Tuesday, May 30, 2006

The Serious Business of Social Networks

How next-generation social networks could feed your business--and maybe even change the world.

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Internet ad spending closing gap on newspapers in UK

More money will soon be spent on Internet advertising than national newspapers in the United Kingdom, according to an article in Monday's Financial Times.

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Online Ad to overtake Newspaper advertising

FT reports that, By the end of 2007, internet advertising will close the gap on regional newspapers, the number two medium, but will still be well short of television, the biggest outlet in the £12bn-a-year media advertising market, in UK.

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Life On The Web's Factory Floor

A new category of work is emerging: the digital factory job. Behind the seemingly magical offerings of the Internet are thousands of human beings madly inputting data around the clock. The work ranges from the slightly creativejob of crafting sentences for ads to snag search traffic, to the rote -- typing in descriptions of hamburgers for online menus.


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Pharmaceutical company sells AIDS-infected medication

Bayer knew that the batch had been infected with AIDS so they pulled it from the US market and sold it overseas.

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Hangover Culprit Found - mutant allele ALDH2*2

Acetaldehyde may be the culprit behind hangovers, according to new research from Japan.

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Top Ten Hottest Cell Phones

Wirefly Names Top Ten Hottest Cell Phones for Winter and Spring 2006; Motorola RAZR Continues To Top The List For Over a Year Now.

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