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Internet retail figures rise 15 percent in April
(AP:NEW YORK) Internet retail sales rose 15 percent in April, digital technology monitoring company ComScore Inc. said Friday. The year-over-year growth compared with a 9 percent year-over-year growth rate in March, the company said.
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Government Computer News
The Federal Communications Commission is putting all options on the table for the new auction of the chunk of 700 megahertz spectrum set aside for a public safety network and is seeking public comment on the process.
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Unmarked chopper patrols NY city from high above
On a cloudless spring day, the NYPD helicopter soars over the city, its sights set on the Statue of Liberty. A dramatic close-up of Lady Liberty's frozen gaze fills one of three flat-screen computer monitors mounted on a console. Hundreds of sightseers below are oblivious to the fact that a helicopter is peering down on them from a mile and a half away. "They don't even know we're here," said ...
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State Patrol, FBI raid Omaha foster care agency
OMAHA — Officers from the Nebraska State Patrol, FBI and other agencies have raided an Omaha foster care agency as part of a financial probe. A warrant was served Friday on Sigma Treatment Foster Care, and investigators poured into the office to check documents and computers.
Lincoln Journal Star |
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Report has Intel Eyeing SSD for Notebooks
Intel plans to bundle 80GB solid state drives into its upcoming mobile platform, according to a published report.... See how easy remote support can be. Try WebEx free! Deliver Support More Efficiently. Remotely Control Applications. Leap Securely through Firewalls!
eWeek |
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Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data
Google Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy. First, it must contend with Facebook, the No. 2 online hangout behind MySpace. Days after Google unveiled Friend Connect, which lets the sites of musicians, political campaigns and others incorporate profile data from several social ...
The State |
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Online communities open but still limit movement
Online social networking today is more about hanging out with friends behind gated communities than exploring the World Wide Web: Visit another site and you'll have to rebuild your profile from scratch. That's like having to get a new driver's license for every state you drive through. Although the walls that keep users from taking their data wherever they go are starting to erode, how much ...
The State |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 19th Mar 2006 22:02 UTC
Fedora Core 5, 'Bordeaux', has been released to mirrors . The release notes [.html download] are posted, along with sets of screenshots of the installation procedure and the resulting desktop , by Linux-Noob, so boys and girls, rejoice.
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Emotional Story To Unfold Friday Night At Turner Field
Doug Davis sat at a table in the D-backs' locker room on Thursday afternoon with a notebook open where he scribbled notes while looking up scouting information on his computer.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 22nd Jun 2006 14:26 UTC
Xandros has announced the immediate availability of Xandros Desktop 4. You can get the two different version from their online store . A set of screenshots is also available.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 29th Jun 2006 21:35 UTC
OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 has been released. It contains performance improvements, improved compatibility with Microsoft Office formats, support for Intel MAcs, and much more.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Nov 2006 22:50 UTC
Ars reviews the PlayStation 3 personal computer game console, and they say: "The PS3 doesn't have any grand ideas; Sony wanted something high-tech, so they started from scratch with the processor and GPU, but what does it get them? Very little so far.
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HP passes IBM in server revenue
Hewlett-Packard has passed IBM as the world's largest seller of computer servers by revenue, research firm Gartner says. (HPQ) (IBM)
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Adobe CS4 to bring GPU, physics support
The version of Photoshop included with Adobe's future Creative Suite 4 will include fuller acceleration both for dedicated video hardware as well as the first support for physics processing, TGDaily has been told as part of an early demonstration. While CS3 has already had limited support for graphics processing units (GPUs) for certain filters, t...
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Talisma to maintain its brand identity in India
Company to remain subsidiary of nGenera. Talisma, a provider of customer engagement management software and solutions, will remain a wholly-owned subsidiary of nGenera, though at the global level, it will be fully-integrated with nGenera with a tag line ‘powered by Talisma'.
Business Standard India |
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High-tech spy helicopter helps New York police guard against terrorist attacks
NEW YORK - On a cloudless spring day, the NYPD helicopter soars over the city, its sights set on the Statue of Liberty. A dramatic close-up of Lady Liberty's frozen gaze fills one of three flat-screen computer monitors mounted on a console.
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Internet safety class at Walsh
Internet Safety: What Every Parent and Child Needs To Know will be the topic of a special informative session at Walsh University. The session is set for June 3, 7-9 p.m. at the Barette Business and Community Center.
The Suburbanite |
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US Manufacturing Business Computer Hardware Expenditures, 2007-2012
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "US Manufacturing Business Computer Hardware Expenditures, 2007-2012" to their offering.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Microsoft Shuts Down Book Search
Microsoft said it is shutting down its book scanning and book search projects next week.
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Online communities open but still limit movement
Online social networking today is more about hanging out with friends behind gated communities than exploring the World Wide Web: Visit another site and you'll have to rebuild your profile from scratch.
Miami Herald |
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Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data
Google Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy.
Miami Herald |
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Review: Eee PC 4G with Windows XP
Like just about everybody else, we're giving ASUS' Eee PC a thumb's up. We take a look at the newer Windows XP version of the 7" Eee PC 4G, for those of you who want to run familiar Windows ...
PDA Buyer's Guide |
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Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data
Google Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy. First, it must contend with Facebook, the No. 2 online hangout behind MySpace. Days after Google...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Microsoft shuts down book search
Microsoft plans to shutter its book-scanning operation next week, the company said on Friday. It will shut down the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic Web sites and stop scanning library and copyright books, Satya Nadella, senior vice president of search, portal and advertising for Microsoft, wrote in a blog post . Microsoft appears to have decided that it doesn't want to ...
InfoWorld |
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Microsoft looks to tackle software piracy
Kolkata, May 23 Microsoft has adopted a three-pronged approach to tackle the problem of software piracy, which accounted for losses of $48 billion globally in 2007.
The Hindu |
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