and doesn’t work with iPhone 1.1.1 (Updated Continuously)

Well, iPhone 1.1.1 has landed and reports of what works and what broke are flying in. I manually restored my iPhone to a factory fresh 1.0.2 state this weekend to clean out all the hacks and apps I had been playing with, so updating to version 1.1.1 just now went smooth as butta’.
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Cooking With Video on Cookshow.com

You know how it’s easier to follow a recipe in a cookbook if there is picture? It gives you something to shoot for when you can see what the finished product is supposed to look like. Well, the same thing goes for online recipes. Except, why stop with pictures when you can include [...]

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El Mirage buys $449000 replacement fire engine - Arizona Republic

El Mirage buys $449000 replacement fire engineArizona Republic, AZ -36 minutes agoThe search is over for a much-needed reserve firetruck to replace the one lost in an August warehouse blaze only days before its delivery. …

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Toyota shows off fuel cell car with 480-mile range

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While we’ve yet to hear any more about Toyota’s planned tests of its plug-in hybrid, the company has apparently made quite a bit of progress with its fuel cell vehicles, two of which recently made a non-stop 350 mile trip from Osaka to Tokyo (with the air conditioning on, no less). What’s more, [...]

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