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Recent Original Stories
The One Laptop Per Child project, including its leader Nicholas Negroponte, has weathered quite a few storms lately. There was a flood of criticism coming from the open source world when Negroponte stated that Windows might become the platform of choice, and when former employee and contributor Ivan Krstic stepped in the round , both the project as well as its leader had to face quite a few ...
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Microsoft Loses U.S. Patent Suit vs Alcatel-Lucent
Microsoft had accused Alcatel-Lucent of infringing four patents for software in a system that integrates telephones with computers for calls, messages and videoconferences.... Attend WINDOWS EMBEDDED ACCELERATION WORKSHOPS Are you ready to learn how you can bring your next-generation embedded device to market faster?
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Laptop-for-kids project resumes donation program
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The One Laptop Per Child project plans to resume its Give One Get One program, in which people spend $400 to buy one of the nonprofit's rugged computers and donate a second one to a child in a developing country.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 29th Jan 2006 16:12 UTC
"The buzzwords for the 2006 technology outlook fly thick and fast in nerd circles: high-definition DVD. A la carte TV shows from the Internet. Windows Vista. Most of these goodies will take time to reach the masses.
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Recycling technology
Tons of unwanted electronics like computers and TV monitors won't be headed to a landfill thanks to residents who dropped off unwanted items Sunday at a recycling event in Edwardsville.
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13:00 (BST), 21/05/2008 Bangai-O Spirits Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS D3Publisher of Europe Ltd (D3PE), a ...
D3Publisher of Europe Ltd (D3PE), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, today announced it is to publish the latest game from renowned Japanese development team Treasure. Entitled Bangai-O Spirits, it will be released for Nintendo DS in August.
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Foreign demand lifts HP's shares / But deal to buy EDS could cause problems later
Hewlett-Packard Co. cashed in on rising international demand again in its second quarter, but that performance may not be enough to ease worries about the company's exposure to the ailing U.S. economy as it prepares to digest the second-largest acquisition in...
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Data Empowerment Puts the Billion-Dollar Records Management Genie Back in the Bottle
In today's litigious society, there are few things worse than a problem without a solution - but until Data Empowerment came up with the solution, a records management training program that is without precedent, this problem-without-a-solution is exactly what America's businesses faced when confronting the daunting, high-risk field of records management compliance. This Software-as-a-Service ...
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When cars surf the internet, dot.car will be the place to go
Telematics service provider ATX Group (Dallas, Texas and Duesseldorf, Germany) has launched an initiative to connect embedded and nomadic devices in vehicles to the internet. To this end, ATX has jointly with the Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA) proposed to convene an international working group.
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Prevx Sees Dramatic Increase in Criminal Software Targeting Business Users; Introduces Prevx CSI-Enterprise to ...
New enterprise security software is compatible with traditional security solutions, controlled from central console, scans large numbers of PCs on demand or schedule. (PRWeb May 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/prevx/csi-enterprise/prweb962254.htm
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Acer 'Predator' Rocks Gamers' World
Totally awesome design and outstanding performance, what more do you want from a gaming rig? Alienware is dead. Long live the new king of gaming! Acer has dedicated its new Predator line of desktop computers to PC gaming nutjobs. The new line is expressly design...
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Prevx Sees Dramatic Increase in Criminal Software Targeting Business Users; Introduces Prevx CSI-Enterprise to ...
New enterprise security software is compatible with traditional security solutions, controlled from central console, scans large numbers of PCs on demand or schedule.
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Total Exploration Production Makes a 120 TFlops Step With SGI to Accelerate Exploration Decisions
In a global effort to extract the greatest value from subsurface oil and gas reservoirs, the Exploration and Production Branch at French oil and gas leader Total recently expanded its already extensive computing and storage capabilities with SGI technology.
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Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak in Qatar
The Qatar Science & Technology Park's TechTALK Conference has attracted Steve Wozniak Co-founder of Apple Computers to make the keynote address. Phil Blizzard spoke with Ben Figgis, Marketing Manager, QSTP, to find out more about this debut event.
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Exploring Both Sides Of The Social Bookmarking Scene
The majority of Web users nowadays are familiar with the term bookmarking -- formally known as social bookmarking. Every time you save a Web Site to your list of favorites, with the intent of visiting it again in the future, you are actually bookmarking it.
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Cybersecurity
Computer system security must be a consideration of everyone who deploys any computer control or monitoring system. Nowhere should it be taken more seriously than in manufacturing, defense, energy or any of the many other mission critical applications that trust ThinManager for their day to day operations. My favorite story about the security consultant who hacked into a system that the owners ...
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HP’s 2Q profit up on strong demand outside US
SAN FRANCISCO - 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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Santee School District Infuses Technology Into Primary School Curriculum With Support From School Web Lockers
Students at Santee School District, in the heart of San Diego County, no longer have limitations when it comes to incorporating the latest voice, video and graphics technologies into their projects. In fact, since adopting the School Web Lockers online storage and collaboration service in 2007, the district has unleashed a new era of creativity across its nine elementary schools.
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Exelon's La Salle Station donates laptops to emergency team
MARSEILLES - LaSalle Generating Station recently presented 24 laptop computers to the Grundy County Emergency Support Team for emergency communications within Grundy, La Salle and Will counties.
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UK censor launches online content classification drive
Age verification to become the norm? The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has launched its online classification system for downloadable movies and games.…
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Tips for buying the perfect computer for the June graduate
It's become a rite of passage in many families: When you graduate from high school, you get a new laptop. This is especially true for kids going to college.
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Conspiracy Entertainment Reports Revenues of $3.2 Million and Operational Net Profit of $108,038 in Q1 2008
Conspiracy Entertainment , a developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software in North America and Western Europe, announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
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SanDisk Offers New Products Bringing High-Tech Excitement to ''Dads & Grads'' Season
No more ugly ties for Dad on Father's Day, or unwanted wristwatches for new graduates! SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) welcomes "Dads & Grads" gift-giving season with exciting new products from a world leader in flash memory. Among the many choices from SanDisk(R):
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Advanced Battery Technologies Appoints New CFO
Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has appointed Taylor Zhang as its new Chief Financial Officer, in succession to Sharon Tang. Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc., founded in September 2002, develops, manufactures and distributes rechargeable Polymer Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries.
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On the Watch: Hewlett-Packard 2Q profit rises
Hewlett-Packard Co. posted a higher fiscal second-quarter profit on strong demand for computers and printers outside the United States.
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