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Wind River, Intel partner on 'infotainment' platform
Wind River Systems Inc. and Intel Corp. are collaborating to launch an automotive "infotainment" computing platform, the companies said Tuesday.
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Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 (blue)
Despite its uninspired software, the Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 proves its worth with outstanding image quality, a funky and useful design, and low price.
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SimpleTech Signature Mini (120GB, black)
The SimpleTech Signature Mini Black Cherry is a compact, USB-only external hard drive that will tempt you with its sleek design, and then win you over with its capacity, performance, and price.
CNET |
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Haze Review [PlayStation 3]
This madly inconsistent shooter offsets a number of thrilling moments with terrible artificial intelligence and an awful story.
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Recent Original Stories
"Microsoft has reached an enormous success with its Windows product during the last decade and practically monopolized the market for home computer operating systems. But, does it mean Windows is still the best OS around, especially for power users?
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 12th Oct 2005 17:36 UTC
At a special press event Apple unveiled several new products today. They updated the entire iMac line , equipping them with 1.9 to 2.1 Ghz G5 processors, iPod-like 6-button remote control , built-in iSight and thinner enclosures . Apple also introduced new iPods , capable of playing 320x240 MPEG4/H.264 video, and it has a video-OUT. iTunes 6 is available now , and already there are 2000 music ...
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Psystar offers Leopard updates
Mac clone manufacturer Psystar recently unveiled that it would offer Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard updates to users who have the operating system installed on their Open Computer. The firmware spoofing method which Psystar uses to install Leopard breaks the OSí automatic updates, so the manual updates are currently the only way for those users to stay up-t...
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Dell’s Finance Chief to Step Down
Dell, the computer maker, said Monday that Donald J. Carty, hired as chief financial officer a year and a half ago to help lead a turnaround, would resign in June.
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A Gamble, but What if He Wins?
Carl Icahn, the corporate raider turned activist investor, is gambling to bring Microsoft back to the bargaining table and buy Yahoo.
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Harawira: Serious Fraud Office Abolition Bill
Mr Speaker, yesterday the whole context of fraud, corruption and serious crime took an interesting, and I have to say, a bloody pleasing turn, with the announcement that victims of South Africa’s apartheid regime could finally sue the corporate world for all the help that they gave South African police and military intelligence squads during the murderous years of apartheid.
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HP’s 2Q profit up on strong demand outside US
Tue, May 20, 2008 (2:32 p.m.) Strong demand outside the United States for Hewlett-Packard Co.'s computers, printers and other products widened its profit margin in its second quarter, but investors worry the trend will break as HP digests Electronic Data Systems Corp. this year.
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Linksys WRT110 RangePlus Wireless Router
The Linksys WRT110 RangePlus is an unconventional and stylish wireless router that supplies near draft 802.11n throughput without being an official Draft N router. We like this affordable, antennaless router for networks where Wireless-G and Wireless-N clients coexist.
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HP second-quarter operating margin rises to 10%
Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's biggest computer maker, posted a rise in its quarterly operating margin, and pointed to strength in its international business.
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Microsoft only wants Yahoo search - source
Microsoft has proposed to buy Yahoo's search business and take a minority stake in the web pioneer, stopping short of a full-out merger, a person familiar with the discussions said.
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HP's profit up on strong demand outside United States
Strong demand outside the United States for Hewlett-Packard's computers, printers and other products widened its profit margin in its second quarter, but investors worry the trend will break as HP digests Electronic Data Systems Corp.
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. : The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is putting out the call for fellowship program applications for its 33rd International Public Meeting to be held in Cairo from 2-6 November 2008.
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Surveillance catches burglary suspects at Department of Health building
Tumwater police hope someone can identify two men seen on video surveillance breaking into the Department of Health building Sunday morning and stealing computer and camera equipment.
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Kenya: UN to Help Maasai People Preserve Their Heritage
Two people from the Maasai community of Laikipia in Kenya are to be given training in documenting and archiving their cultural heritage through a new project launched today by the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Recent Original Stories
Back when Windows Vista was still known as Windows Longhorn, the operating system contained a very interesting and promising feature, a feature promoted as one of the 'pillars' of Longhorn: WinFS.
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My Take
Google Labs has released Picasa for Linux, ported using Wine by CodeWeavers . The free Picasa download is available now. : The software requirements are fairly hefty in that some features require cutting edge programs like HAL and a 2.6+ kernel, but this is fantastic news for Linux users.
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"As desktop Linux becomes ever more professional, and with Microsoft still a year away from shipping its new Vista version of Windows, could now be the time to go open-source on the desktop?
New Mobile Computing |
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Apple Accounts For 66% Of PC Sales Over $1,000
The numbers do not take into account online sales, a major channel for Dell, the world's second largest computer maker, which sells the majority of its PCs online.
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HP fiscal 2nd-quarter profit climbs
By The Associated Press PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. says its fiscal second-quarter profit rose as revenue climbed in its personal systems group, which includes PCs.
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HP profit beats expectations on PC sales
Hewlett-Packard said today its fiscal second-quarter profit rose as revenue climbed in its personal systems group, which includes PCs. HP, which pre-announced earnings...
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Current Newswire:
"My old reliable X40 IBM ThinkPad finally came to the end of its day so I had to replace it with a new laptop. These days though instead of having to buy a Windows laptop and retrofitting Linux on it, I have a wide variety of Linux notebooks to choose from.
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