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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 8th Oct 2005 18:57 UTC
Microsoft has not yet launched a paid anti-virus product, but questions about software bundling and unfair competition are already swirling in Europe . Rival Symantec acknowledged late this week that it has responded to a request for information from European Union regulators regarding the state of the security market and Symantec's role in it.
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Recent Original Stories
"Dan Warne reckons Apple is about to deftly round-house kick Microsoft's media center strategy for six. First Apple leaves a mysterious header on the Mac Mini motherboard for a non-existent iPod dock connector. Then it brings out media center software and a video iPod at the same time.
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Symantec Plans Release of "Zero-Impact" Norton
Symantec's anticipated release of Norton 360 incorporates a new statistical scanning technology that looks at PC behavior, which the company says theoretically could prevent the computer from bogging down when the security software is active.
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Has Vanity Gone Viral?
New video-sharing Web site allows people to weigh in on others' appearances.
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Football fans and African youths clash in Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - More than 200 Anderlecht football fans and youths of African origin clashed on Friday in fighting organised on the Internet which left police officers injured and led to widespread vandalism, a police spokesman said.
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NetSmartz Program Educates Children About Online Predators
The U.S. Attorney's Office and West Virginia State Police are working to inform young children about the dangers of Internet predators.
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Perimeter eSecurity Adds Online Storage To Its Services Offerings
The services provider now offers a mix of security, networking, and storage SaaS offerings to the channel.
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Kerviel Takes A Career Detour
The former rogue trader is going straight with a job at an IT consultancy.
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Football fans and African youths clash in Brussels
More than 200 Anderlecht football fans and youths of African origin clashed on Friday in fighting organised on the Internet which left police officers injured and led to widespread vandalism, a police spokesman said.
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Librarian Defends Viewing Porn At Library
Hartford Public Library's chief librarian says patrons have the right to view pornography on library computers.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 11th Sep 2005 10:40 UTC
More from Paul Thurrot today, as he reviews the N editions of Windows: "If you're wondering what the XP N Editions are like, wonder no more. I got my hands on both XP Home N and XP Pro N this week and gave them both a spin.
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Yahoo urges shareholders to reject Icahn
Yahoo urged shareholders Friday to shun corporate raider Carl Icahn and rebuff his efforts to replace board members with people amenable to a takeover by US software giant Microsoft.
TurkishPress.com |
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The Psychology of Time Perception in Software
How you express time in the user interface can determine how your user experiences and perceives your solution.
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Hamilton student at centre of 500k internet scam
A student has found herself at the centre of an internet money-laundering scam after $500,000 turned up in her bank account. Twenty-year-old Hamilton journalist student Sarah-Lee Ryan has had her account frozen by ASB, who she said implied that she was the "middleman" in the attempted scam.
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Washington DC
WEB 55.0 : n. The designation for the particular socio-cultural effects of the Baby Boomer population online. 2. A completely made up thing, just like Web 2.0.
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Houston Couple Raises the Bar in High-Tech Treasure Hunt
It's a game that you start on the Internet but finish in the great outdoors. FOX 26's "My Tech Guy" Doug Delony has a look at how a Houston couple is setting a record in the world of Geocaching.
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TJX employee fired for exposing shoddy security practices
Blank passwords for the company that lost 94m credit cards TJX Companies, the mammoth US retailer whose substandard security led to the world's biggest credit card heist, has fired an employee after he left posts in an online forum that made disturbing claims about security practices at the store where he worked.…
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AJAX World - SaaS Platforms For ISVs and Who Wins?
Although SaaS development platforms like SalesForce and Coghead have gotten a lot of attention, this market has so far been remarkably closed and proprietary. The Platform as a Service leader, SalesForce, has both a draconian hosting policy (host your apps and data anywhere, as long as it's with us!) but also a proprietary language (who needs Java when you've got Apex!?). Moving forward, the ...
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Banks clarify exactly what bank data lost
Some Wachovia Bank employees are among the 4.5 million consumers whose personal information was on unencrypted computer back-up tapes that disappeared in February.
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Top Local Stories
Here are the top local stories at this hour: the Birmingham Water Works billing computers made some serious errors in billing, a burglary ring has been busted at the University of Alabama, and Children's Hospital in Birmingham receives a very generous donation to help build a new facility...
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Yahoo renominates board, postpones AGM
NEW YORK: Yahoo Inc on Thursday nominated nine of its 10 existing directors for re-election to the company’s board, setting the stage for a showdown with dissident investors at its annual shareholder meeting.
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VeloNews seeks Web advertising traffic coordinator
Competitor Group Inc., the leading media and event platform company for endurance sports, seeks full-time professional to manage and traffic Web advertising campaigns for company Web sites. Experience working with Internet technology and familiarity with Web trends required. Experience working with Web advertising management software and html a plus. Successful candidate will have proven ability ...
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Yahoo To Stockholders: Ignore Icahn Proxy Cards
Yahoo Inc.'s board is urging shareholders not to sign or return proxy cards sent to them in connection with activist investor Carl Icahn's efforts to replace the company's current directors.
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14-year-old Irvine college grad wants to create artificial intelligence
The boy is heading off to UC Berkeley, where he plans to study cognitive science.
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