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BT launches trial of Phorm's deep-packet inspection
It won't be long before British Internet users see targeted advertising based on their usage patterns. British Telecom is about to test software by Phorm, which collects URLs visited, search terms entered, and other data from visited websites. Phorm then categorizes the content and serves up advertising based on your Web travels. BT is rolling out a test to 10,000 users, The Times of London ...
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Tour Insider
As I look around this Golf Channel office I am witness to Man’s great achievements: electricity; computers; soft-comfort, pleather chairs. I should be working at the moment, but I think to myself: You’re young, you got your health – what do you want with a job?
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The Break-in
Music, retail and tech leaders to offer “slotMusic” Leaders in music, retail and flash memory technology announced they’re bringing consumers an innovative, new physical music format, dubbed "slotMusic."
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Groups Call on NYC
NEW YORK -- Community media, public interest and immigrant rights advocates are calling on the New York City Council to endorse "white spaces" technology that could boost the economy and drive down the cost of mobile phone calls and Internet access.
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eBayed VPN kit hands over access to council network
'It's like putting an access hub in the car park' An item of networking kit bought from eBay for just 99p ($2) gave privileged access to an internal network at an English county council.…
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Sprint begins mobile WiMax network in Baltimore
Sprint Nextel opened its new wireless network to customers in Baltimore today, offering Internet service for laptops for $30 a month. It's the first commercial network in the U.S. to use so-called WiMax technology for mobile customers.
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How Sun Burst onto Scene
Lou Sardella, chairman and founder, Sun Automation Group, Sparks, Md., openly admits that when he started the company 23 years ago, he made some major mistakes. First, he had insufficient capital ($30,000 in savings went into a computer). Second, he didn’t have a business plan.
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Bank stocks falter as bailout vote looms
Shares of regional banks are down sharply this morning, as the U.S. House of Representatives moves to vote on the proposed $700 billion bailout of U.S. financial companies. (NCC) (C) (WB) (KEY) (JPM) (PNC) (USB) (AKS) (M) (BGC) (OCR) (SNI) (PG)
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Gamers exercising the mind and body
The image of computer gamers as tubby nerds scoffing pizza in their basement is being challenged by a study that shows they are fitter than the general population.
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New Mauritian IT Minister Faces Many Challenges
The new Mauritian IT minister faces many challenges.
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Security Risks Rise as Smartphones Become Smarter
As mobile operating system standardization increases, smartphone security threats become a more serious issue said a Gartner...
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Apple tumbles on consumer spending concerns
BOSTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc shares tumbled 16 percent on Monday, their biggest drop in seven years, amid concerns the maker of Mac computers and other consumer electronics will suffer as the economy slows.
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Sprint Launches Xohm WiMax Network in Baltimore
Sprint Nextel launched its mobile Wimax broadband network in the city of Baltimore on Monday.
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Heat turned down in Hell's Kitchen game
Foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsay is about to add a new four-letter word to his vocabulary - beep - when a computer game version of Hell's Kitchen is released later this month.
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New TNS Compete Tool Shows How Prospects Navigate Online
BOSTON----TNS Compete, a leading web analytics company, today announced a major enhancement to Compete PRO, Referral Analytics. Referral Analytics reveals exactly how top competitors are acquiring new customers online, pinpoints the sites with the highest rates of referral and shows brands where consumers go after leaving their sites.
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WiMax finally launches in the U.S., sorta
WiMax, often also described as 4G wireless broadband, is out of the gate. It is almost one year late, it is only available in the Baltimore region, it is - as expected – not cheap and the service offering is everything else than clear. The question is: Will consumers bite?
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In Light of New Nevada Law Requiring Businesses to Encrypt Emails with Customers' Personal Information, a New Study ...
MORRISTOWN, N.J.----Beginning October 1, Nevada state law will require all businesses to employ an encryption tool for any electronic transmission that includes a customer's personal information.
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Wireless access now available at courthouses
County courthouses in Fairfield and Vallejo are now offering free Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) access. Solano County Superior Court is one of 17 courts statewide participating in the wireless Internet project funded by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.
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New nanotechnology to speed up computers
University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) researchers have developed new nanoscale structures that will help to speed up computers. This research project was funded by IBM, Intel and other partners including the U.S. National Science Foundation. This new manufacturing process is called block co-polymer lithography (or BCP). The scientists 'have created a way to make square, nanoscale, ...
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Would you buy an all-screen notebook computer?
People love to complain about the virtual keyboard found on the iPhone and iPod touch (myself included) but in reality it's quite good after the requisite learning period. It still needs haptic feedback but that's a topic for another blog post.If you're ok with a virtual, touchscreen keyboard, would you be able to tolerate one in your notebook? Wired's Leander Kahney gushes about the concept of ...
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Cleversafe Named Winner in 2008 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards
Cleversafe Inc., the leading provider of Dispersed Storage technology, announced today that the Wall Street Journal has awarded the company with a 2008 Innovation Award in the Software category for its innovative approach to storing and archiving digital content.
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Tories call for more action on digital divide
Parliamentary reporter, Computing , Monday 29 September 2008 at 16:49:00 Party wants better internet access and greater reassurance on personal information The Conservative Party is urging the government to do more to tackle the digital divide. Tory front-bench spokesman Jeremy Wright told a fringe meeting organised by Online Services at the...
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Sprint flips the switch on Xohm: WiMAX now live in Baltimore
Sprint's new WiMAX data network, XOHM, launches today in Baltimore with no contracts and no restrictions. It also promises 2-4Mbps download speeds and ushers in the "4G wireless era." Read More...
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Government warns against using public computers for private dealings
When Emily Ham returned to Troy University’s main campus after finishing her summer internship in Washington, D.C., she expected to get back to college life as usual.
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Nokia Releases Second Minor Update for Internet Tablet Software
Nokia has introduced a second update for the system software on the Internet Tablet line. This was designed to bring stability improvements to some of the core features of these Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs).
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