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By - Darren Straight

Microsofts Video HyperLink Technology Showcasing Kohl’s

Here’s some cool news. It looks like Microsoft is now starting to implement its adCenter Labs Video HyperLink Technology with real world clients. The first signs of this come this week as MSN Entertainment shows of Kohl’s department store using the Video HyperLink Technology, which is an interactive video tool which provides more information about objects in a video when you click or even hover on

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Viacom sues YouTube for $1 billion

Just days after Google (GOOG, news, msgs) CEO Eric Schmidt said that media companies will have no choice but to work with online sites such as YouTube, the first of the big media companies has responded — with a $1 billion lawsuit. Media giant Viacom (VIA, news, msgs) is charging that the video-sharing site, now owned by Google, has shown

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Microsoft Student Partners (MSP) Applications 07/08 Now Open!

As you probably know I have been a UK Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) for this Academic Year 2006/2007 at The University of Kent and well what can say, I absolutely love it. It’s everything I expected and a hell of a lot more! So if you are a student passionate about technology, ready to share your knowledge and want to

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Visited PC Pro Offices London with The Kent IT Clinic

Well what a smashing day it was yesterday, my visit with The Kent IT Clinic to the PC Pro Offices in London was a real insight into how Dennis Publishing and PC Pro Magazine work as a company in the Computing Publishing industry. The visit started of with an introduction from Barry Collins to PC Pro and Dennis Publishing, this session