CBS buys tech web CNET
New York - TV Network CBS is buying CNET, the internet's leading provider of hi-technology information for 1.8 billion dollars, the company announced Thursday. The move will greatly expand CBS' presence on the web and allow it to reach a greater inte...
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Online speed dating helps people pair up with a click
Hamburg - After hours of preparation and excitement over a blind date, there's nothing worse than meeting the guy and having to listen to him talk for hours about his bonsai trees. Thanks to speed dating, singles can avoid such horror dates and get t...
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Some tips on how to outsmart the spammers - Feature
Washington - If you think you spend too much time dealing with junk e-mail, you are not alone. Each day, nearly 80 per cent of all e-mail sent is spam, according to a recent study by the University of Maryland. That means that if you get your fair sha...
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2008-05-12 ] Category : [
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Computer and internet briefs
Washington - Can a faster computer allow you to surf the internet with fewer lags? Yes, but only to a point. The speed of your computer has relatively little to do with pure internet performance. Most of the time you spend waiting will be a result of...
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2008-05-11 ] Category : [
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Virus-infected web sites on the rise
Mainz - The number of web pages infected with viruses continues to climb. Between January and March 2008, US-based IT security company Sophos discovered a newly-infected web site every five seconds on average. ...
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2008-05-11 ] Category : [
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Love in your inbox? Be careful
Bonn - Internet users should be extra suspicious of an ongoing wave of e-mail messages claiming to hold links to love letters or video clips. These messages are currently the weapon of choice by hackers trying to build what are known as Storm botnets...
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MySpace announces data-sharing for users
San Francisco - MySpace is hoping to become everyone's space. The world's largest social networking site is to allow users to transfer key information from their profiles to other websites, ending the walled garden approach that had turned many use...
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2008-05-09 ] Category : [
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