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‘Lifestreaming’ challenges social network hierachy
A new generation of social networking sites is gaining support in Silicon Valley, challenging the established models of leaders MySpace and Facebook.
Financial Times |
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Amazon.com Web site faces more trouble Monday
Amazon.com Inc. had more trouble with its Web site Monday, just days after unspecified system issues knocked the online retailer offline for more than two hours.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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AP IMPACT: AP-AOL poll: Debt hurts your body, too
The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck - and the back and the head and the stomach - for millions of Americans. When people are dealing with mountains of debt, they're much more likely to report health problems, too, according to an Associated Press - AOL Health poll.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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US develops mother of all computers
SAN FRANCISCO: An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second.
The Times of India |
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Word Perfect Office X4
An office suite for home and business users to create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and manage e-mail. Open, edit and save Microsoft Office documents.
Jumbo.com |
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Apple introduces iPhone 3G
Apple today unveiled its highly anticipated iPhone 3G. The device "climbs the next mountain" of requiring fast mobile data as well as reducing the price. The connection is the most important feature and downloads websites 2.8 times faster than an iPhone on EDGE; it's also faster versus rival 3G-capable devices like the Nokia N95, according to App...
MacNN |
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Unwell man's laptop memoirs taken
A laptop containing the memoirs of a terminally-ill man is stolen from his home in Dorset.
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Companies demo first native, third-party iPhone apps
As a part of its WWDC keynote, Apple today brought a number of companies on-stage to demonstrate some of the first third-party applications designed to run natively on the iPhone. Leading the presentation was Sega, which presented a more complete version of Super Monkey Ball, its 3D action game controlled via the accelerometer. The final version...
MacNN |
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Mobile Me: "Exchange for the rest of us"
Apple today launched its widely rumored Mobile Me service, described as "Exchange for the rest of us." Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPod users with Mobile Me accounts get e-mail, calendars, and contacts pushed to all devices; an update on one device automatically gets sent to the others. On Macs, it works with Mail, Address Book, and iCal; Windows us...
MacNN |
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iPhone 2.0 adds iWork/Office, dates App Store
Apple today announced several new features to its iPhone 2.0 software as part of its presentation at the Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco. The firmware now adds full iWork and Office document support, allowing documents from either productivity suite to be read from the phone. Users can also mass-delete e-mail, save images, use a s...
MacNN |
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Apple unveils upgraded iPhone with faster Internet
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - AP Video. Apple Inc. has unveiled an upgraded iPhone with a faster Internet connection and GPS capabilities.
Sharewatch |
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Eds: UPDATES throughout with additional background, quotes. ADDS byline, Internet note. Will be led; Jenkins plans to file at 2 p.m. CDT.
Hays Daily News |
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Apple Introduces MobileMe Internet Service
Apple® today introduced MobileMe, a new Internet service that delivers push email, push contacts and push calendars from the MobileMe service in the "cloud" to native applications on iPhone, iPod® touch, Macs and PCs.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Roadrunner is world's fastest computer
WASHINGTON -- 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.
CTV.ca |
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New proof: Office 14 slated for 2009
Even though Microsoft has yet to release a public test build of Office 14, it is tracking for a 2009 release and will likely be named Office 2009. Microsoft didn't issue a press release announcing its plans. In fact, the company has been steadfast in refusing to...
ZDNet |
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iPhone SDK Downloads Top 250,000
Apple® today announced that downloads of its iPhone SDK have topped more than 250,000 since its launch on March 6. The iPhone SDK provides developers with the same rich set of Application Programming Interfaces and tools that Apple uses to create its native applications for iPhone.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Apple Announces Second Generation iPhone 3G, 2.0 Software, iTunes App Store
Apple swings for the fences, again....
AnandTech |
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Dell spent $460,000 lobbying government in 1Q
(AP:WASHINGTON) Dell Inc. spent $460,000 in the first quarter to lobby on a variety of issues, including export control rules, proposals to overhaul the patent system and trade measures.
INO News |
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Developers Preview iPhone Apps at WWDC
Mobile games, productivity programs, Web tools, sports apps, music makers, and medical software debut at the Apple developers conference.
PC World via Yahoo! News |
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ARM SoC clocks to 2GHz, runs Linux
— Jun. 02, 2008 — [Updated Jun. 3] -- Marvell is sampling a new family of high-performance, ultra-low-power system-on-chips (SoCs) targeting IP-based home gateways, set-top boxes (STBs), home routers, media servers, and mobile Internet devices (MIDs).
Linux Devices |
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Vision 2008 speakers: Jon Corbet, Chris Hallinan, Paul McKenney, Jim Ready, and Jason Wacha
MontaVista is now accepting submission for papers for the 45-minute educational sessions. The abstract deadline is June 27th, and presenters will receive a free admission to the conference.
Linux Devices |
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CSC spent $250K to lobby federal government in 1Q
(AP:WASHINGTON) Computer Sciences Corp., which provides information technology and other services to commercial and government customers, spent $250,000 in the first quarter to lobby on funding for missile defense and other Pentagon programs.
INO News |
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Apple unveils new iPhone with faster Internet speeds and chops price, as expected
I would be first in line if I was able to buy it as a T-mobile phone out of the box. I am locked in with T-Mobile. I think a great … read more marketing move would be for AT&T to say "drop your carrier and buy a Iphone and we will pay the fee for dropping your old service."
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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BlackBerry Thunder Photograph Leaked?
They may be blurry, but photos have surfaced of the BlackBerry Thunder, the first touch-screen BlackBerry being billed as strong rival to the Apple iPhone.
ChannelWeb |
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Entrepreneur helps firms maximize potential
SCOTTSDALE - When Trish Bear started in the Internet business in 1994, it was tough to convince businesses to get a connection.
The Arizona Republic |
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