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Touching The Android: It’s No iPhone, But It’s Close
So today I finally got to touch an Android phone. T-Mobile, Google, and HTC put on a big media circus in New York City (see our live notes ), complete with Google co-founders Sergey and Larry coming out on rollerblades to tell us how cool the phone is because you can hack it just like a computer. (Sergey wrote an app that uses the built-in accelerometer to measure how long it takes for the ...
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Portugal unveils 500,000 cheap laptops for schools
LISBON: Portugal’s Socialist government began the roll-out yesterday of 500,000 ultra-cheap laptops for schoolchildren in a programme that could be extended to Venezuela, the government said.
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Content-aware Scaling Highlights Photoshop CS4
Photoshop CS4, Adobe's flagship product, has been updated as part of the release of Creative Suite 4. The latest versions of...
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Donate a computer, get a tax break
Businesses upgrading their computer systems can “recycle” their old computers and receive a tax break by contacting the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) Computers for Schools Program.
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How to keep your IT department happy [Silicon Valley Users Guide]
The stories of Terry Childs and Roger Duronio — resentful IT workers who wreaked vengeance on their employers — make nontechnical managers wonder what they might do differently than the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Sun Microsystems Discusses Importance of Social Change Projects and Sustainable Business
MENLO PARK, Calif.----This week's Innovation Insider, Sun's Internet Radio show, will feature Lisa Fulker, Senior Brand Programs Manager and Scott Mattoon, Chief Architect for Sun Microsystems' Western U.S.
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Google aims to take a bite out of Apple with new G1 phone
Google is taking on the might of Apple and the world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia in a three-way battle for the Christmas market with its first handset, the G1. Launched in the US yesterday and coming to the UK with T-Mobile in November, the G1 is larger than the iPhone but has a touchscreen which flips out to reveal a full keypad. Its launch comes after a prepay version of the iPhone - ...
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US leads the world in computer attacks
The United States is leading the world in the number of computer attacks that originate from within its borders, according to new data from SecureWorks.
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Effort to suppress evidence denied in child porn case
An attorney for a Southbury man police said imported child pornography in 2006 tried, but failed, on Tuesday to suppress a search and seizure warrant used by police to collect the man's computers.
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Samsung Digital Cameras Adding Wireless USB to the Mix
I'm usually the kind of person who takes the memory card out of the digital camera to transfer pictures, but I know a lot of people prefer the convenience of plugging their cameras directly into their computers. Both of these require more work than what they're worth.
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Pretec 100GB CompactFlash Card is Small Size, Big Impact
When I was over in Taiwan for Computex earlier this year, I found all the Chingrish to be pretty amusing. Pretec isn't a household name around these parts, but they've got to have one of the best slogans in the computer industry: small size, big impact.
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Controversial ISP Intercage now back online
Pressure from computer security researchers may have knocked ISP Intercage offline , but not for long. The San Francisco company, accused of being a haven to online criminals, is now back, just days after its last upstream network provider, Pacific Internet Exchange, dropped it as a customer.
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Intel Targets SMBs With Revamped vPro
Intel has rolled out the latest update to its vPro technology, which is designed to give IT enterprise managers the ability to remotely manage all the PCs in the enterprise. Targeting small businesses with little or no in-house IT management capabilities, Intel's 2008 vPro release now includes several automated features pertaining to PC maintenance, repair and security. Moreover, all the ...
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Departments ask for $12.5 million
The Wisconsin Dells Council's Finance Committee reviewed $12.5 million in requests for capital improvements.Each city department submits a budget for operating expenses — those day-to-day expenses necessary to provide services — and a capital budget of projects that involve either equipment or buildings.The largest requests Sept. 15 came from the city's public works department, police ...
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Music biz groups settle some online royalty disputes
Unfortunately, neither of those is the controversial performance royalty for Internet radio.
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Stolen National Bank laptop had mortgage data
Computer was taken from bank's Montreal head office, company says risk of fraud is ‘minimal'
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Cleveland State University Art Gallery takes digital art beyond the "gee-whiz'' factor
Cleveland State UniversityA gallerygoer experiences Daniel Shiffman's "Voronoi,'' which translates the viewer's face into a mosaic of colorful, shattered planes. Computers make everything possible when it comes to cinematic special effects. Animals can speak, a person can melt into a...
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IBM's Hints At Leaving Some Tech Standards Bodies
Its policy changes are seen by experts as the fallout over the adoption of Microsoft's Open XML document format as an international standard.
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Stolen National Bank laptop had mortgage data
TORONTO — — National Bank of Canada said Tuesday that a portable computer containing a database on mortgage loans was stolen late last week from the bank's head office in Montreal, but it said the risk of fraud or identity theft was "minimal."
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Spotting illegal documents tough for business owners, Web site helps
The investigation into 20-year-old Jennifer Hampton's disappearance has led to two arrests on unrelated charges. 38-year-old Rogelio Dominguez Melchor and 19-year-old Valentino Vasquez Miranda were arrested Saturday and charged with forgery.
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The easy, cheap way to keep your digital photos safe
If you're like a lot of Americans, you make most of your memories with a digital camera these days. Take the photos, download them to your computer, email them to friends, and archive them on your hard drive.
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Spam targets CareerBuilder.com users
People with an account on CareerBuilder.com who receive an email offering an improved "security certificate" should immediately delete it, say researchers at the University of Alabama Birmingham.
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As T-Mobile Unveils G1 Phone, Marketing Experts Urge Companies to Ready Their Web Sites for Mobile Access
Experts in mobile marketing say today's unveiling of the T-Mobile G1, the highly-anticipated HTC-manufactured phone that uses Google's Android technology, underscores the need for companies to ready their Web sites for effective handheld viewing.
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The T-Mobile Google Phone Makes Its Debut Appearance
NEW YORK - Google made its debut as a cell phone software provider Tuesday at an event where wireless carrier T-Mobile said it will begin selling the G1 phone for $179 with a two-year contract.
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Google rolls out rival to iPhone 24 Sep 2008, 0217 hrs IST,REUTERS
NEW YORK: T-Mobile has rolled out Google's answer to the iPhone as the Web search giant makes its biggest stab yet at leaping from consumers' computers into their pockets with a device cheaper than rival Apple offers.
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