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Gov't launches mashup competition
ZDNet UK, UK - The Cabinet Office has set up a competition for people to develop their own mashups using public-sector information. The competition, the idea for which … |
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Wal-Mart Tries Widgets, Other Web 2.0 Technology to Lure Customers
CIO, MA - To keep it that way, the $379 billion company hopes several new Web 2.0 projects will secure what could become an increasingly illusive consumer dollar. … |
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Filed under: Robots
[Via Tech Digest, image courtesy of Asahi Beer]
Continue reading Mr. Asahi robot bartender makes its public debut
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Blogged, the blog directory that we introduced last February, has launched a news portal that aspires to hand-pick the most interesting stories from across the blogosphere. The company has employed a team of editors to identify trends and popular stories from around the web, which are presented in categories that include technology, entertainment, politics, [...]
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Just because the Internet makes it possible to offer a near-infinite inventory of goods for sale does not mean that consumers will start wanting more obscure items in any great numbers. That is the conclusion Harvard Business School associate professor Anita Elberse comes to in a recent article in the Harvard Business Review that [...]
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Filed under: Storage
Before you start having a complete panic attack, let us inform you that this whole fiasco actually took place last year, but as these things have a way of going, it’s just now coming to light. Reportedly, a 33-year-old captain in the Ground Self-Defense Force ganked a USB flash drive (along with ¥2,000 [$19] and a ¥10,000 [$94] airline coupon) and proceeded to “dump it.” Aside from the laughably small amount of cash and prizes this guy accepted, the unfortunate part of all this is what resided on the flash drive: troop deployment maps used in Japan-US military exercises. Worse still, we get the idea that said USB key is still out there somewhere undiscovered (or unrevealed), so if you happen upon one with all sorts of undecipherable schematics on there, now you know what’s up.
[Via The Register, image courtesy of University of Texas]
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Question: Do you think your Google habits — your random, untethered wisps of thoughts manifested as search terms like “unexplained hives” and “Kate Beckinsale single?” — can be bundled together to paint an accurate representation of your morality?
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Stolen: Google employees’ personal data — Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. — Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external company Google and other companies use to handle human resources functions …
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Government 2.0 is a rubbish name for a good initiative
guardian.co.uk, UK - This is a new and nearly ubiquitous enthusiasm for the power of information, including but not exclusively web 2.0 innovations, to improve public services. … |
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Adobe to make searching easier on Flash sites
The Associated Press - Adobe Systems Inc., the format's developer, has released a customized version of its Flash Player software that allows Google Inc.'s search engine and … |
Update: This batch sold out in 20 minutes. We will release one more smaller batch in the coming weeks. We are releasing the next batch of 200 tickets to the 3rd annual August Capital MeetUp on Friday, July 25, 2008, in Menlo Park, California. Our last release of tickets sold out in less than [...]
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iGrip Universal Fit Flexible Mount
WM Experts, FL - … PPC-6600, T-Mobile Shadow, Wing, Dash, MDA, SDA, Verizon SMT5800, XV6900, XV6800, or XV6700, and move in and out with the push of a single button. … |
One of my many responsibilities in my so-called day job is to facilitate large groups of people toward achieving consensus views on knotty strategic issues.
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ADS OR CONTENT? ONLY GOOGLE CAN TELL
Globe and Mail, Canada - … clips that will be distributed through Google's AdSense program and will be collectively known as Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. … |
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When Samsung Electronics named Yoon-Woo Lee as vice chairman and CEO a few months back, we were hoping that all that rioting and poster burning would subside. Although we haven’t heard of any more breakouts of late, things are apparently still rocky on the inside. Lee Soo-Bin, chairman of Samsung Life Insurance and current representative for the Samsung Group, admitted that “without a captain or rudder, Samsung now faces a complex crisis, with each unit meeting cut-throat competition independently.” He continued to say that the group “was able to ride out a previous crisis together thanks to former chairman Lee Kun-Hee’s strong leadership and the guidance of the Strategic Planning Office, [but] now it could not do so.” From the outside looking in, it’s a bit tough to really understand what he’s getting at, but whatever the case, those are most definitely not the words you want coming from the mouth a head exec.
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