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Breaking news and most searched information about technology
Breaking news and most searched information about technology
This picture of a “sea creature” from Gawker.com, which allegedly washed up on a beach in Montauk in July 2008, has created an Internet sensation.
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After more than 17 months of government scrutiny, the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio — home to shock-jock Howard Stern — and rival XM Satellite Radio — the exclusive carrier of Major League Baseball — was finalized Tuesday (July 29). The news comes four months after the U.S. Justice Department approved the union and follows on the heels of last week’s move by the Federal Communications Commission to give the deal its final blessing.
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Search engine Cuil launched, claiming a bigger index size (120 billion web pages) than Google or any other search engine.
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Anna Patterson’s last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.
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A new drug has been developed that could treat up to 80 per cent of patients with aggressive prostate cancer, according to UK research.
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An image of a mysterious shape on the surface of Mars, taken by Nasa spacecraft Spirit, has reignited the debate about life on the Red Planet.
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Maybe some of you have heard of The Web Bot Project, but for those of you who have not, it’s quite intriguing.
The Web Bot Project, developed in the late 1990’s, was created to assist in making stock market predictions.
The technology uses a system of spiders to crawl the Internet and search for keywords, much like [...]
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The latest Internet Security Outlook Report issued today by CA, Inc. (NYSE: CA) forewarns that online gamers, social networks and sensitive corporate data are among the top potential targets for online attacks in 2008. The study, based on data compiled by CA’s Global Security Advisor researchers, features Internet security predictions for 2008 and also reports on trends from 2007.
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