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GPS phones can't plug computing gap
News Some personal navigation device manufacturers are betting GPS-enabled mobiles won't catch up with standalone handhelds anytime soon.
Tags: GPS, Location-based services, Phone, Smart Phone, cell phone, revenue, mobile, SatNav, 3D, e-mail
Jackson death prompts malware alert at Google
News Spike in searches related to Michael Jackson was so "volcanic" that it triggered an antimalware mechanism at Google, company says.
Tags: Web services, App servers, Crisis communications, Networking technology, Malware, Google Inc., computer, Crisis communications, spyware, computer virus
Templates published for mass fatality incidents
Blogs Many hospitals are unprepared to deal with large numbers of dead bodies--a mass fatality incident, or MFI--that would re...
In death do we digitally depart
Blogs My parents never really sat me down for that dreaded discussion about death, but I knew at an early age that life was in...
Google hopes to turn the river into a canal
News Searching on real-time services like Twitter is akin to standing in front of a firehose on a hot day: you'll get cooled off, but knocked over. Google wants to change that.
Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Google Inc., Tiger Woods, Twitter Inc., Web Page, Web 2.0, healthcare reform, Google News, Internet
CrunchPad reborn as JooJoo
News Chandra Rathakrishnan, the chief executive of former TechCrunch partner Fusion Garage, reveals plans to proceed with release of new Web-browsing tablet.
Tags: Software, Notebooks and tablets, JooJoo, Fusion Garage, Product, CEO, CBS Interactive Inc., Storage, Software, intellectual property
So you're the boring guy
Blogs As I write this, news organizations all over the world are still scrambling to cover the sudden and shocking death of Mi...
Learning to embrace Net without fear
Blogs Like some others out there, I was terrified of the dark and avoided watching horror flicks growing up. But, as I mat...
Skinny, wrinkle-free world of tech
Blogs I never really liked mirrors--mostly because I see all the imperfections it reflects each time I look into one. Needless...
Running a contest on Facebook? That'll cost you
News Social network tightened rules for companies running contests on its platform, and sources say those companies will be required to buy ad space, too.
Tags: Internet advertising, Web sites, Web 2.0, Facebook, advertisement, CEO, U.S., CBS Interactive Inc., Human Resources Inc., Web sites
France pushes ahead with 'three strikes' Internet law
News Anti-piracy legislation, which calls for persistent file-sharers to have their Internet connection cut off, is a revised version of earlier legislation struck down by the courts.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, IP, IP Address, Wi-Fi connection, Wi-Fi, File-sharing, Internet, Wi-Fi access
Ancestry.com hopes to stand test of time
News Analysts wonder if buying into the latest dot-com IPO makes sense for investors.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business plans, Facebook, Social Networking, Family Tree, Paul Allen, Business plans, Ancestry.com, Amazon.com Inc., Business Strategies & Functions
Understand limitations of your online privacy
Blogs Life is about choices. We all make decisions almost every second of our life. Some are menial...should I floss and brush...
When was the last time you wrote a letter?
Blogs Growing up, I used to relish every visit to the stationery shop. I'd spend hours browsing through row after row of c...
Satyam on sale, receives multiple bids
News Several Indian companies, including Spice Corp, have confirmed interest to acquire a controlling stake in Satyam, new reports reveal.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Acquisitions, Bloomberg L.P., engineering company, investment banking, Indian Company, IT services company, chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co.
