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Video: History of the InternetOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 6 hours ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: internet | Tags video, history, internet,
If you've ever wondered how the Internet was born, but can't be bothered reading a whole book on the subject, check out this short animated documentary from Milah Bilgil. Entitled History of the inte read more »
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CES Likely To Offer Tech Evolution, Not RevolutionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 20 hours ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
Category: other | Tags ces, offer, tech, evolution, , revolution,
In addition, CES has less star power with Microsoft founder Bill Gates no longer giving the opening night keynote, a job he filled for the last 11 years. read more »
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Encouraged Commentary: Bringing Natural Conversational Dynamics to CommentingOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 23 hours ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: internet | Tags encouraged, commentary, bringing, natural, conversational, dynamics, commenting,
Commenting on blogs is - by and large - broken. Designed with the hope of proffering interaction among bloggers and readers, commenting has generally devolved into a series of one-off responses with read more »
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JournalSpace Drama: All Data Lost Without Backup, Company DeadpooledOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 4 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags journalspace, robin wauters, back-up, database, employee, , ,
Robin Wauters writes "Blogging platform JournalSpace (which I’d never heard of to date) has ceased to be, following a wipe-out of the main database for which there was no back-up in place. According read more »
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UK: Private firm to guard database of every phone call, e-mailOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 6 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags julian sanchez, database, communications, metadata, united kingdom, british, civil liberties,
Julian Sanchez writes "A contentious proposal to create a massive database of communications metadata in the United Kingdom has just become even more controversial. According to reports in the Briti read more »
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Private firm may run UK spy über-databaseOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 7 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags john leyden, the register, telephone, database, , , ,
John Leyden of The Register writes "A private sector firm may be given the job of maintaining a proposed super-database tracking the telephone and internet records of Brits." read more »
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Daily Tidbits: Amazon posts a huge holiday seasonOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 12 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: internet | Tags amazon, sales, history, record, , , ,
"Amazon posted its biggest holiday season sales in history, the company reported Friday. According to data it compiled from witnessed sales, over 6.3 million items were ordered on December 15..." read more »
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Jacqui calls Vodafone man to run massive snoop databaseOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 18 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags jacqui, vodafone, database, security, privacy, , ,
"A senior Vodafone network architecture specialist has been appointed by Jacqui Smith to draw up proposals for a multibillion pound central silo of..." read more »
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