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Google is working on a micropayment system that would allow newspapers to easily charge for online content, the web search giant has revealed in a proposal to the Newspaper Association of America.

In the proposal, which was released on the internet Thursday, Google said that its micropayment system would be up and running within the year and would enable simple payment of one cent to several dollars.
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A new search engine, called ImHalal.com, aims to protect the sensibilities of Muslims by filtering out content that is haram or forbidden by the faith.

The site will warn people if they are searching for a query that might return explicit content, site-founder Reza Sardeha said in an e-mail on Friday.

Besides developing the search technology, Sardeha and others in his team, based in the Netherlands, have also introduced a two layer filter.

When users get a haram rating of level one or two out of three, they are advised to choose another keyword to search, but they can still continue their search if they believe the results fetched will be clean, Sardeha said.

Words like porn and rape are considered to be at a rating of three, and are blocked, he added. Terms like beer and pork, however, get a haram rating of one because users cannot consume them off the Internet.
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Despite the lowering costs and accessibility of email marketing, many businesses are now looking at Twitter as an economical substitute, according to Deborah Collier Chief Strategist at e-business consultancy Echo E-Business.

Ms Collier explains "Email marketing offers a channel to directly target subscribers, however the return on investment, particularly for smaller businesses is still fairly low in comparison to other media channels. The biggest email marketing value for many businesses, particularly in the B2B markets, is in relationship and brand building over a period of time, supporting the overall sales process - Now we have Twitter to do that, and its free".

"From restaurant bookings to product launches, Twitter has now become a de facto tool, not only for relationship building, but also sales" says Collier.
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The BBC is paying Google to have its website news listed in search results.

The Corporation is using part of its £100m annual marketing budget to pay for sponsored links, the Mail on Sunday claims.

Last week, for example, the BBC paid for keyword advertising around the Mercury Music Prize, driving traffic towards its own coverage of the awards.
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Yahoo has quietly announced Yahoo Meme microblogging service in English after its soft launch in Spanish and Portuguese. Similar to few microblogging services like Tumblr, Twitter, Pownce and others, Meme is currently in an invite-only mode. Once the account is created after receiving invitation, users get a blank blog for micro-sharing text, images, music, videos or mash up of all these things.

Registration is simple and gives a Meme URL based on Username like http://meme.yahoo.com/Username. That's just like Twitter and Facebook offers Username URLs.

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Here’s some news that could get all the tweeple up on their feet. The official Twitter blog shares new Terms of Service for the popular micro blogging site. The company now reveals some basic rules that go with using Twitter. The tweaks come after Twitter now claims to be more familiar with the way how the service is being used.

Reflecting the nature of Twitter, the revisions have been introduced to convey important issues like ownership. This includes insides into users’ tweets which Twitter reveals belong to the users.

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Sony has announced a slew of new TVs and Blu-ray players at its IFA 2009 conference, with portable TVs, IPTV and Wi-Fi connected Blu-ray players being the order of the day at this year's show.

Blu-ray with Wi-Fi functionality simply means that you will be able to de-clutter your lounge even further, getting rid of that out-dated old Ethernet cable that previously bothered the back of your Blu-ray disc player.
The new BDP-S560 and BDP-S760 players from Sony have wireless-n standard connectivity, and are both WPS-enabled.

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With LED TV's making a huge impact on the LCD TV market, Sharp introduce a whole new range to tantalise us with..........

The new range from Sharp promise to keep energy usage at an all time low with the 46 inch model from the new LED range using only 89W per hour which is a whole lot less than the 250W used by a previous LCD. There will be a 32 inch LC-32LE600E, 40 inch LC-40LE600E, 46 inch LC-46LE500E and 52 inch LC-52LE600E model all with Full LED backlight technology that Sharp have stated 'will emphasise colour and produce deeper blacks'.
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The new 'Borderless' LED TV's from LG are extraordinarily exquisite, with an elegant and bold design. We so hope the spec's match up.....

There are two new models from this range, the SL8000 and SL9000. The SL9000 has a higher spec offering a ridiculous, but generous 3,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, backlit 1080p display, 100Hz technology and USB port. The SL8000 is mostly the same apart from it not being an LED and has a dynamic contrast ratio of 150,000:1 and 200Hz technology.
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Fashionistas rejoice! Christian Audigier has unveiled an Ed Hardy-skinned Sony Ericsson W595, clad in the tattoo-themed art of Don Ed Hardy and available on pay as you go.

The only catch? The Sony Ericsson W595 Ed Hardy edition will set you back  just shy of £150 when it goes on sale this month, exclusive to The Carphone Warehouse.

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