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'Mail Goggles' might avoid e-mail regrets

Here's the scenario: It's Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty.

Chinese snoop on Skype

A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of eBay Inc.'s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including democracy.

This Elmo can move - but sell?

For nearly two years, designers at Mattel Inc.'s Fisher-Price toiled to hide a maze of copper wires and microchips under the plush red fur of the company's newest Elmo toy. The resulting Elmo Live is its most advanced ever, able to cross its legs, flap its arms and fluidly mimic the famous television Muppet.

Online ad revenue slips slightly in U.S.

U.S. Internet advertising revenue dipped slightly in the second quarter from the previous three-month period, which likely is a ripple effect from the bad economy. Before 2008, the market had seen several consecutive quarters of increases.

Fraud plagues $4 billion prepaid calling card market

Rosalba Posada can tick off a list of problems she has encountered trying to use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with family back in Colombia.

Beware unsolicited links to YouTube

Downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker.

Business an easy market to get into

One reason that the prepaid calling card market is ripe for fraud and deception is that it is so easy to get into the business.

Cavity, novocaine, drill . . . commercials

Advertising is coming to the dentist's chair in the form of personal video goggles that patients wear while getting their cleaning or root canal.

Ask.com improves speed, relevance of search

Assuming your company's name isn't a verb synonymous with looking things up online, how do you get Web surfers not just to try your search engine, but also frequent it?

Qwest, union reach tentative contract

Qwest Communications and its largest union reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract early this morning.

EBags CEO leaving post after 10 years

EBags co-founder Jon Nordmark is stepping down from his role as chief executive officer after a 10-year tenure overseeing one of the most successful Colorado Internet firms.

Market tough on local telcos

The market has battered local telco stocks in recent weeks, with Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications dipping below $2 a share and Denver-based Qwest hovering just above that mark.

Dish Network judgment upheld

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a $104 million judgment against Dish Network Corp. for violating a digital video recording software patent held by TiVo Inc.

Qwest seeking court costs in retirees' suit

U S West/Qwest retirees are miffed that the Denver telco is seeking $2,672 in court costs in connection with a lawsuit the retirees filed to try to preserve a death benefit.

EBay announces layoffs, sending 1,600 workers home

After a series of changes designed to draw more people to its online marketplace, eBay Inc.'s latest alteration is aimed at its own employees.

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