Search usurping email as top internet activity

1. Search usurping email as top internet activity

Search is catching up to email as the internet's number-one activity, according to a new poll. Forty one per cent of US adults who surfed the internet on a "typical day" in September 2005 used a search engine, up from 30 per cent in June 2004, according to the latest Pew Internet & American Life survey of consumer behavior.

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- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Nov 23 2005


2. Eclipse broadband no longer titsup

Eclipse Internet says its broadband service is now back to normal after going titsup yesterday evening although punters may have to reset their kit to restore their connection.

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- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Nov 22 2005


3. Out With The Old AIM, In With Triton

It text messages, launches phone calls via your broadband connection, enables video along with all that VoIP and keeps track of other important messaging info via SMS alerts.

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- read full story from internews.com, Nov 22 2005


4. Eclipse broadband no longer titsup

Eclipse Internet says its broadband service is now back to normal after going titsup yesterday evening although punters may have to reset their kit to restore their connection.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.com, Nov 22 2005


5. VoIP ICs: Billion Dollar Market by 2009

As demand for VoIP products continues to grow, so will the market for the integrated circuits that make the Internet-enabled voice communication possible.

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- read full story from theinternetnews.com, Nov 22 2005


6. Skype Thinks Outside the PC Box with Partner Push

Skype Technologies, S.A. recently announced that it has signed a deal with RadioShack Corporation to distribute the first Skype-certified Motorola Bluetooth-enabled phones and headsets in America, making it the first U.S. retailer to offer this Internet phone service.

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- read full story from eweek.com, Nov 22 2005


7. CBS in Talks with Google for Video Search

U.S. television network CBS is in discussions with Internet media company Google Inc. for video search and on-demand video, CBS chairman Leslie Moonves said Tuesday.

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- read full story from eweek.com, Nov 22 2005


8. High speed may not be enough to topple ADSL

HSDPA is the wireless technology that few people can spell and even fewer understand. But behind the unwieldy acronym - it stands for high-speed downlink packet access - lurks a golden opportunity for operators to upgrade today's networks to better support high-speed data services.

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- read full story from Yahoo! News, Nov 22 2005


9. AOL Delivers Next-Generation AIM

America Online Inc. released Monday a new version of its popular Instant Messenger software, which is meant to draw more eyeballs to the company's other online facets.

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- read full story from eweek.com, Nov 22 2005