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Dot-com is so last week; Web names to branch out
PARIS – Move over .com and .org. Get ready for a nearly infinite variety of new Web addresses ending in words like .perfume, .sports and .paris.
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A Comprehensive Analysis of Adaptive Filters Including Computer Projects & Simulations
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a98354/adaptive_filters) has announced the addition of the "Adaptive Filters" report to their offering.
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Gates leaves Microsoft to focus on philanthropy
Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Microsoft Corporation.
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New Quantum Strategy Keeps Web Searches Private
When an Internet user types a word or phrase into a search engine, the Web server has the ability to find out that inquiry. As more people and businesses are becoming concerned about privacy, researchers are developing new ways to make online activity more secure for both users and servers.
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You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
Maybe it's the summer heat, but there's a sultry edge to this week's quiz -- from the FCC's proposal for a smut-free Internet to hidden sex scenes in video games and what people in Florida Google when nobody's watching. We also touch on Bill Gates' last week at Microsoft and the controversy swirling around a proposed presidential monument. Got mad tech-newz skillz? Show off by awarding ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 5th Dec 2006 22:45 UTC
For several years now, an elite squad of engineers at Apple Computer have been working diligently to perfect an intuitive smart phone concept that would both conform to the company's integrated model and oblige chief executive Steve Jobs. As AppleInsider has been told, it's the latter of those two feats that has thus far presented the utmost of challenges, largely preserving the project and its ...
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Google search complete as Pichette named FD
Michelle Perry, Accountancy Age , Friday 27 June 2008 at 10:47:00 Patrick Pichette appointed chief financial officer, replacing former CFO George Reyes, who retired in December Google has chosen Patrick Pichette as its new CFO. Pichette will report to Google chairman and chief executive officer Eric Schmidt on 1 August and will start his CFO duties...
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Recent Original Stories
Mobile-gadget makers are starting to take advantage of software-defined radio, a new technology allowing a single device to receive signals from multiple sources, including TV stations and cell phone networks.
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'Kane's Wrath' makes successful crossover from PC to console play
Real-time strategy games are some of the more popular genres available for computers. But they rarely make the transition to consoles due to a massive amount of on-screen action and the difficulty of controlling combat without a keyboard and mouse.
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Online reviews gaining popularity
PRINCETON, N.J. — Consumer reviews play a major role in the decision to purchase products or services, according to the latest survey from Opinion Research Corporation.
Portsmouth Herald |
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Saying goodbye to Ellis School principal Kelli Killen
FREMONT — Sonja Gonzalez, who provides tech support to the Ellis School, didn't expect to get support back.
The Rockingham News |
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UK academic gets funds to improve code generation
A researcher from the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton has received funding of £300,000 pounds ($594,000) from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to improve the safety and usability of automatically generated software code used in the automotive and aerospace industries.
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Bill Gates 'retires'
years to come, but it's not the future,” a Harvard business professor said. On May 22, 1990, Harvard dropout Gates introduced the company's Windows software in New York. Bill Gates is retiring, sort of. He is still only 52, and he is going off to spend more time guiding the world's richest philanthropy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Open source phone runs free
Open source phone maker Openmoko has started shipping the Linux-powered Neo FreeRunner to distributors.
Independent Online |
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Domain doors open to dot chaos
HUA HIN, Thailand - Possibly the biggest shakeup on the Internet for many years went on this week as web regulator ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) voted on new names at its annual general meeting in Paris.
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Shopping online could save your sanity
As the retail con artists might put this, Internet shopping saves you money. Robert Greig finds out if it's the truth.
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Flash memory climbs out of the iPod and into the enterprise
The little USB stick on your keychain and the memory in your iPod is fueling a revolution in the enterprise storage world. It seems everyone is talking about flash memory, a type of solid-state storage that offers faster and more energy-efficient performance than rotating disk drives.
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Sony plans investment in networking gadgets
TOKYO – Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Sony Corp. will win back its electronic leadership by improving its Internet-linked gadgets, wiping out losses in video games and TVs, and pushing services and software, not just hardware.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Data centre on wheels
Portable data centers will be key to supporting the surging demand for online services, but equipment vendors need to start designing products especially for them, a Microsoft engineer said Wednesday.
ITBusiness.ca |
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Secrets of recruiting Generation Y: benefits and promotions
Facing a potential onslaught of baby boomer retirements and a smaller pool of Generation X employees to replace them, IT managers who want to create or sustain a Best Place to Work environment will need the additional help of another group of professionals: Generation Y.
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North County FYI
The Center for Spiritual Discovery will have a barbecue celebrating new members, noon Sunday, 560 S. Melrose Drive, Vista. Cost: $14 or $8 if guests bring a dish to share. (760) 724-9170.
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E-commerce booming in Latin America and Caribbean - Visa
Online retail spending by consumers in Latin America and the Caribbean soared 40% in 2007 to hit US$10.9 billion, according to a study commissioned ...
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Google search complete as Pichette named FD
Google has chosen Patrick Pichette as its new CFO. Pichette will report to Google chairman and chief executive officer Eric Schmidt on 1 August and will start his CFO duties later on in the month.
Accountancy Age |
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Bill Gates to step down as Microsoft head
NEW YORK, June 27 (RIA Novosti) - Bill Gates, the world's third richest man, officially stepped down Friday as head of the $40-billion Microsoft empire to concentrate on his charitable foundation.
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Broadband delay 'hurting business'
THE federal Opposition says uncertainty over the Government's proposed national broadband network (NBN) is pushing some businesses towards collapse.
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