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Sophisticated mobile phones like RIM’s BlackBerrys, Palms’ Treos, Danger’s Sidekicks and Windows Mobile devices are all smartphones which allow their users to do more than just make phone calls and take pictures. They are really pocket-size computers equipped for many functions, including e-mail, web browsing, PDA functions (contact management, calendar, etc.), and the ability to [...]

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The Real Dirt on Food, Unearthing the Controversies Behind the Food We Eat, an environmental conference on focusing on Food Sustainability, will have its website launch next week. The conference will take place on Saturday, March 17th, from 9AM to 5PM, at the University of Toronto’s Hart House. For more information, vist therealdirt.ca.

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Netflix is introducing a service to deliver movies and television shows directly to users’ PCs, not as downloads but as streaming video, which is not retained in computer memory. The service, which is free to Netflix subscribers, is meant to give the company a toehold in the embryonic world of Internet movie distribution. Netflix is [...]

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Nokia is launching a Developer Device Program to provide open source developers with Nokia N800 Internet Tablets at a discount. Maemo.org will be providing 500 devices at a price of 99 euros per device to selected open source developers. Eligible developers will be provided a discount code to be used at the Nokia N800 online [...]

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While Microsoft recently publicized the 100 millionth installation of Internet Explorer 7, Web measurement firm WebSideStory has indicated that IE7 is simply replacing oolder editions of IE. IE7 has not had an impact on Firefox’s ability to increase market share. WebSideStory indicated that Microsoft’s quotation of its numbers was correct, but didn’t tell the whole [...]

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Tony Chor Group Program Manager reporteed that on January 8th, Microsoft had the 100 millionth IE7 installation. Chor stressed that even more important than installations is usage. According to WebSideStory as of this week, over 25% of all visitors to websites in the US were using IE7, making IE7 the second most used browser after [...]

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Silvio Scaglia, the Italian telecoms entrepreneur behind Fastweb and CEO of e.Biscom, is several months away from launching Babelgum, a global internet television service. Milan-based e.Biscom is already funneling feature films and television shows — in addition to conventional Web and phone services to PCs and TVs in Milan, Rome, Florence, Naples, Bologna and Turin. [...]

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U.S. authorities detained two former directors and founding shareholders of NETeller Plc.  Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre were detained on Monday while travelling separately in the United States, NETeller said, becoming the latest victims of the U.S. crackdown on Internet gaming. The two former directors and founding shareholders of Neteller, a British online money transfer [...]

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Joost™ is a new way to watch TV, free of the schedules and restrictions that come with traditional television.  Combining the best of TV with the best of the internet, Joost™ gives you more control and freedom than ever before – control over what you watch, and freedom to watch it whenever you like.  We’re providing a platform for the best television content on the planet – a platform that will bring you the biggest and best shows from the TV studios, as well as the specialist programs created by professionals and enthusiasts.  It’s all overlaid with a raft of nifty features that help you find the shows you love, watch and chat with friends, and even create your own TV channels.  Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have been talking about the idea behind Joost™ for a long time – even before their last venture, Skype, was born.  But to make it work, they needed the right combination of factors – widespread broadband and powerful computers in particular.  In early 2006, the time was right.  Gathering the world’s best engineers, web gurus and media visionaries, they started work under the code name of The Venice Project™ – and now, after much fretting and polishing, that work is ready for public viewing.

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Today, the company formerly known under the code name The Venice Project has revealed its official brand, “Joost™.”  Currently available in private beta testing, Joost combines the best of TV and the best of the Internet by offering viewers a unique, TV-like experience enhanced with the choice, control and flexibility of Web 2.0.  Co-founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, Joost fills a critical gap in the online video entertainment arena.  Joost is powered by a secure, efficient, piracy-proof Internet platform that enables premium interactive video experiences while guaranteeing copyright protection for content owners and creators.  “People are looking for increased choice and flexibility in their TV experience, while the entertainment industry needs to retain control over their content,” said Fredrik de Wahl, chief executive officer of Joost….  Joost is the first global TV distribution platform, bringing together advertisers, content owners and viewers in an interactive, community-driven environment….  “We’ve received positive and constructive feedback from our early beta-testers and are now at a stage where we’re ready to reveal our true brand,” said de Wahl.  “The Joost name has global appeal, embodies fun and energy, and will come to define the ‘best of TV and the best of the Internet’”.  Joost™ provides a new way of watching TV that combines the best of full-screen television entertainment with online interactive and community benefits to bring an unprecedented selection of video content to viewers anytime, anywhere.

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