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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Amazon Contextual Advertising

It appears that Amazon are planning to launch a contextual advertising network much like Google’s AdSense Amazon is apparently looking into the feasibility of starting their own ad network like Adsense. They’ve been contacting select members of their associates programs, including myself, asking if we’d like to be beta testers. The way they want the beta test to work is

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7 simple steps to grow your fortune!

Here’s something that may be of use to you! Who doesn’t want to have more money? Most everyone it seems! Just look at their spending and borrowing habits. Clearly these people want to be poor. They think poor. They act poor. Their comfortable being poor. They’ve made the decision to value their lifestyle over and above their financial and personal

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Google’s communications breakdown

I have just been reading this article on the BBC website, it’s about Google and it’s Headquarters not looking anything like you would think it would look like! The headquarters of the most popular search engine in the world is a remarkably unimpressive place. Google’s base is more industrial than architectural Mountain View, California, sounds like a glamorous address. But

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Domains Registered to Google Inc.

The list of domain names being register by Google is increasing day by day, here’s a small collection of them: My-deja.com Gppglr.com Googlesucks.org Googlesyndication.com Googlegalactic.om Googleuniverse.com Googlegalaxy.com Googlesun.com Googlemercury.com Googlepluto.com Has Google gone crazy with domain name buying or are they just trying to stay in the world of domain names so you never miss their name anywhere you go.

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Phising emails in my junk box!

Let me share a little email that I received in my spam box, emails like this have been going around for ages, are people really that stupid to believe them, people really should be more aware of phising emails like this. 06-10-05 Sincere Greetings, My name is Catherine Jennings I work with the Private Banking DivisionAt Berkeley Bank Limited, London.

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Google’s stock soars higher

Google is quickly expanding day by day and for every day that passes they are worth a little bit more! Will this continue forever? SAN FRANCISCO Google Inc.’s market value briefly surpassed $100-billion (U.S.) for the first time Friday, its stock scaling new heights after an earnings and revenue spike that astonished investors. The on-line search leader’s shares traded as

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Google Drops Gmail Name in Britain

Woooow now this is News! Due to an ongoing trademark dispute in the United Kingdom, Google has changed the name of its free Web mail service from Gmail to “Google Mail.” The switch was made after the company failed to come to an agreement with financial research company Independent International Investment Research (IIIR). IIIR offers an e-mail service called G-Mail

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The Channel 9 Team Is Hiring

The Channel 9 Team is now looking for Web developers who love the web and are experienced with ASP.NET, SQL, and CSS, if you think you have the experience and would like a career at Channel 9 then why not send them an email, more information bellow: Ok, I am biased but I think I’ve got the best team inside

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Google and Nasa in space venture

Now here’s some interesting news about Google! Web search firm Google has formed a partnership with US space agency Nasa in an effort to harness new technology which could boost the space programme. Google is to build a new office complex on the site of Nasa’s research facility in California, close to its own headquarters in Silicon Valley. The two

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Wikipedia has met their goal of raising $200,000

The total raised for Wikipedia is now $224,350 Here’s a statment from the Wikimedia Foundation page telling you about their goal to reach US$200,000 for the third quarter 2005 budget: The third quarter 2005 fund drive is being held from Friday 19 August to Friday 9 September 2005 (2005.08.19 2005.09.09). The primary goal is to raise US$200,000 (Yahoo! Currency Converter)