Facebook turns users into web translation engine
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A great way to nab your data
Looking to translate your website into another language? You can now seek help from the social-networking-obsessed masses - and juice Facebook’s advertising schemes in the process.…What is your recession sales strategy?
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Ex-MySQL chief joins entrepreneur foster home
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Advise while you devise
Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos, who left the free-database outfit less than a year after its acquisition by Sun Microsystems, has enrolled in a venture capital foster home for between-job entrepreneurs.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Apple tablet will ‘redefine print,’ says rumor mill
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Book redundancy pegged for mid-2010
Apple’s oft-rumored tablet will appear in mid-2010, have a 10.7-inch display, run the iPhone OS, and “redfine print”.…Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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Malware ecosystem thrives thanks to pay-per-install fees
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Booming economy
A report published Wednesday exposes a growing ecosystem that combines the talents of software developers, web marketers, and ordinary grunts to infect millions of end users’ machines.…What is your recession sales strategy?
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Windows 7 OEM prices revealed
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Call yourself an OEM, get 50% off
Online retailer NewEgg has coughed up OEM pricing details for Windows 7 this week, revealing deep discounts from the full retail version. If you want Microsoft’s latest OS on the cheap and missed out on earlier promotions, it’s certainly not a bad way to go.…What is your recession sales [...]
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US govt cash to fund Tesla minivan?
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Utility vehicles to expand firm’s e-car line-up
Leccy Tech Tesla will use some of the millions of dollars lent by the US government to develop an electric minivan, a company executive has hinted.…
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US wireless carriers demand more spectrum
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Three times more! ASAP!
The US wireless industry lobby has written to the FCC, asking for another 800MHz of spectrum to offset “looming crisis” for American businesses.…What is your recession sales strategy?
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US cedes control of net governance
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Mostly
After a long diplomatic wrangle, ICANN today won independence from the US government.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Microsoft offers stickers to boost Windows 7 64-bit take-up
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Logo program hopes to avoid sticky situations
Microsoft announced its Windows 7 logo program today, which comes with an interesting caveat: vendors wishing to claim compatibility status with the upcoming OS need to prove their product will run under the 64-bit version of the platform.…
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Gov demand for Governator to terminate PunterNet
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Website is ‘TripAdvisor for pimps’, howls Harriet Harman
Equalities minister Harriet Harman was in a fighting mood today as she demanded Arnold Schwarzenegger terminate PunterNet - a rate-a-strumpet website she described as “TripAdvisor for pimps”.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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