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Web Creators Call Internet Outdated-> 0

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on Tuesday October 02 2007, @08:38AM

ElvaWSJ writes "Several networking pioneers are dissatisfied with the Internet's underpinnings, and some are offering remedies to ease the strain that bandwidth-hungry services put on technology networks."
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It's Yahoo's Lawn, But Artist Says Keep Off Grass-> 0

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on Monday October 01 2007, @09:36AM

ElvaWSJ writes "With Yahoo's public artworks, the company finds itself caught at the intersection of two artist-friendly laws — one that made the company install art, and a second that essentially prohibits the company from messing with it."
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'Citizen Journalists' Evade Myanmar's Blackout-> 0

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on Friday September 28 2007, @08:00AM

ElvaWSJ writes ""Citizen journalists" are breaking the news from Myanmar to the world. Witnesses are using cellphones and the Internet to beam out images of bloodied monks and street fires, subverting the government's effort to control media coverage."
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What Did U $@y? Online Language Finds Its Voice-> 0

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on Thursday August 23 2007, @08:21AM

ElvaWSJ writes "For years, heavy users of Internet games and chat groups have conversed in their own written language, often indecipherable to outsiders. Now, some of those online words are gaining currency in popular culture — even in spoken form. Online gamers use "pwn" to describe annihilating an opponent, or owning them. The word came from misspelling "own" by gamers typing quickly and striking the letter P instead of the neighboring letter O. Other words substitute symbols or numbers for similar-looking letters, such as the number 3 for the letter E. The language is sometimes called elite speak, or leetspeak, written as l33t 5p34k."
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The Forbidden City of Terry Gou-> 0

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on Monday August 13 2007, @08:39AM

ElvaWSJ writes "Hon Hai churns out iPhones and Wiis, and provides a window into China's secretive world of outsourcing and manufacturing. With a work force of some 270,000 — about as big as the population of Newark, N.J. — the factory is a bustling testament to the ambition of Hon Hai's founder, Terry Gou. In an era when manufacturing has been defined by outsourcing, no one has done more to shift global electronics production to China. Little noticed by the wider world, Mr. Gou has turned his company into China's biggest exporter and the world's biggest contract manufacturer of electronics."
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Losing Buttons Is Jobs Credo-> 0

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on Wednesday July 25 2007, @07:55AM

ElvaWSJ writes "While many technology companies load their products up with buttons, Steve Jobs treats them as blemishes that add complexity and hinder their clean aesthetics. The iPhone is Steve Jobs's attempt to crack a juicy new market for Apple Inc. But it's also part of a decades-long campaign by Mr. Jobs against a much broader target: buttons. The new Apple cellphone famously does without the keypads that adorn its rivals. Instead, it offers a touch-sensing screen for making phone calls and tapping out emails. The resulting look is one of the sparest ever for Apple, a company known for minimalist gadgets. While many technology companies load their products up with buttons, Mr. Jobs treats them as blemishes that add complexity to electronics products and hinder their clean aesthetics."
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The Nights and Days of Elizabeth Edwards-> 0

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on Monday July 23 2007, @09:01AM

ElvaWSJ writes "Between campaign stops and monitoring political blogs, Elizabeth Edwards is working on a "dying letter" to her three children — a "guide to life" she started before her diagnosis but which takes on more poignancy now. Her advice runs from balancing work and family to telling her children they should always wear solids instead of stripes or plaid — otherwise, she warns, you'll look back at old photos and cringe at what you're wearing. She is sorting out her and her children's possessions — clothes, papers, photographs — and boxing them to save after her death. On the campaign trail, the cancer diagnosis has meant a skyrocketing level of attention that also comes at a cost. As crowds flock to see her at campaign stops, people push greeting cards, cancer remedies, prayers and children on her. Last week, she picked up a boy for a picture and then worried, "Maybe I shouldn't have done that." She's not supposed to do any lifting or actions that could break her bones, where the cancer has spread."
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Democrats Lead by $100M in Money Race-> 0

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on Monday July 23 2007, @08:52AM

ElvaWSJ writes "With more than a year to go before the 2008 elections, Democratic candidates have raised $100 million more in campaign contributions than Republicans, putting them on track to win the money race for the White House and Congress for the first time since the government began detailed accounting of campaign fund raising three decades ago. Democrats have taken the lead by exploiting widespread disapproval of President Bush and the Iraq war to develop a more robust online network of new, small donors, as well as to gain traction with deep-pocketed business contributors."
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YouTubers Meet at Last, Indulge in Meta-ness-> 0

Submitted by ElvaWSJ on Tuesday July 10 2007, @07:35AM

ElvaWSJ writes "What happens when YouTube users finally meet in person? A whole lot of filming each other. Andy Jordan files video report."
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iPhone 'Surfing' On AT&T Not Fast, Jobs Conc-> 0

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on Friday June 29 2007, @07:30AM

ElvaWSJ writes "In an interview on the eve of the iPhone launch, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs and AT&T Inc. CEO and Chairman Randall Stephenson addressed concerns that the device will have slow Internet access on AT&T's cellular network. Mr. Jobs acknowledged that the company's new iPhone won't surf the Internet as fast as he would like on the network, called "Edge," but added that the device's ability to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots would give consumers a speedier alternative for Web browsing. For his part, Mr. Stephenson said the iPhone represents a broader push by AT&T into Wi-Fi services, including, potentially, mobile Internet calling. The two men also discussed the iPod's "halo effect" and reflected on the origins of their corporate partnership."
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