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Google’s version of Wikipedia goes multi-lingual (AFP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:01 pm

The logo of internet search engine company Google at the headquarters in Mountain View in Silicon Valley seen in June 2005. Google on Thursday made its version of communally-constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia multi-lingual<b>,</b> opening its Knol compendium to nuggets of knowledge shared in French<b>,</b> Italian or German.<b>(</b>AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm<b>)</b>AFP - Google on Thursday made its version of communally-constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia multi-lingual, opening its Knol compendium to nuggets of knowledge shared in French, Italian or German.



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Beatles Music Coming To MTV Game in 2009 (NewsFactor)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:01 pm

NewsFactor – The Beatles have long been rock-and-roll’s most notorious holdouts from the digital revolution. Stroll through the electronic aisles of Apple’s iTunes Store, and there’s a big, gaping hole where the Fab Four should be, a gap not really filled by A Tribute to the Beatles by The Silver Beatles, or Lullabye Renditions of the Beatles by Rockabye Baby.


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Apple Fixes MobileMe Service on the Sly (NewsFactor)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:01 pm

NewsFactor – Apple has gotten to the core of the problems plaguing the company’s MobileMe Internet service since its July launch, and has resolved several technical glitches.


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Netflix-TiVo alliance to stream online movies to televisions (AFP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:01 pm

A Netflix return mailer is pictured in Miami<b>,</b> Florida. Online movie rental giant Netflix and TV-top digital recorder pioneer TiVo on Thursday announced an alliance to stream movies from the Internet to television sets in the United States.<b>(</b>AFP/File/Robert Sullivan<b>)</b>AFP - Online movie rental giant Netflix and TV-top digital recorder pioneer TiVo on Thursday announced an alliance to stream movies from the Internet to television sets in the United States.



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AOL.com rolls out homepage redesign (AFP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:01 pm

AOL.com<b>,</b> the web portal of America Online<b>,</b> rolled out a redesigned homepage on Thursday it hopes will become a central station of sorts for Internet travelers by letting people coordinate social networks<b>,</b> email accounts and more without switching from site to site.<b>(</b>AOL<b>)</b>AFP - AOL.com, the web portal of America Online, rolled out a redesigned homepage on Thursday it hopes will become a central station of sorts for Internet travelers by letting people coordinate social networks, email accounts and more without switching from site to site.



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Appeals court rejects business method patents (Reuters)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:01 pm

Reuters – A U.S. patent appeals court ruled on Thursday that business methods, such as Amazon.com Inc’s one-click to buy goods on the Internet, cannot be patented.


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‘No On 8′ Site Reports Denial-of-Service Attacks (PC Magazine)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:01 pm

PC Magazine – Representatives for a Web site spearheading an effort to defeat Measure 8, portrayed by some as a California referendum on gay marriage, said the site underwent a coordinated attack on Thursday night, preventing it from being viewed by some users.


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Yahoo Opens Platform To Third-Party Developers (NewsFactor)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:01 pm

NewsFactor – Yahoo has officially opened its platform to developers. It’s all part of the search company’s vision for a more open Yahoo that leverages outside innovation, unlocks the power of social networking, and meshes the Yahoo experience with other sites to bring viewers the best of the Web.


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Remember When MTV Played Videos? New Site Does, Too (PC Magazine)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

PC Magazine – The cable music channel, which debuted in 1981 with round-the-clock music videos but now primarily focuses on reality programming, has archived its video collection on a new Web site, MTVMusic.com.


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Radus Pulls Web Content Together in Online Service (PC Magazine)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

PC Magazine – The Web offers an incredible wealth and range of content. Well, you knew that. But if you get tired of jumping from site to site—and navigating differently in each place—to experience all that content, Radus aims to make things simple for you, by collecting it in one place.


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