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Comcast mulls Net usage cap
PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download per month and charging a fee for those who go over.
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Microsoft sends out feelers to Facebook
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Clearwire, Sprint Nextel to form $14.55 billion wireless company
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Clearwire and Sprint Nextel have resurrected their plan to offer high-speed mobile Internet service with the help of some deep-pocketed supporters.
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Madera High Student Receives Praise from Sheriff
A simple class assignment turned into a video on the Internet that's helping recruit deputies in Madera County. And a couple other law enforcement agencies are also turning to the web to hire their next peace officers.
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News Corp not in talks with MS, AOL, Yahoo
NEW YORK, USA: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has opted out of the current round of Internet consolidation for now, even as Yahoo Inc investors pine for a white knight after Microsoft Corp dropped its bid.
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Mini-computer gives Berlin Wall tour
BERLIN, May 8 (UPI) -- Berlin has introduced a high-tech mini-computer that navigates the path of the Berlin Wall, explaining to tourists its past using multimedia technology.
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Microsoft Denies Any Zune "Copyright Cop"
A story in the New York Times had the blogosphere up in arms, but Microsoft indicates we shouldn't believe it. The Times said that Microsoft is working to implement an anti-piracy filter into its Zune media players, which would prevent playback of unauthorized videos.
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FBI Forced To Back Down On Secret Info Request To Internet Archive
Congress curtailed the FBI's ability to use National Security Letters (NSLs) a few years ago after it became clear that the FBI was widely abusing the process to request information from organizations with no judicial oversight and with built in gag orders forbidding recipients from talking about receiving the letters.
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Staying in the loop: Internet helps soldiers keep in touch
TIKRIT, Iraq - Just because they're 6,300 miles from West Virginia, members of Eleanor's 111th Engineer Brigade aren't necessarily cut off from home. Soldiers today have more resources than in any other war for contacting the folks back home.
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Bush and Clinton cameo at wireless show COMMUNICATION Former U.S. Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton on Thursday told wireless executives at an industry event here how important their work is in shaping democracies and economies around the world.
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Featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) Processors Now Available 15 Servers from Global OEMs Now Shipping with Quad-Core AMD
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 08, 2008--One of the industry's most scalable virtualization servers is now available from Dell and based on the Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced.
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Former radio host expected to change plea
Bernie Ward is expected to enter a change of plea to Internet child pornography charges at a federal court hearing in San Francisco on Thursday
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Recent Original Stories
European governments have long complained about their dependence on Microsoft's software, but their rhetoric has not turned into a mass migration away from Windows.
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Steve Cahalan: Fresh fruit bouquet business opens
Tina Schumaker has started Absolutely Edible , a fresh fruit bouquet business that shares kitchen space at JavaVino in the Village Shopping Center in La Crosse.
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Chicago gets first crack at speedy WiMax
By year-end, Chicago is expected to be a launchpad for the next generation of wireless networks, blanketed with a fast Internet signal—accessible to subscribers from homes, streets and traveling vehicles—and capable of giving mundane home appliances a voice.
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Two new Vostros unveiled
DELL Asia Pacific has just announced two new additions to its Vostro line of business notebooks, the 1310 and 1510, which it says are targeted at small- and medium-scale enterprises.
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Lug this desktop around
Just when you thought all-in-one desktop PCs have gone the way of the dodo, NEC pops up with its Powermate P5000.
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Online games offer serious lessons in business collaboration, says Canadian expert
If you thought online, multi-player games were for pimply, overweight teenagers with no social skills and too much time on their hands, think again.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Sep 2007 22:11 UTC
Gateway has unveiled its latest all-in-one desktop PC , dubbed simply the One. Sitting somewhere between an Apple iMac and Sony's Vaio LT series in terms of looks, the slimline 19in machine also sports a unique power-brick-cum-port-replicator.
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Recent Original Stories
Dell has been asking for input from their (prospective) customers, via a Digg-style site called Dell ' Ideastorm '. It turns out that the top requested feature is for Dell to pre-install Linux (alongside Windows) as an option.
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Linked by kvaruni on Mon 11th Jul 2005 14:48 UTC
The true reason for this article is to point out some sensitive points and to start a discussion. Hopefully, this discussion will produce some useful outcome and if some people in the Linux community are willing to listen to them, I would already be very enthusiastic. Let's start, shall we?
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"Now that Microsoft has declared itself untouched
by any GPLv3 terms, everyone is trying to figure out if they have a leg to stand on. There is a whole lot of analysis going on, with some wondering if Microsoft is a distributor of software under GPLv3 by means of the voucher distribution and others wondering just what those vouchers included ."
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Police warn of check scam
A secret shopper scam on the Internet uses legitimate companies to fool locals. Police are investigating two local residents who unknowingly participated.
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Employment-oriented courses in Phuentsholing
8 May, 2008 - With a view to address the competitive job market, the management institute of education (MIE) in Phuentsholing last week introduced a new diploma course in computer applications (DCA).
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Get, set, go for 3G
8 May, 2008 - Sixty of the estimated 200,000 cellular users in the country have subscribed for Bhutan telecom ltd’s (BTL) 3G services, which allow video calls and high speed internet on cell phones.
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