| Kids in Second Life: Does Danger Lurk? |
Author:Katherine Noyes
Publication Date:2008-05-08T04:00:00-07:00 |
Second Life is no place for kids, a Republican congressman declared Monday. U.S. Representative Mark Kirk has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission requesting a consumer alert warning about the dangers of Second Life, which he charges could expose kids to child predators and registered sex offenders.
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| Gates: We Don't Need No Stinking Yahoo |
Author:Erika Morphy
Publication Date:2008-05-07T12:59:06-07:00 |
A few days after the seeming culmination of its failed bid to acquire Yahoo for $47.5 billion, Microsoft appears to be contemplating an entirely new Web 2.0 strategy: a partner-free, organic approach to besting Google. The news was delivered by none other than Chairman Bill Gates: "Now at this point, Microsoft is focused on its independent strategy."
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| Sprint, Clearwire Forge Ahead With Ambitious WiMax Venture |
Author:Keith Regan
Publication Date:2008-05-07T10:29:42-07:00 |
Sprint will merge its broadband wireless operations with WiMax firm Clearwire in a multifaceted deal that will create a US$14.5 billion venture to expand high-speed wireless connectivity across the U.S. The joint venture will seek to bring WiMax-based high-speed Internet access to 140 million people across the United States by the end of 2010.
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| 'Grand Theft Auto' Gets Away With Half a Billion Dollars |
Author:Jim Offner
Publication Date:2008-05-07T10:32:22-07:00 |
Take-Two Interactive Software is reporting record-setting sales of $500 million for "Grand Theft Auto IV," with more than 6 million units sold in just one week. "We knew 'Grand Theft Auto IV' would break new ground in terms of the player's experience. ... Now, it has broken sales and rating records as well," said Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two's chairman.
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| HP Targets Web 2.0 Firms With Heavy-Duty NAS System |
Author:Walaika Haskins
Publication Date:2008-05-07T14:49:10-07:00 |
HP announced on Tuesday a new, highly scalable storage system meant to address the needs of online and digital media businesses. The HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System is designed to simplify the management of multiple petabytes of data with an eye to affordability.
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| P2P and P4P: The Tangled Web We Weave |
Author:Paul Hartsock
Publication Date:2008-05-07T04:00:00-07:00 |
It was Monday morning, and Haiyong Xie was running late. His flight to Los Angeles had been delayed, and then he had to face LA's beastly morning traffic. Xie, of Yale University, was on his way to the P2P Media Summit at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel to take part in a panel discussion about the P4P Working Group.
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| America Movil to Hawk iPhone in Latin America |
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Publication Date:2008-05-08T09:20:39-07:00 |
In another step in the worldwide march of Apple's iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America said Wednesday that it has inked a deal to bring the multimedia gadget to more than a dozen countries starting later this year. America Movil said it plans to bring the iPhone to all of its Latin American operations but didn't offer more details about the arrangement.
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| Hackers Bombard Epilepsy Site With Seizure-Inducing Images |
Author:Jordan Robertson
Publication Date:2008-05-08T09:33:19-07:00 |
Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims. However, in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than money, hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images. The breach triggered severe migraines and near-seizure reactions in some site visitors who viewed the images.
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| Azul Systems: Jazzing Up Java |
Author:Jack M. Germain
Publication Date:2008-05-08T04:00:00-07:00 |
In early 2002, the founders of Azul Systems wagered that Java was going to become a prominent enterprise platform. If that happened, they suspected enterprise customers of Java would soon need relief from the pain points caused by poor scaling and disappointing deployment costs.
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| Dell Gets Real With Virtualization Strategy |
Author:Walaika Haskins
Publication Date:2008-05-08T04:00:00-07:00 |
Dell unveiled an array of virtualization solutions Wednesday. The hardware maker's new lineup includes more than a dozen servers, tools and services designed to make the deployment and management of virtual environments as simple as possible for enterprises regardless of size, the company said. Four new virtualization-optimized servers stand at the center of the hardware manufacturer's latest offering.
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| Samsung Glydes Into iPhone Territory |
Author:Walaika Haskins
Publication Date:2008-05-08T14:35:07-07:00 |
Verizon announced the latest addition to its line of touch-screen mobile phones Thursday. The Glyde from Samsung, available Friday, offers many features that have gained popularity following the introduction of Apple's iPhone. The Glyde joins the LG Voyager and Venus and the Samsung Instinct in a growing list of handsets with more user-friendly touch-screen interfaces.
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| Will Zunes Zap Unauthorized Content? |
Author:Chris Maxcer
Publication Date:2008-05-08T12:04:34-07:00 |
Microsoft's Zune and NBC's downloadable television shows stand at the center of the latest digital rights management dustup. On Wednesday, New York Times blogger Saul Hansell reported that Microsoft might build a copyright manager into every Zune player, ostensibly in response to an NBC demand for copyright protections of its downloadable content.
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