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Government to re-write Privacy ActTHE government will rewrite the 21-year-old Privacy Act for the technology age, ending the fragmentation of state laws.
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Amazon Wednesday, October 14, 2009Web creator apologises for his strokesA LIGHT has been shone on one of the great mysteries of the internet. What is the point of the two slashes infront of the "www"?
Australian IT Wednesday, October 14, 2009Tiny publisher sticks out neck with kids' ebookFRANKFURT (Reuters Life!) - A picture book about a giraffe on safari in South Africa is set to go digital next month, betting that the next generation will embrace electronic media from the word go.
Reuters Wednesday, October 14, 2009Nokia launches mini-laptop with AT&T, Best Buy in US(Telecompaper) Nokia has launched the Nokia Booklet 3G in the US with AT&T, Best Buy and Microsoft. The Intel Atom-powered Nokia Booklet 3G mini-laptop will deliver up to 12 hours of battery life, weighs less than 2.76 pounds, and offers embedded 3G/ HSPA as well as Wi-Fi. The mini-laptop also comes with an HDMI port for HD video out, a front facing camera for video calling, integrated Bluetooth and SD card reader. Other features include the glass 10.1 inch HD-ready display, integrated A-GPS with Ovi Maps, and the latest version of Ovi Suite for synching with a Nokia mobile device. The Nokia Booklet 3G will be sold at all Best Buy locations nationwide as well as at the more than 50 Best Buy Mobile standalone stores across the country. The Nokia Booklet 3G will be offered at an introductory price of USD 299.99 with an AT&T Data Connect two-year plan. The Nokia Booklet 3G should arrive in stores by mid-November, and Best Buy expects to begin taking orders online and in stores on 22 Octob
DMeurope.com Wednesday, October 14, 2009Gmail feature aims to save embarrassmentIf you've a habit of sending emails to the wrong person, Google has introduced a tool to Gmail that could help.
Webuser.co.uk Wednesday, October 14, 2009Stephen King mystery game hits the webYou can help to piece together snippets of Stephen King's forthcoming novel that have been hidden all over the web.
Webuser.co.uk Wednesday, October 14, 2009Wind Hellas loses 209,000 mobile customers in Q3(Telecompaper) Greek operator Wind Hellas has lowered its full-year outlook after seeing a sharp fall in third-quarter results.
the company released preliminary quarterly results showing revenues down 16.6 percent from a year earlier to EUR 282 million. Adjusted EBITDA declined 25.5 percent to EUR 98 million, and capex was cut 38 percent to EUR 27 million. Wind lost 209,000 mobile customers in the quarter, for a total 4.967 million, down 1.6 percent from September
2008. Mobile ARPU came in at EUR 15.4, up slightly from EUR 14.8 in Q2. The ISP unit Tellas shed 8,000 customers to end September at 764,000, down 3.5 percent year-on-year. The operator generated cash flow for servicing its debt of EUR 50 million, while it finished September with a cash position of EUR 26 million. Nasos Zarkalis, the recently appointed COO and deputy CEO, said
the company's performance was suffering from its lack of liquidity and uncertainty over its future, making it difficult to invest in sales and capital
DMeurope.com Wednesday, October 14, 2009Telecom Egypt launches FTTH services in Cairo(Telecompaper) Telecom Egypt (TE) has launched its first fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) implementation in Egypt, in the Cairo suburb Qatamiya. TE said it's adopting a new strategy to roll out fibre access networks in areas with demand for high-speed broadband access that reaches 70 Mbps. The operator has started implementing FTTx access networks in the rising new suburbs
around Cairo and Alexandria, and the Qatamiya area is now the first to receive triple-play services over the new network. TE will target high-end and business customers with the fibre services. Voice, data and IPTV services are offered to customers in coordination with TE Data and utilizing existing content contracts such as those with ART, the Arabic content provider.
DMeurope.com Wednesday, October 14, 2009Book publishers fear advance of digital 'glacier' - FeatureFrankfurt - Online writing is like an unstoppable glacier coming towards the world book publishing industry, says a book industry expert, summing up the worries for the future this week at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. Digital content is com...
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