"Taylor Woodrow, a UK-based construction company, has switched its 1,800 employees' e-mail from Microsoft Outlook to enterprise Gmail. The company is also beginning to use other components of Google Apps, the suite of Web-based applications that includes, in addition to...
"On Tuesday the company introduced Lively, an online tool that allows people to embody a cartoonish online avatar and have text-based conversations with friends and other Internet users in virtual chat rooms. The rooms can be added to any blog or Web site. Google unveiled...
"TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A mother and her 6-month old girl escaped unhurt after she calmed down a knife-wielding robber with a glass of iced tea and a chat, Tokyo police said Wednesday. The 30-year-old housewife was in the hallway of her apartment building Monday when a man...
Should a President use such slangy language in a country where the hosts Japan always conduct themselves in a very formal manner. President Bush is a 'guest' of the country and should refrain from these...
The line between science fiction and reality is definitely blurring. Scientists at the University of Keio have developed a device that will allow quadrepalegics to move characters in Second Life. The system uses tiny...
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Republicans' Web 2.0 aims: Streaming video, online chatsJohn McCain's nomination as the Republican candidate for president hasbeen locked up for more than two months now. An estimated 45,000people, including...
I'm not entirely sure what to make of this. "Natascha Kampusch meets..." is set to debut on Austrian television this Sunday, when she interviews motor racing star Nicki Lauda.It is a brave move for Ms. Kampusch to...
Google announced Monday that many of its applications will soon be importable on non-Google websites via a new service called Friend Connect.As one Google spokesperson put it, webmasters will have a "salt shaker full...
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The Environmental Protection Agency is checking for high levels of lead in the air after a twister swept through Picher, Oklahoma. Picher was formally a center of zinc and lead mining, and noted as one of the...
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Rock Sound snagged an exclusive chat with Rival Schools frontman and all round legend Walter Schreifels days after it was announced that the band were reforming to play UK shows in Summer. After some parking issues...
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"Mario Dominguez mastering the hairpin just before entering the Long Beach Shoreline Drive straightaway in his Pacific Coast Motorsports Panoz DP01 Image Credit: Andy Sallee - TSO Photographer (2008) It’s...
" MIAMI, April 26, 2008 – The cost of a pound of coffee in Colombia: $8. A hand-carved souvenir iguana from Cuba: $10. A cold beer in Honduras: $1.Traveling throughout Central and South America talking to...
A teenage boy has been arrested for threatening to go on "a shooting rampage" at one of Montreal's biggest colleges.The CEGEP du Vieux Montréal was closed yesterday in response to the threat, however, police searched the campus without finding anything, and no incident...
Facebook is quietly rolling out its version of online chat, though it is not yet present on my own network. In keeping with its aggressive use of online widgets, this chat feature will be hosted and run by Facebook's main site, and will not rely on a local...
highlighted by insaniac | 14 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago 513 views | 2 comments
Check out this video demo of the new chat feature Facebook is getting ready to launch in the coming weeks. It is sleek, clean, easy to use, and very practical. From what I can see of the demo it's a great start for...
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