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Police investigating alleged rape video
The Cyber Crimes Unit of the Royal Bahamas Police Force is investigating a disturbing, graphic video depicting the rape of a high school student that has been circulating via e-mail throughout the country, The Guardian has learned.
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ISPs set guidelines for controlling heavy data transmissions on Internet
Internet service providers (ISPs) have devised guidelines on curbing communication speeds for so-called "heavy users," including those using file-sharing programs, to prevent huge data transmissions from bogging down Net traffic.
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A guide to when and where to shop for clothing online
We buy music over the ether, try on clothes from across the globe and pick pizza with our PDAs. According to a Nielsen survey, more than 875 million people worldwide have shopped online -- a 40 percent increase in just two years. In the U.S., online retail is even defying the gloomy economic forecast, with cyber sales expected to rise 17 percent this year to $204 billion -- and apparel is ...
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Recent Original Stories
Linspire launched a revamped partner program on September 14 that will pay system builders a percentage on all commercial Linux software and services purchased by users of either Linspire or Freespire pre-installed desktop and laptop computers using the company's CNR technology.
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CA, Gap, Hibbett Sports, Yahoo, Zumiez: U.S. Equity Preview
May 22 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in U.S. markets tomorrow. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names, and prices are as of 6 p.m. in New York, unless stated otherwise.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 23rd Jan 2007 21:17 UTC
Microsoft disclosed Monday that over one in five Windows installations were deemed non-genuine through the company's Windows Genuine Advantage program, which requires users to validate their operating system before downloading updates from the company.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Jan 2007 20:12 UTC
"The introduction of Microsoft Windows Vista and its' many confusing and progressively expensive flavors has opened up a er, period of opportunity for Apple (formerly Apple Computer).
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FBI help sees Kiwi hacker jailed for three years
An east Auckland computer hacker, who scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars and attracted the FBI to New Zealand, has been jailed for three years.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Jul 2006 21:08 UTC
In a Q&A , Neelie Kroes, who fined MS for not complying with the EC's antitrust ruling, said: "I regret that the Commission has had to take such a step today, but given Microsoft's continued non-compliance to date, I have been left with no alternative.
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Technology Report / Yahoo postpones annual meeting for a second time
Yahoo Inc. is postponing its shareholder meeting for a second time, now that billionaire investor Carl Icahn has nominated alternate candidates to Yahoo's existing board of directors.
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City appoints new technology chief
A seven-year veteran of the city of Concord's computer systems, Edward Drouse, has been named the city's new information technology director.
Concord Monitor |
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Report: Toyota building green-car battery plants
By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. plans to build two plants in Japan to produce batteries for environmentally friendly gas-electric hybrid vehicles, a news report said Friday.
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Pathetic hacker way off course
THEY STILL DON'T know who took a chunk from the trunk of a landmark tree at Chambers Bay, nor why anyone would do such a thing. But they know what they'd like the punishment to be.
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Some students left behind by computer giveaway
I just finished reading the article on the front page of your paper about the computer give away at Yellow Creek school this past Friday. I know the officials who attended this event thought they had done a good thing and they did. But they also hurt my student very deeply.
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Neotel household phone arrives in Gauteng
HOUSEHOLDS now have a cheaper alternative to Telkom, but only in some parts of Gauteng at this stage. Second network operator Neotel unveiled its consumer offering yesterday , based around a wireless desktop phone which also provides high speed Internet access.
Daily Dispatch |
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Mono offers open-source spin on Silverlight
First public release of Novell's Moonlight will compete with products from Adobe, Sun, and Apple. (By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK)
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Microsoft shows off multitouch sensor prototype
Microsoft researchers on Thursday demonstrated a new, low-cost method for manipulating a digital desktop or wall display with two hands.
ZDNet Australia |
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JavaOne '08: Sun starts delivering
At San Francisco conference, company touts a rich Internet application environment and a new cloud computing service. Plus, Neil Young sings Sun.
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Police your children's Internet use
MERRILLVILLE Representatives from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana say they don't have anything against social networks such as Myspace or Facebook but it's up to parents to police what their children are putting online.
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Consider financial planner for newly minted graduates
When it comes to graduation gifts for high school or college students, many parents turn their thoughts to laptops, jewelry, luggage or cash. But here's an idea that could lay the foundation for many years of financial security for your son or daughter: time with a financial planner. That's what Michael and Suanne Yarbrough of Shawnee, Kan., presented their daughter upon graduation four years ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Harmonic Demonstrates Leading Video Delivery Technologies at ANGA Cable 2008
At ANGA Cable 2008 stand #B54, Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT), a leading solutions provider to cable, broadcast, satellite, telco and Internet video service operators around the world, will present technologies that are enabling operators ...
Finanzen.net |
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'Vexille' overcomes its limits with plenty of action
With some of the same names behind the latest "Appleseed" (among them director Sori), "Vexille" (Funimation, PG-13, $29.98) has a similar computer-animated style by new studio Oxybot, but it's not as off-putting. It helps that the story is a bit more interesting, too.
Detroit News |
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Singtel's Optus to bid for Australia broadband
MELBOURNE, May 23 (Reuters) - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd STEL.SI unit Optus said on Friday it had lodged a bond to enable it to proceed to the next stage of a state tender for a A$9.4 billion ($9.0 billion) Australian fast broadband network, after concerns it had about bidding deadlines were allayed.
Reuters Finance News, Australia via Yahoo!7 Finance |
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Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. HP has cut direct ties with Officeworks just weeks after the retailer signed up as the first Australian partner for Dell.
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Singtel's Optus to bid for Australia broadband
MELBOURNE, May 23 - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd unit Optus said on Friday it had lodged a bond to enable it to proceed to the next stage of a state tender for a A$9.4 billion Australian fast broadband network, after concerns it had about bidding deadlines were allayed.
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