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Paris, Saturday, August 11, 2007

NBC Universal-News Corp. project attracts deep-pocketed investor Providence Equity Partners is said to have invested in the online joint venture to bring the television shows and movies of the two companies onto the Internet, which still lacks a Web site, a name and a clear mission statement. Britain publishes restrictions covering online gambling ads Littlewoodscasino.com, William Hill Casino and Interpoker.com are among about 1,000 gambling Web Sites based outside Britain that are to be banned from advertising in the country when new laws take effect next month. Google lets subjects of news stories comment on articles about them Google introduced an experimental feature this week on its Google News Web site in the United States to allow any person mentioned in a news story that is linked there to submit a written response. An Entire Bookshelf, now in your hands Bright virtual pages, with advantages like weight, capacity and a built-in reading light, are gradually drawing readers from paper books, one of the last holdouts against digitization. The riddle of 3G Was the "3G for All" campaign to promote the production of an inexpensive third-generation cellphone missing the point about why most people still use their phones only to talk and send text messages? Nokia revamps chip development and forges closer ties with 4 suppliers The world's largest maker of cellphones said Wednesday it was retreating from most chip development in favor of products made with STMicroelectronics, TI, Broadcom and Infineon. Wi-Fi radio, portable and ad-free Internet radio stations offer an endless smorgasbord of audio entertainment. Technology firms try to go green Even as efficiency improvements are reducing the energy used by many kinds of hardware, the industry's overall electricity consumption could double from 2006 to 2011 as demand grows. Cisco shares soar on higher sales forecast Its growth is accelerating as customers buy faster network equipment to handle applications such as online video. Google lets subjects of news stories comment on articles about them Google introduced an experimental feature this week on its Google News Web site in the United States to allow any person mentioned in a news story that is linked there to submit a written response. Vodafone keeps U.S. unit The cellphone giant Vodafone Group said that it had decided not to sell part of its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless.



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IHT Tech Alert for August 11, 2007