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French newspaper says Macs cause cancer [Apple]
The Liberation of France says an oft-noticed smell emitted by Apple's Mac Pro desktop computers is caused by a combination of toxins, including benzene, which is known to cause leukemia. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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PC Video Cards With Toshiba's SpursEngine Coming Soon
PC video cards based on Toshiba's SpursEngine video chip will hit the market soon.
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MPAA, RealNetworks Sue Each Other Over DVD Copier
RealNetworks and the MPAA filed lawsuits against each other over the RealDVD copying software.
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Kount Receives US Patent for Proxy Piercing Technology
Kount Inc. , a leading provider of fraud control for ecommerce merchants, today announced that the company has received a US patent for its proxy piercing technology. This is the second Kount technology to receive a patent.
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Common staff mistakes can lead to data leaks
With more and more reports emerging regarding the loss of sensitive data, a security study has identified the most common mistakes made by staff which can lead to data leaks. The Cisco global security study was carried out by InsightExpress, and it surveyed a 1,000 IT professionals and 1,000 employees across ten different countries (U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, ...
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Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave
Stallman's recent statements regarding his dislike of "cloud computing" didn't surprise me in the least, given what IÂ understand about his software preferences. In fact, I think this is less about Stallman's worry about the security implications of cloud computing, and more about his desire for a software ecosystems that adheres...
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Apple on a slide? Not if college data are to be believed
Apple is supposedly set for a slowdown, but its progress with universities is impressive.
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DVD-copying software sparks legal battle with movie studios
RealNetworks on Tuesday released software that lets people copy films on DVDs, sparking a heated legal battle with Hollywood film studios fearful of rampant piracy.
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Competitors promise $1 billion challenge to Sprint, Wimax
As WiMax World kicked off yesterday in Chicago, a group of manufacturers pledged to spend $1 billion competing with the mobile broadband technology backed by Sprint.
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UPEK Introduces Portable Fingerprint Reader
UPEK, Inc., the global leader in biometric fingerprint security solutions, today announces the general availability of the Eikon To Go; a portable version of their award winning Eikon Digital Privacy Manager. The Eikon To Go is the first truly portable fingerprint reader designed for consumers and the only reader that supports the current Mac OS. The reader utilizes the same software and sensor ...
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GM forced to blog by social media hype [Loser-generated Content]
How sad: General Motors has a "social media manager" — a person charged with appeasing bloggers, coddling tweeters, and enabling commentards. Natalie Johnson, said manager, explained that the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Virginia High Court Wrong About IP Addresses
Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes "The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state's anti-spam law, which prohibits the sending of bulk e-mail using falsified or forged headers, violates the First Amendment because it also applies to non-commercial political or religious speech. I agree that an anti-spam law should not outlaw anonymous non-commercial speech. But the ...
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Cameron claims computers replaced soul of NHS
"Labour have taken our most treasured national institution, ripped out its soul and replaced it with targets, directives, management consultants and computers," he said in his speech to the party conference on 1 October 2008. It came in a section of the speech which blamed bureaucracy and reorganisations for leaving health service staff "terribly, terribly let down".
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Computer Makers, Cell Carriers Band Together for Mobile Broadband
Just as how the innovation of Wi-Fi has freed laptop users from being tethered to an Ethernet cable to roam freely within the proximity of a wireless router, a new initiative by 16 companies hopes to make laptop users connected online nearly everywhere
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A Personal History of Systems and Computers: Part 3
Now what exactly is a queue?
Dr. Dobb's Journal |
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Finnish Security Researchers Decide to Go Public With a TCP/IP Flaw
Researchers at a Finnish security firm Outpost 24 claim to have discovered a flaw in the Internet Protocol that can disrupt any computer or server.
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Hollywood aims to block RealNetworks' DVD software
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood's six major movie studios on Tuesday sued RealNetworks Inc. to prevent it from distributing DVD copying software that they said would allow consumers to "rent, rip and return" movies or even copy friends' DVD collections outright.
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TapeDeck review
Readers of a certain age will remember portable cassette recorders. These chunky, plastic items were found in many homes – used for music playback, loading games into ZX Spectrum computers and secretly recording the snoring of sleeping dads.
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Bush/Rove/GOP Computer Expert Michael Connell Stonewalls Federal Subpoena in Case Investigating Election Rigging
Velvet Revolution Calls For A Special Prosecutor And Congressional Investigation
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Icron Acquires USB Extension Patent
Vancouver, BC, October 1, 2008--(T-Net)--Icron Technologies (TSX Venture: IT), the developers of ExtremeUSB(R), today announced that it has acquired, from the original third party inventor, an early unassigned USB extension patent that further strengthens its existing patent portfolio on USB extension solutions.
T-Net British Columbia |
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Cyberhand Technologies to Finalize acquisition of ACTIO Mobile - Quick Facts
(RTTNews) - Cyberhand Technologies International Inc. (CYHA.PK) said Wednesday it will be finalizing acquisition of ACTIO Mobile. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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Early Glance: Computer companies
Shares of some top computer companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Apple Inc fell $2.50 or 2.2 percent, to $111.16.
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Hewlett-Packard to buy LeftHand Networks for $360M
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy LeftHand Networks Inc., a provider of storage virtualization, for $360 million in cash.
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NY victim uses remote logon to nab theft suspect
A laptop thief got caught -- after the computer owner tracked him remotely. Jose Caceres said he used a remote access program to log on every day and watch his computer being used, and then tipped off police, leading to the arrest of a 34-year-old male suspect.
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Norway consumer body challenges Apple over iTunes
A Norway consumer agency said it aims to take computer group Apple to court over what it calls unfair barriers to playing music from the iTunes music store on devices other than Apple's iPod.
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