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Record visitor numbers expected at Computex '06
News Asia's largest IT extravaganza will see more than 130,000 visitors converge in Taiwan for all things IT.
Academic arrows fly in open access debate
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International Net ratings plan under fire
News Free-speech advocates are trying to derail an international plan to slap movie-like ratings on Internet content that could be adopted by leading online companies this week.
Buffett donates his billions to Gates foundation
News The billionaire investor plans to give away the bulk of his wealth in a bid to improve global health and education.
Tags: Financial
Mapping out the nanotech economy
News Nonprofit group takes a bird's-eye view of where in the United States the science of little things is a very big deal.
Tags: Nanotechnology
Search project prepares to challenge Google
News A company in the business of reviving abandoned technologies is preparing a peer-to-peer search engine aimed straight at the heart of Google.
Pope's influence includes technology firsts
News Late pontiff embraced Internet as tool for communicating with the faithful.
Key to HP's credibility in hands of new lawyers
News All eyes will be on venerable Philadelphia law as it continues to investigate controversial leak hunt.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Privacy, Business ethics
Supreme Court loosens patent 'obviousness' test
News Unanimous decision holds that lower courts should be more flexible in interpreting the standard for whether patents meet the non-obvious test.
Search project prepares to challenge Google
News A company in the business of reviving abandoned technologies is preparing a peer-to-peer search engine aimed straight at the heart of Google.
'Copyright criminals' look to remix the noise--legally
News Aspiring hip-hop artists have to be rich to afford decent samples. A new contest is trying to change that.
Tags: Copyright
Short Take: Microsoft Asia names new senior exec
News Microsoft Asia has appointed Ahmed Reda Chami as director of business development for South Asia, to guide and develop its operations in Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam.
S'pore company gives bulk discounts to individual consumers
News A group of entrepreneurial young people have devised a way for individuals to enjoy bulk discounts when buying online by doing what the Internet does best, bringing people together.
Media heavyweights create Net policy institute
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Study: Net users spend less time in "real" world
News As the Internet becomes more integrated with Americans' lives, people are spending less time with friends and family, shopping in stores, or watching television and instead are working longer hours by bringing their work home, according to a new report.
