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Acer eyes Linux for its low-cost laptops
Taipei, Taiwan - Acer , the world's third-largest PC maker, believes that Linux software is a key to the low-cost laptop computer movement and hopes to create a community around the devices, a top executive said.
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Business Innovation
Getting a handle on Google Apps 6/6/2008 11:58:24 AM By: C.G. Lynch "It's not about the application with 503 features beating the app with 502 features," says the product lead for Google Apps. "I think it's more about the app with 15 really solid, really useful features."
ITBusiness.ca |
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ISAF Web Site Opens With IT Security Cross-Industry Support
The Information Security Awareness Forum (ISAF), the cross-industry initiative founded by the ISSA-UK to raise awareness of information security, has formally opened its Web site. ebizQ received the following: Located at www.theisaf.org, ...
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Deloitte Workers Give YMCA's Camp Christina A Sprucing Up
About 120 Deloitte employees who usually push computer and calculator keys in their air-conditioned offices in Tampa put their hands to shovels and rakes Friday, helping the Tampa Metro YMCA's Camp Cristina spruce up its grounds before summer camp opens Monday. Volunteers replenished landscaping, cleared nature trails and painted the open-air stage backdrop. About a dozen Deloitte employees ...
South Shore News & Tribune |
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Lower voltage next goal for low-power DDR
Low-power DDR2 (LPDDR2), a next-generation low-power memory technology for mobile and embedded designs that's being defined by companies participating in Jedec standards, offers higher speed, lower- voltage operation, larger capacities and lower pin count than the current generation--and lets nonvolatile memory share the same bus as SDRAM.
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High court rules against multiple royalties; case involved Intel and LG
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has limited the ability of companies to collect multiple royalties on their patents.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Sony names a new chief for its SonyStyle.com e-commerce site
Stevenson had been president of technology start-up Data Robotics and previously worked at Gateway and Apple.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Accertify gets investment from Intel Capital
Accertify, a company that provides credit card fraud-prevention services to e-retailers, has received funding from Intel Capital, chipmaker Intel’s investment unit. Acertify did not disclose the amount.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Lenovo laptops keep score at the NBA Finals
In the world of sports, there are two things that fans obsess over: the games and the statistics that surround those games. Millions of fans will visit sites like Yahoo Sports and NBA.com this month to track the progress of the NBA Finals series between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers.
SearchMobileComputing.com |
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uBid.com Holdings appoints a vice president of marketing
Excess inventory liquidator uBid.com Holdings Inc. has appointed Bruce Hutchison vice president of marketing. Hutchison will lead the company’s strategy, branding, and customer acquisition and retention efforts as it augments its online auction platform with additional sales channels.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Shutterfly snaps up technology veteran for top e-commerce role
Online photography retailer Shutterfly Inc. has hired Geoffrey Weber as its new vice president of operations. Weber will oversee Shutterfly’s online operations, including systems, networks, data centers and Shutterfly’s archive of more than one billion customer images.
InternetRetailer.com |
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'Everyone Should Die': Tokyo Stabber's Web Post
Knife attacker in Japan planned his murder spree on the Internet.
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Scientists Build World's Fastest Computer
Weapons lab develops Roadrunner, the world's fastest computer.
ABC News |
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Google Discusses Duplicate Content
If concerns about duplicate content have got you up at night, Google wants you to return to bed and get some sleep. The search giant (re)addressed the issue this morning, and the average honest webmaster has little to worry about. read more
WebProNews |
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Blog warnings posted ahead of Tokyo knife rampage
A man arrested for killing seven people in a knife rampage on a crowded Tokyo shopping street posted dozens of warning messages on the Internet in the hours leading up to the attack, Japanese media reported on Monday.
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San Luis Obispo man behind bars after attempting to steal a laptop
A San Luis Obispo man is behind bars after a brazen attempt to steal a laptop computer with people in the house.
KSBY San Luis Obispo |
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Next-generation iPhone expected to be released today
Will the next iPhone be thinner, less expensive, perhaps cooler? Will it come with new features such as video chat and a global positioning system? For months, speculation has swirled. On Monday, Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, is expected to end the guessing game and unveil the second version of the iPhone at Apple's developer conference in San Francisco. This is not just any updated ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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Personal patient Web sites used to keep in touch with friends, relatives during medical crisis
NEW YORK - When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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World's fastest computer unveiled
Scientists at the Los Alamos government weapons lab have built the world's fastest computer. It is capable of sustaining 1,000 trillion operations per second.
Rocky Mountain News |
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William Hill bets on laptop encryption
PGP wins deal on odds of 5-4. Betting chain William Hill has become one of the first UK companies of any size to mandate full disk encryption (FDE) on company laptops, announcing a tie-up with data protection specialist PGP.
TechWorld |
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Apple Watchers Look for a New iPhone
Steven P. Jobs is expected to announce a new version of the iPhone on Monday, but ardent Apple watchers think Mr. Jobs will also use the occasion to make other major announcements.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Australia's Sydney Apple Store to Open June 19
Apple's first retail store in Australia is set to open on June 19 in Sydney. The doors to the three-story store will open to the public at 5PM local time
The Mac Observer |
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Alison Rose Levy: Don't Take the Internet for Granted
Hearing and seeing Bill Moyers, Arianna Huffington, Naomi Klein, and Dan Rather--and a host of independent journalists and techies--all gathered under one roof at last...
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Boston's Brightest Marketers Anticipate Search Engine Strategies Marketing Training
BOSTON----Each year companies invest big budgets in beautiful, well mapped websites. Yet, without the resources to drive traffic to their site or to convert site visitors into customers, money is wasted.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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'Roadrunner' is fastest computer
(AP) -- Scientists at the Los Alamos government weapons lab have built the world's fastest computer, capable of sustaining 1,000 trillion operations per second.
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