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Classes set to resume after vandalism
Classes are expected to return to normal today at a suburban Chicago middle school after vandals destroyed thousands of dollars in laptops, books and equipment.
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Hotmail lands on BlackBerry smartphones
Web-based email and instant messaging services from Microsoft are set to arrive on BlackBerry mobile devices later this summer. The new BlackBerry Bold , along with phones in the BlackBerry 7000 and 8000 ranges, will be the first to ship with Windows Live services, which include Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger.
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UK computing students 'clueless' on security
UK computing students are receiving almost no education on how to incorporate security functionality when designing and developing new software applications, according to a damning new report.
Infomatics |
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Are There Too Many Women in IT?
The various efforts to boost the number of women in IT are well intentioned but doomed to failure.
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Iris BioTechnologies Launches Proprietary Informatics Database, BioWindows(TM)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Iris BioTechnologies , a theranostics company focused on providing patients, doctors, and clinicians with improved methods of identifying effective treatment solutions, has launched its proprietary database, BioWindows™.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Out of the Gate: Hewlett-Packard buying EDS
Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co. fell in Tuesday morning trading after the computer and printer maker agreed to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp. and expand its service business.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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mobilePeople Launches ``Who is calling'' Feature
COPENHAGEN, Denmark & LONDON & DENVER----Eniro, Norway's leading search company, today announced the launch of its downloadable, Java-based, mobile search service developed in conjunction with mobilePeople.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Opening Glance: Computer, peripheral stocks
Computer and peripheral stocks mostly rose Tuesday morning after it was announced that Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp. for $12.6 billion in cash, creating the second-largest tech services provider behind IBM.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Washington DC
REDMOND, Wash. ( Map ) - REDMOND, Wash. , May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Microsoft Corp. reshapes the webcam experience with the LifeCam VX-5000, a webcam with a unique bendable attachment base that molds to virtually any surface -- from a notebook to a desktop -- so users can take it anywhere.
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Dell Helps Customers Get More Computer for Their Tax Dollars
ROUND ROCK, Texas----As more and more Americans receive their tax relief checks from Uncle Sam, many will use the money to buy a laptop or desktop computer. Dell is making those technology dollars go further as customers choose certain models for education, business and entertainment.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Internet Crackdown
State lawmakers want to crackdown on people who post crimes on the internet.
CBS 5 News Syracuse |
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Cameron's 'Like A Premier League Midfielder'
David Cameron seems to have absorbed the advice I gave the party leaders last week and given an interview to the Crewe blog. This excellent blog has joined my morning trawl through my favourite sites on the internet. I look...
SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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HP raises full-year guiance; confirms EDS takeover
LONDON (ShareCast) - Computing products giant Hewlett Packard , which has confirmed it is to buy computer services company Electronic Data Systems , said all of its segments performed well in the second quarter and it remains strongly cash generative.
ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance |
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Creative's USB Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1
Creative has announced a USB version of its Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 (GBP30.80/$59.99), the first USB 2.0 audio solution that lets you upgrade from the crappy sound solution on your laptop to Creative's spiffy Xtreme Fidelity (X-Fi) platform. The device con...
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WorldWide Telescope blasts off
Microsoft launches Web-based program for checking out the universe
The Globe and Mail |
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Microsoft Windows Live Coming To BlackBerry
Microsoft and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion have partnered to bring Windows Live services like Hotmail and Messenger to the widely popular BlackBerry smartphone platform.
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Leading Online Provider of Life Saving CPR Training and Certification Courses Lands 1,000th Corporate Client
After five years of unprecedented growth in the field of distance education, CPRToday! Inc. (www.cprtoday.com), the nation's leader in online Basic Life Support training courses and certification programs, announced today the signing of its 1,000th corporate client.
Centre Daily Times |
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HP, EDS, and the ghost of Carly
Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of the computer services giant mirrors, in some ways, Carly Fiorina's prior effort to but PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting.
CNET |
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MacDailyNews - Where Mac news comes first
"In April, SwitchToaMac.com published a rumor that Apple would be launching the 3G iPhone earlier than expected... in May. At the time, we dismissed it, as the rumor didn't seem to correspond with the circulating expectations that the new iPhone would be launched in June at WWDC. Apple's dwindling stock of iPhones in both the U.S. and U.K. however, has made us look at this rumor once again," ...
Mac Daily News |
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MegaPath Broadband MPLS VPN Service Surpasses 20,000 Sites
MegaPath Inc., the leading provider of managed IP data, voice and security services in North America, today announced that its Site-to-Site MPLS VPN service achieved a major milestone, connecting its 20,000th site. The MegaPath Site-to-Site MPLS VPN service provides end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) on T1/T3 and DSL access and is the only MPLS VPN service that is also available with cable, ...
Centre Daily Times |
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STD cards are irresponsible
An Oakland, Calif.,-based nonprofit organization called Internet Sexual Information Services is offering people infected by sexually transmitted diseases a new and easy way to inform past lovers they too may be infected.
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US stocks open mixed after benign retail sales, HP deal
NEW YORK - US stocks opened mixed on Tuesday as retail sales data signaled consumer spending is holding up despite stiff economic headwinds and computer titan Hewlett-Packard announced a US$13.9 billion (S$19.1 billlion) takeover of EDS.
Straits Times |
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Group Logic Releases ExtremeZ-IP 5.2
Group Logic, the leading provider of Mac/Windows connectivity solutions, today announced the immediate availability of ExtremeZ-IP 5.2. The new release extends support for the latest Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard capabilities, including Time Machine backups. This release also combines the functionality of company's leading ExtremeZ-IP File and Print Servers into a single solution, allowing all customers ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Mediacom Communications to Launch 20 Mbps High-Speed Internet Service
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.----Mediacom Communications Corporation today announced it plans to increase the maximum download speed of its Mediacom Online Max internet service to 20 megabytes per second and the maximum upload speed to 2 Mbps, at no additional charge to customers.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Nokia to Add Nokia Maps to Ovi Portal
News by Ricky Cadden on Tuesday May 13, 2008. Note: Sponsored advertising links, if any, are in green. Nokia has announced that it will be adding its Nokia Maps service to the Ovi services portal later this summer, with a new desktop access feature.
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