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GOOGLE TESTING GDRIVE (CODENAME PLATYPUS) — Okay, Writely accepts new users, no big deal here. And because I am a very interested person, I wanted to know on which system (programming language) it now runs. So I started to append index.jsp, index.py and so on at the URL.
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Google Gdrive Surfaces — Corsin Camichel discovered first traces of Gdrive, Google's rumored online storage solution. Corsin was snooping around Google's writely.com, trying out the page name "index.html", when he hit on what looks like a Gdrive download page.
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At AOL, a Plan for a Clean Break — Should AOL sacrifice its cash cow in hopes of finding a prosperous future? — In two weeks, the board of Time Warner Inc., which owns AOL, will hear a proposal from Jonathan Miller, AOL's chief executive, calling for a near halt in marketing …
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IP Democracy, 21talks, J. LeRoy's Evolving Web, Digital Micro-Markets and robhyndman.com
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Wealth of experience — The rich are different from you and me" the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to have once remarked to his friend Ernest Hemingway. " Yes, they have more money," Hemingway replied. — Larry Ellison, founder and CEO of software giant Oracle, certainly has more money …
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Shopping by Phone, on the Move — SOMETIMES it seems hard to figure out whether younger consumers enjoy shopping more than using their cellphones, or vice versa. Soon, readers of a Condé Nast magazine will be invited to do both at once. — The magazine, Lucky …
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Teenagers used to push Zango on Myspace? — Wouldn't it be nice if someone found a network of websites apparently designed to do nothing else but spread Adware around Myspace? Not only that, but get the innocent end-users themselves to do the job of pushing that Adware for the guy making all the money …
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Xplore Technologies Launches New iX104C3 Mobile Computer — Highlights of Security and Accessibility Features in New Rugged Offering — AUSTIN, TX, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Xplore Technologies® Corp. (TSX:XPL - News), an innovative manufacturer of rugged mobile computers worldwide …
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SightSpeed Shifting Places — In VoIP + Connected Home + Start-Ups + Place Shifting — A few days ago I read something about ABC trying to out-hustle the DVR technology. I found it amusing because these studio guys are sooooo late to the game always. DVR as a technology is at a point …
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D. Colo.: CleanFlicks Infringes Movie Copyrights — Judge Richard P. Matsch of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on Wednesday filed this opinion granting partial summary judgment in favor of the movie studios, finding that CleanFlicks infringes copyright.
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Old Media, Not New, Is World Cup Winner — On the playing field, the World Cup soccer tournament produced only one winner. In the marketing arena, however, it created many opportunities for glory — as well as a few disappointments. — France's surprising run showed that "old" …
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Student, Phone Home — CINCINNATI — For Ron Chicken and other freshmen at Montclair State University, the new freedoms that presumably came with college age included a mandatory cell phone with which the school could pinpoint their whereabouts on or off campus.
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Gizmos for Geeks
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'Magnetic memory' chip unveiled — A microchip which can store information like a hard drive has been unveiled by US company Freescale. — The chip, called magnetoresistive random-access memory (Mram), maintains data by relying on magnetic properties rather than an electrical charge.
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A GUIDE TO OS X SOFTWARE FOR SWITCHERS — I HAVE YET TO SEE — a Switcher's Guide that actually focuses on the Switcher. Most seem more concerned with listing a few personal favorite programs or touting some of the wonderful features of OS X itself. My goal is to simply outline …
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Apple pips its rivals with the iPod that talks — FROM Walkman to Talkman. Not content with changing the world's music-listening habits, Apple has come up with another innovation: the talking iPod. — A new generation of machines will use sophisticated software to convert the names of bands …
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Venzero adds lilOne to the "One" collective — So you think the 8GB Venzero One is too bulky and/or expensive (289 Euro)? Not quite satisfied with the MiniOne's price point (119-169 Euro) or capacity range (1 and 2GB)? Well, apparently Venzero has you covered on this one too.
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Operations: The New Secret Sauce — I spoke last week with Debra Chrapaty, the VP of Operations for Windows Live, to explore one of the big ideas I have about Web 2.0, namely that once we move to software as a service, everything we thought we knew about competitive advantage has to be rethought.
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