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BitDefender issues fix for IE7 printing bug
Security firm BitDefender claims to be the first to issue an update to protect against a new vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
Is Microsoft-Yahoo truly dead? Why did CBS buy CNET? How much would you pay for a letter from a dead genius? And what is Carl Icahn's problem anyway? The answers to these questions and more are found in this week's quiz -- provided you choose wisely. Correct responses are worth 10 points a shot. Ready? Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines.
InfoWorld via Yahoo! News |
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Blue tits' nest on campus webcam
Live pictures from inside a bird nesting box on the grounds of a university are broadcast on the internet.
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Yahoo courtship resumes - sort of
HUA HIN, Thailand - Microsoft's on-off rough wooing of Yahoo continues its almost sado-masochistic passage, now through a complex deal announced last weekend involving collaboration between the two companies' online advertising divisions.
Asia Times |
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"You cant just adapt a TV advert for online"
Advancements have been made in online video advertising with companies introducing specific monetising platform that allow advertisers to get their message to their target market without disrupting the user's video experience.
eyefortravel.com |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 1st Jul 2007 10:30 UTC
SWSoft, the company behind Parallels Desktop for Mac, is possibly violating the LGPL license by using LGPL libraries from the WINE project without providing access to the source code.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Jul 2006 17:12 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Apple today introduced a new USD 899 configuration of the 17-inch iMac designed specifically for education customers featuring a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, a built-in iSight video camera, and iLife '06.
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UK consumers reject mobile payments
Angelica Mari, Computing , Friday 23 May 2008 at 10:40:00 Security is a major hindrance, says study The majority of UK consumers are not interested in using their mobile handsets due to security concerns, according to researchers.... > Read the full article
vnunet.com |
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BitDefender issues fix for IE7 printing bug
Clement James, vnunet.com , Friday 23 May 2008 at 10:30:00 Vulnerability in the way IE7 parses web pages for printing Security firm BitDefender claims to be the first to issue an update to protect against a new vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7.... > Read the full article
vnunet.com |
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Toyota building battery plant in Japan
TOKYO -- Toyota is building a $192 million plant in Japan to produce batteries for gas-electric hybrid vehicles, as it seeks to keep its lead in an intensifying race for green cars...
WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids |
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Intel to use Centrino 2 to promote solid-state drives
Steering SSDs into the mainstream? Intel will offer to bundle its promised solid-state drives with its upcoming Centrino 2 platform, it has been claimed. The plan is being portrayed as a bid to push SSDs into the mainstream.…
The Register |
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Microsoft Should Know Money Can’t Buy Love
Microsoft has too much money and not enough customers, so why not pay people to use its services' Sometimes this works, but it may not help Microsoft much in its battle with Google.
The Gainesville Sun |
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KarROX Tech to develop talent pool in India
Software education firm KarROX Technologies is partnering with global IT majors like IBM, Oracle and CompTIA to develop talent pool in Indian infrastructure management and software service.
Business Standard India |
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Microsoft CEO says Yahoo buy was never strategic
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Friday the acquisition of Yahoo was never viewed as strategic and added the company had $50 billion to spend on other acquisitions.
Boston Globe |
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Stock "prophet" jailed for illegal operations
A self-styled "prophet" of China's stock market has been jailed for three years and fined 600,000 yuan ($86,333) for illegally selling share tips over the Internet.
China Daily |
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Sony exec: PSP is expansionary
Speaking at Wedbush Morgan's Access Conference in New York, Sony Computer Entertainment America marking boss John Koller outlined Sony's position on the PSP handheld.
Ferrago.co.uk |
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'Cyber-bullying' bill is sent to Blagojevich
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers, responding to the suicide of the Missouri teen who hanged herself after receiving hurtful messages over the Internet, sent Gov. Rod Blagojevich a bill Thursday to make "cyber-bullying" a crime.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Thailand's Mobile Market Reached 53 Million Subscribers by End-2007
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92742) has announced the addition of "2008 Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Myanmar and Thailand" to their offering.
Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance |
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Thailand's Mobile Market Reached 53 Million Subscribers by End-2007
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "2008 Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Myanmar and Thailand" to their offering.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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STH WOODFORD: School first for 'brain training'
A JUNIOR school has made history by becoming the first school in England to teach all its pupils using brain-training computer games.
Wanstead and Woodford Guardian |
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Windows 7: Does the silence help anyone?
Microsoft is Fort Knox when it comes to details about Windows 7, but if you're a customer the radio silence isn't helpful. Why? If I'm an XP customer I want to know if it's worth skipping Vista and waiting for Windows 7, which is...
ZDNet |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 19th Nov 2006 19:32 UTC
C'mon, haven't you ever thought that it would be cool to write a game for the Xbox 360 or Windows, if only you had the time? Microsoft's new XNA Game Architecture is designed to make game development modular and easy.
New Mobile Computing |
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Microsoft pulling games from XBLA
Revamp of online service will include 'delisting' of less popular titles
MCV |
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Another twist in the Microhoo tale?
Microsoft's on-again off-again infatuation with internet giant Yahoo could end in a shotgun wedding, if activist investor Carl Icahn has his way.
ElectricNews.Net |
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Australian-Indian behind computers that can read human emotion
By Neena Bhandari, Sydney, May 23: An Australian-Indian is part of a consortium of scientists who are developing and licensing information and communication technologies (ICTs) that can interact with humans in an emotionally intelligent manner.
New Kerala |
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