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After it was repeatedly criticized by the privacy advocates
for not including a Privacy link to its home page, the biggest search engine
decided this weekend to replace the word Google with a link to its Privacy
page.
Last month several privacy advocacy groups have sent a
petition to Google over the lack of visibility of its privacy policy on the
Google home page. They have asked Google to submit to the California law, which requires a direct link
to its privacy policy on its homepage.
The petition was signed by representatives from Privacy
Rights Clearinghouse, the World...
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AT&T released a new statement about its upcoming iPhone release, meant to reaffirm the pricing details of the new smartphone. iPhone enthusiasts will be able to purchase the device at a $199 price tag for the 8 Giga Bytes model and $299 for the 16 GB version. The lauch is set for July 11 and AT&T will be the only carrier offering Apple’s smartphone in the United States.The $199 price will be accessible only for a special segment of clients, which will have to meet certain requirements. The eligible users, either have purchased an iPhone before July 11, or are currently activating a...
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DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and Intel Corporation announced
today their plan to work together for revolutionizing the 3D filmmaking
technology. The bond strategy will show its first results with the release of the
motion picture Monsters vs. Aliens, announced for March 27, 2009.
DreamWorks announced on several occasions that starting with
2009, all of its movies will be produced in stereoscopic 3D. The partnership is
very likely to lead to many breakthroughs in the industry, as it will combine
Intel’s visual computing technology with DreamWorks’ experience on...
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The news about Apple’s decision to release the iPhone
through the Rogers Wireless carrier in Canada has been received with a
significantly low enthusiasm, as the country’s largest mobile carrier plans to
hold its subscribers to a three-year contract, with a rather bad offer.
The company plans to offer Apple’s iPhone under the
three-year deal, without an unlimited data option. Also, comparing its offer to
AT&T’s in the United States, we find a third less calling time and a lot
less text messages.
Many believe that if this is indeed Rogers’ strategy, Apple
will quickly...
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China’s
largest offshore oil-services provider, China National Offshore Oil Corp., has
signed a deal on Monday to buy Norwegian oil-drilling contractor Awilco Offshore
ASA for about $2.5 billion to maximize its drilling capacity and extend its
business abroad.
The effort signals an attempt by China to break into the global
oil-field-services industry, which is going through a boom as petroleum prices
reached record highs.
According to Thomson Reuters, China Oilfield Services Ltd, an
arm of CNOOC, will pay 85 crowns per share for the Oslo-based company in what
will be the...
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NBC Universal and its two partners, private equity firms Blackstone Group and Bain Capital, have...
AT&T released a new statement about its upcoming iPhone release, meant to reaffirm the pricing...
After it was repeatedly criticized by the privacy advocates
for not including a Privacy link to...
The huge success of Samsung’s Instinct smartphone surprised
even the company’s officials, which...
Mozilla’s Firefox 3 seems to be getting more popular with
each passing day, with a current market...
A July 1 ruling gave Viacom access to YouTube’s huge database, a 12 Terabytes collection of user...
OpenMoko announced the upcoming release of its new
Linux-based FreeRunner mobile phone. The event...
Microsoft is currently preparing the final touches on its
upcoming offer for selling its Office...
Linspire, a Linux distribution company, has confirmed its acquisition by Xandros, another company...
Mr. Atul Malhotra seemed to have gotten into troubled since the very beginning of his job as vice...
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