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Ithaca to plan for podcars
The thought of a driverless, computer-guided car transporting people where they want to go on demand is a futuristic notion to some.
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Analyst predicts Web 2.0 fire sale
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Saturday 11 October 2008 at 04:58:00 Prices for online apps could soon plummet, says Forrester Customers could soon see much lower prices for common web-based applications, according to one analyst. Forrester Research analyst Oliver Young said in a recent report that pricing will become the...
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NComputing lands big India deal
The PC sharing start-up, headed by former eMachines CEO Stephen Dukker, announces it has begun wiring 5,000 schools in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
CNET |
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Library offering wireless Internet for patrons
The Deer Park Public Library started offering wireless Internet access through a Wi-Fi hot-spot two weeks ago. People can access the Internet using their library card number.
Deer Park Broadcaster & Progress |
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Analyst predicts Web 2.0 fire sale
Customers could soon see much lower prices for common web-based applications, according to one analyst.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Wireless Phone Users in Gaines, Michigan, Now Experience Even Clearer Reception and Fewer Dropped Calls
Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site in Gaines that expands network coverage in the community, enabling more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make voice calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; access the Internet; view high-quality videos; and download music, games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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MySpace gives small operators advertising muscle
MySpace on Monday unleashed a tool to let small operators with tight budgets easily target online advertising to preferred demographics on the world's leading social networking website.
Mail and Guardian |
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MS sues DHL after train breaks 360s News
Microsoft is suing DHL for allegedly breaking 21,600 Xbox 360s in a train derailment in Texas. That's right, Microsoft is suing someone else for breaking Xbox 360s.
EuroGamer |
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Kenya: Wananchi Launches 'Zuku' Triple Play Service
Wananchi Group -- one of Kenya's Internet pioneers -- last week launched its Triple Play consumer service under the brand name, Zuku.
AllAfrica.com |
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Buyer beware after TradeMe crime
Online buyers who think they have bagged themselves electronics at prices too good to be true, could be right. The team at TradeMe have led police to a Hamilton man they claim used fake identities to sell electronics at a bargain.
TVNZ |
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Business Respect - CSR Dispatches No 138 - 13 Oct 2008
An email newsletter with news and discussion focusing on corporate social responsibility globally, looking at the companies in the news and the emerging issues.
Mallenbaker.net |
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Good things to know
For information on filing disaster related unemployment claims, call 713-982-7400 or visit the unemployment claims website, www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/uiclaim.html on the Internet.
The Bay Area Citizen |
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Intel, Microsoft Squeezed as $170 Billion Cut From Tech Budgets
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Intel Corp. , Microsoft Corp. and the technology companies that so far have escaped the credit crisis relatively unscathed will lose out on as much as $170 billion in sales next year as the crunch catches up with them.
Bloomberg |
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BlackBerry with a twist
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.
The Washington Times |
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-13 09:32 Ericsson says wins Bangladesh order
STOCKHOLM, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Telecoms equipment maker Ericsson said on Monday it had won an order from Telenor's Bangladeshi unit Grameenphone to expand the capacity of its Internet protocol core network. Ericsson said the contract covers expansion and deployment of additional parts of Grameenphone's GSM core and radio access network and will include support services to Grameenphone. No ...
Interactive Investor |
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Credit crunch kills off US branch of Zopa.com
Web 2.0 loan site no longer lending in the US As global markets continue to dive, Silicon Valley is starting to batten down the hatches. For at least one company, however, the economic downturn is already having major impact, as Web 2.0, peer-to-peer loan site Zopa has announced that its US-based operations will cease.
PC Advisor |
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Apple warns of faulty graphics processors in MacBook Pros
The announcement puts Apple in the company of other major laptop makers, including Dell and Hewlett-Packard, that have previously reported using the bad chips in their systems.
Macworld UK |
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Google in curious alliance with click-fraud detection firm
In a development that would have seemed impossible two years ago, Google is cooperating publicly with Click Forensics , a click-fraud detection company with which it has had a rocky relationship.
Macworld UK |
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People, Places and Things
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - An American computer game designer reached space yesterday, fulfilling a long-deferred childhood dream that began with the flight of his astronaut father.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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Microsoft sues DHL over Xbox
Microsoft is suing US-based cargo-delivery service DHL Express for allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a train derailment in Texas, according to court documents.
Macworld UK |
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Apple empowers Malaysian music production
Malaysia's International College of Music (ICOM) said its use of a mobile computing solution, powered by Apple , has given its students significant creative and technical freedom.
Macworld UK |
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MySpace gives little guys online ad muscle
MySpace on Monday unleashed a tool to let small operators with tight budgets easily target online advertising to preferred demographics on the world's leading social networking website.
TurkishPress.com |
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HP to Manage PC Manufacturing Plant in China
HP will manage and operate a computer factory to be built in China.
PC World |
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Micron Buys Qimonda JV Stake for $400M
Micron Technology will buy Qimonda's stake in DRAM manufacturing joint venture Inotera memories for US$400 million in cash...
PC World |
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Nokia's N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition in stock for $493
Filed under: Handhelds , Tablet PCs , Wireless Go figure -- Sprint goes live with its XOHM WiMAX service , and all of a sudden, the long-awaited Nokia N810 WiMAX edition pops in stock. Crazy, we know. After seeing this puppy announced (and in the flesh ) way back in April of this year, it's about time Nokia made it available to Americans with the cash to spare. As of right now, ...
Engadget |
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