Archive for September, 2008

Esquire magazine unveils cover with electronic ink

NEW YORK — Although readers keep shifting to the Internet, Esquire magazine's editor is sure print isn't dying, and he aims to prove it Monday by unveiling a 75th-anniversary issue with a cover that features electronic ink.
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'Fake' site solicits donations for Kilpatrick's restitution

A Web site calling for supporters of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to donate money for his $1-million restitution as part of his plea deal in the text messaging scandal is fake, a mayoral spokesman said Sunday.
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Esquire magazine unveils cover with electronic ink

NEW YORK — Although readers keep shifting to the Internet, Esquire magazine's editor is sure print isn't dying, and he aims to prove it Monday by unveiling a 75th-anniversary issue with a cover that features electronic ink.
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Google will keep pushing the envelope

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.
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Real-estate site expands ad deal with newspapers

NEW YORK — Real-estate Web site Zillow.com is expanding its partnership with 282 newspapers to give national advertisers new ways to reach local markets, changes that the news companies hope will allow them to raise their fees for online ads.
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Old Web idea of micropayments finally finds a home

NEW YORK — Seventeen-year-old Alexis Corocan spends about $5 a month on clothes, accessories and eyes of various shapes and shades for her online persona on IMVU, a popular Internet hangout.
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Much-delayed game lets you play God

Sunday marks the U.S. launch date of Spore, an ambitious and long-awaited computer game that takes on the broad topics of life, the universe and everything. For publisher Electronic Arts, the unusual game is one of the biggest debuts of the year.
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'Super Mario Sluggers' disappoints, 'Tales of Vesperia' better

There is no substitute when Nintendo pumps out a Mario-themed sports game, where average gamers and younger kids can all pick up a controller and have fun without all the sim-related minutiae that would be overwhelming and burdensome. There is no substitute, in this case, except for perhaps a better game.
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A Drug Free Relief To The Main Symptom of Menopause: Hot Flashes

ChiliPad celebrates the menopause awareness month with a drug free solution to Hot Flashes, which is the main symptom of menopause.
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Meet Chrome — Google's innovative, new Web browser

Google has introduced a new Web browser, called Chrome, aimed at wresting dominance of the browser market from Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The move takes the Google-Microsoft rivalry to a whole new level. If Google succeeds, it will be a big deal, with major ramifications for the future of the Web.
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