Book Argues That Bell Stole Phone Idea
A new book claims to have definitive evidence of a long-suspected technological crime — that Alexander Graham Bell stole ideas for the telephone from a rival, Elisha Gray.
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Researcher: Info Overload Costs Economy
Think twice before you copy someone on an e-mail or hit “reply all.” Such practices have made today’s workers less productive, a research firm concludes.
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Wikia search to be unveiled in January 2008 - Computer Business Review
Wikia search to be unveiled in January 2008Computer Business Review, UK -18 minutes agoHowever, the tool is expected to take some time to evolve as users take time to develop the search platform. Mahalo search engine, which was launched in …
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Firefox Add-on. 1-Click
I’ve been using 1-click for some time now and I have to say, it’s become indispensable for web browsing.
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BEST OF ECT NEWS Combating Web 2.0 Threats - E-Commerce Times
BEST OF ECT NEWS Combating Web 2.0 ThreatsE-Commerce Times -Dec 25, 2007By John P. Mello Jr. At the core of Web 2.0 are applications that use code written in Ajax and JavaScript, which make them behave in ways that traditional …
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Everex gPC gets reviewed, thrashed
Filed under: Desktops
Just because something sells out, that doesn’t mean that it’s up to snuff. Substantiating said claim is the Everex gPC, which recently did an outstanding job of frustrating and disappointing reviewers at PCMag. Put simply, the gPC was found to be aggravatingly underpowered, and was deemed “one of those PCs you buy as [...]
CareerBuilder Sees 8 Recruiting Trends Gaining From Slow, Steady … - ERE Media
CareerBuilder Sees 8 Recruiting Trends Gaining From Slow, Steady …ERE Media, NY -2 hours ago… screening will grow, and not just the use of qualifying pre-app questions, but full-blown searching of social networking sites and search engine checks. …
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BLOG stands for Better Listings On Google! - 4Hoteliers
BLOG stands for Better Listings On Google!4Hoteliers, Hong Kong -3 hours agoThe second most important reason for blogging is search engine traffic. Search engines love fresh content. Every time you update your blog, …
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Earth Trek’s 2-in-1 mult-card reader has a USB twist
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Storage
We’ve been bored by the entirely too utilitarian concept of multi-card readers ever since they were hosting our SmartMedia and xD cards, but Earth Trek seems to have revitalized the concept for 2008. The 2-in-1 rotary multi-card reader has a patented swiveling USB 2.0 connector to let you come at it [...]
Honda Gearing Up to Unseat the Mighty Prius - Wired News
Honda Gearing Up to Unseat the Mighty PriusWired News -2 hours agoIt will feature a smaller, lighter engine to improve fuel economy and a lower price than the Civic hybrid. Although it's been rumored that the car will be a …
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Is Google Reader Sharing Too Much?
A small privacy debate is igniting over a new sharing feature in Google Reader. A couple weeks ago, Google turned on a new feature in its feed reader that lets you share posts with anyone in your Gmail or Gtalk contact list (assuming you use either of those other Google services as well). [...]
2007 In Numbers: Low Traffic Is One Problem Yahoo Doesn’t Have
When comScore releases its monthly lists of top performing sites there’s one result that has always surprised me, and that’s seeing “Yahoo sites” ahead of “Google sites.” Google remains the dominant leader in search, but when it comes to traffic across all properties Yahoo remains on top. In November 2007 Yahoo sites tracked 136 million [...]
EU: Microsoft’s Last Stand Against Google’s Acquisition of DoubleClick
As we reported December 20, the last hurdle to Google’s acquisition of Doubleclick now rests with the European Union after obtaining approval for the merger in the United States.
One company petitioning against the acquisition is Microsoft. The NY Times has a copy of a leaked Microsoft document here (.doc) that details in dot points the [...]
Broadband Mechanics announcement(s) (Marc Canter/Marc’s Voice)
Broadband Mechanics announcement(s) — I hate doing press releases - they seem so old school Web 1.0-ish. Scheduling appointments to go kiss Om Mailk’s or Arrington’s ring just seems so arcane to me, but it’s clearly what has to be done to get coverage. And then they assign the post …
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IFPI wants ISPs to block The Pirate Bay, filter P2P traffic (P2P Blog)
IFPI wants ISPs to block The Pirate Bay, filter P2P traffic — The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) wants European ISPs to build the copyright equivalent to the Chinese firewall, and its counting on the help of European lawmakers to achieve this goal.
Source: P2P Blog
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