New Internet Poker Features Deliver At-Home
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a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, today introduced two unique features to its Internet poker software line-up: the ability for players to host their own tournaments, and a new advanced sorting and filtering tool that allows players to customize their own settings for cash games and tournaments. Starting today, the new [...]
Apple Unveils Faster Iphone To Lure Business Buyers
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Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs delivered the first major makeover of the iPhone, unveiling a faster, cheaper handset that may help him convince business users to switch over from the BlackBerry.
Apple sank 2.2 percent in Nasdaq trading after saying carriers won’t have to give the company a cut of the lucrative monthly service [...]
Google Stingy With Its Privacy Policy
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Consumer groups asked Google Inc. to make its privacy policy more visible Tuesday, arguing that California law requires the company to place a link to the document on its home page.
Making the information more conspicuous, the groups said, would help users learn about the kind of data the Mountain View Internet titan collects about them, [...]
Troubled Book World Is Going For Novel Ideas
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Clusters of TV and computer screens beam chatty videos about cooking, travel and wellness books. A music kiosk lets visitors download MP3s or burn CDs, while another offers tips on how to publish your own novel.
Welcome to the newly opened Borders bookstore in Southbury, Conn., which looks less like a traditional branch of the nation’s [...]
Wireless Headphones Abound For Mp3S
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QAre there any wireless headphones that can be used with portable MP3 players? If so, do they have the same quality as the regular wired earphones?
A Wireless stereo headphones are indeed available, and most of them use a Bluetooth connection to transmit stereo signals from the MP3 player to the headphones. Many promote a technology [...]
Video Games Cause Violence, Most Children Admit To Ofcom
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Most children believe that playing violent computer games does lead to aggressive behaviour, according to a survey by the broadcasting regulator.
Two thirds of those aged between 12 and 15 said that violence in games had more of an impact on behaviour than violence in television or films, the study by Ofcom found.
The findings come only [...]
Sina Launches News Site In English To Provide Timely China News And Content To The International Community
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2008-SINA Corporation (SINA) , the leading Internet portal in China today announced that it has officially launched its English news site to provide timely China related news and other content service in English. The new site is intended to provide comprehensive coverage of current events in China for an international audience utilizing SINA’s core competence [...]
Ladbrokes Profit Rises On Electronic Gaming
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the world’s largest publicly traded gambling company, said profit has climbed 13 percent this year as customers make more bets on electronic terminals and soccer matches go in its favor.
Gross winnings, or the amount left behind by gamblers, rose 16 percent in 2008’s first four months and advanced 34 percent including “high rollers” at its [...]
Three books to browse on kids and money
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To mark April’s designation as Financial Literacy Month, I’ve been burning the midnight oil to catch up on recently released books and publications about children and money.Here’s a look at three of the better offerings to have crossed my desk that could provide you with answers [...]
For many spies its not about the money
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WASHINGTON — Americans who spy against the U.S. are increasingly motivated by ideology rather than by money, with nearly half of the known spies since the end of the Cold War showing allegiance to another country or cause, according to a government report.Prior to 1990, just [...]