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Dead Sea Scrolls Going Digital for the Web

Dead Sea Scrolls

Scientists in Israel are taking digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the 2,000-year-old documents available to the public and researchers on the Internet.

AMC Allowing Mad Men Fake Twitter Updates

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It looks like wiser heads--or at least those who could be made to recognize a great PR opportunity--have prevailed at AMC.

IE8 May Be Better than Other Browsers

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Don't count Internet Explorer out just yet.

AMD's $3 Billion Plan

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Advanced Micro Devices is in a bind. The chipmaker is caught between the dire need to reduce manufacturing capacity on its books with pressure to build a $3 billion plant in New York state.

Tech Firms Push Politics for Free Trade

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Technology companies are here at the Democratic convention this week to highlight more than just their new products--they're pushing an agenda as well.

Reddit Offers Tools for Your Own News Site

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After social news site Reddit went open-source in June, this was a logical next step: letting members take the code and import it to their own sites, creating social-news hubs of their own.

MTV Launches Campus Social Network

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Viacom Inc's mtvU college cable network will launch an online network of campus guides, aiming to be the "Citysearch" of university life.

Use Caution w/ New Facebook Ads

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Imagine seeing an ad on Facebook for a retailer like American Apparel or Target, and clicking a button to pass a 15-percent-off discount code to someone on your friends list.

Google Launches Ad Management Tool

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Google on Tuesday released the final version of Ad Manager, free software that lets smaller online publishers deal with some elements of offering and planning advertisements.

Target Makes Deal w/ Photobucket

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Discount retailer Target has signed a deal with photo-sharing service Photobucket, adding it to the small collection of online partners for its in-store photo-printing service.

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