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Security hole in software exposes world's utilities to Net attacks
Attackers could gain control of water treatment plants, natural gas pipelines and other critical utilities because of a vulnerability in the software that runs some of those facilities, security researchers reported Wednesday.
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Recent Original Stories
With two Intel Quad-Core Clovertown processors and eight sticks of Kingston FB-DIMM DDR2 Phoronix set out to see the level of memory performance in an octal-core environment . Phoronix has tested the memory in single, dual, and quad memory channel configurations.
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Free Times - Ohio's Premier News, Arts, & Entertainment Weekly
Do You Really Need That New Tv? Does anyone else find it kind of winkingly suspicious that the $600 stimulus package from the US Treasury is pretty much the exact cost of a budget-brand LCD flat-panel HDTV from Wal-Mart?
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Roadrunner tests nukes' reliability
WASHINGTON, June 11 (UPI) -- The National Nuclear Security Administration's new computer improves the agency's abilities to certify that the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile is reliable.
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Recent Original Stories
"GNU/Linux is the most popular operating system built with free/open source software. However, it is not the only one: FreeBSD is also becoming popular for its stability, robustness and security.
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O'Brien: More social-networking tools than anyone needs
The invitation to try the latest buzz-generating Web 2.0 social-networking start-up arrived late at night last week from a friend who said half-jokingly in an e-mail: "Better check out Plurk, buddy.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Google Co-Founder Books a Flight on Russian Soyuz Space Shot
Space Adventures plans to buy a Soyuz flight in 2011, with the option of buying more. One of the passengers will likely be Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin.
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We've gotten smart: Movie's spy gadgets do exist
The shoe phone on TV's "Get Smart" wasn't just a sneaky spy gadget, it was a technological marvel: a wireless, portable telephone that could be used anywhere — though it did require a dime to make a call.
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Linksys announces wireless-G router
MUMBAI, INDIA: Linksys announced the new wireless-G broadband router WRT54G2—the successor of Linksys by CiscoWRT54G router.
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TMO Quick Tip - MobileMe: Transitioning from .Mac
Apple will be transitioning .Mac customers to its new MobileMe service in July, which includes some changes that will let users have more control over their contacts and schedule on the go. Preparing for the change now means you will be less likely to have problems when the switch over happens
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Estonia’s Forticom Acquires Controlling Stake In Polish Portal For $92 million
Estonia’s Forticom, which runs Lithuanian social network one.It and owns a 25% stake in Russian social network Odnoklassniki.ru, has acquired a controlling stake in Polish web portal nasza-klasa for 200.00 PLN, or about $92 million. This comes from a couple of reports - the Warsaw Business Journal says nasza-klasa has about 7.5 million monthly users and [...]
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Man to stand trial on fraud charges
SOUDERTON - Prosecutors say Paul Krueger met women on a dating Web site and conned them out of thousands by making them believe he was a music mogul.
Bucks County Courier Times |
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Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
And data roaming prices are dropping, claims GSMA...
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Internet search company Google wins top Spanish award
Oviedo, Spain - The US internet search company Google on Wednesday won the Prince of Asturias Prize, regarded as the Spanish equivalent of the Nobel, in the category of communication and humanities, the jury announced in the northern city of Oviedo. ...
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Intel waiting for a hit product to get MID market rolling
Intel is counting on the emergence of a hit product to kick-start demand for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and spur sales of its Centrino Atom chip platform. "By the end of this year, you will have seen a whole bunch of new MIDs coming out and we'll see which ones are hits," said Sean Maloney, executive vice president and general manager of Intel's Sales and Marketing Group. "You ...
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Pittsfield
Wednesday, June 11 PITTSFIELD — A Cape Cod man has pleaded guilty to disseminating child pornography over the Internet.
Berkshire Eagle |
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Microsoft steps up virtualisation push
Dave Bailey, IT Week , Wednesday 11 June 2008 at 12:15:00 Microsoft unveils server virtualisation validation programme Microsoft stepped up the pressure on competing virtualisation vendors at its North American 2008 Tech Ed. Conference, where the software giant disclosed several updates it said would help customers prepare...
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Google tightens grip on UK search market
Ian Williams, vnunet.com , Wednesday 11 June 2008 at 12:12:00 87.3 per cent and counting Google accounted for a whopping 87.3 per cent of all UK searches in May, further increasing its market dominance, according to the latest figures from Hitwise....
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Maker of BlackBerry takes new iPhone in stride
Investors in Research in Motion, the manufacturer of BlackBerrys, didn't flinch as Apple introduced the new version of the iPhone.
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[ Thanks to Sakshi Garg for this link. ] "Open Source Asterisk PBX maker Digium released it's widely anticipated mid-range appliance today called the AA300. The product is a custom PC intended for businesses that need around 150 telephones, and it runs Switchvox SMB software.
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Toshiba unveils 160GB 1.8-inch 5400 RPM SATA drive
Toshiba responds to consumer expectations by unveiling faster 1.8-inch HDDs for mobility devices requiring high-capacity storage.
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Microsoft steps up virtualisation push
Microsoft stepped up the pressure on competing virtualisation vendors at its North American 2008 Tech Ed.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Broadband Takes Off: OnAir Brings Highdeal and Bull On-board for its Mobile Telephony Offer
Highdeal Transactive® has been selected for its flexibility and partner settlement capabilities.
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CDC Software Provides Update on Recent Sales Wins
HONG KONG & ATLANTA----CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software and services, today announced that it has recently entered into three multi-million dollar sales contracts with leading global enterprises.
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TNS Media Intelligence Reports U.S. Advertising Expenditures Increased 0.6 Percent in First Quarter 2008
NEW YORK----Total measured advertising expenditures in the opening quarter of 2008 increased by 0.6 percent as compared to the same period in 2007, according to data released today by TNS media intelligence, the leading provider of strategic advertising and marketing information.
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