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GM slow to react to nasty ads — update General Motors did little in the way of damage control on Monday after a do-it-yourself ad campaign for a GM SUV was hijacked by critics of the company and thousands of negative ads flooded the Web. — As part of a partnership with the TV show …
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GM Slow To React... Or Right On Schedule With Create-Your-Own Ad Controversy? — from the GM-gets-the-second-bounce-as- well dept — News.com has an article suggesting that GM somehow screwed up with its online create-your-own ad program that allowed tons of anti-GM ads to be created and passed around online.

Why Chevy Tahoe campaign was doomed before it launched
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Between the Lines

Google Related Links Now Out; Challenges Yahoo's Year-Old Y!Q Links — Google Blogoscoped spots a new Google Labs release, Google Related Links. We wrote about these appearing last month, but there was no way for people to get them then for their own sites. Now you can.
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Things That, Googling Google, Random Culture, Digital Inspiration and Search Engine Roundtable
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A Pint of ALE - Ajax Linking and Embedding — Recently I had to write a document which required the inclusion of some images, a chart, and a few drawings in the text - something that modern word processors allow you to simply and readily do. In fact, the ability to embed and edit rich content directly …
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The Spyware - Click-Fraud Connection — and Yahoo's Role Revisited — In August 2005, I posted half a dozen examples of what I call "syndication fraud" — Yahoo placing advertisers' ads into spyware programs, and charging advertisers for resulting clicks. But Yahoo's spyware problems extend beyond mere syndication fraud.
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Trust Me, I'm A Jedi Scientist — Those Aren't The Fraudulent Clicks …
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Jeremy Zawodny's blog


Fujitsu exhibits fold-out keyboard UMPC — Fujitsu has put on show a pair of conceptual PC designs, one intended to show how an "ultra-mobile" machine might operate, the other a home computer system which looks funky enough but probably won't give Apple's industrial designers any sleepless nights.


Mac's Moment? — Apple has its best chance in years to make a dent in the business market — Japan's Aozora Bank Ltd. is planning to do something once unheard of in the business world: switch nearly all of its 2,300 desktop personal computers to Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh computers.

The difference between Employee and Corporate blogs — The Wall Street Journal today published a story on employee/corporate blogging (apparently, they do not understand the semantical difference). The article is called "The Inside View," and I would link to it, but I can't seem to find the proper URL.
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Would you join a company just cause they let you blog?
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New Trends In Online Traffic — Visits to Sites for Blogging, Local Information and Social Networks Drive Web Growth — While growth is slowing at most top Internet sites, it is skyrocketing at sites focused on social networking, blogging and local information.
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Screenwerk

I.B.M. to Work With Start-Up on Chip That Uses Less Power — SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 — I.B.M. plans to announce an alliance on Tuesday with a small Silicon Valley company that has designed a flexible microprocessor chip intended to perform tasks like video processing using less than a tenth the power of today's chips.

Navman Unveils GPS/Camera Combo — In what is a first in the GPS category, Navman is introducing a new GPS that combines turn by turn navigation with a digital camera. — The new iCN750 will feature a 4-inch WQVGA (480-by-272 pixel) touch screen, a GPS unit preloaded with maps …

Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.—In a rare discussion on the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall operating systems …
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Borders to sell Sony digital reading device — The Sony Reader, a new text-reading device that lets you have the Bible or the entire works of Tolstoy on hand but carry around the physical equivalent of a paperback, will be sold at Borders bookstores. — The gadget, which debuted …


Ex-Microsoft guru books rocket flight — Charles Simonyi created some of the most widely used computer-software programs on Earth. Now he's ready to take on the next frontier: space. — Simonyi, formerly a top researcher at Microsoft and co-founder of Intentional Software in Bellevue …
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Digital Inspiration


three new navigation systems from Magellan: 3000T, 3050T, and 6000T — Thales' navigation business, creators of the Hertz NeverLost and a leading global innovator of outdoor and vehicle navigation solutions, announced today three new portable vehicle navigation devices, the Magellan RoadMate 3000T, 3050T and 6000T.

Toshiba M400 upgraded and running — I managed to upgrade my new Toshiba M400 this afternoon. Some time away from the first set of problems I encountered helped. — Here's a recap: — My new Toshiba M400 arrived today—all the way from China. I got it unpacked and up and running without a hitch.