TiVo and Netflix finally consummate unionOpen in New Window
"It's about time: Netflix and TiVo have finally announced a partnership that will put Netflix's 12,000+ streaming TV shows and movies on TiVo devices." read more »
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LinkedIn Offers New Apps In Move Into The OfficeOpen in New Window
Information Week via reuters brings news of 8 new applications involving Linkedin. The apps integrate Google and Amazon services among some of the larger names involved. This is being done "in a pus read more »
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SAP Scraps 2008 Revenue OutlookOpen in New Window
Information week brings news of SAP's latest move in the current economic climate. The software solutions company has "scrapped its 2008 revenue outlook and made no forecast for 2009 as the global read more »
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7 Fantastic Internet HoaxesOpen in New Window
Alice LaPlante writes about internet hoaxes. They can potentially be really harmful, from instilling fear in people to providing a gold mine of email addresses for spammers. Sometimes a warning email read more »
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Can Data Mining Save America's Schools?Open in New Window
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee writes about the efforts by school districts in the US to utilize data from standardized test scores, attendance, grades, and other data sources to spot weaknesses and streng read more »
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Oprah Endorses Amazon.com's KindleOpen in New Window
Oprah Winfrey has endorsed Amazon.com's Kindle, calling it her favorite new gadget. Kindle is roughly the size of a slim paperback book, capable of storing thousands of books, magazines, newspaper read more »
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Yahoo, Google Reportedly Negotiating Ad Deal With DOJOpen in New Window
K.C. Jones of InformationWeek writes that according to a report in the Wall Street Journal "Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) are trying to work with the U.S. Department of Justice to gain approval of their proposed advertising plan." The newspaper stated that the two companies are negotiating a deal that will"curb concerns that the arrangement would concentrate too much power in the hands of Google." read more »
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Inside GeoEye's $500 Million Imaging SatelliteOpen in New Window
The Geo-Eye-1 satellite, launched into orbit on Sept 6, 2008, is there to capture ultra high resolution images for Google and U.S. Government agencies. Applications include national defense and secur read more »
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