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Telstra to roll out set-top boxTELSTRA is believed to be planning to
launch a personal video recorder and set-top box, likely to be called the T-box, as early as December.
Australian IT Sunday, September 20, 2009ComScore, Omniture join up to measure audiencesNEW YORK (AP) -- Two of the largest companies involved in tracking and analyzing Web traffic are joining forces to measure digital audiences more comprehensively....
The Arizona Republic Sunday, September 20, 2009Twitter in crossfire over trick tweetsTwitter crackdown on fake accounts Social
network sued over imposter Follow news.com.au Technology on Twitter
The Australian Sunday, September 20, 2009Under Olympic spotlight, Bell reaches new heightsWinter Games sponsor undergoes $60-million
network build to impress potential customers in the home territory of rival Telus
The Globe and Mail Sunday, September 20, 2009Algerian Bloggers Feel Threatened by Proposed LawA proposal in Parliament would bring Internet users under closer scrutiny, and political bloggers like El Mouhtarem are nervous.
New York Times Sunday, September 20, 2009''Going Google'' Exposes Students' EmailA ReadWriteWeb piece up on the NY Times site explores the recent glitch during the move of a number of colleges onto
google's email
service that allowed a number of students to see each others' inboxes for a period of more than three days.
google would not give exact numbers, but the article concludes that about 10 schools were affected. "While the glitch itself was minor and was fixed in a few days, the real concern — at least at Brown — was with how Google handled the situation. Without communicating to the internal IT department, Google shut down the affected accounts, a decision which led to a heated conversation between school officials and the Google account representative. In the end, only 22 out of the 200 students were affected, but the fix was not put into place until Tuesday. ... The students had access to each other's email accounts for three solid days... before the accounts were suspended by
google. Oddly enough, this situation seems to be acceptable [to Brown
Slashdot Sunday, September 20, 2009Dell agrees to buy Perot Systems for about $3.9BNEW YORK (AP) -- Dell Inc. said Monday it has agreed to buy the information technology services company Perot
systems Corp. for about $3.9 billion as it looks to expand beyond the personal
computer business....
The Arizona Republic Sunday, September 20, 2009Iranian Government Cuts Off Internet Access AgainAlbionTourgee writes "It is reported that Gmail and Yahoo mail at least have been blocked in Iran, along with many English-language sites. While news of demonstrations seems to be getting out of the country, the government appears to be trying to prevent people within Iran from communicating and from learning what's happening. It remains to be seen whether TOR and Freenets can be effective to combat this sort of effort to block communications, and whether the general circulation of information about the protests around the world will help."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Sunday, September 20, 2009Members of Congress Tweet Their Own Horns, Study FindsResearchers from the University of Maryland who plodded through more than 6,000 Twitter postings by members of Congress have found-- surprise! -- that politicians spend most of their time on Twitter promoting themselves.
Washington Post Sunday, September 20, 2009BellKor wins Netflix $1M prize to improve picksNEW YORK (AP) -- Netflix Inc. declared a seven-member group of researchers, scientists and engineers from around the world as winners Monday of its three-year, $1 million contest to improve its movie recommendation system by at least 10 percent....
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