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Banking crisis putting data at risk
IT managers are facing a tough time ahead as the economic crisis leads to the consolidation of several major banks and their respective IT systems.
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Rick Sanchez's news show brings the Internet to TV
MIAMI - Is this really CNN? Or are we trapped inside a pinball machine with Rick Sanchez?
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BT rapped over broadband claims
A BT broadband advert has been swatted by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following a challenge by rival Virgin Media. The national and regional press advert stated: "For the second year in a row, an independent survey has named BT Total Broadband as the best performing ADSL provider."
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Low-cost fix may put end to lines on screen
Q. I have a 3-year-old Apple iMac G5 desktop computer. In August, the screen started displaying a series of small, randomly distributed vertical lines. By late September, the number of lines had increased to 33.
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One Laptop Per Child Project Visit
Lots of you heard a lot of hoopla about the OLPC project (er, One Laptop Per Child) . This is a strange little machine that’s aimed at bringing computing to kids around the world. It’s been a while since I heard anything about it, other than they had started shipping with both Linux and Windows, which shocked a few people in the community who saw that as something negative. read more ...
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Ebix Makes a New Improved Offer to Acquire HealthAxis
ATLANTA----Ebix, Inc. , a leading international developer and supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry, today announced it has sent a slightly revised and improved offer to acquire HealthAxis, Inc. , to the HealthAxis Board of Directors today.
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Daily Times an effective tool for inmates learning English
JUNEAU - Learning to speak, read and write English is not only taught through books and computer programs at the Dodge County Jail in Juneau, but also by paging through the newspaper.
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Dell Studio Hybrid Desktop is I4U Top 100 Gift Tip #51
If you want a media center computer and even the typical small form factor computer is too large for your needs, the Dell Studio Hybrid may be perfect for you. Despite the tiny 9-inch design that looks more like an external hard drive than a desktop comput...
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Surfing on WiMAX with America-Bound Acer Notebook PCs
Sprint is all proud of its XOHM network and how it's so much faster than any of those 3G networks out there, but where are the devices that can actually make use of this 4G technology?
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Does Windows Cloud equal Windows Strata?
The Web site for Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference briefly listed several cloud computing sessions grouped under the heading "Windows Strata."
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Best Buy launches Blue Label project with laptops
(AP:RICHFIELD, Minn.) Best Buy Co. Inc. will begin selling two new laptops this month developed after shoppers complained their laptops were too heavy and their batteries didn't last long enough.
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Sno-Isle libraries cut budget
MARYSVILLE -- No additional hours, no new computer stations, and longer waits for new books are among the cutbacks that could be noticed by library users in Snohomish and Island counties next year.
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Charter Giving Away a Hybrid Car with "Save Green Go Green" Online Sweepstakes
Charter continues to promote online sales channel with new sweepstakes (PRWeb Oct 8, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Broadband_Communications/Honda_Civic_Hybrid/prweb1442194.htm
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Judge Renews Decision Barring Sale of DVD-Copying Software
A federal judge rules that RealNetworks' just-released DVD-copying software probably violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. She leaves intact a preliminary bar to its distribution pending further hearings. Wired.com
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Foundry Networks' Stackable Solutions Scale the Intelligent Edge
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 8, 2008 -- Foundry Networks, Inc. , a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced the availability of the FastIron GS-STK and FastIron LS-STK stackable Layer 2/3 switches using IronStack technology.
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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On BlackBerry Storm you can feel the screen buttons
NEW YORK (AP) -- Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple Inc. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology.
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Walnut Creek police log -- Oct. 9
The following excerpts were taken from the Walnut Creek police log:Saturday, Sept. 20BURGLARY — Several computers were reported stolen overnight from a business broken into in the 2200 block of Ygnacio Valley Road.
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Mitchell receives state, local ag awards
State Rep. Jerry Mitchell, R-Sterling, has won the Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR Friend of Agriculture Award. ACTIVATOR is the farm bureau's bipartisan and voluntary political fund, which supports politicians "who stand up for agriculture and protect the values of rural America," it says at www.ilfb.org , its Web site.
SaukValley.com |
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Does Windows Cloud equal Windows Strata?
The Web site for Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference briefly listed several cloud computing sessions grouped under the heading "Windows Strata."
CNET |
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Sprint brings mobile broadband network to laptops
Laptops compatible with Sprint Nextel Corp.’s new ultra-fast mobile broadband network are available starting Wednesday. (S) (NOK) (PC)
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Pizza Hut rebrand highlights cybersquatting dangers
Pizza Hut has rebranded as Pasta Hut this week, but the pizza chain appears not to have given much thought to its online brand protection strategy. Major web addresses relating to the new name, including www.pastahut.net , www.pastahut.info and www.pastahut.org , have all been registered by individuals not related to the restaurant chain.
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Asus goes upmarket with Eee PC S101
Asus has added a new model to its Eee PC range of mini laptops that is designed to be a cut above the cheap-and-cheerful image of the original. The Eee PC S101 , expected in the UK from November, builds on the form factor, ergonomics and features of its predecessors but adds more elegant styling, according to Asus.
Infomatics |
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Sector Snap: Software stocks fluctuate
(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of large software companies fluctuated along with the rest of Wall Street Wednesday, amid investor fears that rate cuts by global central banks would fail to avoid a worldwide recession.
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Tech Earnings Loom
The meltdown in the financial sector is set to hit sales of everything from software to data center switches.
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