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Technology and Easy Credit Give Identity Thieves an Edge — PHOENIX — In a Scottsdale police station last December, a 23-year-old methamphetamine user showed officers a new way to steal identities. — His arrest had been unremarkable. This metropolitan area, which includes Scottsdale and Phoenix …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Social Networks are the New Media — No one can argue that MySpace has been the "it girl" for the past year. And the fact that she belongs to Rupert Murdoch only seems to have heightened the envy, and gotten everyone's knickers in a twist. As a result, it seems that nearly every media company …
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Rumor: Sidekick Launches June 26th? — Rumor: Sidekick Launches June 26th? — READ MORE: CELLPHONES, SIDEKICK, SIDEKICK 3, SIDEKICK III — We've had our share of pictures and guesses, but it looks like this time may just be the right time for the Sidekick III.
Enid Burns / ClickZ:
Pew: Nearly 50 MM Americans Create Web Content — At home broadband users are more likely to create and post user-generated content on the Web, according to the "Home Broadband Adoption 2006," a report published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. — Forty-eight million American adults …
Robert Weisman / Boston Globe:
Why Google makes everyone else nervous — Firm's ad-based software is changing the media landscape — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. first gained notice early in the decade, as a small and quirky start-up with a disarmingly simple Internet search engine and an idealistic slogan, ``Don't Be Evil.
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Cell Carriers Seek Growth by Catering to Hispanics — SAN FRANCISCO, May 29 — Now that nearly three out of four people in this country have mobile phone service, cellphone companies are chasing new customers by marketing to ever more specific slices of the population. But one group is getting extra attention: Hispanics.
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google's video replay — news analysis Google appears to be in fast-forward mode with its new video ads. — The search giant may have bumbled with the January beta launch of the Google Video hosting service. But experts said the company will have better luck with a new computerized auction service …
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Earn Cellphone Minutes by Watching Ads — With the cost of mobile phone calls already dropping sharply, Virgin Mobile USA plans to announce a way that people can talk for no money at all. They will, however, have to pay with a chunk of their attention. — The program, called SugarMama …
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Jeff / The Jeff Pulver Blog:
A Concept Misunderstood by Wall Street: "Voice" and "TV" as an Application — When Vonage had the courage to launch their consumer voice over broadband service in March, 2002, they did so at a time when everyone else was on the sidelines just watching and waiting.
David Berlind / Between the Lines:
Another real world example of why DRM is evil — One of the lesser discussed but equally troubling evils of digital rights management technology is what I call the "DRM switcheroo." The DRM switcheroo is where the person or company sitting at the DRM controls over the content you've accumulated under …
Gabor / Gabor's Blog:
What's Missing in Web 2.0? — Web applications replacing the desktop? Here are two problems we need to solve before that can happen. — I'm sitting in the New York Café in Budapest, Hungary. It recently got redone after being in a sorry state since 1956, when it had a run-in with a Russian tank.
NEWS.com.au:
Sir, I'm afraid it's 'ringxiety' — IT IS a familiar and unnerving sensation: the false belief that you can hear your mobile phone ringing or vibrating. — Now the phenomenon is so widespread it has an official name: "ringxiety". — People have grown emotionally dependent on their mobiles …
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Aline van Duyn / Financial Times:
Old media to embrace internet upstarts — High-level media and advertising executives are to meet for a brainstorming session aimed at capitalising on the surging popularity of social networking websites. — McKinsey, the management consultancy, is understood to have asked senior executives …
Stan Beer / itwire.com.au:
Ultimate Vista and Office 2007 at an ultimate price — There's no word better than "ultimate" to convey the impression that you're getting nothing but the best. However, when it comes to Microsoft's new software, whatever you end up getting is going to cost you heaps.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
CNET's AllYouCanUpload Is Disruptive — CNET very quietly launched a simple new photo uploading site called AllYouCanUpload last week. At first glance it doesn't appear to be very special or disruptive. But it is. — By launching AllYouCanUpload, CNET just pulled the rug out from under …
fifaworldcup.yahoo.com:
Catch all the action on FIFAworldcup.com — The Official Site of the FIFA World Cup™ is packed with fresh new features to give you the best and most extensive coverage ever of the biggest sporting event on the planet. Check it out for yourself... More...
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Reuters:
AMD to invest $2.5 billion in German factories — Advanced Micro Devices, the No. 2 maker of microchips for personal computers, said on Monday it will spend an additional $2.5 billion to upgrade and expand its two factories in Germany. — The investment comes as AMD steadily gains market share …
Matt Biddulph / hackdiary:
Alas, Second Life! Web 2.0 in a virtual world — Second Life has been my new hacking obsession ever since I bought a laptop fast enough to run it. I don't spend a lot of time socialising in the gameworld, but I am fascinated by the possibilities for makers of new user interfaces, useful virtual objects and playful toys.
