 Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search July 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system. She believes her latest invention is even more ... | |
 Google unveils reference tool after 7-month test July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is taking the wraps off an Internet encyclopedia designed to give people a chance to show off - and profit from - their expertise on any topic. | |
 Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web (Update) July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web. | |
Facebook fends off attack of the clones July 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- In its bid to go global, Facebook is facing off against itself. Clones of the wunderkind social-networking Web site - some of which resemble Facebook right down to color, font and layout - have popped up in local ... | |
Project to rebuild Internet gets $12M, bandwidth July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A massive project to redesign and rebuild the Internet from scratch is inching along with $12 million in government funding and donations of network capacity by two major research organizations. | |
 Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw (Update) July 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet. | |
 Wikipedia opens online library on human genes July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A group of US researchers laid out the foundations Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of open-access encyclopedia Wikipedia. | |
With automated tagging, Web links can surprise August 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- It wasn't what anyone expected to see while perusing a news article. But there, in the final paragraph of an online story about the call girl involved in the Eliot Spitzer scandal, Yahoo's automated system was inviting ... | |
 China to censor Internet during Games: organisers July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The Beijing Olympics were plunged into another controversy on Wednesday as China announced a backflip on Internet freedoms for the thousands of foreign reporters covering the Games. | |
 Defiant China hits out at US, stands firm on Internet July 31, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A defiant China stood firm on controversies swirling around the Olympics on Thursday, hitting back at the United States over human rights criticism and insisting Internet censorship would remain. | |
 Crackdown launched on illegal downloads July 24, 2008 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Britain's six biggest internet providers have backed a government plan to clamp down on rampant music and film piracy, it was reported Thursday . | |
AOL shutting 3 services to cut costs, focus on ads July 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- AOL is shutting three data-storage services, including one of the Internet's earliest photo-sharing sites, as it seeks to cut costs and focus resources on its advertising opportunities. | |
 Giant online security hole getting fixed, slowly August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A giant vulnerability in the Internet's design is allowing criminals to silently redirect traffic to Web sites under their control. The problem is being fixed, but its extent remains unknown and many ... | |
 Internet flaw a boon to hackers (Update) August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public briefing on an Internet flaw that lets hackers hijack traffic on the World Wide Web. | |
 Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps July 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes for riding around town. Well, not so fast. | |
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