PC World - This busy week for IT news was capped on Friday when President Barack Obama outlined U.S. cybersecurity plans, which have been anticipated for a while now. We also had been awaiting Microsoft’s public release of its new search engine, which it said it has named “Bing.” And Google made waves with a new “mega” application as well.
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AFP - Wikipedia has blocked the Church of Scientology from editing entries at the communally-crafted online encyclopedia due to an unrelenting battle over the group’s image.
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Reuters - All the TV ads that came out in support of Green Day’s new album, “21st Century Breakdown,” featured the lead single “Know Your Enemy.” But only one advertiser got exclusive footage of the band — online music service Rhapsody.
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Reuters - Global Internet sensation Susan Boyle competes in the final of “Britain’s Got Talent” on Saturday amid signs she is struggling to cope with her sudden rise to stardom and constant media intrusion.
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Reuters - Street dancers Diversity were the surprise winners of television contest “Britain’s Got Talent” on Saturday, beating favorite Susan Boyle who became an Internet phenomenon and global celebrity after appearing on the show.
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PC World - Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing, will help the company gain some search share against Google and has features that users will find helpful, but it is in no way a quick fix for the company’s poor position in the search market, analysts said.
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Reuters - Microsoft Corp is revamping its search engine to counter the dominance of Google Inc in the Web search and related advertising business.
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PC World - Google released to developers an early version of a collaboration and communication tool that consolidates features from e-mail, instant messaging, blogging, wikis, multimedia management and document sharing.
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Reuters - A key North American executive has resigned from Yahoo Inc, according to an internal memo on Thursday, becoming the latest senior executive to depart as new management shakes up the Internet giant.
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Reuters - Cheap Trick is stepping outside of the label world to release its next studio album, “The Latest,” itself.
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