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CNET - A fresh look at Yahoo’s search results Thursday by Hitwise Intelligence raises the question of whether Yahoo could survive just fine without its search engine.

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Yahoo’s top U.S. sites get traffic help from Google search
(CNET)

posted by on Jul 3

Reuters - The deteriorating U.S. economy and
slumping stock prices will frame discussions among top media
and technology executives at the 26th annual Allen & Co confab
in Sun Valley, Idaho, next week.

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Economy casts pall on Sun Valley media fest
(Reuters)

posted by on Jul 3

Reuters - If “American Idol” and a modern
fairy tale combined to create a video game, you’d get “Boogie
SuperStar” — Electronic Art’s latest game for the Nintendo Wii
system.

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Game makers eye young girls with “Boogie SuperStar”
(Reuters)

posted by on Jul 3

NewsFactor - I first met our solution provider, Ray Tetlow, the founder of Skyytek, on the Oracle Small Business (OSB from now on) user forum. At the time we were struggling with version 7 of OSB. It was really incomplete and badly tested software. Not only was it painfully slow, but also a lot of the features on which we based our purchasing decision just did not work.

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Blogger Opinion: Why We Left NetSuite
(NewsFactor)

posted by on Jul 3

AP - A baby boy removed from his parents’ custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro

posted by on Jul 3

AP - The Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write.

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EU musicians oppose Europe-wide online licensing
(AP)

posted by on Jul 3

Reuters - The world’s top cellphone maker Nokia
said on Thursday it had signed a cooperation agreement with
Norwegian telcom group Telenor for its “Ovi” Internet services
platform.

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Nokia and Telenor sign Internet services deal
(Reuters)

posted by on Jul 3

Reuters - British computer games retailer Game
Group smashed first-half profit forecasts, boosted by
new releases like Grand Theft Auto IV and Wii Fit, but its
shares slumped on concern that demand has peaked.

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Game Group falls on fear demand has peaked
(Reuters)

posted by on Jul 3

PC World - Google has made public a beta version of one of its internal tools used for testing the security of Web-based applications.

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Google Gives Away Free Web Application Security Scanner
(PC World)

posted by on Jul 3

InfoWorld - Krugle plans to ship next week an upgrade to its search appliance for enterprise software development projects, which makes it easier for teams of developers to maintain code.

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Krugle enhances code search appliance
(InfoWorld)

posted by on Jul 3

CNET - After navigating some rough seas, Sony’s Electronics division has been starting to right the ship.

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Sony’s Stan Glasgow talks TVs, Blu-ray
(CNET)

posted by on Jul 3

PC Magazine - Thanks in part to the Guinness Book-making Download Day debut of Firefox 3, Mozilla’s popular browser has managed to secure an overall marketshare of 19 percent.

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Firefox 3 Share Shoots Up
(PC Magazine)

posted by on Jul 3

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd’s (7974.OS) Wii game
console once again outsold Sony Corp’s (6758.T) PlayStation 3
in Japan in June, but its lead is fading, a game magazine
publisher said.

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Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales
(Reuters)

posted by on Jul 3

Reuters - The world’s top cellphone maker Nokia
said on Thursday it had signed a cooperation agreement with
Norwegian telcom group Telenor for its “Ovi” Internet services
platform.

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Nokia, Telenor sign Internet services deal
(Reuters)

posted by on Jul 3

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd’s (7974.OS) Wii game
console outsold Sony Corp’s (6758.T) PlayStation 3 for the
seventh consecutive month in Japan in June, a game magazine
publisher said.

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Nintendo Wii outsells Sony’s PS3 in Japan in June
(Reuters)

posted by on Jul 3

PC World - Readers debate merits of XP and Vista, and speculate on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 7.

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Windows XP, Vista–and Windows 7?
(PC World)

posted by on Jul 3

Reuters - Mozilla, developer of open-source Web browser
Firefox, said on Wednesday it set a new Guinness World Record
for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.

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Mozilla claims Guinness Record for downloads
(Reuters)

posted by on Jul 3

Reuters - An online network formed
by professional TV and film scribes during the Hollywood
writers’ strike earlier this year unveiled a slate Wednesday
featuring contributions from the minds behind the likes of “The
Office” and “Die Hard.”

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Writers set slate for Strike.tv
(Reuters)

posted by on Jul 3

CNET - A bit of deja vu is creeping into recent media reports of Microsoft whispering into the right ear of News Corp. and Time Warner’s AOL about potential partnerships, while Yahoo is whispering in their left.

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Yahoo and Microsoft making the rounds with old lovers?
(CNET)

posted by on Jul 3

AP - A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don’t have high-speed Internet access.

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Study says many dial-up users don’t want broadband
(AP)