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Daly, MRE Team Up on Really Big Internet Show iJustine (Justine ... 12 May 08, 23:55 ET Just learned about those dazzling Diet Coke-Mentos fountains? Puzzled by the phrase, “Chocolate rain?” Then you, friend, are woefully behind in the ... more Google offers to imbue all websites with social networking 12 May 08, 23:19 ET AFP - Google has set out to enable all websites, free of charge, to be imbued with common social networking features as the Internet evolves toward becoming a giant community along the lines of MySpace or Facebook. more 10 ways the Chinese Internet is different from yours 12 May 08, 23:17 ET This slideshow complements the interview with James Fallows, who has experienced "The Great Firewall of China" firsthand. What follows is a list of the ... more District: Students In Poway Hacking Case Got Software Off Internet 12 May 08, 22:50 ET SAN DIEGO -- Seven Rancho Bernardo High School students have been suspended after being accused of participating in hacking school computers, ... more Mio Group Plans Launch of Mobile Voice and Wireless Broadband ... 12 May 08, 22:18 ET 5/13/08 - Mio, the fastest growing provider of broadband mobile communication services in the Caribbean Islands, announced that it will soon be launching ... more Online network puts health front and center 12 May 08, 22:17 ET Reuters - NBC Universal said Monday that it is forming the Digital Health Network, a group of Web sites that will distribute health-focused videos produced by the network. more Integrate Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Windows Media ... 12 May 08, 21:55 ET OK, I just knew that posting a how-to looking at the XP SP3 slipstream process was going to generate a number of questions, but I hadn’t expected anywhere ... more Finmeccanica and DRS Technologies to Provide Internet Broadcast of ... 12 May 08, 21:50 ET Finmeccanica SpA (Milan: FNC) and DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) today announced that they will hold a joint conference call with analysts and the ... more Push to make internet cafes safer 12 May 08, 21:39 ET Last month two sexual assault cases at internet cafes shocked the nation. One case involved two boys who were sexually assaulted at an internet cafe, ... more Privacy watchdog eyes Internet giants 12 May 08, 21:18 ET OTTAWA - The Privacy Commissioner is launching an investigation into whether Canada's telecommunications giants are breaking the law when they use ... more Internet Cafe opens in Rotuma 12 May 08, 21:17 ET Update: 11:37AM Telecom Fiji and its subsidiary, Connect Internet Services, have opened a Connect Internet caf in Ahau, Rotuma. The move is a step further ... more White House Posts List Of Farm Bill Objections On Internet 12 May 08, 21:02 ET Ahead of Wednesday's farm bill votes in the House and Senate, the White House posted a list of its objections to the legislation on its Web site today, ... more New York seeks Internet violence law 12 May 08, 20:58 ET AP • May 12, 2008 ALBANY — Violence such as “bum fighting” in which homeless people are beaten up or paid to beat each other up for replay on Internet sites ... more HBO seen selling shows on Apple's iTunes 12 May 08, 20:47 ET Reuters - Time Warner Inc's HBO cable network is expected to start selling shows on Apple Inc's iTunes digital entertainment service, with flexible pricing, sources familiar with the discussions said on Monday. more Metallica taking fans inside new album sessions 12 May 08, 20:36 ET Reuters - As the September release of its first album in five years draws near, Metallica has launched a Web site to offer fans exclusive content and teasers of new songs. more Hacker Posts Chilean Government Data on 6 Million 12 May 08, 20:30 ET PC World - An anonymous hacker has posted personal data about 6 million Chilean residents on the Internet, highlighting wider privacy... more RP broadband Internet market seen to grow nearly a quarter 12 May 08, 20:14 ET The Philippine broadband Internet market will grow nearly a quarter a year over the next five years, boosted by higher demand from residential subscribers, according to International Data Corp. (IDC). more Bolton internet users have multiple identities 12 May 08, 20:01 ET By Julian Thorpe MORE than a sixth of Bolton's internet users have more than five e-mail addresses, a survey has revealed. The survey, carried out by the ... more Nokia To Take Mapping Service Online 12 May 08, 19:56 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - Much of the information on Nokia's mapping service is from mapmaker Navteq, which Nokia announced in October it planned to acquire for $8.1 billion. more Europe on the way to a high speed internet economy 12 May 08, 19:38 ET By Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society & Media 40% of Europeans do not use the internet and are not benefiting from the socio-economic ... more Chile probes data theft and posting by hacker 12 May 08, 19:26 ET AP - A prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet. more BBVA : The percentage of Internet users has grown from 37 percent ... 12 May 08, 19:18 ET The BBVA Foundation presents the results of its “Second Study on the Internet in Spain” based on a wide-ranging survey into how Internet is being used, ... more Internet Safety Classes 12 May 08, 19:17 ET By Kelly O'Connell Reporter But as News Three's Kelly O'Connell shows us, schools in our area are teaching students what they need to know before they log ... more Apple To Launch iPhone In Four Asian Regions 12 May 08, 19:02 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - In its quarter ended March 31, Apple sold 1.7 million of the devices, which combine a mobile phone, iPod media player and Web surfing. more Sun to Clarify JavaFX Open-source Plan Later This Year 12 May 08, 19:00 ET PC World - While Sun executives have said that JavaFX, the company's nascent rich Internet application (RIA) development product family... more Microsoft readies service packs for dev tools 12 May 08, 19:00 ET InfoWorld - Microsoft released Monday beta versions of separate service packs for the Visual Studio 2008 software development platform and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5, a Microsoft official said in a blog. more Google's Friend Connect To Spread Social Data 12 May 08, 18:40 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - The software is part of an emerging set of technologies like OpenID, OAuth, OpenSocial, and the data access APIs published by Facebook, Google, and MySpace. more Hollywood actors and studios clash over Internet clips 12 May 08, 18:38 ET Getting Hollywood actors paid for their smallest performances -- video clips on the Internet -- is shaping up as one their biggest sticking points in stalemated contract negotiations with major studios. more Exhibit Hall for Internet Week New York - Updates and Call for ... 12 May 08, 18:36 ET In conjunction with Internet Week New York (June 3 - 10th), Mashable is hosting an Exhibitors Hall at Touch on Friday, June 6th from 6-10pm. ... more Internet Prostitution Ring Broken In Troy 12 May 08, 18:36 ET TROY, Mich. -- Troy investigators arrested two local men and two Florida women Thursday in an online prostitution ring set up at the Northfield Hilton hotel ... more Hollywood actors, studios clash over Internet clips 12 May 08, 18:30 ET By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, May 12 (Reuters) - Getting Hollywood actors paid for their smallest performances -- video clips on the Internet -- is shaping ... more State seeks Internet violence law 12 May 08, 17:52 ET AP ALBANY, NYÂ - A proposal in New York would make a felony of committing violent acts for display on Internet video sites. The state Senate's Republican ... more Funambol and Laszlo Team on Rich Internet App and Mobile Messaging 12 May 08, 17:46 ET By Anshu Shrivastava Funambol and Laszlo Systems have announced they are integrating the commercial versions of their Mobile 2.0 (News - Alert) and Web 2.0 ... more Internet is fueling emergence of violent Islamist groups in the ... 12 May 08, 17:44 ET By Katherine McIntire Peters kpeters@govexec.com May 12, 2008 The violent Islamist terrorist threat has evolved and expanded since al Qaeda planned the Sept ... more Mio Introduces Mobile Voice and Wireless Broadband Internet ... 12 May 08, 17:44 ET By Niladri Sekhar Nath Mio, a provider of broadband mobile communication services in the Caribbean Islands, is set to launch mobile voice, ... more Tivoli Targets June Intro for NetWorks Internet Radio 12 May 08, 17:44 ET Tivoli Audio founder and CEO Tom DeVesto has set a June timeframe for shipment of the product whose concept he outlined almost a year ago: the Tivoli Audio ... more N.Y. Seeks Internet Violence Law 12 May 08, 17:41 ET A proposal in New York would make a felony of committing violent acts for display on Internet video sites. more Students accused of making Internet threats 12 May 08, 17:36 ET By Joel Feick GRAND BLANC (WJRT) -- (05/12/08)--Police are conducting an investigation after students are accused of making Internet threats against other ... more Sprint Treo 800w leaves footprints on the Internet 12 May 08, 17:34 ET Folks, I don’t know about you, but for me, the Treo line of smartphone is in serious need of an overhaul. Do I get excited as the next dude about a new ... more NY seeks Internet violence law - Staten Island Advance 12 May 08, 17:30 ET AP VIDEO AP ALBANY, NY (AP) — A proposal in New York would make a felony of committing violent acts for display on Internet video sites. ... more Privacy watchdog investigates Internet giants 12 May 08, 17:24 ET OTTAWA -- The Privacy Commissioner is launching an investigation into whether Canada's telecommunications giants are breaking the law when they use ... more Retailers fail to prevent internet teenage kicks 12 May 08, 17:23 ET Young people are using the internet to buy inappropriate material, such as explicit video games, adult DVDs, alcohol and even weapons, because it’s easier ... more NY seeks Internet violence law 12 May 08, 17:19 ET Associated Press - May 12, 2008 5:15 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A proposal in New York would make a felony of committing violent acts for display on Internet video sites. more Apple Says IPhone Is Sold Out at Its Internet Store (Update3) 12 May 08, 17:18 ET By Connie Guglielmo May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.'s iPhone is sold out at its online stores in the US and UK, a sign that a new model with faster ... more Snap Personal Internet Communicator 12 May 08, 17:14 ET By Aoife M. Mcevoy , PC World , 05/12/2008 The US$99 Snap Communicator is part telephone, part intercom. It connects to your PC via USB, and allows you to ... more Del. Rabbi Accused Of Sexual Internet Chat With 15-Year-Old Boy 12 May 08, 17:10 ET A Wilmington rabbi and head of a school was charged in connection with endangering the welfare of a child. Jack Sparks, 53, was taken into custody Monday ... more INTERNET LAW - ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE (EDI) 12 May 08, 17:08 ET Article 2 of the EC Recommendation 1994/820/EC defines EDI as “the electronic transfer, from computer to computer, of commercial and administrative data ... more INTERNET LAW - CAMBODIA CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 12 May 08, 17:07 ET Consumer protection in Cambodia is regulated by the Law on the Management of Quality and Safety of Products and Services, which received Royal assent on ... more Apple Prepares Grand Opening For Boston Store 12 May 08, 17:01 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - The 20,000-square-foot Apple Store opening Thursday in the Prudential Center will be one of the company's largest retail outlets. more Chinese government Internet censorship: The pros and cons 12 May 08, 17:00 ET Would you support government censorship of the Internet for less spam, viruses and other attacks? So in the end the justification for Cisco seems to be that ... more Bollywood gets Internet savvy, enters ‘blog’osphere 12 May 08, 16:52 ET BLOGGERS PARADISE: It seems that Big B loves to blog as is evident from the way he updates his blogs. Aamir Khan flew down to receive the Deenanath ... more Google Friend Connect Turns Web Sites Into Social Networks 12 May 08, 16:39 ET NewsFactor - Social networks provide powerful mechanisms for connecting people and information, but their benefits are limited to those who sign up with one service or another. For example, a Facebook user can't use her content or friends on LinkedIn or any other network. more HP Confirms Talks To Buy Electronic Data Systems 12 May 08, 16:35 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - Acquiring EDS, the world's largest pure-play outsourcer, would immediately turn HP into a major services firm capable of rivaling IBM. more Verizon Expands High Speed Internet In Lansing Area 12 May 08, 16:33 ET More consumers and businesses across the Lansing area have or soon will have access to Verizon High Speed Internet. Verizon technicians are installing ... more St. John Home Health Care has gone fully mobile with wireless ... 12 May 08, 16:33 ET The 175 field workers now can get on the Internet from anywhere their job may take them. Karen Oravec, director of clinical systems for the home health ... more OAFL and Canada's Northwind Launch First Football Show on Internet ... 12 May 08, 16:24 ET TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 12, 2008) - Northwind and the Ontario Australian Rules Football League ("OAFL") today launch it first internet based ... more Defrocked Judge Turns Internet Radio Personality, Entrepreneur 12 May 08, 16:20 ET By SHERRI M. OKAMOTO, Staff Writer Former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin A. Ross’ penchant for the media spotlight led to his removal from the bench ... more Google joins effort to make more Web sites more sociable 12 May 08, 16:13 ET AP - The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd. more Connect Internet Cafe Opened In Rotuma 12 May 08, 16:10 ET Telecom Fiji and its subsidiary Connect Internet Services went a step further in bridging the digital divide between the rural and urban areas by opening a ... more HP To Acquire Electronic Data Systems, Report Says 12 May 08, 16:02 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - HP might pay between $12 billion and $13 billion to acquire EDS in a deal that could be announced Tuesday, says The Wall Street Journal. more Microsoft's Hotmail, Live Messenger Head To BlackBerry 12 May 08, 16:00 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - BlackBerrys aren't just for business messaging anymore, and Microsoft isn't depending only on Windows Mobile for its mobile strategy. more Toucan Global Snap Personal Internet Communicator 12 May 08, 15:59 ET Innovative intercom device is limited by its cord; your contacts need to have Snaps, too. The $99 Snap Communicator is part telephone, part intercom. ... more Wi-Max Showdown: Bell Unplugged vs. Rogers Portable Internet 12 May 08, 15:59 ET Last month, Inukshuk, the wireless broadband network co-developed by Bell and Rogers, announced the expansion of its coverage area within the ten provinces ... more Canadian teacher charged with Internet sex crimes in Stafford 12 May 08, 15:58 ET Canadian teacher accused of making ill-fated stop in Fredericksburg for liaison with 13-year- old boy. BY KEITH EPPS A stopover in the Fredericksburg area ... more TRAI seeks easier norms for internet telephony 12 May 08, 15:54 ET NEW DELHI: Attempting to bring down national and international tariffs even further, telecom regulator TRAI on Monday sought views from industry and experts ... more Monday, 12 May 2008 Internet father speaks up for municipal networks 12 May 08, 15:53 ET Municipal broadband networks could help boost the availability of high-speed Internet access and even help to ensure Net neutrality in the US, ... more Lehigh vice provost pleads guilty in Internet sex sting 12 May 08, 15:52 ET By Joelle Farrell A high-ranking Lehigh University official from Bryn Mawr pleaded guilty today to criminal attempt to commit involuntary deviant sexual ... more Internet Can Create Identity Crises 12 May 08, 15:37 ET By CAROLYN Y. JOHNSON It's the existential question of the Internet age: Who am I on this Web site? The Internet has come to dominate the way people keep in ... more 911 Calls From Internet Inherently Unsafe 12 May 08, 15:37 ET Nova Scotia (eCanadaNow) - - The office of Emergency management for Nova Scotia is warning fellow citizens that using telephone providers such as voice over ... more Apple Says IPhone Is Sold Out at Its Internet Store (Update2) 12 May 08, 15:23 ET By Connie Guglielmo May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.'s iPhone is sold out at its online stores in the US and UK, a sign that a new model with faster ... more Rotuma Finally Enters The Internet Age 12 May 08, 15:13 ET The tiny island of Rotuma , a Polynesian outlier of Fiji , has entered the modern age with its first internet cafe, the on-line news service Fiji Live ... more Is Canada Considering A Three Strikes And You're Off The Internet ... 12 May 08, 14:59 ET With the entertainment industry actively pushing for laws that would require ISPs to kick users off the internet for file sharing, using a "three strikes" ... more Trai pitches for internet telephony 12 May 08, 14:54 ET Telecom tariffs for national and international calling may become cheaper, if the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai's) suggestions to liberalise the internet telephony regime are approved by the government and accepted by the stakeholders. more Scribner Signs Internet Celeb Tila Tequila 12 May 08, 14:54 ET By Lynn Andriani -- Publishers Weekly, 5/12/2008 12:03:00 PM Rapper/singer/model/blogger/actress/MySpace celebrity/MTV sensation Tila Tequila has signed a ... more Canada Considering A Three Strikes And You're Off The Internet Policy? 12 May 08, 14:51 ET Techdirt is reporting that Canada may be considering a "three strikes" policy which could see users internet access privileges revoked for file sharing ... more Mercadolibre Inc. (MELI) NewsBite - MELI Lower With Internet ... 12 May 08, 14:45 ET Mercadolibre Inc (MELI) opened at $53.80. So far today the stock has hit a low of $51.1 and a high of $53.99. MELI is now trading at $51.61, ... more Internet’s On-Camera Interview with President Bush 12 May 08, 14:45 ET SUNNYVALE, Calif. & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yahoo! News and Politico, a Washington-based political journalism organization, tomorrow will host an ... more TRAI move to open up internet telephony within India 12 May 08, 14:27 ET New Delhi, May 12 Making cheaper calls from a PC to a phone in India could soon become a reality, with telecom regulator TRAI on Monday seeking views from ... more Apple: iPhone sold out in US, UK 12 May 08, 14:01 ET AP - Apple Inc. says its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation that will feature faster Internet surfing speeds. more Has The Internet Helped or Hurt Movies? 12 May 08, 13:58 ET Have you seen "Iron Man?" If so, you probably watched the secret scene after the end credits. For those that knew about it ahead of time, chances are you ... more Police investigate link between credit card cloning and Internet ... 12 May 08, 13:47 ET A group carrying 62 cloned credit cards and more than four and a half million pesos in cash was arrested early this morning. SANTIAGO. ... more Apple Says IPhone Is Unavailable From Internet Store (Update1) 12 May 08, 13:39 ET By Connie Guglielmo May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.'s iPhone is unavailable from its online store, a sign that a new model with faster Internet access may ... more The Internet Road Ahead: Web 3.0 By Intel 12 May 08, 13:35 ET This is a rather short post on a broad topic for controversial Web 3.0 standards. But I was intrigued by a video of the CMO at Intel, Sean Maloney, ... more Hacker posts stolen data on internet 12 May 08, 13:34 ET SANTIAGO - A hacker who identified himself as "Anonymous Coward" stole personal data of six million Chileans - reportedly including that of a daughter of the President - and posted it briefly on the internet. more James Whale to host talkshow on internet radio site Play Radio UK 12 May 08, 13:32 ET Sacked TalkSport radio host James Whale is to return with a talkshow on internet radio site Play Radio UK. By John Plunkett more How West Central Net Provides High Speed Internet to Del Rio and ... 12 May 08, 13:26 ET By Joe Hyde Big Telecom and cable companies like AT&T and Time Warner cable have competition for high speed Internet in Del Rio and Eagle Pass. ... more SASKTEL WIRELESS INTERNET NOW IN THE MIDDLE LAKE AREA 12 May 08, 13:26 ET Middle Lake and the surrounding area will now be able to enjoy the benefits of SaskTel's Wireless Internet service. "Internet access has become an essential ... more Apple Says IPhone Handset Is Unavailable From Internet Store 12 May 08, 13:22 ET By Connie Guglielmo May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.'s iPhone is ``currently unavailable'' from its online store and the company declined to say when it ... more Kara Visits “The Future of the Internet” Book Party! 12 May 08, 13:18 ET It was hosted by megablogger Arianna Huffington and Melanie Ellison, an old friend of Zittrain’s from high school, as it turned out. ... more HBO seen selling shows on Apple's iTunes: source 12 May 08, 13:16 ET Reuters - Time Warner Inc's HBO cable network is expected to start selling shows on Apple Inc's iTunes digital entertainment service, with flexible pricing, a source familiar with the discussions said on Monday. more KOREAN INTERNET GIANT FINED 12 May 08, 13:14 ET According to reports in the Korea Times, the Korean Internet group NHN has been penalised for "...its antitrust behaviours and dubious online gambling ... more Hayden Panettiere sex tape on sale - Internet crashes! 12 May 08, 13:13 ET Heroes starlet Hayden Panettiere has joined the ranks of the Hollywood elite by launching her own online sex video co-starring Angelina Jolie. ... more Horizon Media Partners with Backchannelmedia to Use First Ever TV ... 12 May 08, 13:09 ET Horizon Media, the largest independent media services agency in America and the fastest growing in the industry, is partnering with Backchannelmedia, ... more Aussie IT body calls for internet 'snoop' safegaurds 12 May 08, 13:07 ET Australia's IT industry group is calling on the country's government to adopt guidelines surrounding the use of workplace internet records. ... more How to survive your teenager: The Internet and your teen 12 May 08, 13:03 ET Raising a teen? Here's some advice on your teen's internet usage from the book "How to Survive Your Teenager" (Hundreds of Heads Books, ... more Dubai Internet City drives innovation in region’s ICT sector 12 May 08, 12:54 ET Dubai Internet City (DIC), the largest managed ICT cluster in the Middle East, and a member of TECOM Investments, today announced it is the ‘ICT Strategic ... more Chinese Internet censorship: An inside look 12 May 08, 12:48 ET The movement towards laptop computers has fueled an unprecedented number of data breaches. For IT and Information Security, encryption and training has ... more Powerset Does Semantic Searches of Wikipedia 12 May 08, 12:47 ET NewsFactor - Powerset is offering a new way to search Wikipedia -- with natural-language technology and conversational phrasing instead of keywords like Google uses. more Nick’s internet TV show success 12 May 08, 12:41 ET A FORMER Worcester pupil who co-produced a hit internet television show watched more than 1.7 million times, is now looking to make more programmes. ... more Hacker Publishes Personal Data Of Six Million Onto Internet 12 May 08, 12:35 ET The hacker took the data from several government run Web sites, then displayed the data for all to see. According to this news story, a (so far) anonymous ... more Nokia to Reposition as 'Internet Company' 12 May 08, 12:26 ET Last week at Nokia's annual shareholders meeting, CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told investors the company would like to act "more like an internet company" than ... more Internet Security Serial Entrepreneurs Launch PurewireATLANTAGA ... 12 May 08, 12:25 ET Security industry serial entrepreneurs today announced the launch of Purewire, Inc. Purewire secures business and social interactions on the Web. ... more Lansing Area Customers to Have Access to Fast, Affordable Verizon High Speed Internet Service This Summer 12 May 08, 12:16 ET LANSING, Mich., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- More consumers and businesses across the Lansing area have or soon will have access to Verizon High Speed Internet, allowing them to quickly download movies, share photos or video with friends and family, and create their own Internet content. more Students Fight Hunger with Internet Game 12 May 08, 11:56 ET With food prices and world hunger on the rise, some Atlanta students have found a fun way to help - by using an Internet game. IT'S NOT YOUR USUAL INTERNET ... more Google Steps Into Data Portability Dance With Friend Connect 12 May 08, 11:50 ET PC World - Google plans to release on Monday a preview version of Friend Connect, a service designed to let Web publishers add social... more Sprint affiliate sues to block Clearwire deal 12 May 08, 11:45 ET AP - An affiliate of Sprint Nextel Corp., iPCS Inc., said Monday it is seeking to block Sprint from forming a wireless broadband company with Clearwire Corp. more Internet Security Serial 12 May 08, 11:33 ET Security industry serial entrepreneurs today announced