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San Francisco-based writer turns to the Web to solicit funding for self-published book before it's written.

InternetNews: 'Microsoft is seeking to patent a method for using a popular human-verification technology on the Web to deliver advertising to a captive audience.'

Time Warner Cable and Verizon Communications plan to test systems to offer shows on the Web to paying customers in a bid to protect their subscription revenue. - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two more U.S. pay-TV providers, Time Warner Cable Inc and Verizon Communications Inc, plan to test systems to offer shows on the Web to paying customers in a bid to protect their subscription revenue. Time Warner Cable and Verizon separately announced their plans on Thurs...

When Yahoo hired new CEO Carol Bartz in January, I was convinced the company was on the turnaround path. I believed the Web services giant was capable of recovering from the mess of mutilated morale Yahoo Co-founder Jerry Yang left in his wake following the end of his painful return as CEO. Barring any earth-shattering product announcement, Yahoo is dying a slow death, and the media is assisting in this sad suicide. Neither Google nor microsoft will have to help. - News Analysis: When Yahoo hired new CEO Carol Bartz in January, I was convinced the company was on the turnaround path. I believed the Web services giant was capable of recovering from the mess of mutilated morale Yahoo Co-founder Jerry Yang left in his wake following the end of hi...

(Telecompaper) Nokia has unveiled the N900, a new handset based on its linux operating system Maemo. Said to offer the power of a desktop PC experience in a mobile phone-size device, the Nokia N900 runs on a ARM Cortex-A8 processor and offers up to 1GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration. The result is a phone that can run 'dozens' of applications at once, while still taking calls, Nokia said. The Maemo system, previously used for Nokia Internet Tablet devices, will compliment Symbian, used on Nokia's other smartphones. The N900 handset comes with a high-resolution WVGA touch-screen, slide-out qwerty keyboard, 10/2 HSPA and WLAN connectivity, a Mozilla web browser, Adobe Flash 9.4 support and automatic Maemo software updates over the internet. A dashboard allows switching between functions, while the panoramic homescreen can be personalized with shortcuts, widgets and applications. The Nokia Messaging service also allows users to manage up to ten e-mail accoun

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second-largest U.S. cable operator Time Warner Cable Inc and Verizon Communications Inc said on Thursday they have joined a trial with major media companies to offer television shows on the Web to paying subscribers.

They went from everyday people to overnight Web stars, all thanks to a newfangled site called YouTube. Some are still at it. Others moved on to new, related ventures.

Offered as 6U blade, CSB4624 provides fully managed L2/L3 switching and routing capabilities to high-bandwidth cPCI applications. It features full IPv4/6 support in addition to 24 auto-negotiating 1 GbE link ports and three 10 GbE connections. Fully accessible via SNMP, web interface, serial, telnet, and SSH, Ethernet management stack, switch provides backbone to any cPCI implementation. Combination of MSTP and LAG allows for N-way active redundancy, promoting throughput and availability. This story is related to the following:Computer Hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Ethernet Switches

TeraStation III Rackmount offers replication, support for Time Machine, and hard drive hot swap capability as well as remote access to all data via web browser. It also incorporates 2 Ethernet ports and internal flash boot. Scheduled power management system includes 3 timers, allowing automatic shutdown, and unit includes hard drive spin-down feature to conserve power. Fans with thermal sensor, RAID5, and LCD status display are included. This story is related to the following:Computer Hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: network Storage Systems | Data Storage & Retrieval Systems

ChronoDragon writes 'The Wall Street Journal points out that it is possible to make a successful web series without the backing of a studio. With the release of a music video, Do you Wanna Date My Avatar, and the start of Season of 3, the web series The Guild is ready for even more success. The Guild, created by Felicia Day (Doctor Horrible), is a low-budget comedy series about a group of MMORPG gamers and their interactions both online and off. While there are a lot of references that will be instantly recognized by gamers, the show is still very accessible to non-gamers.' of this story at Slashdot.