Microsoft ranks 5th on inglorious spam-friendly ISP listOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 3 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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Microsoft has risen to fifth place in the list of worst spam service according to Spamhaus.org. According to Spamhaus chief information officer Richard Cox, Microsoft has been repeatedly notified of read more »
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Koornk Blatantly Rips Off TwitterOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 4 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
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Many companies have created Twitter "clones," but generally these have some small modification added to direct it toward a particular group of individuals. (ex. Blip.fm for music lovers) Koornk on read more »
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Finally, µTorrent Releases A Mac VersionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 4 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
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"Right on time for Thanksgiving day, µTorrent - client of choice for many BitTorrent users - has released a Mac version in beta, after a rudimentary alpha release was leaked a couple of months ago. read more »
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Dell zeroes in on US customers with 0% financingOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 4 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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Dell has experienced a rough year with the current financial crisis. In attempt to combat this and to encourage an increase in customer spending, Dell is now offering 0% financing. The company does n read more »
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EarthCam Live Streaming Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 4 days ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
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Webware is reporting that EarthCam will be streaming the Macy's Thanksgiving parade, beginning around 9:30 AM Eastern time (GMT -5:00) on Thanksgiving Day. read more »
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Be-A-Magpie Is PayPerPost For TwitterOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 7 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
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Michael Arrington writes "Like much-criticized PayPerPost for blogs, German/UK startup Be-A-Mapgpie will pay you to insert advertisements into your Twitter stream." read more »
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Microsoft To Rebrand Search. Will It Be Kumo?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 7 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
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Michael Arrington writes "Microsoft will relaunch Windows Live Search under a new brand sometime early next year, says a source within the company. What we don’t know is what that new brand will be, read more »
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Amazon Web Services Seeks Public Data SetsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 7 days ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
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Amazon is asking the public for public data sets in an attempt to create a cloud data service that provides what they describe as a "convenient way to share, access, and use public data." The servi read more »
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