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Twitter goes to Aussie universityCANBERRA (Reuters) - Social networking upstart Twitter has made the jump to academia's hallowed halls, with 'tweets' made compulsory writing for would-be journalists at an Australian university.
Reuters Thursday, October 15, 2009CBA installs contactless paymentsTHE Commonwealth Bank will install 2,000 contactless terminals in several businesses across Australia.
Australian IT Thursday, October 15, 2009Google to launch online electronic book storeFRANKFURT (Reuters) - Google plans to launch an online store for electronic books in the first half of next year, offering about half a million books initially in partnership with publishers with whom it already cooperates.
Reuters Thursday, October 15, 2009AT&T to FCC: Rules must apply to Google tooTelecommunications giant says Google is a powerful company that's trying to fool the government into believing that the rules shouldn't apply to it.
CNET Thursday, October 15, 2009Google sparks e-books fight with KindleFRANKFURT (Reuters) - Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a Web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon's Kindle.
Reuters Thursday, October 15, 2009Amazon launching same-day U.S. delivery serviceSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it was launching same-day delivery service in seven cities as the online retailer looks to win sales from last-minute shoppers this upcoming holiday season.
Reuters Thursday, October 15, 2009Movie studios open their ears to online buzzLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood is increasingly relying on Twitter and Facebook to gauge popular buzz on movies even before they come out, in a move reflecting the power of average filmgoers over once-mighty film critics and detailed surveys.
Reuters Thursday, October 15, 2009Google to launch online bookstoreStarting in the first half of 2010, the Google Editions service will be available to anyone with a Web browser.
CNET Thursday, October 15, 2009Press freedom and the internet: Barbra Streisand strikes againA gagging order backfiresTHIS week a national newspaper ran a fascinating story about absolutely nothing. The Guardian reported on its front page on October 13th that a question had been tabled by an MP in Parliament, but that the newspaper could not reveal “who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found”. The reason, it explained no less cryptically, was that “legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret”.The contorted language was the result of a “super-injunction”, an increasingly common form of gagging order that forbids the media not only from reporting certain information, but also from reporting that they have been forbidden from reporting it. The gag in question was granted last month at the request of Trafigura, an oil firm, to prevent publication of the details of a report relat
Economist Thursday, October 15, 2009Computing: Battle of the cloudsThe fight to dominate cloud computing will increase competition and innovationTHERE is nothing the computer industry likes better than a big new idea—followed by a big fight, as different firms compete to exploit it. “Cloud computing” is the latest example, and companies large and small are already joining the fray. The idea is that computing will increasingly be delivered as a service, over the internet, from vast warehouses of shared machines. Documents, e-mails and other data will be stored online, or “in the cloud”, making them accessible from any PC or mobile device. Many things work this way already, from e-mail and photo albums to calendars and shared documents.This represents a big shift. If you store more and more things online, and access more and more software through an ordinary web browser, it suddenly matters much less what sort of computer you have, and what kind of software it is running. This means Microsoft, which launches the newest vers
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