Qwest Data Networking Services Give Minnesota Vikings' Home Field an Advantage

Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) today announced an exclusive two-year agreement with the Minnesota Vikings to connect the team’s stadium, practice field and offices using high-bandwidth data networking and Internet services.

As the Official Communications Provider of the Minnesota Vikings, Qwest already is the exclusive provider of high-speed Internet, DIRECTV® service and Qwest Digital Voice at the team’s training facility. Under this new contract, the Vikings will now connect the Metrodome, Winter Park practice field and the team’s marketing and sales offices using Qwest Metro Optical Ethernet (QMOE) services. With Internet speeds up to 100 Megabits per second (Mbps), this upgrade will maximize the user experience whenever players and staff log-on, tune in and talk over Qwest’s high-speed, secure and reliable network.

Bets.com, CheapSlots.com and Winnings.com Up for Grabs at Moniker.com Live Domain Name Auction at the Casino Affiliate Convention in Amsterdam

Moniker.com, an Oversee.net company and provider of Domain Asset Management(TM) services, today announced that it is bringing its live and online domain name auctions back to the Casino Affiliate Convention (CAC) Amsterdam. The exclusive live auction will take place onsite on Friday, April 4 at 5:30 p.m. in Amsterdam (11:30 a.m. US Eastern time; 8:30 a.m. US Pacific) at the NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel.

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At previous casino-related domain auctions held at CAC events, more than 60 domains have been sold, with the sale of Scores.com in 2007 topping the charts at a price tag of $1.18 million. The transaction ranks as one of the year's top five domain sales, according to DNJournal.

Official auction dates, rules and procedures for all Moniker live and
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Time To Make The Donuts!

Dunkin' Donuts and Yahoo! Partner to Help Busy People Start Their Day With the News They Need

Companies Unveil New 'Yahoo! Sports Minute,' 'Good Morning Yahoo!' and 'Dunkin' Donuts Lovers Lounge'

Dunkin' Donuts, the world's largest coffee and baked goods chain, today announced a partnership with Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a leading global Internet company, which will allow millions of busy people to get the news they need to get them running throughout the day. Through this partnership, Yahoo! will create two new Dunkin' Donuts-branded video programs, as well as a Dunkin' Donuts community web site. The first program from this partnership is the "Yahoo! Sports Minute," a daily video summary of the biggest sports stories, and is now available to users. "Good Morning Yahoo!," a unique morning video news program, and the "Dunkin' Lounge" social community will launch later this spring. The agreement represents the first time Yahoo! has worked with an advertising partner to develop original content initiatives in multiple categories.

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Vonage and Nortel Agree to Settle Patent Dispute

Vonage and Nortel today announced that they have agreed in principle to end the litigation pending between them. The contemplated settlement involves a limited cross
license to three Nortel and three Vonage patents and will not call for any monetary payments by any party. Claims relating to past damages and the remaining patents will be dismissed without prejudice. The settlement is subject to final documentation.

"We are pleased to resolve this issue and enter into a productive relationship with Nortel," said Vonage Chief Legal Officer Sharon O'Leary.

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Verizon reaches landmark in New Jersey

Verizon has installed its fibre-optic broadband service FiOS in more than one million homes in New Jersey, the company has announced.

And in 2008, Verizon has forecast that it will install the service in an additional 400,000 homes in the state. The announcement came as Verizon opened its brand new fiber solutions customer service center in Freehold. By the end of next year Verizon expects approximately 400 people to be working at the center.

Verizon chairman and chief executive Ivan Seidenberg said: "New Jersey is now among the most-fibered states in the nation." The expanded FiOS service will give New Jersey an "economic boost", added Mr Seidenberg.

Verizon's FiOS service is the first fiber optics network to be rolled out on large scale in the US, the company claims. Fiber-optic communications were first developed in the 1970s and work by transmitting information using light traveling along optical fiber.

'Most' of US now online

The number of Internet users in the US has been growing rapidly over the last year, a recent Harris Poll has discovered.

There are now approximately 178 million Americans online, which is a ten percent increase on the number last year. A full 79 percent of adults in the US are online, or one in every five. And now 72 percent of adults have internet access at home, compared to 70 percent last year and 66 percent in 2005.

Harris Interactive stated in the poll: "As internet penetration continues to grow, the demographic profile of users continues to look more like that of the nation as a whole. "It is still true that more young than older people and more affluent than low-income people, are online, but nine per cent of those online are now age 65 or over, compared with 16 per cent of all adults who are 65 or over."

Approximately 39 percent of the Americans who are going online have never been to a university and 13 percent earn less than $25,000.

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Hillary Clinton's Plan for Rural America

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Hillary Clinton's Plan for Rural America

Today, Hillary Clinton highlighted her agenda to support rural America. Hillary understands the importance of rural communities to America's economy and way of life. She understands that rural America face challenges in economic development, agriculture, education and health. But she also knows that with the right policies in place, rural communities can thrive and can help America solve pressing national problems, like providing a safe and health food supply, producing renewable energy to move us toward energy independence, creating vibrant rural communities and jobs, and helping to tackle global warming.

Hillary has said many times that most of the problems faced by our nation can be solved in our rural communities. As a Senator, Hillary has worked hand-in-hand with farmers, small businesses, and local leaders to promote a better life in rural areas. She was proud to receive the 2007 Golden Triangle Award from the National Farmers Union as recognition of her work on behalf of family farmers and rural communities. Hillary has a vision for rural America rooted in experience, and she is ready to lead us there.

SUPPORTING FAMILY FARMS

In the Senate, Hillary has made a strong commitment to supporting family farms. She has consistently promoted legislation and initiatives that will help small farmers remain competitive in the face of a growing threat by corporate agriculture and vertical integration that/to dominate agricultural markets. She has also promoted efforts to help farmers get healthy, fresh food directly into the hands of consumers.

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Fewer parents approve of internet

A smaller amount of parents consider the internet a good influence in their children's lives than previously, new research has discovered.

Currently 59 percent of American parents with children aged 12 to 17 approve of the internet, contrasted to 2004 when 67 percent did, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found. And 30 percent of the parents surveyed thought that the internet did not have an influence at all on their children's lives.

Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist at Pew, said: "The internet for a lot of parents is now a mature technology. "They are not in a honeymoon period with the internet anymore. They are realizing the internet is something with good and bad things." It is the content being perused by children rather than the amount of time they spend online that has parents the most concerned, the research found.

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Move with the Changing Times by Switching To VoIP

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State Department launches blog

The State Department has launched a blog that it has dubbed "Dipnote" in order to attract interest and make the world of diplomacy more transparent to the Internet generation.

Senior figures in the State Department, as well as juniors posted in different locations around the globe will post on the blog. Currently New York is hosting the UN General Assembly and the blog is to delve into the security process involved in protecting the foreign diplomats that have arrived in the city. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack wrote on the site: "We're new at this. It looks like we broke our own rule and used State jargon in our blog title. "'Dipnote' refers to a diplomatic note. It is one of the many way(s) in which governments formally communicate with each other." One of the first contributions was from the under secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs Karen Hughes who is currently attending the UN General Assembly.

Verizon celebrates FiOS anniversary

Earlier this week the communications giant Verizon recognized the second anniversary of its revolutionary FiOS TV product.

Since being introduced in September 2005 FiOS has proved a smash-hit with Verizon customers, the company claims. FiOS was first introduced in Texas and so far over a quarter of Verizon customers in the state have signed ohttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifn to the service. Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst for Parks Associates, said: "Verizon is leveraging its infrastructure and technology advantages - its fiber-optic network, the in-home network and the FiOS TV platform - to maximum effect.

"At this point, FiOS TV is 18 months to two years ahead of where the rest of the industry needs to be." Last year Verizon introduced the Home Media DVR service for FiOS, as well as the interactive media guide. Using DVR, customers can watch different previously-recorded shows on as many as three TVs in different rooms. The name Verizon is a combination of the words veritas and horizon. For more information on digital products and services visit www.dsldance.com

AT&T scraps parental controls

Communications giant AT&T has announced that it has been forced to at least temporarily abandon its parental control service for children's cell phones.

Dubbed Smart Limits, the service could potentially interfere with the children's access to the 911 emergency number, AT&T admitted. The company said that though user's who had cell phones with Smart Service could call 911, they were often cut off and the operator would be incapable of calling them back. AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said: "The service was very well received by customers in the first few weeks it was available.

"But the safety and security of our customers comes first. We plan to reintroduce the service as quickly as we possibly can." Smart Limits allows parents to block calls from certain numbers, as well as block any calls coming in from numbers that are not recognized. Additionally, if there is a web browsing service on the phone, the service can block access to certain websites.

IBM: Malware getting more sophisticated

This year has seen a sizable increase in the amount and sophistication of malware being disseminated around the internet, according to IBM's security research team, X-Force.

So this year far the team has identified 210,000 examples of malware, more already than in all of 2006. The most http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifpopular category of malware in 2007 has been Trojans, accounting for 28 percent of all malware detected. In 2006 it was Downloaders that were the most popular form of malware.

Kris Lamb, director of X-Force, said: "The X-Force security statistics report for 2006 predicted a continued rise in the sophistication of targeted, profit-motivated cyber attacks. "This directly correlates to the rise in popularity of Trojans that we are witnessing this year, as Trojans are often used by attackers to launch sustained, targeted attacks." However, X-Force also found that vulnerabilities have actually gone down so far this year, the first time that vulnerabilities have lessened in the first half of a year. Meanwhile, research published in PLoS Medicine states that at least one-third of all spam is touting health products.

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Yahoo! set to acquire Zimbra

The internet giant Yahoo! is to purchase the email company Zimbra, it has been announced.

Yahoo! will pay $350 million in cash for the company, a move which is part of efforts to open new sources of revenue and continue competing with rivals Microsoft and Google. Zimbra sells hosting services and email software to major businesses, internet providers and other organizations.

Jerry Yang, Yahoo!'s cofounder and chief executive said: "Zimbra's tremendous talent and innovative technology will help to extend our core mail offerings, further strengthening our strong leadership position in this space." Only two weeks ago Yahoo! purchased the internet advertising company BlueLithium for $300 million. The company is currently in a race with Microsoft and Google to acquire as much of the highly lucrative internet advertising industry as possible.

Currently regulators are examining Google's purchase of the internet ad company DoubleClick earlier this year for $3.1 billion.

Internet Crime Considered An Industry

A new report released by the security software firm Symantec has stated that internet crime has burgeoned massively recently.

Now cyber criminals are part of an industry that creates billions of dollars in revenue, Symantec alleged. And those perpetrating crime on the internet are becoming more advanced in their methods and strategies. Dan Lohrmann, chief information security officer, Michigan, told CNN: "As the global cyber threat continues to grow, it has never been more important to remain vigilant and informed on the evolving threat landscape.

"Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report continues to provide us with critical information on the most current online security trends." Toolkits, such as the infamous MPack, are being used on an increasing basis by cyber criminals, Symantec found. Phishing and hacking kits are being traded in high volume on the internet, it stated. Also, threats are being customized to specific regions of the world.

Apple offers iPhone customers $100

Eager customers who bought their iPhones before August 22nd are to receive $100 of store credit from Apple, it has been announced.

Apple has said that the phones must be activated with the device's exclusive carrier, AT&T, before they are eligible to receive the credit. The credit can be used either at an online Apple store or an Apple retailer. Requests for the credit must be submitted before November 30th.

In order to receive the credit however, customers must fill out an online application. Then one's cell phone receives a text with an access code. The offer of credit came after the price of the iPhone was slashed by Apple shortly after it was released, sparking fury in early purchasers who has paid several hundred dollars more. Some Apple customers have been disappointed however that the $100 credit will not cover purchases at the company's online music store iTunes.

US internet surfers watched 3 hrs of video in July

Research by comScore has found that in July most users of the internet in the US watched an average of three hours of video online.

Overall, more than nine billion videos were perused online by American internet users, the survey found. Of these, at least 2.4 billion were viewed on the popular video clip website YouTube.com, which is owned by the internet search giant Google. The comScore report stated: "Google Sites … captured the largest online video audience with 67.8 million unique viewers, followed by Fox Interactive Media with 35.8 million and Yahoo! Sites with 35.3 million."

Meanwhile, comScore has announced that it has devised a cutting-edge new way to measure blog audiences. Conversational Media Report can actually gauge the online behavior and characteristics of those visiting a given blog. The chief executive of comScore, Dr. Magid Abraham, said: "With the creation and consumption of user generated Web 2.0 content continuing to grow at a rapid pace, our customers are requesting expanded reporting of consumer usage."

Internet Aiding In Search For Fosset

Internet users are joining the massive search for the missing aviator Steve Fosset by using satellite imaging software, it has been reported.

Tools like Google Earth are being used to help in the search for Mr Fosset, who went missing on September 3rd. Up-to-date images of the vast deserts of Nevada provided by Google are adding to the efforts of hundreds of planes and helicopters scouring the region to find the record-setting pilot. Amazon is coordinating the online search through its Mechanical Turk system.

The adventurer's wife, Peggy Fosset, said: "The search for Steve Fossett is intense, thorough and highly professional. "Our hopes are high and I am confident of a successful resolution to this search." She went on to call the cooperation between the military, civilian bodies and law enforcement "incredible". Already seven previously uncharted plane wrecks have been found during the search.

Internet 'killing movies'

The internet and mobile technology is eroding the experience of going to the theatre, according to director Ridley Scott.

Only by watching movies at the theater can one appreciate their qualities, Scott said at the Venice Film Festival. The director of movies such as Alien, Thelma & Louise and Gladiator was at the festival unveiling a re-worked version of his 1982 cult hit Blade Runner.

He commented: "People sit there watching a movie on a tiny screen. You can't beat it, you've got to join it and deal with it and also get competitive with it. "We try to do films which are in support of cinema, in a large room with good sound and a big picture." Directors are "fighting technology", which is "wonderful in many aspects" but has "some big negative downsides", he added. Scott's latest movie American Gangster is due for release on November 2nd of this year.

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