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August sales taxes see boost
Once again showing that cutting taxes boosts sales; Alabama's sales tax collections increase 7.28 percent in August, the month when for three days the state collected no sales tax on clothing, books, computers and school supplies of certain values.
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Internet security suites fail to block exploits
Tests expose 'chocolate teapot' shortcomings Internet security suites do little to protect users against exploits, according to security notification firm Secunia.…
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Banks: Beware of phony calls
Debit card holders beware: a computer-generated message may cause you serious financial difficulties if you comply with requests concerning your debit card.
The Brewton Standard |
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Top Story Videos
You can make money from your old appliances and gadgets and an added benefit, you'll be helping the environment while you're cashing in. What do you do with your old gadgets? "I started a recycling program at my old office.
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Cheap Chip Shots
Can Intel's cheap new processors power it through the downturn?
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TechTeam Awarded Three USDA Contracts Worth $1.8 Million
TechTeam Government Solutions, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TechTeam Global, Inc. , a provider of information technology services to government and Fortune 1000 customers, announced today that it will build three new portals for the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service .
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Sanford Bernstein Upgrades AAPL to Buy
Sanford Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi upgraded is rating for Apple's stock to Buy, calling the stock "overly discounted." Despite the current economic downturn in the U.S., he thinks the Mac and iPhone maker is well positioned to remain strong
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Mozilla: Firefox Mobile Alpha arriving "in a couple of weeks"
Everyone's favourite moddable browser, Firefox, will be available in a mobile version - "Fennec" - within a couple of weeks, says Mozilla CEO John Tilly. Unfortunately, however, "available" actually means "available if you own a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet". Do you? Neither do I.
Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Lost MoD drive may hold details on 1.7 mln people
A missing Ministry of Defence computer drive could contain details of as many as 1.7 million people who had shown interest in joining the armed forces.
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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World Bank hasn't black-listed us: Satyam
NEW DELHI: Country's fourth-largest software exporter Satyam Computers on Monday said it was not black-listed by the World Bank from bidding for offshore contracts.
The Times of India |
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Backaches and muscle pain?
If you're young, addicted to the television or computer and live a sedentary lifestyle, you're compromising on your health, says health professional Poonam Vaswani.
rediff.com |
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New MacBook Case Leak Rumors
Someone noted that there are more macbook case leaks which look to all but confirm a new MacBook and possibly a MacBook Pro expected to be announced for later this week. There seems to be fewer ports, and no leaks of a 17" aircraft carrier laptop. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Wi-Fi chips and Internet calls cut mobile phone fees
BOSTON — The cost of talking on the go is coming down, thanks to an increasing number of options for using Internet calling services on cellphones as an alternative to traditional cellular service plans.
BusinessWorld Online |
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Apple iPod Touch is gadget of the year
LONDON — Apple has swept the board at Britain’s T3 technology magazine’s annual awards, winning four top prizes, including gadget of the year for its iPod Touch.
BusinessWorld Online |
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Observer email has been down
ALL external emails to the Observer group between last Friday and midday on Monday have been lost due to computer corruption. (13/10/2008 15:01:29)
Bexhill Today |
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Rich Communication Suite Will Bolster IMS Deployments, Says ABI Research
The Rich Communication Suite (RCS), a new initiative of a large group of handset and infrastructure vendors and mobile operators, promises to enhance the ability of wireless and wireline networks to offer interoperable rich communications. It is built on the IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) platform, and should boost IMS deployments significantly. In a recent study from ABI Research, the firm ...
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Papa John's Celebrates 10 Years of International Operations and 500 International Restaurants with Grand Opening in ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky.----A decade ago Apple rolled-out the first iMac computer, HDTV was first introduced to the public, and Papa John's International, Inc. opened its first restaurant outside of the United States in Mexico City.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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OpenOffice 3.0 hits the web
OpenOffice.org has unveiled the third iteration of its open source productivity suite. The software is available as a free download for PC users and as a native Mac OS X application for the first time.
Infomatics |
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ArchBrook Laguna Adds Transcend Memory Products to Line Up
ArchBrook Laguna, a total solutions provider supplying consumer electronics and computer products to the nation's most successful retailers, today announced the addition of Transcend memory products, to its portfolio for leading retailers. Recognized a leading manufacturer of flash memory products, Transcend memory products include over 2,000 memory modules of every type from flash memory cards, ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Battle of the Mobile Phone Operating Systems [Lifehacker Faceoff]
As smartphones get cheaper and more featureful than their stripped-down siblings, more folks are walking around with full-on operating systems in their pocket—but which is the best? Our brother...
Lifehacker |
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Intel, Microsoft Squeezed by $170 Billion Budget Cuts (Update2)
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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Desktop Diversions 33
Why work when you can battle flying saucers from outer space, have smack `em up fun with Janitor Joe or play for `Pinky` in this game of poo tennis.
RainbowNetwork.com |
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Google Loses ‘Thumbnail’ Copyright Cases in Germany
Bloomberg reports that Google has lost two related copyright cases in German courts. Both involved display of thumbnails in image search results. Google can appeal the rulings. According to Bloomberg, the German court in one of the cases found that copyright law had been violated because Google displayed images without permission of the copyright holder. [...] ...
Search Engine Land |
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Intel, Microsoft Squeezed by $170 Billion Budget Cuts (Update2)
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.
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Red Hat floating high on Cloud
PUNE, INDIA: Red Hat would be betting on internal clouds, desktop virtualization and SOA significantly next.
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