Tracking Santa has never been so high-tech

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It's a Christmas tradition that many parents of inquisitive children have come to appreciate immensely, and an opportunity for the U.S. military to show its softer side to the public. Best of all for taxpayers, though, is that corporate tie-ups and volunteering efforts make tracking down Santa relatively cost-free for the government's coffers.


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Terra gets Olympic Internet rights

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(AP) -- Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.

2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos

Jul 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(AP) -- Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.

Making sure the internet delivers

Jul 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
European researchers have developed affordable test suites that businesses can use to check whether their software will work with the next-generation internet.

Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses

Jul 03, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(AP) -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs

Jul 03, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which ...