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Man auctions off his life, sale price disappoints
SYDNEY - A man who put his life up for auction on eBay found it wasn't worth quite as much as he thought when he settled for around A$100,000 ($96,000) less than his target price. Ian Usher, 44, held the seven-day auction of all his belongings, including his three-bedroom home in the west Australian city of Perth and a trial for his job at a... more
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Former 'spam King' Must Pay MySpace $6 Million
A Colorado man has been ordered to pay US$6 million in damages and legal fees for spamming thousands of MySpace.com users. Scott Richter of Westminster, Colorado, must pay MySpace $4.8 million in damages and $1.2 million in legal fees, a court-appointed arbitrator ruled on Thursday. Richter, who was once accused of pumping out more than... more
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The Social Network Wars Begin In Earnest
Facebook is all about openness and data portability, as long as that doesn't involve openness or portability of data, it seems. Today they wrote a long 7 paragraph blog post to get a single point across: Facebook has banned Google's Friend Connect access to the Facebook API: Now that Google has launched Friend Connect, we?ve had a chance... more
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Colbert, will.i.am among special Webby award recipients
NEW YORK - Stephen Colbert's use of the Internet to connect with fans earned the Comedy Central host special recognition as recipients of the annual Webby awards for Web sites and online achievements were announced Tuesday. A special achievement award also went to will.i.am, the Black Eyed Peas frontman behind the popular "Yes We Can" video... more
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Wi-Fi TV Launches 21 Exclusive Internet TV Stations On New Global Platform
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Wi-Fi TV launches 21 exclusive Internet TV stations on its newly enhanced global delivery platform at www.Wi-FiTV.com, and Wi-Fi TV(TM) now features over 450 total stations. All of the Social Internet TV(TM) stations feature an enlarged standard viewing screen, a full screen option, live chat, enhanced 24/7 and on-demand... more
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Social network service for Mac users debuts
Net4mac is a new free social networking service developed especially for Mac users. In fact, you need to download a Mac application in order to get it to work. Net4mac lets users create profiles, contact other members and send invitations to the community, create and join interest groups, create specific events and invite other Mac users and... more
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Man auctions his life in Australia
SYDNEY - A man in Australia is auctioning his life -- his house, his job, his clothes and his friends -- on eBay, after his marriage broke up, saying he wants to start a new life. "It's time to move. A completely fresh start. I want to see where life takes me," Ian Usher, 44, told Australian television on Tuesday from Perth in Western... more
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Fox Web site rocks as "Idol" returns
NEW YORK - The midseason return of "American Idol" helped double Fox Broadcasting's online traffic in January compared with December. Nielsen Online said Fox had 4.6 million unique visitors in January, up 101% from December, surpassing CBS (4.5 million, down 24%) for the month. But both network sites still are behind ABC.com and NBC.com,... more
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Yahoo, Time Warner step up combination talks
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) and media conglomerate Time Warner Inc (TWX.N) have stepped up talks to create an alternative to Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) offer to take over the Web company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter. The paper reported that the talks center on a deal that... more
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Google, SingTel and others to build submarine cable
SINGAPORE - Web search company Google Inc has agreed to build an undersea cable with five telecoms operators that will link the United States to Japan, and provide the capacity to sustain a surge in Internet traffic between the continents. Google and the five telecoms companies said in joint statement that the 10,000 km (6,200 mile) undersea... more
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