WITNESS: Virtual friends in a cancer world (Reuters)
Reuters - Janet Guttsman is bureau chief for Reuters in Canada, and
has worked for the company in Germany, Russia and the United
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Apple’s iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (AFP)
AFP - The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday — but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere.
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Terra gets Olympic Internet rights (AP)
AP - Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.
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High oil prices spur demand for low energy electronics (Reuters)
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iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan
But the usual suspects–gadget fanatics–aren’t the ones at the front of the line.
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iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan (CNET)
CNET - The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to form Friday–an entire week before the device goes on sale.
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For Marketers, Viruses Just Won’t Cooperate
Viral marketing is much harder than negative buzz to generate.
Original post by By PHYLLIS KORKKI
As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll
As the Web has become an irreplaceable part of life, users have become less forgiving of even occasional outages.
Original post by By BRAD STONE
An open-source problem? Too many scratches for too few itches
The open-source world needs to pull together, not diversify.
Original post by By James Niccolai, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau, IDG
Novelties: Electronic Papyrus: The Digital Book, Unfurled
New technologies are developing that make displays flexible, foldable or even as rollable as papyrus, so that large screens can be unfurled from small containers.
Original post by By ANNE EISENBERG