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6 Internet providers disclose Web tracking for ads (AP)

Posted on 08.31.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

AP - The nation’s largest Internet service providers all say they haven’t partnered with Silicon Valley startup NebuAd Inc. to monitor Web surfing and deliver targeted advertising to their subscribers. Here is a look at six smaller service providers, however, that have conducted trials. The companies say all the tests have ended, often to review privacy and related issues. No provider is known to be currently using NebuAd.

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6 Internet providers disclose Web tracking for ads (AP)

Posted on 08.31.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

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Satellite phones make cowboys wildfire sentinels (AP)

Posted on 08.31.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

AP - The craggy gullies where Idaho cowboy Paul Nettleton runs 1,200 head of cattle are often precious minutes from reliable cell phone coverage.

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Charity Fundraising: Going Virtual

Posted on 08.31.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

Fayandria Foley helped reel in big bucks in July with one of the year’s most curious fundraisers. She helped pull together an American Cancer Society Relay for Life, which is typically a walkathon locally. More than 2,000 showed up—or didn’t, actually. Everyone at Foley’s relay stayed home to participate. The relay took place in the Web universe of Second Life. Second Life is a three-dimensional video world where players can create an online personality.

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Test Driving the Next Generation of Fuel Technology

Posted on 08.31.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

Tom Albert drove his loaner Chevrolet Equinox like any other car. He took it to work during the week, picked up groceries, and loaded up the back with bags of soil at the garden store. When his infant son was fussy, Albert drove the newborn around the block to calm him down. The normal driving experience ended, however, when it came time to fuel the car. Aboard the silent vehicle, Albert had two filling stations to choose from in the Washington, D.C., area, and the fuel—hydrogen—was anything but typical.

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Cell Phones Make Headway in Education

Posted on 08.31.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

Cell phones have long been anathema in the classroom, banned as a potential distraction, at best, and as a possible vehicle for cheating, at worst. But lately, educators have begun changing their tune on mobile phones. Abilene Christian University will hand out Apple’s iPhone 3G smartphone to two-thirds of this year’s entering class of 950 freshmen. Students will be expected to use the devices to brainstorm ideas and get virtual handouts and podcasts during class. Instructors will use them for such tasks as monitoring attendance.

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Social Media Exposes the Corporate Psychopath

Posted on 08.31.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

Truth or dare. We dare you—CMO, brand manager, PR-communications specialist, CRM manager, or whoever you are—to have your company authentically enter into the innovative realm of online social media, the world of Facebook and other networking sites—or as it is known in shorthand, “Web 2.0.” Not ready yet? Afraid you won’t have control of what happens? C’mon, we double dare you. Still, not that daring? OK. If you won’t take the dare, you have to tell the truth. Is your company customer-focused? “Yes, of course,” you answer without thinking. Seriously now, be honest.

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Want IE8 Beta 2? You May Have To Jump Through Hoops (NewsFactor)

Posted on 08.30.08 by templeton @ 12:00 pm

NewsFactor – Microsoft warned developers preparing to download the new Beta 2 release of Internet Explorer 8 that under certain conditions those who have already installed IE8 Beta 1 cannot revert to older iterations of the browser.

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Comcast Limits Homes To 250GB in New Public Policy (NewsFactor)

Posted on 08.30.08 by templeton @ 12:00 pm

NewsFactor – Comcast has made it official: Home Internet service customers are limited to 250GB of data per month. According to the company, the move is in response to heavy usage by some customers that can cause network congestion.

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Microsoft buys ciao.com to boost e-shopping search (Reuters)

Posted on 08.30.08 by templeton @ 12:00 pm

Reuters – Microsoft has agreed to buy Greenfield
Online, owner of popular European price comparison website
ciao.com, for about 6 million to boost its Internet search
and e-commerce business in Europe.

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