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An online game of cat and mouse
Fraudsters require anonymity to stay out of jail, but in the cat-and-mouse world of financial security the good guys often live in the shadows too.
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Entertainment
The makers of the Blackberry, Motion Ltd (RIM), have unveiled their first smartphone with a touch-screen, as its answer to the popular Apple iPhone.
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ICT NEWS
Social networking site Facebook has announced that it is to set up its international headquarters in Dublin, a move which is expected to create 70 jobs.
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Archos 5 Lightning Review [Reviews]
The Gadget: Archos 5, the touchscreen "internet media tablet" with HD video viewing, game support and web surfing, is poised to take on the comparatively puny-in-screen, puny-in-storage iPod touch. ...
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Yahoo relaunches IndexTools as Web Analytics
Six months after acquiring IndexTools, parent company Yahoo has rebranded the service with a slew of new features as Yahoo Web Analytics.
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'I'm a PC' Guy Interviewed, Confirmed Dorky [Clips]
Sean Siler is Microsoft's employee and "I'm a PC" guy, the response to Apple's long running PC parody famously acted by John Hodgman. Don't get us wrong. There's little to no content in this...
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Google slips AdSense into games
Google is rolling out a new version of its AdSense advertising program for game developers.
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Google adds computer games to online advertising
GOOGLE is expanding its advertising kingdom to include the booming online computer game market.
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Microsoft using videogames as teaching tools
MICROSOFT's research arm is creating a first-of-its-kind institute devoted to using videogames to teach students.
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Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Unifies Its Mobile IM Solutions with NeuStar
NeuStar, Inc. today announced that Hutchison Telecommunications Limited , the leading 3G mobile operator in Hong Kong, has partnered with NeuStar to create a messaging service that gives users access to Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo!
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Need For Speed Undercover Online Modes Details and New Xbox 360 Screenshots
All-New Cops and Robbers Mode Highlights Online Multiplayer Experience
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Microsoft backs using videogames as teaching tools
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft's research arm and a set of US universities are creating a first-of-its-kind institute devoted to using videogames to teach math, science and engineering to school children.
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Nobel prize laureate finds winning news on internet
US scientist Martin Chalfie went on the internet to find out he was one of three co-winners of the 2008 Nobel Prize for chemistry, he said, after he ignored a telephone ring early Wednesday he thought came from next door.
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IBM profits up in third quarter, 'confident' for year
US computer giant IBM on Wednesday released preliminary earnings for the third quarter, reporting net profit of 2.8 billion dollars and earnings per share slightly better than most analysts' expectations.
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Anti-Obama e-mail sent with DeSoto Co. computers
Government employees in a north Mississippi county were told not to use public property for political activity after a comptroller used a work computer to forward a chain e-mail asking people to pray for Barack Obama's defeat, a county official said Wednesday.
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Hackers use fake YouTube pages to spread viruses
SAN FRANCISCO - Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online.
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RIM unveils touch-screen Blackberry
The makers of the Blackberry, Motion Ltd (RIM), have unveiled their first smartphone with a touch-screen, as its answer to the popular Apple iPhone. The phone, the Blackberry Storm, will be available
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Report: Homeland Security network has problems
The replacement for the Homeland Security Department's computerized network for nationwide information sharing could be headed down the same path as its cumbersome original, said a government report released Wednesday.
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Man possessing thousands of child porn images sentenced to jail
GRAND RAPIDS -- A Byron Township man who police say has thousands of pornographic images of children as young as 6 months old on his computer was sentenced to a year in jail Wednesday.
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Google's Super Satellite Captures First Image
GeoEye-1, the satellite Google has an exclusive arrangement with, snapped its first photo on Oct. 7 -- of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. The world's highest-resolution satellite will provide images for Google Earth and Google Maps. Wired.com
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Scottish referees get a terribly tough time
I have to take issue with Kenneth P Colville's letter on Scottish football referees (Fans with Laptops, October 8). Not only does this letter demonstrate a terrible trait we have in Scotland: rubbishing the referees.
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Lawyer tells court of police’s ‘reckless search’
PETALING JAYA: Raja Petra Kamarudin’s defence team fired its first salvo yesterday at the blogger’s sedition trial, arguing that the police search at his house on May 2 was done recklessly.
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Google, YouTube Target Games
Announcing AdSense for games, Google is looking to capitalize on the massive gaming market.
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IBM Preliminary Profit Beats Expectations
The news came after technology shares have been hammered by fears that a global recession would crush corporate IT spending.
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Ixia to Report Third Quarter Results on October 23, 2008
CALABASAS, Calif.----Ixia , a leading, global provider of IP performance test systems, today announced that it will report financial results for its third quarter 2008 on Thursday, October 23, 2008, after the market closes.
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