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Editor's Corner: Early morning delight with Ticketmaster
Maybe it's a bit obsessive, or maybe I am just a fan. It's Friday morning, seconds before 10 a.m., and I find myself sitting in front of a computer, frantically hitting the refresh button. In my search for the perfect seats, my computer quietly puts up with unwarranted verbal abuse, mainly aimed in the direction of the evil empire, Ticketmaster.
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Cocaine users bragging about it on Facebook - what else is lurking on FB?
Gary Cutlack investigates...
Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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To The Top! SanDisk Supplies Flash Memory for High-Tech Climbing Attempt of Mt. Everest
Equipped with portable electronic devices that range from high-definition camcorders to satellite-based mobile phones, a three-member climbing team sponsored by Dell (PRODUCT) RED + Windows Vista (PRODUCT) RED, MSN and MSNBC - and carrying a variety of flash-memory products from SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) - is on the flanks of Mt. Everest hoping to reach the summit as part of a campaign ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Feb 2007 17:44 UTC
"Windows Vista includes an array of 'features' that you don't want. These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure. They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will cause technical support problems.
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Recent Original Stories
"During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Apple climbed back to profitability and fame . Apple's colorful computers put them back into the spotlight, and the iPod diversified Apple's business successfully, bringing the Apple name to music."
OS News |
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Salesforce plan: thoroughbred or white elephant?
SALESFORCE.COM hopes that using Google will increase its base, but observers say the new joint service could be a white elephant.
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Sohu.Com to Report First Quarter 2008 Financial Results on April 28
BEIJING , April 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sohu.com Inc. (Nasdaq: SOHU ), China's leading online media, communication, search, online game and mobile value-added services company, will report its first quarter 2008 unaudited results on Monday, April 28, 2008 , before U.S. market hours.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Click here if you are a tree-hugger
A SYDNEY internet outfit has come up with a new way of offsetting carbon emissions: for every 1000 searches online it will sponsor the growth of up to two trees in NSW.
Australian IT |
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AT&T Positioned by Analyst Firm in 2008 Leaders Quadrant for Web Hosting Services
SAN ANTONIO , April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T ) today announced that AT&T's Hosting and Application Services have been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of its North American Web Hosting Magic Quadrant 2008 (1).
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Local News Loss Focus of New Commission
As people turn increasingly to the Internet for their news, there is concern whether they are learning enough about what goes on in their communities.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Google Australia's Director Has Six Birthdays?
Google execs out of sight from The Australian reports that Google Australia's Director, Mark Tucker, has six official birthdays. According the report, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has six different recorded birthdays for Mr. Tucker. The birthdays include January 21, 1953, January 13, 1953, January 25, 1953, January 12, 1953, January 12, 1963 and March 12, 1953. ...
Search Engine Land |
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Extreme Networks stellt neue Produkte für Core, Aggregation, Edge und Wireless vor
Kosten für Installation von drahtlosen Netzwerken im Unternehmensbereich senken
Portel.de |
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American Flies, Yahoo! Sighs, Sony Eyes the Prize
It was a busy weekend for breaking news on AMR, Microhoo, and Sony Pictures.
The Motley Fool |
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CodeGear(TM) Accelerates Web Development With New Version of Its Visual Development Environment for PHP: Delphi(R) for ...
CodeGear, a leader in developer tools, today announced Delphi for PHP 2.0. Delphi for PHP is the only PHP Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for rapidly building interactive web applications using visual drag-and-drop design capabilities and a powerful PHP component framework. (PRWeb Apr 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/codegear/delphi/prweb856074.htm
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iPod tax: UK music biz open to format shifting... for a fee
A coalition of music groups in the UK supports a new copyright exemption for format shifting, but only if device makers like Apple pay up. Read More...
Ars Technica |
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Reaction Design Debuts CHEMKIN -PRO For Clean Combustion Chemistry Simulation
Reaction Design, the clean technology chemistry leader, recently announced the release of its newest combustion simulation software tool, CHEMKIN-PRO, for modeling and analyzing combustion efficiency in gasoline, diesel and emerging alternative fuel engines
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Multicast Launches Live Streaming Platform Based on Adobe Flash Technology
LAS VEGAS , BUSINESS WIRE -- Multicast Media Technologies, Inc. ("Multicast") today announced the full availability of turnkey live streaming using Adobe(R) Flash (R) Media Encoder as part of Multicast's Internet Video Platform - Vidego(TM). Multicast's Vidego Live Flash solution includes one-step media player publishing, seamless integration with the Adobe Flash Media Encoder and streaming ...
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NEC Display Solutions Introduces Internal HD-SDI Video Input/Output Card, Reducing Power Consumption
CHICAGO, BUSINESS WIRE -- NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading stand-alone provider of commercial and residential LCD and plasma displays and projectors , announced today an internal HD-SDI video input/output card, compatible with NEC's Multeos(TM) Multi-Function Series and select NEC MultiSync(R) Information Display Series large-screen LCD displays.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Colombian man sentenced for computer fraud
A Colombian man who used keylogging software in a lucrative identity theft scheme has been sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of US$347,000. Mario Simbaqueba Bonilla, 40, pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court in January to conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. His scheme, which he carried out alone and with a co-conspirator between ...
InfoWorld |
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TurboTax Prepared for Filing Crunch
Last year, TurboTax's Web site was unable to process tens of thousands of last-minute electronic tax filings, causing the IRS to grant taxpayers a 48-hour filing extension. This time TurboTax says it's ready for the deluge.
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Eurosport appoints internet director
Eurosport group has appointed ex-MSN manager Arnaud Maillard (pictured) as its new internet director. In his new role Maillard will report to François Schmitt, deputy managing director, of broadcast and technology operations.
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Monsanto's Harvest of Fear
Cognitive Dissident writes "Intellectual property thuggery is not restricted to the IT and entertainment industries. The May 2008 edition of Vanity Fair carries a major feature article on the mafiaa-like tactics of Monsanto in its pursuit of total domination of various facets of agribusiness. First in GM seeds with its 'Roundup Ready' crops designed to sell more of its Roundup herbicide, and ...
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The Outer Post Gains New Fans and Bands From the Bamboozle Left Festival
Today Cody Ventures Corporation (Pinksheets: CVCP) announced that its website, TheOuterPost.Com had great success at last weekend's Bamboozle Left festival. The staff of The Outer Post was at the two-day concert to promote the website to concert goers, vendors and artists. The marketing team spoke to several hundred people in their target demographic and was able to retrieve hundreds of email ...
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Co-op bank scans letter into emails
Tom Young, Computing , Monday 14 April 2008 at 00:00:00 10,000 inbound letters a day will be sorted, scanned and indexed Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has signed a £12m contract with Xerox to scan inbound correspondence into an email to the appropriate recipient.... > Read the full article
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AutoWired - Automotive news and information. Live
Peugeot and BCA launched the new 4007 (Peugeot's new SUV) and 207 GTi THP 175 onto the used car market in a special sale staged at BCA Nottingham.
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