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TiVo Wins Patent Dispute
Just off the wire, Dish Network has failed to convince an appeals court to overturn TiVo's earlier patent win against the company.…
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Adobe’s Media Player, Not Like The Rest
The Adobe Media Player debuted this week, and after learning a little more at the launch party and trying it out myself, I'll share a few thoughts on it. You can also find a screencast I created with the visuals (no voiceover); next time I'll resize it and embed it, but it's my first screencast, so I appreciate your patience.
Ask.com Search Engine – A Brief History
As of this writing, there are five top Internet search engines: Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and Ask.com, and while Google and Yahoo! get a lot of the press (particularly lately), the Ask.com search engine is a rather interesting engine that deserves a closer look. This article will cover some of the highlights in its 12-year history, from its start as Ask Jeeves to its innovations,…
Sellers Drop Military Gear On eBay, Craigslist
Items stolen from the military ended up being fenced through sales online, as GAO investigators handed a House Subcommittee a laundry list of sensitive items they purchased.
Thoughts On A YouTube Generation
A little over ten years ago, my father retired from 30 years of teaching middle school world history and geography, and my mother kicked herself upstairs to the countywide administrative level after 25 years of teaching law and justice and geography. (Yeah, I know my social studies, right?) Before their departures from the classroom, though they have agreed on little else since I've known them,…
Pregnancy Most Searched Health Condition In February
The terms "pregnancy" and "cancer" were the two most frequently searched health conditions in February, receiving 8.8 million and 7.7 million search queries respectively according to comScore.Other health conditions that were frequently searched in February include "flu" (1.8 million), depression also (1.8 million), followed by diabetes (1.7 million) and addiction (1.4 million).
