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Samsung Electronics unveils new solid-state hard drive
SEOUL — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest computer chip maker, said yesterday it has developed a new solid-state drive which is expected to replace hard disk drives in laptop computers.
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Philippine Silicon Valley -- By Dennis Posadas: Philippine IPv6 summit
I was at the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) summit in Sofitel last May 21. If you are not familiar with IPv6, it is sometimes called the next generation of the Internet. Special guests of the Summit were Latif Ladid, the CEO of the IPv6 Forum, Department of Science and Technology Usec. Fortunato dela Peña, ASTI Director Denis Villorente, Tony Hain of CISCO, Bruce Sinclair of Hexago, John ...
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Hertzler Systems Releases Latest Update to Popular GainSeeker Suite
Hertzler Systems Inc., a leading provider of real-time data acquisition and analytics software, has just released GainSeeker Suite Version 7.7. The new version enhances the product's Enterprise Dashboard module and expands capabilities for analyzing and reporting data.
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Microsoft CEO: Yahoo buy not a strategy in itself
MOSCOW -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Friday that buying Yahoo was not a strategy in itself, and dropping the bid meant it now had $50 billion to spend on other acquisitions.
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Autonet Mobile Wins Industry Newcomer Award from Telematics Update Magazine
Autonet Mobile, the first wireless Internet service provider for vehicles, has received the Industry Newcomer Award from Telematics Update Magazine. Autonet Mobile turns the car into a WiFi hotspot allowing passengers to access all their favorite websites such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook, YouTube as well as on-line games while in their cars and on the road.
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A Genetic Marker for Nearsightedness? Update on Vitamins and AMD, and Recovery From Optic Neuritis
SAN FRANCISCO----The June 2008 issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes a groundbreaking study on genetic factors and nearsightedness, a cautionary tale on age-related macular degeneration patients' vitamin use, and good news for people who have had an acute attack of optic neuritis.
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Intelsat Announces Acting Chief Financial Officer
PEMBROKE, Bermuda----Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, today announced that it has accepted the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer, Jeffrey Freimark, to be effective June 5, 2008.
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Microsoft to reward US Live Search shoppers with cash
SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft said yesterday it will reward US Live Search shoppers with cash for purchases, essentially trying to buy market share it tried to win with its failed bid to take over Yahoo.
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
The Philly Inky reports that Philadelphia Museum of Art director Anne d'Harnoncourt died this morning of natural causes. She was 64. Weekend roundup was the previous entry in this blog.
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Strix Systems' Access/One Outdoor Wireless Systems Deployed for Korea's Intelligent Highway Infrastructure
Strix OWS delivered highest performance exceeding evaluation criteria for streaming high bandwidth megapixel video while moving at high speed over long distances. (PRWeb Jun 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/korea/highway/prweb989834.htm
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Nasdaq OMX launches free real-time market data service
Market operator Nasdaq OMX is launching a free real-time market data service that will be delivered by Google, Wall Street Journal, CNBC and Xignite, ...
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Egypt: Blogger Gets 2,300 Letters in Prison
Kareem referred to the campaign in a message yesterday to a blogger in Alexandria (http://wa7damasrya.blogspot.com/). "got 2300 messages from everywhere" he wrote.
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MS warns users about Safari/Windows vulnerability
Owners of Windows XP and Vista should avoid using Apple's Safari browser for the foreseeable future, Microsoft has warned. The company notes that while there is a vulnerability in how XP and Vista handle executables on the desktop, this may not be an immediate issue except that browsers like Safari do not ask permission to download a number of fil...
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Global chip sales rise 5.9 per cent
SAN FRANCISCO – Global sales of semiconductors rose 5.9 per cent in April on solid demand for personal computers, mobile phones and products using flash memory, an industry group said Monday.
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Cogent Communications CEO to Present at Deutsche Bank and Wachovia Conferences
Cogent Communications Group, Inc. , one of the largest Ethernet Internet service providers in the world, today announced that Dave Schaeffer, chief executive officer, will present at the following investor-relations conferences:
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Microsoft: CardSpace Attack Works but Was Too Rigged
Microsoft is disputing that its CardSpace authentication management technology can be hacked despite a research paper that...
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Microsoft in search engine deal
Microsoft announces a deal with Hewlett-Packard that it hopes will boost its web search traffic.
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A computer that can 'read' your mind
For centuries, the concept of mind readers was strictly the domain of folklore and science fiction. But according to new research published today in the journal Science, scientists are closer to knowing how specific thoughts activate our brains. The findings demonstrate the power of computational modeling to improve our understanding of how the brain processes information and thoughts.
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Best Buy Electronics Recycling: What You Can Bring
Best Buy announced Monday a free electronics recycling program to help get rid of some of the waste it helped create Smaller TVs, computers and monitors will be accepted, but larger items will be turned away...
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Micro lending site looks for 'small change'
(AP:NEW YORK) Micro loans, sometimes as small as $10 or $20, can help poor families around the world start a small business to work their way out of poverty. Now an online brokerage that specializes in micro lending is looking for small investments to expand that process.
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TAOS, Avago announce dual-source agreement for ambient light sensors
Plano, Tex. — Driven by high-volume demand for ambient light sensors used in cell phones, computer monitors and LCD displays, Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. (TAOS) has announced the industry's first dual-source agreement for ambient light sensors with Avago Technologies.
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Microsoft to make Windows 7 testing mandatory
Vista certification dependent on testing. Microsoft is to require hardware makers to test their device drivers on Windows 7 to receive certification for Windows Vista.
TechWorld |
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Best Buy Pilots Recycling Program
The program launched June 1, with stores in the Baltimore, San Francisco, and Minnesota markets. Customers can bring in up to two electronic devices per day, per household, for recycling at no charge.
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UIC Computer Scientist Named Engineering Dean
Peter Nelson, a computer science professor and expert in the field of artificial intelligence, has been appointed dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Engineering, pending approval by the university's Board of Trustees.
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Low-Cost PCs In the Spotlight
Smaller, low-cost PCs are likely to be at the top of the shopping list for technology buyers gathering in Taipei this week for the world's second largest computer fair, as an economic slowdown in the United States forces consumers to cut back on spending.
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