Source: alertnet.org
From the page: -- A 9-year-old girl of the Apurina tribe in Brazil's Amazon rain forest gave birth to a baby earlier this week and doctors said on Friday police were investigating whether she was raped. --
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Seeking Alpha founder David Jackson noted yesterday that Google has just launched a cost-per-action ad service, and John Battelle, author of "The Search", has noted the implications of the service as well (that is notable since John has his own ad network, FederatedMedia.net).
Source: money.cnn.com
It seems Amazon are after a slice of action in just about every market. They are now trialling selling a limited range of groceries over the Internet. This is a gamble by Amazon but one that if successfully could produce a big payday for them.
Source: arstechnica.com
Amazon.com has taken yet another step towards one-stop-shopping nirvana: groceries.
Source: Reuters
Amazon starts selling groceries online Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has started selling groceries on its Web site, a cautious step into a business that was one of the biggest casualties of the dot-com collapse.
Source: theinquirer.net
In another step toward world domination, Google is launching GBuy, to compete directly with the likes of PayPal, Amazon Marketplace, and the like.
Source: New Scientist
Biological world undergoing a sixth mass extinction - but this one is man-made; annual value of nature's services to Man $33 trillion; 1.5 million species identified, possibly 5-30 million in total, 27,000 extinctions per year
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
US politicians have rejected attempts to enshrine the principle of net neutrality in legislation. The vote is a defeat for Google, eBay and Amazon which wanted the net neutrality principle protected by law. Critics of the amendment said it would bring in unnecessary government …
Source: locallytype.com
Outsourcing the company’s idea-factories and basic development to bright minded individuals – phase 2 of Web 2.0?
I went to Amazon today and was greeted by this thing at the top of the homepage. Apparently it's a "show" hoster by Bill Maher, produced by Amazon, to move product.
Source: www.nytimes.com
"As the founder and managing director of the Internet Movie Database, Mr. Needham might just be the archetype of the telecommuting Web-head. The site he founded and runs, www.imdb.com, ranks as the 10th-most-popular entertainment spot online, according to ComScore Media Metrix.
Source: pbs.org
John X Cringley has been around for years; first as one of Apple's earliest employees and then as an incredibly insightful technology journalist.
Source: smh.com.au
One of world's largest online retailers, Amazon.com, might yet live to rue the day it took an order from New Zealand actor Peter Calveley.
Source: itwire.com.au
From the article -- "In what looks like the first serious shot across Google's bow, Microsoft has signed a deal with online retail giant Amazon to replace Google's search engine with its Windows Live search on the Amazon site."
Source: technewsworld.com
Web companies like Google, eBay and Amazon, as well as consumer groups, have opposed the idea of prioritizing Internet traffic, saying equal treatment is one of the reasons the Internet has been such a success.
Source: news.com.com
A hotly contested Democratic bid to enshrine extensive Net neutrality regulations in the law books failed Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Source: lifehacker.com
Not only are most card catalogs available online, but you can often reserve and renew materials, access online databases, ask reference questions, and more. All without leaving your computer.
Amazon Price Change Notification (APCN) is a service to monitor Amazon prices to catch desired item at the lowest, or to get a refund on purchased item. How it works: Amazon changes prices frequently, and very often the price is greatly reduced.