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RepairPal Tracks the “Health” of your Car, From Buy to Sell
What if you could keep tabs on your automobile’s “health” in the same manner Google is hoping you’ll manage your own healthcare? There are a few services out there that hope to aid you in your pursuit of automobile happiness, including sites like Carfax that give you itemized records of car maintenance so [...]
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Thursday June 12, 2008
• American Fiber Systems, Ciena Team Up Rochester's American Fiber Systems teamed up with Maryland's Ciena Corporation to provide transport and Internet access services to Atlanta, Alpharetta, and Marietta, Georgia.
R News |
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AT&T and Nonprofits Launch Educational Campaign to Keep Consumers Safe Online
SAN ANTONIO , June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In recognition of National Internet Safety Month, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T ) today announced a collaboration with nonprofit advocacy organizations to promote a safe online experience for consumers.
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FriendFeed and the Web Itself as a Blogging Platform
I’ve always been averse to using widgets in the design of my homepage and my personal blog over the years. Occasionally, I’ll find one that is useful enough to keep around a while. I had the Lijit search utility implemented when I still had close to ten years worth of blog posts to index (before [...]
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Sergey Brin To Conquer The Final Frontier
Conquering Earth’s domain of online advertising was easy. It’s time to expand the horizons and start exploring the next really big market - space. Google’s Sergey Brin will not be left behind on this one; he plans to fly to space - as a tourist, for now - in the next couple of years, having [...]
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China denies hacking into computers of US lawmakers
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry says he doesn't believe the country has the "advanced technology" or the capability to break into computers.
WSYR 9 Syracuse |
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China Denies Involvement In U.S. Computer Hacking
Beijing denied accusations that it hacked into congressional computers, saying that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime.
Manufacturing.net |
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City on Google Street View
The world can take now a walking tour of Ann Arbor without ever entering the city limits.
The Ann Arbor News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 8th Dec 2005 20:16 UTC
"Of all the myths that have grown up around open source software, perhaps the most pervasive is Eric Raymond's aphorism that 'Many eyes make bugs shallow', suggesting that if lots of people can view a program's source code, they will find and fix its errors more quickly than commercial products whose code is jealously guarded.
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TomTom not working on iPhone nav software?
GPS maker TomTom may not be developing iPhone software at all, allegations say. A source within the company claims that despite public statements that TomTom has developed iPhone software, and has plans to sell it, there are actually no software prototypes in existence. The source adds that an e-mail memo was circulated through TomTom on Wednesda...
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China denies hacking into computers of US lawmakers
BEIJING (AP) - China is denying allegations by a pair of U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers. A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry says he doesn't believe the country has the "advanced technology" or the capability to break into computers.
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Sena Announces Designer Cases for the MacBook Air Notebook
Sena Cases offers four new slim, functional and protective designer notebook cases. The unique styles include the innovative, patentpending Pullino Designer Case for the MacBook Air and the LeatherSkin Case which offers an ultra-slim design. Here is more info ...
PDA Buyer's Guide |
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Zawodny Leaves Yahoo; Weiner To Go? And Linsley Departs Ask
Two big names have left Yahoo and Ask and speculation is that a third is to go. Below, more about he departures of Yahoo's Jeremy Zawdony, Ask's Peter Linsley and Yahoo's Jeffrey Weiner who is rumored to be leaving soon. Click to continue reading...
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Japan and France Agree to Closer Ties on Cybercrime
Japanese and French government ministers agreed on Thursday to work more closely on cybercrime.
Muzi |
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Metallica "ear spanks" management, reinstates online reviews
Metallica demands that early reviews of six tracks from its new album be removed... after the band invites journalists to come listen to them. Update: the band "ear spanks" its management over the issue. Read More...
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Glassdoor.com opens doors on salaries
A California startup has launched a Web site that showcases salaries from individual companies along with employee reviews. (GOOG) (YHOO) (CSCO) (MSFT)
Washington Business Journal |
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HP to Ship Eight Laptop Models Based on Puma
Amidst the Berlin launch of new PCs coming from Hewlett-Packard are several laptop models based on the Puma chip platform from Advanced Micro Devices.
Muzi |
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More Canadians hooking up to faster internet
More Canadians are connecting to the internet through faster broadband connections, leading to an increase in activities such as downloading music or movies, according to a study from Statistics Canada.
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New Firefox Web browser to be released Tuesday
A new version of the Firefox Web browser is scheduled for release Tuesday with improvements in security, speed and design. Many of the enhancements in Firefox 3 involve bookmarks. The new version lets Web surfers add keywords, or tags, to sort bookmarks by topic. A new "Places" feature lets users quickly access sites they recently bookmarked or tagged and pages they visit frequently but haven't ...
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Brief: Motorola, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson
Newsbrief by Michael Oryl on Thursday June 12, 2008. Note: Sponsored advertising links, if any, are in green.
Mobile Burn |
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China denies hacking into computers of US lawmakers
Associated Press - June 12, 2008 10:43 AM ET BEIJING (AP) - China is denying allegations by a pair of U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers.
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Aliant launches online storage solution with free trial - Atlantic Canadians to benefit from interactive, online ...
Aliant, Atlantic Canada's leading information and communication technology provider, today announced the launch of Personal Vault, a comprehensive online storage solution available exclusively on www.aliant.net.
CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance |
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US Hacker Gets 41 Months for Running Rogue Botnet
A U.S. hacker who hooked up a botnet within Newell Rubbermaid's corporate network was sentenced to 41 months in prison on...
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Comcast boosts Internet speeds
Comcast Corp. said Thursday it is boosting upload speeds for customers of its residential high-speed Internet service. (CMCSA)
BizJournals |
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Prominent open-source developer bids Yahoo adieu
Jeremy Zawodny, who helped launch the Yahoo Developer Network and promoted the openness philosophy now in vogue at Yahoo, is leaving for a "much smaller company."
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