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Dell to use greener LED displays for all laptops
Dell Inc. is switching to mercury-free light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, to illuminate laptop screens starting in mid-December, a move aimed making the computers softer on the environment and easier to recycle. Dell said the LED displays consume less energy (43 percent less for 15-inch screens) than ones lit with CCFL - cold cathode fluorescent lamps - the technology that is standard in Dell's ...
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WTO Puts Japan's Chip Tariffs Under Microscope
The World Trade Organization will examine whether Japan is complying with a ruling against its punitive import charge on South Korean computer chips. The WTO has twice ruled against a 27.2 percent charge Tokyo levies on dynamic random access memory made by South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor. Earlier this year, the WTO gave Japan until Sept. 1 to bring the tariff in line with international trade ...
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FBI investigates break-in at ID card contractor
Two laptop computers and other equipment were taken from a federal center in New Haven that processes applications for a program that provides identification cards to workers with access to seaports, federal officials said Wednesday.
Boston Globe |
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60-Second Review HP Printing Mailbox
This machine isn't for someone with a computer. It's for someone who is too nervous with technology to want a computer. I'm not a big fan because of how much a subscription costs, but it is certainly easy to use.
Miami Herald |
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Adobe, nVidia Work to Speed Up Apps
That GPU in your computer hasn't been doing much when it comes to many business apps -- now, it may have a use.
InternetNews.com |
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60-Second Review Brookstone WeatherCast
This wireless five-day forecaster shows information only for West Palm Beach, Miami, Fort Pierce, Key Largo or Key West. There's nothing for the Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood area.
Miami Herald |
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Google Education Team Heads to Alaska
Google’s Geo Education Team is trekking to the great outdoors—specifically Alaska—to meet with students and teachers to help them put online mapping tool Google Earth to good use in the classroom.
School Library Journal |
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Qtel cuts mobile Net charges
Business Reporter QTEL has announced a 90% reduction on additional data charges for its mobile broadband service, making Internet-on-the-move more accessible than ever before for its customers.
Gulf Times |
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This time, Trojans need to just finish
Two years ago, Oregon State stunned mighty USC. To avoid a similar fate this year, Billy Witz says the Trojans need to stay focused.
Fox Sports |
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Virginia rated best in nation of IT management, information security
Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Virginia has received top honors in the nation for information security and technology management from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO). Both programs received first place honors from NASCIO at its 20th annual Recognition Awards program yesterday in Milwaukee.
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke |
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Kentucky Prescription Monitoring Program Receives $400,000 Federal Grant
Kentucky's acclaimed computer tracking system for combating illegal prescription drugs has received $400,000 to continue its work and improve efficiency.
WYMT Mountain News |
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AUSTRALIA: AFP raid on journalist's home
FEDERAL police have raided the house of a Canberra journalist, seeking to identify the source for a story quoting classified material from the top-secret Defence Intelligence Organisation.
AsiaMedia |
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T-Mobile cripples Android with data caps
T-Mobile has announced that it is setting a strict cap on the amount of data users can download onto Google’s new Android phone. The network operator is saying in its terms and conditions that the phone will be limited to 1GB of information per month.
Infomatics |
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Plug and Run Fedora on a TOSHIBA A300D Laptop, Part II
[ Thanks to mhydra for this link. ] "In the following story I will explain you how I made to work my laptop with Fedora. No, not my opinion or expectations of it but how I made it to work, what were my difficulties and how I solved them.
Linux Today |
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Final Glance: Computer companies
Shares of some top computer companies were mixed at the close of trading: Apple Inc rose $1.87 or 1.5 percent, to $128.71.
Boston Globe |
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MySpace tries to strike new chord in digital music
Make room, iTunes. MySpace is hoping to shake up the digital music scene. In a bid to spruce up its popular online hangout, MySpace plans to flip the switch Thursday on a much-anticipated service that will give its roughly 120 million users free access to hundreds of thousands of songs from the world's largest recording labels.
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Gupta joins Hewlett-Packard board as 11th director
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said Wednesday that the chairman and chief executive of chemical company Rohm and Hass Co. has been elected to its board of directors.
Boston Globe |
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Criminals keep PCs under surveillance
Cyber-criminals are carrying out reconnaissance missions on PCs so they can specifically target their victims. According to security company Prevx, when hackers find a computer that is vulnerable to attack, they download a small piece of malicious software called a downloader.
Computer Active |
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Study shows pop-up warnings are ineffective
A study by the Department of Psychology at North Carolina State University has shown that computer users largely ignore pop-up windows that warn of potential danger.
Computer Active |
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First Google Android handset lands
The first device based on Google's open source Android mobile platform has launched today in a joint UK and US press launch. The hotly anticipated phone combines the look and feel of the Apple iPhone with a full Qwerty keypad.
Computer Active |
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State of the Mobile Web: Long Tail Sites Increase Their Presence
Browser vendor Opera , which is a stronger player in the mobile browser market than it is on the desktop, has just released more data on of the state of the Mobile Web . The latest report tells us that usage of the mobile Web continues to grow in terms of unique users and page views. What's more, 'long tail' sites are showing up well in the data too, which is a sure sign the Mobile Web is ...
ReadWriteWeb |
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Forums: RAM configurations, application questions
Forum roundup: Recently MacNN forum goers have reported more occurrences of Safari crashing since the new 2.1 software upgrade. One member is looking for a way to stream eyetv online so it can be watched, via a web based service, away from home. A question about the new version of VLC player is discussed in this thread. A debate about the best RAM configuration for a MacBook is the topic of ...
MacNN |
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Roadtrip Brings Google Bus to Grounds
A bio-diesel, solar-powered Google school bus made a stop at UVA Wednesday as part of its cross-country road trip educating students on Google applications. UVA was one of ten universities Google selected to visit.
WCAV Charlottesville |
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G1 on Android Kicks Off Google-Apple OS War
Apple's attack on the mobile market may have met its fiercest rival yet in Google's open-source operating system Android and the legions of phones to come.
Red Herring |
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Dell drives LED display movement
Dell has announced plans to transition all of its new laptop displays to light-emitting diode (LED) backlighting in the next 12 months.
EETimes.fr |
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