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Live video: U.S. House revisits bailout debate
The Associated Press will provide live video coverage of today's debate in the U.S. House on the proposed economic bailout bill. The debate is expected to begin around noon. Please note that AP live video is available only through the Internet Explorer Web browser.
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Skype admits China privacy breach
Skype, the online text messaging and voice service, said Thursday it was "extremely concerned" by monitoring of Internet chat by its Chinese partner reported by Canadian researchers.
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Cybershop ordered closed for violating ordinance
KIDAPAWAN CITY -- A cybercafe here, one of the biggest in the city, was ordered close after it was caught violating an ordinance that regulates operation of cyber shops and gaming centers.
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Arasan Chip Systems Drives Strategic Mobile Initiative With Release of MIPI DSI IP Solution
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 2, 2008 -- Arasan Chip Systems, Inc., "Arasan" a leader in Intellectual Property solutions - IP cores, Verification IP , Software Drivers and Stacks and Hardware Solutions, today announced the first Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Display Serial Interface IP commercially available on the market.
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New Music: Jóhann Jóhannsson: "The Rocket Builder" [MP3/Stream]
When we last heard from the Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson , on IBM 1401 - A User's Manual , his sixty-piece string orchestra was often-- however improbably-- dwarfed by the old reel-to-reel recordings culled from an antiquated computer mainframe he blended with it. On "The Rocket Builder", from his forthcoming album Fordlandia (the second album in a proposed triology exploring ...
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Toshiba’s SpursEngine video cards coming from Leadtek, Thomson
Toshiba is set to expand its line up of SpursEngine products with the announcement that video cards are set to appear soon. SpursEngine is Toshiba’s solution to providing streaming media processing for HD content. Rather than tying up the main processor in a machine with processing this data, Toshiba’s SpursEngine handles it through the use of [...]
Geek.com |
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Industrial ARM9 module comes with Linux
— Sep. 23, 2008 — ARM, Ltd.'s Shenzhen, China-based partner Embest has announced an ARM9-based SBC (single board computer) for industrial applications, including Ethernet communication, serial servers, and electrical power units (EPUs).
Linux Devices |
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An early LiMo lead
The announcement was made at the first day of MontaVista's Vision 2008 Embedded Linux Developers Conference being held this week in San Francisco. MontaVista reminded attendees that earlier this year Mobilinux won the EDN Magazine Innovation Award under the software category.
Linux Devices |
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Nokia takes on Apple in music, touch-screen phones (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, launched its free music package on Thursday, issuing a challenge to Apple Inc's dominance of the digital music market.
Yahoo!7 Music News |
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Nokia takes on Apple in music, touch-screen phones
Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, launched its free music package on Thursday, issuing a challenge to Apple Inc's dominance of the digital music market.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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Could Android Halt Motorola's Slide?
The software could give the phone maker a much-needed foothold in the consumer market’s high end but may be too immature for immediate relief.
Red Herring |
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Survey: Many computer users lack basic security precautions
Cybersecurity efforts in the U.S. government and many businesses are improving, but many individual computer users still don't take basic precautions against cyberattacks, cybersecurity experts said Thursday.
IT World |
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Nokia challenges iTunes
World's top mobile phone maker launches its free music package today, challenging Apple's dominance of the digital music market
The Globe and Mail |
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August chip sales rise
Increase of 5.5 per cent in chip sales helped by sales of personal computers and cell phones
The Globe and Mail |
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Roperos: Waste of public funds
THERE was this report yesterday about a P110.6 million in computers and other multi-media equipment that were found by the Commission on Audit (COA) being left to rot, if not under-utilized. The equipment, it seems, were for the public schools in Central Visayas.
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Hageman can't find birdies
GENESEO - While Matt Hageman would have been glad to win the Three Rivers championship on Tuesday at Maple Bluff, he was thinking more about putting and what his score could have been.
SaukValley.com |
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Nanoelectronics: Computer heat solution?
U.S. scientists say they're turning to nanoelectronics to help solve the problem of computer heat generated by ever increasing processing speeds.Researchers at the University of Virginia's School of Engineering and Applied Science hope to lay the scientific groundwork that will solve the problem with nanoelectronics.Lap tops are very hot now, so hot they are not 'lap' tops anymore, said ...
Moldova.org |
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Prophets on the money
GENESEO - Before leaving Maple Bluff Golf Course on Tuesday, Prophetstown coach Phil Wiersema had to double-check something.
SaukValley.com |
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Main Menu
Rumours that Apple will close iTunes if it’s forced to pay more royalties to artists are highly unlikely to come true – but are they more than misinformed gossip?
DVD-Recordable |
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Government Computer News
Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Greg Garcia kicked off the fifth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month by saying that the government’s IT systems are safer this year than when he joined the department two years ago.
Government Computer News |
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Semantic guardians for our computers?
If your computer has never crashed, it's because it has been built on another planet. The microprocessors we use are faster and more complex year after year, increasing the risks of being hit by 'functional bugs.' This is why University of Michigan (U-M) researchers have started to develop a system that lets chips work around all functional bugs, even those that haven't been detected. Their ...
ZDNet |
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Wireless Pioneer Viterbi Wins National Medal of Science
The Viterbi algorithm is used in virtually every cell phone today
Dr. Dobb's Journal |
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Bartolina checks in from China
Editor's Note: Hammond resident Erica Bartolina, who is in China with her coach/husband Mike to compete in the Summer Olympics, has been sending email updates to her fans from time to time. Here is a synopsis of her recent activities as she prepares for the Opening Ceremonies on Thursday and the pole vault competition a week from Friday.)
Hammond Daily Star |
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KTAR Story Archives
Scottsdale has fired one of its employees after he admitted to police that he sold city-owned surveying equipment on the Internet.
KTAR 92.3 Phoenix |
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Waste Management and Sony Electronics to Host Free Electronics Recycling Event
PHOENIX , Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- To encourage consumers to recycle electronic devices in an environmentally sound manner, Sony Electronics Inc. and Waste Management Recycle America are asking Phoenix -area residents to take action and recycle any brand of old electronics for free Saturday, Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Additionally, the first ...
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