WITNESS: Virtual friends in a cancer world (Reuters)
Reuters - Janet Guttsman is bureau chief for Reuters in Canada, and
has worked for the company in Germany, Russia and the United
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Review: SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - For personal organization, Apple has focused on the basics with its Address Book and iCal programs, which are included with Mac OS X. These are fine light-duty programs, but they lack power for anything more than simple contact and calendar management. Chronos’s SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 suite provides a feature-rich alternative that will appeal [...]
Economy casts pall on Sun Valley media fest (Reuters)
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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‘Public’ online spaces don’t carry speech, rights (AP)
AP - Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won’t eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.
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NBC Universal to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5B (AP)
AP - NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies.
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Microsoft to buy Powerset (CNET)
CNET - Well, first it was a rumor, then an unconfirmed report, and now it’s a deal. Microsoft is buying Powerset.
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Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems (AP)
AP - Hackers broke into Citibank’s network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores this year and stole customers’ PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.
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Monster founder sets sights on online obituaries (AP)
AP - Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding Monster.com, one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source of newspapers.
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Adobe Joins with Google, Yahoo to Search Flash Files (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Adobe Systems on Tuesday announced a new initiative with Google and Yahoo to improve search results for dynamic Web content and rich Internet applications (RIAs).
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Buffett is amazed his lunch drew a $2.1M bid (AP)
AP - A Chinese investment fund manager’s bid for the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett was the largest ever in a charity auction on eBay and surprised even Buffett.
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