Futzing with features: Firefox add-ons in 2008
Even as performance reasserts its prominence and features become less of the driving force behind browsers, there are still some useful features bestowed by add-ons.
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Print news is fading, but the content lives on
According to a Pew survey, the Internet has overtaken newspapers as a main source of national and international news. But newspapers still supply much of the seed news content that’s refactored by millions of bloggers.
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Microsoft gearing up for layoffs? Let’s hope not
Company is rumored to be preparing itself for deep layoffs in an attempt to bolster profitability. But even this Microsoft critic can’t get excited about Microsofties out of work.
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Video: Making sense of a gadget-crazed Vietnam
CNET’s Dong No returned to his homeland of Vietnam, where he roamed the country examining how technology is affecting the culture and the economy. He joins Charles Cooper on the CNET News Daily Debrief to talk about his experiences.
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Amazon says 2008 holiday season was ‘best ever’ (AP)
AP - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. called this holiday season its “best ever,” saying Friday that it saw a 17 percent increase in orders on its busiest day a rare piece of good news in a season that has been far from merry for most retailers, including online businesses.
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Uproar in Australia over plan to block Web sites (AP)
AP - A proposed Internet filter dubbed the “Great Aussie Firewall” is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries.
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Wal-Mart to start selling Apple’s iPhone on Sunday (AP)
AP - Wal-Mart will start selling Apple’s popular iPhone on Sunday, the chain said, confirming earlier reports by employees.
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E-shopping site to open in China for Japan goods (AP)
AP - A new Internet shopping mall is opening in China next month that will take payments in the widely used China UnionPay Co. cards for Japanese products, company officials said Friday.
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Holiday report: E-commerce dips, electronics plummet (CNET)
CNET - Over the next few days, a picture of holiday sales will begin to materialize.
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Web sites could get cinema-style ratings: U.K. minister (Reuters)
Reuters - The kind of ratings used for films could be applied to Web sites in a bid to better police the Internet and protect children from harmful and offensive material, Britain’s minister for culture has said.
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