Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Robert Hernreich - onmouseover="return window.status='http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/nokia-hungry-for-more-deals/'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/nokia-hungry-for-more-deals/">Nokia Hungry for More Deals

Nokias Internet offering is far from ready and the worlds top cellphone maker is seeking further acquisitions to speed up the roll out of new services, Niklas Savander, the head of the unit, told Reuters. Robert Hernreich

NICTA has joined a 8.9 million (AUD$15.4m) project that will address the design of testbeds to evaluate new technologies for large networks such as the Internet. Robert Hernreich

The incident shows how fast bad information and confusioncan spread unchecked on the Web A nearly 6-year-old article circulating on the Internet as breaking news about United Airlines caused a brief 75 percent drop in the airline's stock Monday, highlighting a potential peril about how information travels in the modern world. Robert Hernreich

Theres nothing like a little regulatory scrutiny to get Internet companies talking about privacy. Even if some of their words ring somewhat hollow. The FTC , Congress and the EU are all investigating Googles proposed acquisition of ad network DoubleClick, looking into whether the deal is bad for user privacy and for competition in the online ad industry. Robert Hernreich

Plans to allow voters to use the internet to veto unpopular new laws are among radical constitutional reforms due to be debated at the Liberal Democrats' annual conference in Bournemouth next week. Robert Hernreich

Internet firm Google and Europe's biggest bank HSBC have thrown their weight behind an ambitious plan to provide cheap, high-speed web access to three billion people in Africa. Robert Hernreich

London, Sept 8 : A YouTube spoof video posted by the brother of an Al-Qaeda terrorist, in which he boasts how to make a bomb, is making rounds of internet circles. Robert Hernreich

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