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Comcast gets a theoretical upstream speed boost
Comcast announced today that it has increased the upstream speeds nationwide for customers of two of its residential Internet packages, from 384 and 768 Kbps to 1 and 2 Mbps, respectively.
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Santa Fe City Council OKs plan for wireless
The City Council has unanimously approved a plan to provide wireless Internet service in libraries and other city buildings, over the objections of those who say they are electrically sensitive. Free wireless will be available by next year at three public...
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AMD talks up new notebook platform
The launch of Intel's Atom at Computex earlier this month rather eclipsed that of AMD's new notebook platform with its Turion x2 64bit processor. But AMD staged what was virtually a second launch of the platform at HP's big Connecting Your World event in Berlin this week.
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2 lawmakers say Chinese hacked their computers
WASHINGTON — Two Republican House members said Wednesday their Capitol Hill computers, containing information about political dissidents from around the world, have been hacked by sources apparently working out of China.
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Hours Spent Watching TV and Video to Match Hours Spent Sleeping by 2013
Solutions Research Group published a report today that claims by the year 2013 the typical person will spend as many hours watching video and TV per day as they spend sleeping. Daily video and TV use is expected to climb by 35% with the Internet, Mobile an...
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Kayak.com Travel Search Adds Display Ads to Targeted Ad Network
Travel search engine Kayak.com has launched a display advertising platform optimized for the travel industry. The new ad platform is based upon technology developed by Sidestep.com, which Kayak.com purchased in December 2007. Like Google AdWords style text ads, the new display ad system helps travel marketers target their ads based on search criteria including destination, origination, [...]
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"Netbook" uses Intel's Atom N270
— Jun. 03, 2008 — Acer has announced a low-cost notebook, aka "netbook," based on Intel's newly unveiled N270 Atom processor. The Aspire One offers Windows XP Home, 512MB or 1GB of RAM, 8GB flash, an 8.9-inch, 1024 x 600 display, WiFi, a webcam, and an optional 80GB hard drive. ...
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Carphone Warehouse shares tumble as outlook darkens
Carphone Warehouse shares tumbled 12pc after it warned for the first time in its history that a poor outlook economic outlook could hit its mobile phone retail and broadband businesses.
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Brad Garrett Tries Online 'Dating'
'Everybody Loves Raymond' will date 10 women he meets online Brad Garrett is a steadily employed, ridiculously tall, Emmy-winning TV star. Who wouldn't want to date him?
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Obama hits back at Internet slanders
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama Thursday launched an aggressive and innovative offensive to douse toxic "smears" stalking the African-American Democrat's shot at the White House.
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Another successful year for the BCS Awards
The British Computer Society (BCS) Isle of Man will be celebrating another year of outstanding work by Manx students at their Annual Awards Dinner.
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Korea protests a proving ground for gadgets, geeks
SEOUL (Reuters) - When tens of thousands of Koreans converged in the center of Seoul on Tuesday for a mass protest against the new president, many were clutching two vital items: a candle and a mobile phone loaded with snazzy features.
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Red Hat settles Hibernate patent suits
Open source distributor Red Hat has come under fire after settling two patent suits for an undisclosed sum. The open source community believes that the firm should have faced up to the opponents and had the patents struck down as invalid by the courts.
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Microsoft Angles for the Favor of Procrastinators
To promote its MSN toolbar -- "Jet fuel for procrastinators!" -- Microsoft launched Start Procrastinating.
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Windows group-management tools on tap
Group-management vendor Imanami this week unveiled GroupID 5, a tool for managing distribution and security for groups in Windows, and said the software would be released later this year. The company made the announcement at Microsoft's annual TechEd conference in Orlando, Fla. GroupID 5 helps users manage the inevitable explosion of group memberships created within Active Directory. ...
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Police say Mesquite football coach pawned school items
A state champion football coach whose salary is among the highest in Texas allegedly pawned school laptops, cameras and other campus property before buying them back, a newspaper reported Thursday. Mesquite High School's Steve Halpin has not been criminally charged, and his last day on the job is set for Friday after he announced his retirement in May.
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Handhelds get Computrace tracking boost
Tame the wee blighters. The makers of the tracking system used to help catch laptop thieves preying on travellers at, Tampa airport earlier this year have announced a similar system for handheld computers.
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UK to get Atom-powered Eee PC in July
Ten inches and rising. Asus has revealed that the first Eee PCs powered by Intel's Atom processor will be available in the UK from July 1.
TechWorld |
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Google co-founder books £18million seat on first tourist flight to International Space Station
The co-founder of internet search engine Google, Sergey Brin, has made a £2.5million deposit on a private space flight to the International Space Station.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-06-12 17:48 Santa Fe City Council OKs plan for wireless
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The City Council has unanimously approved a plan to provide wireless Internet service in libraries and other city buildings, over the objections of those who say they are electrically sensitive.
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Reckling replaces Anton on MWL West All-Star roster
June 12, 2008 - The Midwest League announced this morning that LHP Trevor Reckling will take LHP Michael Anton's place on the MWL West All-Star roster since Anton was promoted to Rancho Cucamonga of the California League.
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China Denies Hacking U.S. Computers
China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime.
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Evolving play-along video game genre amps up music industry
NEW 11:15 a.m. LOS ANGELES -- Tapping on fake instruments and screeching into microphones connected to video game consoles has become lucrative for both the music and gaming industries. Downloadable tunes for music-based games "Guitar Hero," "Rock Band" and "SingStar" have become as vital as iTunes itself - and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock.
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Police Say Mesquite Football Coach Pawned School Items
A state Champion football coach is retiring after allegedly pawning school laptops, cameras and other campus property before buying them back.
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Microsoft and SCEE speakers join Paris GDC line up
Paris 2008 is one of the premier developer events on the calendar, with key industry figures from all over the world talking on a variety of important issues.
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