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If you were thinking of using your work e-mail for job hunting or online dating, you better think twice. A new survey finds that 41 percent of large companies (those with 20,000 or more employees) are paying staffers to read or otherwise analyze the contents...
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One month after suing three lending firms, LendingTree has now been sued by a Bronx man who claims a security breach with the mortgage site has harmed his credit score, led to higher credit card interest rates, and resulted in him getting rejected for...
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Google's co-founder Larry Page respects Yahoo's struggle to remain independent, and he says there's still a chance an advertising deal between the two companies can work. Speaking at an event Thursday in Washington, D.C., Page said the a deal...
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Google will overhaul its iGoogle interface in June and give people a way to advertise on personalized home page service, the company said. The ads will be an option for iGoogle's "canvas view," which lets iGoogle applications expand to fill...
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Flock, a Firefox-based Web browser that plays up social networking online, has raised $15 million in a fourth round of funding led by Fidelity Ventures. The company's previous investors, Bessemer Venture Partners, Catamount Ventures, and Shasta Ventures...
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(Credit: ComScore) Google gained share of U.S. search in April compared with rivals, ComScore said Wednesday. Compared with March, the company gained 1.8 percentage points to reach 61.6 percent share, ComScore said. Yahoo dropped 0.9 percentage points...
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The A160T Hummingbird comes in for a landing May 9 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona after a high-altitude hovering demonstration. (Credit: Boeing) A disparate pair of aviation R&D projects at Boeing have hit milestones recently...
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Maybe IT doesn't matter, after all. At least, not as much as it should. Technology Issues for Financial Executives has issued the results of its annual survey of chief financial officers and their views on technology spending, and found that roughly...
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An aggressive wildfire in Northern California's Santa Cruz Mountains grew to 1,400 acres Thursday, prompting evacuations of homes in two counties, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. Read More...
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Five years from now, with Apple aiming to become the center of the digital home, users may expect to see a number of key products and services designed to connect PCs and digital content to HDTV stereo audiovisual networks, according to "The Future...
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The downloads are all recorded here, live. (Credit: Real World) Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios has launched a download service with high-end British loudspeaker manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins . It's called the B&W Music Club and it...
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An appeals court ruled today that the state of Texas should not have seized hundreds of children from a polygamist sect. Earlier this year, authorities raided the Yearning for Zion ranch in Eldorado, Texas, after they received reports of child abuse....
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SRI International has announced the development of a wall-climbing robot that uses a new electrical adhesive technology called "compliant electroadhesion" that can stick to anything from brick to glass--even damp, dirty glass. (Credit: SRI International...
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The approaching 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be above normal, with up to 16 named storms and up to five major hurricanes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, citing climate conditions. Read More...