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Google Sponsored Links Trick?

Australian consumer watchdog sues Google over misleading sponsored links.

Vodafone Rolls Out New Handsets And Music

UK mobile network Vodafone has introduced new phones and a brand-new music service.

Yes, You Can Be Bugs

A new Warner Bros. site will let you become your favorite cartoon character.

Social Networking For Spies

In December US intelligence agencies will introduce A-Space, a social networking site for spooks.

Mobile Phone Turns 20

It was 20 years ago last weekend that the mobile phone as we know it was truly born.

Microsoft Has Small Sept. Patch Release

After last month’s huge patch release, things calm in September, with just five bulletins in Microsoft’s monthly security patch.

They Got Vudu

California company offers a new unit and broadband movie rental and purchase.

DoJ In Favor Of Charging Content Providers

A new Department of Justice filing comes out against the idea of net neutrality

Yahoo Fumbles Fantasy Football

Yahoo found some angry fans when a server error stopped their draft picks on Tuesday.

Code Orange For Wikipedia

A new tool will highlight questionable content on Wikipedia entries.

Salesforce Adds Dell Subscriptions

Salesforce has vastly increased its download subscription software subscription sales to Dell.

Facebook Opens Up

Facebook is going to make the basic profiles of its members open to non-members searching the site, and those will also soon be on search engines.

Microsoft Big Presence At CEDIA

Microsoft has set up its stall at the CEDIA Expo, but it’s presence is in many places thanks to the Windows Media Center platform.

Netgear EVA8000 Review

The Netgear EVA8000 lets you stream content from your PC directly to your television, all in glorious HD.

Zune Phone On The Horizon?

Microsoft says it’s “not unreasonable” to think it will introduce a Zune phone to compete with the iPhone.

AT&T Brings In Smart Limits

AT&T is introducing the Smart Limits program that lets parents have more control over when and how their kids use cell phones.

Big Sale On Cyber Crime Kits

Buy an individual virus or an entire cyber crime kit – the choice is yours, and it’s all on sale.

Did Chinese Unleash Titan Rain?

Reports claim that the Chinese PLA were not only responsible for a Pentagon cyber attack, but have also hit British and German government computers.

Get Rid Of Web Site Ads

A new add-on for Firefox lets users delete ads from sites.

The Mobile Phone As Digital Wallet

A new UK payment system lets users pay for small items via their mobile phones.

Wii Dominates Japanese Market

Nintendo’s Wii has demolished the opposition in August Japanese sales figures.

Dailymotion The Next YouTube?

French video sharing site Dailymotion has raised more money and is stepping up to the plate to challenge YouTube.

YouTube Returns To Thailand

YouTube has reached an agreement with the Thai government after being banned for five months for showing material seen as insulting to the country’s king.

Google News Shifts Focus

Google News has begun to license news stories from four of the world’s major news agencies, opening the way for the site to generate ad revenue.

Tribler Brings Fairness To P2P

A new peer-to-peer file sharing system called Tribler aims to reward those whose share their goodies and penalize those who just take and take.

German Government Plans Spyware Use

The German government plans to send e-mails to install Trojans on the computers of suspected terrorists to search their hard drives.

Hello Hulu

The video service from Fox and NBC has a name and goes into beta in October.

YouTube Windfall For British Musicians

British artists to receive royalties when their music is used as backing tracks on YouTube videos.

Amazon Tops UK Online Retailer List

Amazon’s UK arm is the most popular online retailer in Britain, according to a new survey.

Storm Trojan Hits Blogger

Several hundred blogs on Google’s Blogger site have been hacked, with fake entries linking to Storm Trojan downloads.

Chicago Abandons City-Wide Wi-Fi

City moves away from Wi-Fi but says hello to WiMax.

China Creates Cyber Cops

Cartoon cops will appear on Beijing users’ monitors every 30 minutes.

New iPod Coming?

Apple has an announcement set, and the speculation is that it’s’ going to announce a new iPod.

Allofmp3.com Set To Fly Again

The contentious Russian download site, which closed last month, looks set to re-open soon.