The Incredible Exploding Laptop

There was a report last week of an exploding computer at a conference in Osaka, Japan. It seemed to be the real deal - there were pictures of a flaming laptop - but I dismissed the story. Surely, I thought, someone had tinkered with it and, intentionally or not, caused the mishap. Now I'm not so sure.

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Google Chimes In On Child Safety

The search advertising company's efforts to fight child pornography were the focus of Google's testimony before a House subcommittee. Read More → ^ TOP

Posted on 09:31:54 AM by chris -

Internet Companies Unite Against Child Porn

The scum of the Earth just got five new corporate enemies. AOL, Earthlink, Microsoft, United Online, and Yahoo! have signed on to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's campaign against child exploitation on the Internet.

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Posted on 12:11:45 PM by chris -

Google Used by Hackers to Host Trojan

Google’s website-hosting service is apparently being used by hackers to try to steal money using a malicious program, a security company said.

Security vendor Websense warned on Friday that a Trojan horse is being hosted on a site with the same IP address as the main Google Pages website.


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Posted on 01:28:32 PM by chris -

PayPal To Google: Bring It On

PayPal President Jeff Jordan said his company is ready and waiting for any competing payment services that Google may launch. The GBuy system is supposed to come out on June 28, according to a note from RBC analyst Jordan Rohan.

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Posted on 11:53:23 AM by chris -

Google Wins Earth Patent Judgment

A virtual mapping company's request for an injunction against Google Earth was rejected by a Massachusetts federal judge on Friday. Skyline Software Systems claimed that the mapping service was a violation of a patent granted in 2002. Read More → ^ TOP

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Microsoft Decides Vista Is Funny

Microsoft has decided to use comedy to promote their new Vista OS.

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Posted on 09:01:44 AM by chris -

Search Marketing Grabs More Customers

Many businesses are missing out on a great opportunity to use an innovative method of 21st century advertising. Search marketing is out there and it's being underused for promotion.
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Posted on 08:57:25 AM by chris -

Google to unveil spreadsheet program

Google Inc. will introduce a spreadsheet program Tuesday, continuing the Internet search leader's expansion into territory long dominated by Microsoft Corp.

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Posted on 02:54:35 PM by chris -

Yahoo Boycott Called for by U.K. Journalists Union

A union representing some 40,000 journalists in the United Kingdom has requested that all of its members refrain from employing any Yahoo products or services—as well as those operated by Yahoo—because of the search company’s past business practices in China, Reuters reports.

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Posted on 01:38:29 PM by chris -

Justice: Save Web Data For Two Years

Companies like Google, Comcast, Verizon, and Microsoft have recently met with the Department of Justice and the FBI on the suggestions that those Internet companies retain user web activities for as long as two years to help fight terrorism and child pornography.
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Posted on 12:01:42 PM by chris -