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Bill to tax downloads dies in committee
SACRAMENTO — A measure that could force consumers to pay sales tax on downloaded music, books, ring tones, games and movies was narrowly rejected by an Assembly panel Monday after strong opposition from companies that do business in Silicon Valley.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 23rd Dec 2006 17:42 UTC
"I can't count how many times people have asked me if Windows XP would be available on new PCs following Vista's release. In the near term, the answer is as much a factor of user demand and OEM and system builder policies.
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Wall St set to open flat ahead of Intel earnings
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Index futures pointed to a flat start on Wall Street on Tuesday ahead of wholesale inflation data and as the U.S. earnings season gets into full swing with reports from Intel and Johnson & Johnson .
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Teenage boys arrested after fight aired on MpSpace.com
Six teenage boys are facing disorderly conduct charges for their alleged involvement in a fight that was recorded and posted on a popular Internet social networking site.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 6th May 2006 22:05 UTC
A group of software developers have created a program to make Microsoft Office work with files in the OpenDocument format , a move that would bridge currently incompatible desktop applications.
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Dell plans to expand its laptop portfolio by 50 percent this year
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS: Dell has announced its redesigned Vostro laptop line for small businesses, including the new 13.3-inch Vostro 1310 starting at $ 749 and 15.4-inch Vostro 1510 starting at $ 599. Products are available in Europe, Middle East and Africa, followed by North and South America May 1, and Asia Pacific and Japan May 5. The company will also offer a redesigned 17-inch Vostro 1710 ...
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Google mapping spec made industry standard
Already used by rivals, Google's KML mapping format has been made an official industry standard by the Open Geospatial Consortium
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Virtually fit
Life & style: Online gyms and 'exergames' such as Wii Fit are flooding the fitness market. But how effective are they?
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$399 Mac Clone announced
Apple faces an unauthorised manufacturer offering a Mac clone based on an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Upstart company Psystar claims it will soon offer a $400 Mac clone running at 2.2GHz with integrated GMA 950 graphics.
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NEC unveils Lui home media server and portable clients
TOKYO, 15 APRIL 2008 - NEC will put on sale next week its new Lui PC and home media server. The Lui can tune into digital high-definition TV broadcasts and stream both live and recorded programs to compatible TVs and computers and allow remote Windows desktop access from portable devices.
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Intelligence: Cops
April 15, 2008: One type of soldier that is particularly popular in Iraq are reservists whose civilian job is as policemen. These guys are particularly popular if they are back for a second tour. The reason is simple, the cops have "street smarts."
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Dell unveils Opteron quad-core servers
Dell has announced that it will use new AMD processors for its PowerEdge server range. The company is equipping four servers with Opteron quad-core chips, and will introduce a new tower server based on the AMD processors.
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Electronic age posing problems for parents
A few weeks ago, Walnut Creek Intermediate School's auditorium was crammed with parents anxious to hear therapist Steven Freemire's take on Wii, iPhones and cyberaddiction.
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IBM opens gates on 32nm development
A research team lead by IBM has moved closer to developing a 32nm processor. The team, which includes Samsung, STMicroelectronics and Toshiba, is ready to begin working with hardware vendors to design the first chips with the 32nm manufacturing process.
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Orlando-area house was home to sex Web site, unaired reality show
The Apopka home where a reality television show was being filmed illegally also was used earlier this year to broadcast live streaming sex acts for an adult-entertainment Web site, police said.
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More toddlers becoming drawn to Net
Worries over teen and adult cyberaddiction may pale with what's ahead.
The Daily Review |
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Microsoft to unite major oil and gas players at the Global Energy Forum
Microsoft will host its Global Energy Forum at the Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi on 29 April 2008 - exploring how its technologies can address regional and global challenges.
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In Tango with the Sixth Season of ABC's Popular Series, THQ Launches the Dancing with the Stars Video Game
AGOURA HILLS, Calif.----THQ Inc. today announced Dancing with the Stars, based on the popular ABC television show of the same name, is now available for Windows PC, online download and mobile phones.
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E-PUBLISHING: As high-speed Internet access invades the average household, digital publishing is evolving into big business.
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FAST hits back at EU vote on illegal downloading
Tom Young, Information World Review , Tuesday 15 April 2008 at 00:00:00 Civil liberties should not be dressed up as a rogues' charter, says Federation against Software Theft The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has hit back at MEPs who voted against a move to ban suspected file sharers from the internet.... > Read the full article
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Wall St set to open flat ahead of Intel earnings
Index futures pointed to a flat start on Wall Street on Tuesday ahead of wholesale inflation data and as the U.S. earnings season gets into full swing with reports from Intel and Johnson & Johnson .
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"This presents a high-level overview of the different pieces of the GNOME Platform : libraries to write user interfaces, to integrate with the desktop, to do inter-process communication, the virtual file system, accessibility, multimedia.
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Japanese geeks offered smaller-than-Eee little laptop
Twee tablet, anyone? Japanese laptop maker Kohjinsha has rolled out a pair of Eee PC challengers, taking on the elfin sub-notebook with a pair of similarly sized tablet-style units incorporating 80GB hard drives.…
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"As suspected, the European Union formally lodged antitrust charges against Intel
, accusing the CPU maker of using illegal methods to compete against its main rival AMD. "I can confirm the statement of objections has been sent," European Commission spokesperson Ton Van Lierop said in a statement given to Reuters.
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Apple and Sony setlle over battery burn-up
APPLE AND SONY have settled out of court to the tune of ¥1.3 million (£6,500) in a case where a Sony battery in an Apple laptop allegedly caught fire. This resulted in damages to a carpet, furniture and the owners fingers as he tried to sling it out of the house into the garden.
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