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Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:06:04 -0800
A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.
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PHOTOS: An amazing success story called Facebook
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:53:50 -0800
From a Harvard dorm room to becoming one of the world's biggest internet success stories, it has been an incredible journey for Facebook.
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Google paying users to track 100% of their Web usage via little black box
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:47:40 -0800
Google is working to collect information about Internet users that it can't get from just monitoring its own browser, services, and Android devices. The company has set up a new program called Screenwise, which offers money to users who install a black box on their home network to "measure Internet use." A smaller amount of money will go to those who install a browser extension on their ...
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Direct-to-fans sport still 'years away'
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:22:50 -0800
Sports fans may one day be able to ditch Sky Television and watch sporting events streamed to their televisions or computers over the ultrafast broadband network, doing away with the need to pay for other programming they may not want.
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Code-writing 'academy' aims to bring computer programming to the masses
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:07:14 -0800
Codecademy is the creation of a couple of recent Columbia University grads who describe the Internet as “an incredible recruiting force for political campaigns or revolutions," suggesting those who know code can change the world.
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What does it mean to be literate in 2012?
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:59:47 -0800
Teachers need to meet students half way and embrace the changing literacies of a digital age As it currently stands, the school ICT and computing curriculum does little, if anything, to stimulate an interest in these key subject areas. From key stage 3 upwards, the focus tends to be on spreadsheets and databases, and an overuse of Word and PowerPoint, geared as it is to enabling pupils to pass ...
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SiriusXM Announces Wide-Ranging Programming Plans for Super Bowl
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0800
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI - News), the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, announced today that it will broadcast Super Bowl XLVI in 10 languages, offering ...
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Online dating: the science of love at first byte
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:49:33 -0800
Online dating sites advertise groundbreaking technology and sophisticated formulas and state-of-the-art programming to help you find your true soul mate. But does it work?
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Dave Winer: Get The Tech Back In Tech
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:07:57 -0800
There was a time when you went to a tech conference and many if not most of the speakers knew how computers work. Some of them even knew how to program, and some of them were actually programming on a daily basis. I know it sounds outlandish, but think about it this way. How many [...]
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Cable companies lobbying FCC to force customers into using set-top boxes
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:30:07 -0800
According to a recent article at Public Knowledge, cables companies are pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider a rule regarding the encryption of the basic cable tier. During the early nineties, a rule was adopted by the FCC to make sure cable companies kept a portion of the broadcast stations completely unencrypted. Commonly known as “basic cable” by the public, these ...
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