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The International Herald Tribune
IHT.com Tech Alert


Paris, Friday, August 8, 2008

Facebook and StudiVZ battle over Germany
Facebook, the American giant in social networking, tried to buy StudiVZ in an effort to crack the German market. After it was rebuffed, it sued, claiming StudiVZ had stolen its look.

Where the fashionistas go for a quick fix
Unlike their newsstand competitors, Webzines exist exclusively online, updating weekly or even daily, and offering a sense of community that conventional monthlies cannot replicate.

Coke campaign focuses on what's not in the drink
In a campaign introduced last month in Britain, Coke divulged a few factoids about the formula, including that it has "no added preservatives or artificial flavors."

India tries to reach the 'unbanked' with cellphone signals
Grameen Solutions, part of the Grameen Bank, has teamed up with a U.S. company to provide financial services to the country's poorest people via mobile phone connections.

Speak up, a computer is listening
Ever since "Star Trek," we've dreamed of being able to give our computers spoken orders. NaturallySpeaking 10, available Thursday, takes some baby steps in the right direction.

Online travel agencies fear years of fast growth are over
After growing rapidly for years, Internet travel agencies could face a slump in bookings later this year, when U.S. airlines start reducing the number of the tickets for sale.

Russian gang hijacks computers in new form of attack
The security breaches indicate that little progress has been made in defusing the threat of botnets, networks of infected computers that criminals use to send spam and steal passwords.
- Identity thieves have international flavor

Google offers deeper look into searches
The company is introducing a free service called Insights for Search that is intended for marketers, but it allows anyone to track the popularity of various words and phrases that people type into Google's search box.

A turnaround man for Motorola's mobile phone unit
Motorola has appointed Sanjay Jha to head its troubled mobile phone division and to share the leadership of the entire company with the chief executive, Gregory Brown. But some wonder if Jha is too little, too late.
- Motorola names leader for cellphone unit

Point, shoot and geo-tag
A Nikon camera with a built-in GPS, a power-saving PC from Dell and a car stereo without a CD player from Blaupunkt.

Delta plans in-flight broadband wireless service
The airline said it would provide Wi-Fi on its p***s flying in the United States by next year.



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