WTO says U.S. online gambling policy out of line

GENEVA — The U.S. has failed to change its ban on Internet betting to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling that said the legislation unfairly targets offshore casinos, the global trade body said Friday.The ruling opens the door to possible commercial sanctions against the U.S.
In a 215-page decision, a three-member WTO compliance panel sided [...]

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Microsoft targets global software smugglers

Microsoft has filed nine lawsuits and issued more than 50 cease-and-desist letters as part of its long-running campaign to clamp down on international software smuggling.
The lawsuits allege that companies in Jordan and elsewhere posed as academic resellers to obtain hundreds of thousands of copies of discounted Microsoft Windows and Office system software intended for [...]

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next ‘killer application’- BPM

Businesses will spend $1bn on business process management (BPM) tools worldwide this year, as they attempt to gain a competitive edge, according to analyst firm Gartner.
Janelle Hill, research vice-president at Gartner, said, “The competency of a business to change its processes more frequently
will be the main differentiator between one company and another. BPM will be [...]

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7 fun tech gadgets for women

If you don’t know high def from high heels, and the thought of even going into an electronics store makes your eyes glaze over, this is for you.
Rich Demuro, a senior editor at technology Web site CNET.com, offers some new tech toys that are in touch with their feminine side.
Here’s the latest in fun (and [...]

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7 fun tech gadgets for women

If you don’t know high def from high heels, and the thought of even going into an electronics store makes your eyes glaze over, this is for you.
Rich Demuro, a senior editor at technology Web site CNET.com, offers some new tech toys that are in touch with their feminine side.
Here’s the latest in fun (and [...]

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Google’s Blessing to Postini

Postini today said it plans to provide security, administration and archiving services for Gmail, Google’s (Quote

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ISPs advised on spam policies

ISPs have been told to improve procedures for reducing unsolicited bulk email (UBE) by the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA).
UBE – or spam as it is more commonly known – is the subject of a new report by ISPA which recommends that its members adopt better practices to deal with spam and educate customers as [...]

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OK Go – Do What You Want (Wallpaper Version)

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Everest mobile call: attempt to make the world’s highest phone call.

Rod Baber plans to climb Everest and then establish a world record by making a mobile call from the summit.
Weather permitting, the attempt to reach the peak of Everest is scheduled to take place in late May.
“There’s no reason why it should not work,” said Mr Baber who already holds a world [...]

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Everest mobile call: attempt to make the world’s highest phone call.

Rod Baber plans to climb Everest and then establish a world record by making a mobile call from the summit.
Weather permitting, the attempt to reach the peak of Everest is scheduled to take place in late May.
“There’s no reason why it should not work,” said Mr Baber who already holds a world [...]

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MOG 2.0

Better Music Through Blogging
Founder David Hyman previously was CEO of Gracenote (the music database that iTunes uses to look up the name, artist, and album of each song on your computer).  He came by my office earlier this week to give me a preview of the new Mog.  “Today, Mog is a circle jerk of [...]

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Global security issue not being addressed

Nearly half of companies globally have suffered a business disruption owing to malware, according to Webroot Software’s latest State of Internet Security report.
The organised nature, rapid growth and severity of cyber-crime has pushed it to the FBI’s number three priority behind counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence.
Webroot’s research discovered that 4.2 million, or 1.7 per cent, of 250 [...]

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Ready for Social Networking Storm With IBM Labs

Cambridge, Mass. — IBM’s demonstration of new collaboration software at an event here earlier this week is further proof the company is serious about dominating social networking for the enterprise.
Researchers wowed press and analysts with tools, upgrades and raw, experimental pieces of software spanning business intelligence, application integration, information sharing and other areas. [...]

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Microsoft’s Deepfish Mobile Browser Enters Trial

In some future history of the Internet, 2007 will be seen as the year that the mobile Web went “Zoom.” Hot on the heels of Microsoft ’s launch of ZenZui, an innovative interface for mobile surfing, the R&D gurus at Microsoft Live Labs have announced the release of “Deepfish.”The goal of Deepfish, the Live Labs [...]

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IBM helps blind ’see’

Technology giant, IBM, is soon to launch a multimedia browser to make audio and video content accessible to people with vision impairments. Codenamed the Accessibility Browser – or A-Browser – the software was created by a blind employee in Japan.
The A-Browser will give blind and partially-sighted people the same control over multimedia content [...]

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Microsoft testing for Mac

Microsoft has started private testing of the next version of Office for the Macintosh, which is due out in the second half of the year.
Office 2008 for Mac, as the product is known, helps bring the desktop suite back into compatibility with two key technologies. First, the product is the first version of Office [...]

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64-year old WOMAN’S IRAQ QUEST

Jane Stillwater is a 64-year-old Berkeley woman who left for Kuwait on Wednesday, hoping to embed with the U.S. military there and in Iraq as a blogger. And if she is refused? She’s got a sleeping bag and plans to sleep on the beach in Kuwait until her return flight in three [...]

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ICANN rejects ‘.xxx’ domain plan

LISBON — The agency that sets the Internet addressing guidelines influencing how people navigate the Web defeated a proposal Friday to give adult Web sites their own “.xxx” domain.Many in the adult-entertainment industry and religious groups alike had criticized the plan, which the Canadian government also warned this week could leave the Internet Corporation for [...]

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IBM, Oracle to Innovate Services

Tech giants form group promoting research and innovation in the services arena.
IBM and Oracle have formed an unlikely duo by creating a group that fosters innovation and research in the highly lucrative services realm.

Traditionally fierce competitors in the database software field, the two giants became the founding members of the SRI (Service Research and [...]

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NextWave Raises $355 Million To Fund Drive Into WiMax And Wi-Fi

NextWave Wireless, which was unable to get its business off the ground in an earlier incarnation because it was in bankruptcy, is determined to become a force in WiMax and Wi-Fi, and raised $355 million to accomplish that.
The firm said Wednesday that Chairman and CEO Allen Salmasi and Douglas Manchester, a board member, each [...]

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