HIPPOSCIENCE

Inventor: Camera phone evolution has only just begun

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Is it time to crack down on the blogosphere?

I blog, therefore I am: the Internet has become the place where "citizen journalists" broadcast their thoughts to all. This haven of free speech is treasured by thousands of online writers, each ready to leap onto their virtual soapbox and broadcast to the world.

Virtual worlds to get Oscar-like awards

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Google Revamps Search Pages to Include More Categories

Video, images, links to be more easily accessed from other categories, sometimes all appearing on same page.
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U.K. Couple Guilty of Webcam Sex While U.S. Girl Watched

A 44-year-old English mother of two who had sex with her husband in front of a Webcam was told Thursday that she faces jail because a nine-year-old girl was watching on a PC on the other side of the Atlantic.
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Console mods find dead end at Xbox Live

Blog: Users with modified consoles will no longer be able to access Xbox Live.
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Eureka! Purdue scientists turn water into hydrogen

Blog: Purdue engineers develop a process to turn water into hydrogen
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Image: Mashups without the code

In new mashup builder Popfly, Microsoft creates a software development tool for nonprofessionals.
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Microsoft Popfly service does mashups

The Web service lets consumers create and share mashups using a visual authoring tool.
Image: Mashups without the code
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Microsoft shifts server unit into business division

Reorganization means server and desktop operating-system units will live in separate divisions within software company.
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In Game of Games, Wii Outshoots PlayStation

The sales gap between the Nintendo Wii and Sony?s competing PlayStation 3 widened during April.
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aQuantive, Inc. Acquired For $6 Billion

Microsoft Corp. will acquire aQuantive, Inc., for $66.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6 billion.

Founded in 1997, aQuantive, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQNT) is the parent company of one of the industryâ��s most successful families of digital marketing service and technology companies, encompassing three primary brands.
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Atlas provides a set of advanced tools for both advertisers and publishers. The Atlas Media Console is an industry-leading toolset providing agencies and advertisers with capabilities to maximize ROI. The Atlas Publisher platform enables publishers to maximize monetization opportunities for their content.

E-Rate Internet Program Fraud Claims

The Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD) has agreed to relinquish over $13.6 million in claims for federal funds and to pay the United States $66,000 as a civil settlement relating to false claims and false statements in connection with the Federal Communication Commissionâ��s (FCC) E-Rate program from 2002 to 2006, the Justice Department announced today.

The E-Rate program, created by Congress in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, provides funding for needy schools and libraries to connect to and utilize the Internet. The E-Rate program is funded by monies collected from telephone users. The FCC oversees the program.

Extracting Hydrogen For Fuel Cells

The method makes it unnecessary to store or transport hydrogen - two major challenges in creating a hydrogen economy, said Jerry Woodall, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue who invented the process.

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Accused nuke engineer: I was showing off (AP)

AP - A former nuclear engineer accused of taking software back to his native Iran told authorities he was only trying to show off for family and friends.
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AMD details plans for mobile PC chip platform (Reuters)

Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. detailed on Thursday plans for its first-ever chip platform designed specifically for notebook personal computers, in a bid to regain ground lost to rival Intel Corp. .
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Apple's New iPhone Not a World Phone (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - "The Apple Inc. A1203 GSM Cellular Telephone with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, FCC ID: BCGA1203, is in compliance with the limits for general population uncontrolled exposure specified in FCC 2.1093."
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Hong Kong man loses Internet piracy appeal (AFP)

AFP - The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network on Friday lost an appeal against a jail sentence in Hong Kong.

Internet censorship grows worldwide: study (AFP)

AFP - Internet censorship is growing worldwide, with 26 out of 40 countries blocking or filtering political or social content, a study reported Friday.

LG to Cut Plasma Display Production (PC World)

PC World - LG Electronics Inc. plans to cut back production of PDP (plasma display panel) screens as part of it efforts to improve the business performance of its display operations, it said Friday.
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Microsoft buys digital marketer for six billion dollars (AFP)

AFP - The world's largest software maker Microsoft said Friday it was taking over aQuantive, a global digital marketing company, for six billion dollars.

Microsoft pays $6B for online ad company (AP)

AP - Microsoft took a deep plunge into the online advertising business Friday, paying $6 billion in cash and a massive 85 percent premium to snap up one of the last major players in the sector, aQuantive Inc.