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Cable ads attacking Verizon confuse consumers
By PETER SVENSSON NEW YORK (AP) -- Avery Axel was annoyed with his cable company, Comcast, and was considering switching to Verizon's new FiOS fiber-optic TV and Internet service.
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Making Your Point Through Numbers
It takes skill to use numbers without losing your customers' attention. Here's how IBM, Apple, and others put them in context
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Judge says RIAA can seek students' names
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The music industry has won a federal judge's approval to seek the names of 20 College of William and Mary students who it claims illegally shared songs over the Internet.
WAVY 10 |
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EU to tear down crossborder Web shopping barriers
The European Unions consumer chief will propose new rules to make it easier and safer for the blocs 490 million consumers to shop online in any corner of the 27nation EU
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New Fanless, Rugged Display Computer from MEN Micro Provides Maintenance-free Operation in Harsh and Mobile Applications
MEN Micro Inc., a world-renowned provider of embedded computing and I/O solutions for demanding industrial, mobile and harsh environment applications, now offers a fanless, intelligent display computer that is both rugged and maintenance-free.
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New Rogers BlackBerry rates clue to iPhone plan?
Rogers Wireless today instituted new BlackBerry service plans that customers are concerned may reflect the price plans for the iPhone 3G when it arrives in Canada next month. While offering more bandwidth than previous plans, the pricing again includes metered bandwidth with different tiers: a new $30 monthly plan offers 300MB of data with 50 cent...
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Psystar ships Leopard-compatible OpenServs
Psystar, known mainly for its controversial Mac clone, says it has begun shipping two new servers, both of which have the option of pre-installing Mac OS X Leopard Server. Apple's licensing terms require Leopard to be installed on official hardware; Psystar's OpenServs, however, are unsanctioned and also compatible with server software such as Win...
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Text-message ruling could change corporate policies
Companies watching email and internet use don't have legal right yet to text-messages
Corpus Christi Caller-Times |
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STOKED Part Five
STOKED Part Five It's B2K Week at VIBE.com. Read the final excerpt from the shocking story that has the internet buzzing.
Vibe Magazine |
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House easily passes compromise surveillance law
The House Friday easily approved a compromise bill setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits arising from the government's terrorism-era warrantless eavesdropping on phone and computer lines in this country. The bill, which was passed on a 293-129 vote, does more than just protect the telecoms. The update to the 30-year-old ...
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OpenSuse Rolls Out Feature-Packed Version 11.0
The OpenSuse project has released a new version of its Linux operating software. OpenSuse 11.0 became available for free download this week. The software -- an open source project powered by Novell -- aims to bring the Linux world to the masses. Version 11.0 builds on the original open source system developed back in 2005.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Pinnacle Launches Studio 12 Family
Pinnacle Systems has launched Pinnacle Studio 12, its flagship video-editing software for home users. In addition to Pinnacle Studio, the basic version, Pinnacle Systems offers Studio Plus and Studio Ultimate with more advanced audio and video tools. The new ver...
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Supercomputing Power Hits the Desktop, Minus the Software
The PC industry's two largest graphics companies released new top-of-the-line models this week. The new graphics processors will bring not just better videogame performance, but will also turn ordinary desktop PCs into the equivalent of supercomputers -- if programmers can figure out how to take advantage of the chips' massively parallel architectures. "We're talking about every man, woman ...
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Daily Debrief: Making the contrarian case for Yahoo
Jerry Yang and team are mulling a big reorg. While there's no shortage of naysayers, the company still owns several prime Internet properties. What does it need to do next?
CNET |
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Your Future Phone
Flashy as the 3G iPhone seems, it's only the beginning.
Forbes |
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OpenSuse Rolls Out Feature-Packed Version 11.0
The OpenSuse project has released a new version of its Linux operating software. OpenSuse 11.0 became available for free download this week. The software -- an open source project powered by Novell -- aims to bring the Linux world to the masses. Version 11.0 builds on the original open source system developed back in 2005.
LinuxInsider.com |
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ComScore: Facebook is beating MySpace worldwide
For the first time, the Mark Zuckerberg-founded social network has passed its bigger corporate rival in global visitors--but it still lags behind in the U.S.
CNET |
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Daily Debrief: Making the contrarian case for Yahoo
Jerry Yang and team are mulling a big reorg. While there's no shortage of naysayers, the company still owns several prime Internet properties. What does it need to do next?
CNET |
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Governor, AG Ask ISPs To Block Child Porn
Internet service providers should remove child pornography from their servers and block access to such channels, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown say.
KCRA 3 Sacramento |
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Intel, IBM seek out solar as sector heats up
NEW YORK - Big business is officially going solar. This month, several of the world's biggest technology and manufacturing companies -- including Intel Corp and International Business Machines Corp -- made major moves into the burgeoning solar power business.
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China's president chats online, but skates by tough questions
BEIJING— President Hu Jintao sat down before a computer Friday for a rare live chat session and declared himself a regular, if silent, visitor to Web sites, skirting tough questions posted by surprised Internet users.
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News |
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Recent Original Stories
Paul Thurrot writes about Windows XP SP3: "If you were looking for any glimpse into the mind of Microsoft, this is it: the company has completely abandoned Windows XP, and it has absolutely no plans to ever ship an XP SP3 . My guess is that Microsoft will do what it did with the final Windows 2000 Service Pack: claim years later that it's no longer needed and just ship a final security patch ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Feb 2007 17:44 UTC
"Windows Vista includes an array of 'features' that you don't want. These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure. They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will cause technical support problems.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 10th Oct 2005 16:48 UTC
Microsoft is taking a stand on an emerging tech that threatens to reshape software pricing models.
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Recent Original Stories
"I must say that both of these distros have pleased me a lot and completely suffice my requirement of a home desktop system. Both automatically detected all my hardware and had installed the drivers required.
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