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Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use — Time Warner Cable starts customer trial with metered Internet access in Texas — NEW YORK (AP) — You're used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance?
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Going Medieval: Time-Warner Begins Metered Bandwidth Testing — This Thursday, new cable Internet customers in Beaumont, Texas will no longer have unmetered Internet bandwidth - they're guinea pigs in a new pricing scheme being pushed by Time-Warner that will give users between 5 …
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MSI Wind (Windows XP) — This 10-inch mini-notebook has good computing punch and impressive endurance. — Price as Reviewed: $499.00 — Review Contents: — In order to achieve their diminutive size, weight, and price, most mini-notebooks come with compromises: the screen or keyboard is too small …
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Acer aspires to lead low-cost laptop race — After months as the subject of speculation in the media, Acer will introduce its own low-cost mini-notebook PC at the Computex trade show in Taipei on Tuesday. — The device will be called the Acer Aspire One, as expected.
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Starbucks offers new flavor: Free Wi-Fi — Thirsty for more business during the worst slump in its history, Starbucks will try to lure more customers by offering two hours of free AT&T Wi-Fi a day. — The Wi-Fi freebie will be available starting Tuesday to customers who purchase …
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Following Success of Windows on Netbooks, Microsoft Extends Windows Offering to Nettop Devices — More than 20 OEMs are delivering Windows solutions on their netbook devices. — Today at Computex, Microsoft Corp. announced that following the success of Windows on netbooks …
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Make blogging effortless with Zemanta — One of blogging's biggest barriers is how much work you have to do to get a post out the door. You can stick to straight text, but adding links, pictures, tags, and related stories makes it more engaging for your readers.
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Announcing SquirrelFish — “Hello, Internet!” — WebKit's core JavaScript engine just got a new interpreter, code-named SquirrelFish. — SquirrelFish is fast—much faster than WebKit's previous interpreter. Check out the numbers. On the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark …
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Apple's iPhone loses U.S. market share in Q1 — RIM and Palm's smartphones gained ground on Apple's iPhone in the first quarter, according to IDC. — (Credit: CNET Networks) — Apple experienced a bit of a setback in the U.S. smartphone market during the first quarter after coming …
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Hot Tip: iPhone 2 Features Detailed — 3G, GPS, 2xRAM, Thinner, Better Battery and Only $200 … I just got a hot tip from a programmer at a major software publisher who claims to have seen the specs for the iPhone 2. This is unconfirmed, but according to the tipster, the iPhone 2 …
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Dell 2709W — Dell's previous 27-inch screen, the 2707WFP, was designed as a larger version of the 24-inch alternative — it featured the same resolution of 1,920x1,200, a bigger screen, and hence bigger dot pitch — meaning things were just a little bit larger, a boon for those with diminishing vision.
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Sudden Disconnect Over Social Networking Deal — Despite Friendly Overtures, Competing Interests Threaten Venture Between Google and Facebook — Google's announcement of a service to “make the Web more social” was decidedly casual, or staged to seem that way.
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Taking a Breather From Social Media? Maybe We're Doing It Wrong — Today, Colin Walker had a great, philosophical post on taking time out from social media to gain perspective. While on vacation, it was almost like he broke some addiction he had with social media services like Twitter and FriendFeed, realizing that:
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Google lets admins control site search — On a modest but significant scale, Google is sharing with its customers some of the control it wields over the search market. — As countless search-engine-optimization consultants can attest, Google maintains tight control over the parameters that rank the results of Internet searches.