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Movie download device runs embedded Linux framework
— Jun. 16, 2008 — Trolltech announced that its graphical framework for Linux device development was used by Roku in the on-demand movie streaming device it recently built for NetFlix.
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HP Pumps Up Telco Consulting
HP has been doing this sort of consulting for years, but the company announced today that it wants to put more marketing oomph behind the idea. Carriers want to cut costs while also creating services to fend off any new offerings from the likes of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG - message board ) or Amazon.com Inc.
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Netroots Nation Organizer Says McCain Welcome to Attend
Gina Cooper, executive director of the massive blogger convention Netroots Nation (formerly known as YearlyKos,) discusses this year's gathering in Austin, Texas with Wired.com. John McCain is invited, but Cooper says she wonders whether he knows whether they even exist.
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FCC Free Wireless Equals Censorship Technology Bonanza
The Federal Communications Commission's proposal to open up part of the public airwaves to provide free wireless internet requires that content providers filter out pornography and "any images or text that otherwise would be harmful to teens and adolescents."
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Only two days left to register for Microsoft's Worldwide Partner bacchanal in Houston [Conferences]
Put on your high heels and book that plane ticket, escorts, because 10,000 of Microsoft's closest friends will be descending on Houston for the Worldwide Partner Conference on July 7th and 10th. From... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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T-Mobile Offers Cheap Internet Calls at Home
Wireless carrier hopes $10 monthly charge for Web calls will earn customer loyalty.
US News & World Report |
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Police Comb Through Accused Austin Pedophile's Computer
New information about an Austin man accused of attacking two young boys. Douglas Ward is charged with sexually assaulting the boys at a North Austin motel.
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AH Belo shares touch all-time low, then end higher
Shares of newspaper publisher A.H. Belo Corp. hit an all-time low in intraday trading on Wednesday as declining circulation and competition from the Internet continue to bleed newspaper stocks.
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Todd Edward Ballard
Todd Edward Ballard, born July 29, 1965, left us to begin his next journey on May 20, 2008. Todd lived life to the fullest and had a zest for whatever life had to give. He loved his family, friends, baseball and computers. He was a plumber by trade.
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Two firms bid to run Milpitas Wi-Fi
Two Bay Area companies have submitted proposals to formally operate City of Milpitas' municipal wireless Internet network.
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Maryland cuts extra $75M from '09 budget
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said Wednesday an additional $75 million has been cut from the state's fiscal 2009 budget -- a move attributed in part to the repeal of a controversial tax on computer services.
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Dont Be Evil Stupid
Google's facing another billion dollar lawsuit--and, whaddaya know, it's not from Viacom. It's from LimitNone, a small software developer that claims Google's Email Uploader tool copies the look, feel, functionality and distribution model of its gMove application.
AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance |
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Yahoo tells stockholders: Google deal "attractive"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo told shareholders on Wednesday that the search advertising pact it signed with Google earlier this month was "financially attractive" and struck the right strategic balance.
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Crime doesn’t pay to police
LOCAL businessman Peter Roughley reckons Orange police are investigating crimes only if it is cost effective after he was the victim of internet fraud earlier this year.
Central Western Daily |
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Cosmic Log: Black holes for beginners
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The author of "Death by Black Hole" explains why big black holes are scary, while tiny black holes aren't that big a deal.
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Nokia Plans Mobile Software Surge With Open-Source Symbian
The cell phone maker maker is buying the remaining shares of Symbian for $410 million and plans to open source the mobile operating system.
InformationWeek |
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Kentucky Attorney Generals identity stolen
The Attorney General of Kentucky Jack Conway has had his identity stolen less than a month after setting up cyber crime unit.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Chrysler to offer in-car internet
Chrysler is planning a wireless internet option on most of its range of cars from 2009.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Facebook Benefits Extroverts Most
Both real life and virtual social interactions such as on Facebook are harder for introverts, new research shows.
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Fujitsu nears deal on Kaz
JAPANESE IT firm Fujitsu is close to locking in the acquisition of Telstra-owned computer services outfit Kaz.
News Interactive |
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Fujitsu nears deal on Kaz
JAPANESE IT firm Fujitsu is close to locking in the acquisition of Telstra-owned computer services outfit Kaz.
News Interactive |
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Byte Software Announces New Partner Interface Program
ByteLink to provide access to a wide range of service providers
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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New Utterz Features to Take On Twitter?
Utterz emerged last year as a useful mobile blogging platform and has spent the past several months layering in tons of functionality for sending your blog content across the Web. With plugins for blogging platforms like Wordpress and integration with other established sites YouTube and Yahoo Groups, Utterz has always sought to make the [...]
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Google Finally Finds New CFO
George Reyes announced he would leave Google's chief financial officer post back in August 2007. A year later, his replacement will take over his duties. read more
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Recent Original Stories
"The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS , the first maintenance release of "Dapper Drake". This release includes both installable Desktop CDs and alternate text-mode installation CDs for several architectures, for Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu.
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