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Rants and Raves
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New iPhone will incorporate GPS
Apple's second generation iPhone will include a satellite positioning system
Guardian Unlimited |
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Kingston Technology Serves Up High Capacity Memory Options in Support of IT Pros at Microsoft Tech-Ed '08
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The San Francisco Examiner |
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Stocks Bid For Recovery, But Apple Drags on Tech
Stocks were mixed as Wall Street sought to regain its footing following Friday's dramatic oil-inspired selloff.
CNBC via Yahoo! Finance |
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Parts Of State See Record June Heat Wave
Summer is two weeks away, but hot weather in central and eastern Tennessee has broken and tied records since June 1. Upload Weather Photos Alerts Forecast Desktop Weather
WSMV Nashville |
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Mainline's White Paper - "Desktop Virtualization: The Pendulum Swings for the PC"
To address this issue of improving capacity utilization, more and more companies and information technology departments are implementing infrastructure solutions, such as server and storage consolidation through virtualization. With the promise of a new day rising upon the desktop environment, companies are taking a 'return-to-the-mainframe' mentality, leveraging these same solutions, and in ...
SYS-CON Media |
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Internet cafés help students meet school needs - cyber café owner
AS classes begin, some students will be tasked to do projects that may involve a trip to the nearest Internet café.
Sun Star |
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TVs, Computers Taken From Laurel Elementary
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Laurel Elementary School had two computers and a 42-inch flat screen plasma TV taken from some of the classrooms last week. New Castle police are still searching for suspects.
WPXI Pittsburgh |
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Tech Stocks Mixed; Apple, Google Fall; Yahoo, AMD Gain
Shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc. (GOOG) were struggling late Monday morning as an underperforming tech sector sank into the red while the broader market registered gains.
INO News |
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Computer sets new speed record
Scientists at an American government weapons laboratory have built the world's fastest computer capable of 1,000 trillion operations per second. The Energy Department and IBM announced the breakthrough on Monday.
Channel 4 |
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FICS Rolls Out Business Objects' Business Intelligence Tools For Commercial Servicer Solution
Financial Industry Computer Systems, Inc. (FICS(R)), a mortgage technology specialist that provides in-house residential origination and servicing technology and commercial servicing technology to the mortgage industry, announced the recent roll out of BusinessObjects(TM) Enterprise Professional (BOE) and Crystal Reports(R) XI to users of its commercial mortgage loan servicing system, Commercial ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Steve Jobs at WWDC 2008: Live
Apple's much lauded iPhone captured 28% of the smart-phone market in the States by the fourth quarter of 2007--just six months into its launch. Today it holds something less than that--about 19.2%.
AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance |
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New iPhone will incorporate GPS
Apple's second generation iPhone will include a satellite positioning system, the Guardian has learned
Guardian Unlimited |
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On the unwinnability of the Iraq War
I got a number of reactions to my column, “A black man in the White House” published June 7. One of the most comprehensive came from Juanito Fuerte, apparently writing from the US using an AOL address.
The Manila Times |
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World's fastest computer built from video game chips
The advanced processor inside the PlayStation 3 underpins a supercomputer twice as fast as any before
New Scientist |
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Microsoft buys another "distinguished alum" award from Boston University [Rebecca Norlander]
If you want to win a Boston University Computer Science Distinguished Alumni Award, it doesn't hurt if your employer has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the BU professor who nominates you.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
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Xbox Live Arcade To Get Commando 3, Frogger 2
Microsoft has announced that its next regular Xbox Live Arcade update will see the addition of Capcom's arcade shooter Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 and Frogger 2, a sequel to Konami's classic arcade original. First announced in March and developed by Backbone Entertainment, Capcom says top-down shooter Commando 3 will feature multiplayer support for up to three players both online and ...
Gamasutra |
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The9 Appoints Deloitte Vet As New CFO
Shanghai-based online game operator The9 Limited has appointed former Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu senior auditor George Lai as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective July 3rd, 2008. Lai will take over current CFO Tony Tse's position as he resigns due to personal and family reasons. Lai served in several positions at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's Hong Kong, New York, and Beijing offices since he ...
Gamasutra |
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Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft Empower Consumers to Take Charge of Their Health
OAKLAND, Calif. and REDMOND, Wash. , June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft Corp. announced today that the two companies will pilot health data transfers between Kaiser Permanente's My Health Manager and the Microsoft HealthVault consumer health platform.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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McAfee extends enterprise antivirus line
McAfee Monday outlined a strategy to extend its antivirus product line into the areas of offline virtual images, SAP's NetWeaver, as well as storage systems from EMC and Sun Microsystems . McAfee plans to roll out versions of its Windows server-based VirusScan Enterprise software for these three areas by the end of next month that will work by residing next to protected data assets ...
InfoWorld |
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Import rush on to beat laser gun ban
INTERNET chatrooms are running hot with plans to import highly dangerous laser pointers before they become illegal next month.
News Interactive |
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Useful Websites
The online design universe is thriving like never before, but sometimes the web can seem more like a maze than a resource. Google Inc. pulls up thousands of results for most keywords, and trustworthiness and the Internet don’t always go hand and hand.
Kitchen and Bath Business |
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New HD Animation Technology Provides Highest Quality Experience For Animators And Fans Around the World On MyToons.com
LOS ANGELES----MyToons.com, the world's premier online animation community, today announced the launch of HD Animation™; a first for any online animation site. Animators and animation fans around the world can now experience both independent and studio animations in glorious high definition color and clarity - precisely as the creators intended them to be viewed - at MyToons.com.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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New York & Company, Inc. Appoints Donna M. Iucolano, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Direct Group
New York & Company, Inc. (NYSE: NWY) announced today the appointment of Donna M. Iucolano to the position of Executive Vice President, General Manager - Direct Group. Ms. Iucolano will have overall responsibility for maximizing the e-commerce business for the New York & Company brand and for leading Customer Relationship Management efforts including a private label credit card, loyalty program, ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Cops nab youth with stolen laptop
Police are hoping that a suspect will shine a light into the stolen laptop market in Pretoria.
Independent Online |
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