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Finally, a digital pen with the write stuff (+video)
Now and then there's a push toward "pen-based computing" that doesn't get very far. But in a test of the latest crop of pens that combine ink with digital technology, at least one stands out as a useful tool and a complement to the keyboard.
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Recent Original Stories
Malware writers appear to be much further along in developing malware for Vista than the security industry is in making products to protect the new operating system.
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Icahn sets price tag for Yahoo
The per-share price is one of two nifty nuggets in the latest saber-rattling letter to Yahoo's chairman. The other: Jerry Yang can stay after all--just not as CEO. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com
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IBM takes on Microsoft with ODF-based Symphony
IBM has launched a commercially supported version of its Lotus Symphony productivity suite, which could prove a challenge to Microsoft Office.
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Panorama Launches Online BI Service
PowerApps is a Web-based hosted online analytical processing (OLAP) platform that offers application programming interfaces to create scorecards, dashboards, and reports from within Google Apps.
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Children wary of internet world
THEY have been dubbed "digital natives" by sociologists, but the ease with which many young people use technology has not stopped some from feeling wary about its influence.
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Study: Patients more informed, but communication not improved
OXFORD — The Internet is helping people become more informed about their medical conditions, but they're still reluctant to ask questions during doctors' appointments.
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Apple hopes to entice customers with cheaper, smaller iPhone
New, lower priced version of US computer maker's mobile phone set for launch in attempt to increase sales
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Icahn's big bet on Yahoo hinges on Microsoft sale
Antagonistic investor Carl Icahn became a billionaire by bullying already distressed companies, but his harassment of Yahoo Inc. could leave him with a black eye - and a hole in his wallet - if he's wrong about Microsoft Corp.'s desire to buy the Internet pioneer.
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Jim Ross Talks About the WWE Draft, Spoilers in Wrestling, Nick Hogan in Jail & More
Jim Ross is back with another blog post, which you can read here in its entirety. Some highlights: Nick Hogan's move from Solitary Confinement: "There will likely be interesting times ahead for young Nick (Hogan) Bollea as he has been moved from protective, solitary confinement to a cell with three other juveniles who are most certain to all be future TMZ "quotes" and perhaps even potential ...
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Unsigned band become first to play gigs on Facebook
Pop star wannabes hoping to follow in the footsteps of internet-spawned music sensations such as Lily Allen, the Arctic Monkeys and Kate Nash have been given a new window of opportunity by an enterprising London rock outfit.
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Explainer: Search engine optimisation
As a web publisher, you are one of more than 100m websites in the world. So how do you make your site as easy as possible to find? The key is through search engines, which can drive as much as 60% of the traffic to major news sites. What exactly is SEO? Search Engine Optimisation is the process of making web content easy for search engines to index, find and display. It's hard to ...
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Apple hopes to entice customers with cheaper, smaller iPhone
Apple is preparing to slash the price of its iPhone handset in an attempt to convince millions more customers to get on board. The iPod-maker is due to launch an improved version of its much-vaunted touchscreen mobile phone today. Although the announcement is being closely guarded, sources have confirmed a number of details to the Guardian. The handset will offer faster connections to the ...
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UK trailing in global broadband league
Representatives from the government, the regulator Ofcom and industry will hold a crisis summit today to discuss how to prevent the UK slipping down the global broadband league. The government's independent advisory body, the Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG), will tell the meeting that the long-term benefits to the UK economy of having the next generation of super-fast networks will ...
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MidnightBSD has integrated ProPolice into its system .
"MidnightBSD is a desktop operating system for x86 compatible, and soon amd64 compatible architectures. It was originally based on FreeBSD 6.1 Beta. The goal of the project is to create a BSD with ease of use and simplicity in mind."
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Bigpoint games site snapped up by NBC fund
The boom in online gaming will be underlined on Monday with the acquisition of Bigpoint, a German-based computer games website, by NBC Universal’s Peacock Equity Fund and GMT Communications Partners, the UK-based private equity group.
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Recent Original Stories
"Unless you have been living in a cave somewhere in Redmond you would no doubt have heard of Ubuntu and its many derivatives, touted as 'Linux for human beings'.
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Technology and Gas Prices Send Students Of Virtual Field Trips
Internet-based virtual field trips are becoming more common due to the rising cost of gas.
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Google funks up its favicon
Google has decided to get with the times and refresh its well-worn favicon. Marissa Mayer wrote on Google's blog that the favicon - the small icon that appears in browsers next to the URL, or in lists of bookmark - has been changed to better suit new web gadgets.
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Inside the music industry's piracy battle
WASHINGTON - Deep inside the national headquarters of the Recording Industry Assn. of America (RIAA) is a purple room. Tinted windows shade the faces of young men and women working behind computer screens.
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Recent Original Stories
As part of its three-pronged quest for worldwide Internet domination - via MSN, Live Search, and Windows Live - Microsoft has unleashed a bundled download of its installed desktop Live software: Mail, Photo Gallery, Writer, and OneCare Family Safety.
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Recent Original Stories
"I put up my review for iWeb , the newest part of iLife from Apple Computers. My enitre personal page was designed with iWeb and a few royalty free images I found scattered around the web to give it an atmosphere that I haven't been able to create before on my own.
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Time Warner World News Gallery
Every day, journalists around the world face intimidation, censorship and perilous conditions. Journalists have been harassed, attacked and imprisoned simply for asking a question or reporting facts; but news still gets out, exposing the truth through the mainstream, underground and Internet press.
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Bloomberg Internet, TV and Radio Gallery
As technologies improved, the speed of news increased. First there was radio, carrying the sound of news simultaneously to thousands of listeners over long distances. Television and the internet added impact. Television added impact with moving images.
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Beer sellers take racy ads to internet
ST. LOUIS -- Anheuser-Busch is generating lots of buzz with an ad equal parts bawdy and hilarious, but you won't see it on television, and it barely mentions the beer it's advertising. Dubbed "Swear Jar," the too-risque-for-TV ad debuted on the Internet in 2007. A minute long, it begins with an office worker asking about a jar at the reception desk. It's a "swear jar," he's told: Anyone who ...
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