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Tuesday the Web services and online advertising group plans to
spend hundreds of millions of dollars to help drive the cost of
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Still, as you read the NY Times piece about the Korean boot camp, you see that the folks running the camp are marking the same assumption: that it’s the internet or computers to blame, and therefore, the solution must be to remove kids from the internet and computers entirely. This is fighting the symptom, not the disease. There’s a reason why people started spending so much time online, and simply taking away access probably won’t change that. The one kid that the article discusses in any detail started spending more time online because he wasn’t very popular in school. Taking away the internet isn’t going to fix that. There’s no doubt that some people can spend way too much time at their computers, and it can potentially damage other parts of their lives — but simply blaming the internet and pulling it away completely seems like a cure that’s not likely to help very much. If the real problems that lead the person to spend so much time online aren’t dealt with, then they will simply manifest themselves in some other manner soon enough. Calling something an internet addiction seems easy enough (and it’s catchy, so it gets headlines), but if people are treating the internet part, rather than the real problems, it’s not doing anyone any good.

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On the other hand There’s just something about being behind a keyboard and a screen that make people do nutty things, especially if they think that they’re appearing to be anonymous. However, that can also run right into questions concerning libel. Over in the UK, where libel laws are much stricter than here in the US, it should come as little surprise that people who thought they were being anonymous are now being unmasked by those accusing them of libel. In one case, it was unveiled that the guy behind a website trashing a specific housing organization just so happened to run a competing housing organization. In another case, disgruntled fans of a UK football (soccer) team are having their identities handed over to the court for smearing the names of officials in charge of the club. At least in that case, the judge tried to limit whose names were being handed over, leaving out those whose statements “were merely ‘abusive’ or likely to be understood as jokes” alone to remain anonymous. Still, libel is increasingly a funny sort of crime in this world where everyone’s a publisher and everyone has an opinion. Accusing someone of libel in court can often backfire, as it only calls that much more attention to the actions that led to the original claims. It seems that it’s often better to simply respond to the false claims with proof that they’re not true, and then leave people to make their own decisions. What a wonderfull idea microsoft Files Counterfeiting Claims Against 20 Software Dealers
(TechWeb) TechWeb - The independent dealers are accused of selling bootleg CDs containing Microsoft software or shipping computers with illegitimate copies of Windows installed. On a that note just Released Raxso Enterprise v5.0 - Say Goo-Good By Google Apps pressbox.co.uk - Raxso Digital Software, Baltimore MD, is proub to announce the release of the new Enterprise v5.0 searching software for the Microsoft Windows platform. What was Bill Gates thinking when they built Windows Vista: There’s something to be said about …Did you know that Enterprise means a business organization. This information might be a better choice news Outlets Decide Not To Give Rugby World Cup Free Publicity Just earlier today we had a post on how the NFL still thinks it can tell news organizations how they can do their job, in spite of fair use, and well, logic and reason. The Rugby World Cup kicks off Friday, and its organizers are involved in a similar spat with media groups covering the event. Back in April, organizers tried to put restrictions on the number of photos news outlets could publish online, and also how they were published (lest anything cover up a sponsor’s logo). Major media outlets, including the AP, Reuters and AFP aren’t playing ball, though, and are boycotting the event until the dispute is resolved. As much as the World Cup organizers would like to think they don’t care, they depend on widespread media coverage and the free publicity it generates to drive their money machines. They say they’re acting to protect companies that have paid for certain broadcasting rights, but what they’re really trying to protect are the huge fees these companies have paid. They seem to think that letting news outlets print photos online threaten things like TV rights, but it would seem that the opposite is true. By reducing the amount of news coverage for the event — which acts as publicity — they’re going to hurt the amount of interest people have in it. In turn, perhaps they won’t be nearly as interested to follow it on TV or radio or anywhere else rightsholders have paid to deliver it. That’s what really threatens their revenues, not the fact that people can go online and see photos from matches.Did you know that World means a sphere of human activity or interest: the world of sports.

This is defintely worth your time and money Louisville Courier-Journal - Call it, if you will, the unlikeliest marriage in the world — high-flying capitalist dollars earned by multibillionaire Bill Gates flowing to a network of Asian, African and Latin American slum dwellers who are often obliged to struggle for shelter … This is also something to look at congress Moves Forward With Required University Subsidies To Napster, Ruckus Earlier this week, we wrote about how Congress had slipped a provision into the Higher Education Act that would require universities to put in place a plan to have published policies on unauthorized file sharing and to also “develop a plan” to offer “legal alternatives” such as Napster or Ruckus. Of course, some would point out that many file sharing systems, by themselves are legal. It’s just that some people are using them for things that break the law. Really, what this bill represents is a gov’t backed subsidy for Napster and Ruckus, forcing colleges to offer them even if their students don’t want it. It’s not clear, at all, why Congress should be in the business of demanding a particular type of music delivery system be offered on college campuses. The announcement of the bill resulted in plenty of attention, leading the House committee that was debating the Act to distribute a “fact sheet” that is anything but factual. It accused those criticizing the bill of being “supporters of intellectual property theft.” That is not the case at all. In fact, it’s rather insulting that Congress would automatically assume that anyone who questions why Congress is forcing universities to pay for commercial music distribution systems is a “supporter of intellectual property theft.”

Of course, when the committee is calling anyone who opposes such a plan as being a supporter of theft, it’s no surprise that they wouldn’t take any of the criticisms seriously and moved forward with the bill without any changes to the controversial section. They also dismissed the claims that universities who don’t sign up for Napster or Ruckus would lose financial aid funding, though, that’s clearly what the bill allows to happen — and you know that the RIAA and MPAA (and Napster and Ruckus, for that matter) will push to make it a viable threat.

Either way, it would be nice for Congressional supporters to answer this simple question: Why is it any part of Congress’s business to mandate that universities sign up for a commercial music distribution service?

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anyway Instead, let's have a look at what Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has to say about his company's latest line of portable media players. …New Zune Demo Video and Bill Gates tells it all. Okay, okay you may have heard on the news: microsoft Antitrust Oversight Extended Through January
(TechWeb) TechWeb - Attorneys in 17 states are trying to extend the antitrust settlement out to 2012, citing the continuing ubiquity of Microsoft products. This is also interesting information pCs being pushed aside in Japan
(AP)

AP - Masaya Igarashi wants $200 headphones for his new iPod Touch, and he’s torn between Nintendo Co.’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 game consoles. When he has saved up again, he plans to splurge on a digital camera or flat-screen TV. There’s one conspicuous omission from the college student’s shopping list: a new computer.

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On the other side Senate Democrats are confident they can pass a bill by Virginia Senator Jim Webb that would give U.S. troops in Iraq more time to rest between deployment. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says if the proposal passes, he’ll urge President Bush to veto it. This is pretty cool harper pledges $105M to aid African children CBC News - Other partners in the project include Microsoft founder Bill Gates, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and several other countries, including Norway. Harper made the announcement after a luncheon with Tanzanian President Jakaya … On another note: five Best: Hotels by waterfalls Belfast Telegraph - With its open fires, gilt-framed prints and elaborate flower arrangements, this is the nearest thing New Zealand has to a stately home (which is presumably why everyone from Bill Gates to Kate Winslet has checked in). The lodge also boasts a …Did you know that Five means the cardinal number equal to 4 + 1. What a wonderfull idea free Windows Aero vs. the $10,000 Surface Graphical User Interface on Softpedia - Windows Aero has a new competitor on the market, and if we are to believe Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates’ vision of the future of computing interaction, the graphical user interface in Windows Vista is already obsolete. At the end of May 2007 …Did you know that Windows means an interval of time during which an activity can or must take place: a brief window of opportunity for a space mission; a window of vulnerability during which the air force was subject to
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if you could also check this out PC World - Fans of American football who are too busy to watch every game may enjoy the latest edition of Cyberlink Corp.'s MagicSports software. And if you would like to know bogus drug peddlers thrive in cyberspace
(Reuters)

Reuters - Harry Lime, peddling diluted penicillin
in post-war Vienna in the 1949 film "The Third Man," was an
early pioneer: today the counterfeit medicine business has gone
global, fuelled by the "perfect channel" of the Internet,
according to a U.N drug watchdog.

.Did you know that Drug means a chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system, causing changes in behavior and often addiction. Wow… I love this using this dems Confident Troop-Rest Bill Will Pass - CBS News A version of the bill passed in the House last month, by a vote of 229 to 194. Defense Secretary Robert Gates called the proposal a dangerous "backdoor way" …Senate takes up Iraq debate.Did you know that Pass means the act of passing; passage. This is also the fact sun Merges Storage and Server Groups
(NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Sun Microsystems CEO and President Jonathan Schwartz let the merger cat out of the bag this week. The outspoken chief used his blog as a vehicle to share the news about Sun's plans to combine its server and storage product units into a new division dubbed the "Systems" team. The Systems team will focus on the evolution and convergence of computing, storage, and networking systems.Did you know that Groups means a stratigraphic unit, especially a unit consisting of two or more formations deposited during a single geologic era. I also noted that

Wow… A friend also told me this KIMA TV - It gained new cache when a state tax reform panel headed by Bill Gates Sr. recommended it as a way to stabilize state finances. The main opposition came from House Appropriations Chairwoman Helen Sommers, D-Seattle, who called it a solution in search … Wow… I love this using this revenue Science offers behavioral ads in Japan
(Reuters)

Reuters - Privately held Revenue Science will
offer behaviorally targeted advertising services on
Internet-browsing cell phones in Japan, entering a new field
for sending commercials based on a consumer's Web habits.

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(AFP)

AFP - Apple announced here Tuesday that Britain would be the first European country to get its much-vaunted iPhone, when mobile phone group O2 launches the gadget on November 9.

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(AP) AP - Technology stocks made an abrupt U-turn Thursday, reducing the gains that had been piling up as investors sought refuge from the lending and housing morass weighing on the U.S. economy.Did you know that Stocks means the capital or fund that a corporation raises through the sale of shares entitling the stockholder to dividends and to other rights of ownership, such as voting
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However AP - Consumers chafe at having only two choices — phone line and cable — for high-speed Internet service. For businesses, there are often even fewer options — the offerings of the phone company — due to the limitations of cable. I have this floating around somewhere microsoft Steps Out Of Investor ‘Penalty Box’
(Investor’s Business Daily) Investor’s Business Daily - With Wall Street still buzzing about Microsoft’s blowout quarterly results, investors are turning their attention to the software leader’s Christmas sales quarter and beyond. And if you would like to know sprint teams with Microsoft on search
(AP) AP - Finding the closest pizza parlor may now be as easy as typing the question into your mobile phone.Did you know that Search means law. The exercise of right of search. On a that note iTune tagging unveiled
(Reuters) Reuters - Apple Inc., iBiquity Digital Corp,
a developer of high-definition radio technology, and major
radio companies said on Friday they are offering a new, free
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Omnimedia took great pains earlier this year to make certain
the company's redesigned Web site looked flawless before
rolling it out to the public. Please check this out… cops learning how to extend beats online
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Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cell
phone maker, said it will co-brand a set of Renault
Twingo cars which will go on sale later this month, packed with
Nokia's navigation system and handsfree equipment.

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(USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Internet juggernauts Google and MySpace have teamed to take on social-networking website Facebook.Did you know that Teaming means a group of animals exhibited or performing together, as horses at an equestrian show. this is worth your time