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Businesses have discovered having their own enterprise search engine saves time and money and makes employees happy
YouTube told to hand over users' data
Viacom suing Google over copyrighted clips; critics say information could identify millions of people worldwide
Bell bites back with poor-man's iPhone
Wireless provider to sell similar-looking device for less, complete with a cheaper monthly subscriber fee
Search for organ donors grows online
People facing long waiting lists are turning to the Internet for help
ICANN loses own addresses
Agency in charge of the Internet's addresses tricked into transferring domain names
The iPhone's cross-border price clash
Rogers finds itself on the defensive as consumers cry foul over high pricing
Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales
Wii holds onto its lead for the seventh month in a row - but just barely
Open Text buys Spicer software division
Paying $12-million for the format and viewer division
Clear Channel goes off its diet
Sometimes more is more
Your Friday reads
Jack Kapica searches the Web and offers a selection of the week's interesting stories: A BoingBoing brouhaha, Indy for Prez and Oscar-worthy animated robots
Monster founder sets sights on online obits
From handbags to diamonds, eBay a target
Y Combinator diaries
Two Canadian guys long on ideas and short on connections descend on Boston looking for the opportunity to launch their startup
Get ready to rock, needlepoint-style
In an ingenious piece of engineering, developers have fitted a glove-like add-on to the bottom of the Nintendo DS
What's in a name?
All you need is $100,000 to be master of your own domain
Don't underestimate the Icahn Factor
He may not know much about the Web, but he knows finance
Fuel on fire
A small Ottawa branding company is getting rave reviews for marketing campaigns that appeal to tech-savvy teens and tweens
Apps we love
A process tracker that'll help you figure out where you're hung up, an alternative to Adobe's PDF reader and quick keys for mouse haters
Sweden tops world's most wired countries
European countries, including other Nordic nations Denmark and Iceland, occupy most of the top 10 spots
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Study says many dial-up users don't want broadband
Only 14 per cent of dial-up users say they're stuck with slower technology because broadband is not in their neighbourhoods, Pew Internet and American Life Project reports
Online cheaters to have GMAT results tossed out
Exam's publisher tracking down users of Scoretop.com after winning lawsuit to shut down the site and seize hard drive containing payment information and user ID
Adobe tools improve Flash video search
Customized version of Flash Player software allows search engines to see Web pages embedded with Flash content the same way a human would
The fading line between free speech and libel
Legal guru says blurry boundaries and the rise of the Internet is making his craft 'utterly unworkable'
Microsoft to sell Office by subscription
Pricing for productivity suite, which includes OneCare anti-virus, aimed at thrifty PC buyers
Microsoft seeks partners for Yahoo search business
Software giant has spoken to News Corp., Time Warner and others
India sees no security threat from BlackBerry
Telecoms ministry says it has no plans to shut the service
Sony's U.S. gadget demand good despite rising costs
Electronics giant still having to manage pressures coming from energy, raw material costs, weaker U.S. dollar
Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems
Hackers have found success skimming millions by attacking back-end computers responsible for approving the cash withdrawals
What's Twitter doing right now? Investors would like to know
Investors would like to know whether service has what it takes to become the next Internet darling capable of an IPO
Buffett amazed at lunch auction
Chinese investment fund manager's $2.1M bid is largest ever for eBay charity auction
Canadian gamers on a streak
Survey investigating how we play computer games discovers our countrymen (and women) like to waggle their joysticks in the buff
Service lets U.S. drivers lock in gas prices
MyGallons.com uses debit-like card that banks gallons to allow drivers to fill up some time in the future at current prices
Browser pioneer joins Facebook board
Social site looks to Marc Andreessen for clout, insight
Google, Hollywood forge new ground online
Sony Pictures to make Will Smith's Hancock available online to owners of the Web-connected Bravia TVs
Missouri governor signs Internet harassment bill
Bill updates laws against harassment by removing requirement communication be written or over telephone
Yahoo questions Microsoft's commitment
Portal wonders whether software maker was ever serious about a full-scale merger in a filing with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Rhapsody to challenge iTunes
By embracing the iPod, digital music seller is spending $50-million to challenge Apple's market leadership
Researcher tracks ships in whale habitat
Dalhousie University student uses cellphone towers in Nova Scotia to pick up signals from ships travelling the North Atlantic
Eavesdropping law infuriates Swedes
Legislation gives National Defence the right to scan all phone calls, e-mails and faxes crossing Sweden's borders, without a court order
Laptops banned in Bhutan assembly
National assembly in newly democratic Bhutan fears lawmakers might spend their time playing games
Online petition protests Rogers iPhone plan
Site launched Friday now has more than 16,000 people complaining prices too high
LVMH wins compensation from eBay
French court orders auctioneer to pay $61 million to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing the sale of fake merchandise
Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP Monday
Move comes despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista
Plastic gets smart
Credit and debit cards are slowly being upgraded with tiny processors to reduce fraud
Facebook pleads for better grammar
Users who haven't specified their gender will be asked to do it so users won't have to have to words like ‘themself'
Battlefield: Bad Company rocks steady
More Three Kings than Saving Private Ryan, the latest Battlefield game takes EA's popular military shooter in a fun and offbeat direction
Online fashion firm ASOS shines
Despite consumer gloom, Internet shopping is booming as debt-laden shoppers become increasingly cautious
N.S. winery uses tech to be organic
Annapolis Valley operation uses environmentally friendly geothermal heating and cooling system
Seven Wonders of the World (Wide Web)
There's no shortage of IT news on the Web. In fact, it can be hard to tell one tech site from the next. Here are seven that stand out
We've got your back
G4S Canada uses an arsenal of technology to make sure your employees stay safe
Coded for business
This could be the breakthrough year for XBRL, the programming language that will make sifting through business data a snap
Monarch butterflies can't get by on a wing and a prayer
Insects' spectacular annual migration between Canada and Mexico could be threatened unless there is trilateral co-operation to ensure habitat conservation, report warns
Water expert raises alarm about coal-bed mining in salmon rivers
Plan for more than 1,000 wells to be dug to extract methane poses massive threat to stocks
Most primitive four-legged creature found
Fossil could help scientists understand evolution of fish to land-walking animals better
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