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Calls for Chinese boycott of French firm
A Chinese Internet campaign calling for a boycott of French retail giant Carrefour gained momentum Tuesday, part of a nationalistic counterattack against protests that marred the Beijing Olympics' torch relay in Paris, London and San Francisco earlier this month. Miami Herald
Sept 11 images on accused's computer, jury told
PHOTOS of the ruined World Trade Centre and the burning wreckage of the Pentagon were among 49,000 images found on the computer of one of the men accused of helping the July 7 bombers plan their attack, a court heard today. (15/04/2008 14:30:01) Yorkshire Post Today
Misrepresented Items, Lack of Customer Support Sabotage Online Shopping Experience
PRINCETON, N.J.----Nearly one quarter of respondents participating in the latest Ouch Point survey from Opinion Research Corporation , an infoUSA company , cited purchased items having no resemblance to their image on the Internet as their biggest online shopping frustration. Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
6th Sense Analytics Announces Integration with Atlassian's JIRA
MORRISVILLE, N.C.----6th Sense Analytics Inc., provider of unbiased data and metrics into the status of outsourced software development projects, today announced its integration with Atlassian's JIRA product, a bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management application. Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Google's VP, Marissa Mayer, On "Don't Be Evil" Company Motto
Don't Be Evil or don't lose value? from The Sydney Morning Herald interviews Google's vice president, Marissa Mayer on Google's famous company motto, "Don't Be Evil." In that interview, she explains that the motto "wasn't like an elected, ordained motto." She added, "It [the motto] is good PR but really it's empty because it's questionable whether shareholders will care [whether Google is ... Search Engine Land
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce
Ubuntu 5.10. This is the official Ubuntu 5.10 release, and includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures. In addition, Kubuntu 5.10 has also been released . You can download Ubuntu here , and Kubuntu here . OS News
Lenovo Eyes the Middle East
The computer maker, looking to expand beyond Asia, is looking at acquisitions in the Middle East and Turkey.... Win a Dell XPS Ultra-Portable Notebook Free Registration to Insight24 Directory - Access Over 5,000 B2B Webcasts, Podcasts, and Videos. eWeek
Falls death woman's laptop found
Personal belongings, including a backpack and laptop, owned by a British woman who died in Brazil are found by police. BBC News
Nokia pushes '4G wireless' plans
Nokia signs up Sony Ericsson, NEC and Alacatel-Lucent to its plans for a 4G wireless system. BBC News
Prescott teen arrested for slamming chair over girl's head
Charter school incident posted on Internet The Arizona Republic
1. PHP = Trouble
PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is the major culprit in LAMP insecurity. It's relatively young; it was born in 1997, and is still evolving. The problems with PHP are three-fold: inherent flaws, inexperienced coders, and unmaintained sites that never patch or upgrade PHP. Server Watch
Red Herring Reveals Companies Selected for the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008
Red Herring today announced that Conduit, a leading provider of website syndication solutions for web publishers, is a recipient of the Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year. Centre Daily Times
BB&T Selects Orchestria to Support Compliance and Data Loss Initiatives
Orchestria, the proven leader in Information Protection and Control, has announced that its Intelligent Compliance suite has been deployed for full-service brokerage and investment banking firm Scott & Stringfellow, a subsidiary of BB&T Corporation. Centre Daily Times
Amperion Unveils Its New Focus and Strategy
Amperion Inc., the pioneer of Broadband over Power Line and Hybrid Broadband Network Technology, has emerged from stealth mode with a new focus, patented product line, new funding and a new strategy. Centre Daily Times
Internet Strategy Forum Jumps to 1200 Members, Prepares for 2008 Summit, 1st International Chapter
Today, the Internet Strategy Forum (ISF) announced that its highly-targeted membership of corporate Internet strategists has reached 1200. Recently-added new members hail from organizations as diverse as Amnesty International, AT&T, Cisco, Coca-Cola, eBay, Eli Lilly and Co., Intuit, Lego, Lehman Bros., Newsweek, Nokia, Philips, Target, Washington State University and Whirlpool. Centre Daily Times
Galen Catholic College Achieves High Performance Wi-Fi with Xirrus
Xirrus, Inc. the only Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that can replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi as the primary network connection, announced today that Galen Catholic College located in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia has deployed Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays to support high performance applications and high density classrooms campus-wide. Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance
The Stars Came Out for the Premiere of the John Melendez Film ''National Lampoon Presents One, Two, Many''
LOS ANGELES----Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks, Robin Leach, Ming Na, Nancy O'Dell, Alan Thicke, and Kim Kardashian along with her mother and sister, all came out to the Arclight Theater in Hollywood to celebrate the premiere of the "One, Two, Many", with the spectacular festivities captured live by "Access Hollywood". Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Galen Catholic College Achieves High Performance Wi-Fi with Xirrus
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.----Xirrus, Inc. the only Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that can replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi as the primary network connection, announced today that Galen Catholic College located in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia has deployed Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays to support high performance applications and high density classrooms campus-wide. Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Wind River VxWorks 653 Has Been Selected for nEUROn Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Demonstrator
Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), announced today that the nEUROn European Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator will be standardized on Wind River's VxWorks 653(R) operating system. The computer core system complies with the ARINC 653-1 avionics standard and can be supplied with complete RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B up to ... Centre Daily Times
Calls grow in China for boycott of French supermarket chain Carrefour
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese Internet campaign calling for a boycott of French retail giant Carrefour gained momentum Tuesday, part of a nationalistic counterattack against protests that marred the Beijing Olympics' torch relay in Paris, London and San Francisco earlier this month. Philstar.com
Advanced Communications Launches New Web Site under ''Encompass'' Brand
Advanced Communications Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADVC), an integrated reverse logistics holding company serving the consumer electronics industry, announced today that it has launched a new web site - www.EncompassGroup.com. The new site provides content to more accurately project the Company's strategic mission in the marketplace, and to more specifically address the needs and ... Centre Daily Times
'Buy It Now'
In the eBay world, anything is possible. Baltimore Examiner
HP Names Enrique Lores Worldwide Sales Lead for Personal Systems Group and Head of Partner Unit
HP (NYSE:HPQ) today appointed Enrique Lores to the position of senior vice president of worldwide sales for its Personal Systems Group (PSG) and head of its Solutions Partner Organization, serving all HP businesses worldwide. Centre Daily Times
Sun Launches Eco Advantage Program to Enable Partners to Tap Growing Customer Demand for Energy-Efficient Solutions
Continuing the momentum of its ongoing Eco Innovation Initiative, Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:JAVA) today announced the Sun(SM) Eco Advantage Program (EAP), providing Sun Partner(SM) Advantage Program members with the tools, resources and training they need to build their own eco IT practices. This new program enables Sun's worldwide partners to deliver a comprehensive set of products and services ... Centre Daily Times
Programmer Pops Question on Video Game
Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn't enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question. Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a... San Francisco Chronicle