2008 November 26 | Techzter.com

Apple issues QuickTime update for new MacBooks

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New copy-protection technology added to Apple’s new MacBooks was incorrectly preventing standard-definition iTunes movies from playing on older projectors. source Tech news blog Share This

Yahoo BOSS gives partners subject-specific search

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The company’s shared search service now can provide some subject-specific results to some partners. Later it’ll be publicly available. source Tech news blog Share This

Green news harvest: Ethanol shake-out looms

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Corn ethanol firms speak merger, clean-tech researcher predicts a shift to quality in investments, and Calgary researchers develop a CO2 “air scrubber.” source Tech news blog Share This

Microsoft launches Webmaster tools to sniff for malware

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The software giant’s new Webmaster malware detection tools aim to find malware on indexed sites and alert users before they click on a link. source Tech news blog Share This

Music, software industries converge on business models

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Warner Music Group has rediscovered the value in music discovery, and its business is thriving as a result. It’s highly reminiscent of how open-source software works. source Tech news blog Share This

Lycos Europe to shut portal, end Web hosting

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Faced with a 20 percent revenue drop and mounting losses, Lycos Europe plans to shut down a large portion of its business and seek a buyer for other parts. source Tech news blog Share This

How widely used is Chrome? More than I expected

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In two months, Google’s Chrome rose from nothing to 3.6 percent of browsers used to view CNET News. It’s less common in the mainstream though. source Tech news blog Share This

Security firm: Google’s Orkut being used to spread Trojans

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Spam message on Orkut is disguised as an official e-mail from the social-networking site, but the links in the message lead to Trojans, Websense states. source Tech news blog Share This

Why is Yahoo peddling old plug-ins?

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A story tip leads us on a chase for answers about the intersection of Yahoo Messenger 9.0 with Yahoo Open Strategy. source Tech news blog Share This

Microsoft ranked fifth worst spam service ISP

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Spamhaus.org says it’s been telling Microsoft its sites are rife with spam, but nothing has been done and Redmond is now ranked No. 5 on the list of Top 10 worst spam service ISPs. source Tech news blog Share This

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