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UPDATE: Cisco Blogger Dragged Into Patent Lawyer's Battle With Law Firm
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- A Cisco Systems Inc. employee who authored a controversial blog about so-called "patent trolls" has continued to draw unwanted attention to the company, this time being dragged into a high-profile tussle between a law firm and one of its ousted attorneys.
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The OSI gets new leaders
The OSI just expanded its board with two new members.
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Cyberclinic: How can I stop people hacking into my email?
Considering how many online services we end up subscribing to, it's not surprising that we sometimes need a few attempts to get our passwords right. After failing a couple of times, you often see a little box popping up with a random jumble of skewed letters on a hazy background, which you have to decipher. These tests are known as Captchas (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th Aug 2006 13:30 UTC
Ars' Hannibal takes a look at the announcements concerning quad-core processors from Intel and AMD . "The past few days have seen a burst of quad-core-related news items from both AMD and Intel.
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Seagate profit rises 62 pct, but key notebook market weakens
Hard-drive maker Seagate Technology's third-quarter profit jumped 62 percent from a year ago, but the company missed revenue forecasts and acknowledged weakness in sales of drives used in notebook computers.
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Malicious Microprocessor Opens New Doors for Attack
For years, hackers have focused on finding bugs in computer software that give them unauthorized access to computer systems...
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Seagate suit against STEC could change the storage game. Seagate Technology filed a potentially far-reaching patent infringement lawsuit against STEC on Monday, over flash memory-based solid state drives (SSDs).
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Study: Google extends search lead over rivals
March figures from ComScore show that Google rose to a new lead in search market share while Yahoo and Microsoft declined. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com
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IT sector sees increased profit warnings
As market conditions cause customers to tighten their belts, profit warnings among software and IT services companies are on the rise.
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Merits of Vista and XP depend on your needs
Q When purchasing a laptop, what operating system would be best to install? If I switch from Windows XP to Vista, I'm afraid some of my present XP files won't be Vista-compatible. But if I buy an XP laptop, will XP be phased out in the near future?
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Microsoft Completes Danger Acquisition
Microsoft hinted that it might keep the software and hosted architecture built by Danger, the mobile company that designed the software behind the Sidekick.
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ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks'
The ISO committee handling OOXML braves open-source protests to meet in Oslo and works out how to ensure interoperability with ODF.(By David Meyer of ZDNet UK) The International Organization for Standardization has called for "personal attacks" to cease in the debate surrounding Microsoft's Office Open XML standard. ...
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Terahertz Computing May Not Be Dead After All
Salt Lake City (UT) - The Gigahertz race was probably one of the most ill-fated ideas in the microprocessor industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Asus Launches 1-Terabyte Laptop
1TB of storage space, Core 2 Duo, RADEON 3600 HD with 1GB of memory, Blu-ray and HDMI out, ASUS says the M70 will add to your video addiction.
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Hannibal police to fight online sex predators
By Melissa Shriver Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 6:01 p.m. Hannibal Police hope to extend their reach from city streets to information super highway.
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NHS Choices to use UK online centres
The UK online centres will aim to help more than 150,000 people over the next year use NHS Choices, which was launched last June and had 1.09m unique visitors during February 2008.
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France bans websites promoting anorexia 'cult'
Internet sites and blogs which peddle the gospel of an "anorexic lifestyle" to teenage girls were outlawed by the French parliament yesterday. The law is the first attempt anywhere in the world to stamp out the "pro-ana" movement, a cult-like attempt to promote anorexia as a lifestyle which began in the United States eight years ago.
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U.S. Franchise Growth Outpaces Other Business Sectors, New Study Finds
To indicate economic size in a different way, franchised businesses provided more jobs in 2005 than all manufacturers of durable goods, such as computers, cars, trucks, planes, communications equipment, primary metals, wood products and instruments.
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Microsoft Confirms SQL Server 2005 SP3
A Microsoft executive says the company plans to release a third service pack for SQL Server 2005 by the end of the year.
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Carphone hit by slowing growth of broadband
Carphone Warehouse's share price dropped by 13 per cent yesterday as investors were spooked by a year-end trading statement with missed revenue predictions and net debt levels 30 per cent above forecasts.
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Software tracks child porn traffickers online
Police investigator Flint Waters of Wyoming's Internet Crimes Against Children task force has developed software that identifies computers, by serial number, that trade child pornography on one online network. T
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Mini-notebook boasts Linux, near-fullsize keyboard
— Apr. 08, 2008 — HP has entered the mini-laptop arena with a device targeting education and cost-conscious consumers. The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC weighs 2.8 pounds with a nine-inch display and a nearly full-sized keyboard, and runs runs Linux, Windows Vista, or Windows XP on a Via C7-M ULV processor.
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Fears over advert system privacy
Online advert system Phorm could make the net less secure and breaches human rights, the service's creators are told.
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Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Wednesday
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are J.P. Morgan Chase, IBM, Sallie Mae, and Wells Fargo.
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