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NBN Company board unveiledTHE federal government has unveiled the board members that will lead its ambitious $43 billion national broadband network project.
Australian IT Thursday, August 06, 2009China probes Internet bootcamp after teen diesBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police are investigating a bootcamp for Internet addicts after a teenage boy died, apparently following a severe beating, just hours after checking in, the official Xinhua news agency said late on Wednesday.
Reuters Thursday, August 06, 2009''The Sims'' creator eyes the world beyond gamesNEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Reuters) - Will Wright, the creator behind top-selling
videogame
"The Sims," is eyeing life outside the virtual world.
Reuters Thursday, August 06, 2009News Corp may charge for Web news; blasts AmazonNEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp, which is trying to stem newspaper revenue declines, could charge for access to its news websites by the middle of next year, and might break off its relationship with Amazon.com Inc's Kindle e-reader if it cannot get better terms.
Reuters Thursday, August 06, 2009Global CIO: Welcome To The CIO Revolution: A New IT ManifestoColumn about a CIO revolution against traditional constraints and stereotypes and in favor of deeper customer engagements, more innovative risk-taking, and an eager embrace of new technology models.
Information Week Thursday, August 06, 2009The creation of Facebook: Friends and foesA saga of Facebook's creation offers no deep insightsThe Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal. By Ben Mezrich. Doubleday; 272 pages; $25. Heinemann; GBP11.99. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukWHEN a geek leaves a hip party with a gorgeous girl on his arm, it is typically in a scene from a film rather than one from the real world. Yet in Silicon Valley, where pasty-faced youths with a penchant for churning out computer code are often feted as rock stars, celluloid fantasy can sometimes become reality. For the two friends who created Facebook, their site’s early success propelled them into a world of cool nightclubs and hot dates. But it also landed them in a legal battle that ultimately soured the relationship between the founders of the world’s most successful online social network. ...
Economist Thursday, August 06, 2009Google launches new Chrome betaGoogle has issued a new beta version of its Chrome browser, which it claims is faster than previous incarnations.
Webuser.co.uk Thursday, August 06, 2009Apple patches Mac OS X flawMac owners are strongly advised to apply an update for Mac OS X to protect against a number of security vulnerabilities.
Webuser.co.uk Thursday, August 06, 2009Comcast Profits Up SharplyThe nation's biggest cable TV provider cited its "all-digital" strategy, wideband deployment, and launch of a wireless service as factors.
Information Week Thursday, August 06, 2009Twitter Downed By Denial Of Service AttackFollowing an denial of service attack on Thursday morning, Twitter is back online.
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