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Laptop use helps spur adoption of 802.11n
Products that support the 802.11n wireless networking standard are starting to take off , with vendors reporting acceleration in shipments, according to Infonetics. "It looks like enterprise Wi-Fi products will migrate from 802.11g to 802.11n as rapidly as 802.11b products migrated to 802.11g several years ago," said Richard Webb, directing analyst at Infonetics. The speed benefits of ...
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft has agreed to make a number of changes to Windows Vista in response to guidance from the European Commission, the EU's competition regulator. It has also had successful talks with competition authorities in Korea who raised concerns about Microsoft's business practices.
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Tushaus acquires business from Bedrock
Milwaukee-based Tushaus Computer Services announced today it has acquired the southeastern Wisconsin client list of mid-market customers of Bedrock Managed Services of Madison.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Sep 2005 21:02 UTC, submitted by Josh
Klik is a system which creates self-contained packages of programmes installable over the web with a single click. In this article Kurt Pfeifle discusses the potential uses of this technology for helping the non-coding contributors to KDE. He also looks at how the system works and the obvious security issues involved.
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Air Carriers Ramping Up Onboard Internet Trials
American Airlines is trying to become the first U.S. carrier to make wireless services available to a broad group of its passengers.
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Jeff Jarvis: The domain name explosion will lead to a worldwide identity crisis
Identity just got more complicated. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has decided to open up top-level domains to almost any suffix we can imagine - from .com, .net, .org, .co.uk, etc to .anything. So there will be an explosion in what we nerdily called the internet namespace. On one hand this means we don't have to all fight and scrape to grab any brand ...
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Internet paedophile behind bars
An internet paedophile found with the "worst" child porn collection ever recovered has been jailed indefinitely. Convicted child rapist Arthur Morley's sickening collection of pictures and videos included newborn babies and toddlers being raped and abused by adults.
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates set to log out
Seattle, June 27: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was set Friday for his last day of full-time work at Microsoft - the company he founded 33 years ago on a hunch that personal computers would become an integral part of everyday life.
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Ebix Reaffirms Repurchase Plan
ATLANTA----Ebix, Inc. , a leading international provider of software services and IT solutions for the insurance industry, today reaffirmed that it has a $5 million repurchase plan in place.
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10 Things You Should Know About Symbian
For such a massive player in the mobile operating system world, London-based Symbian Ltd. is relatively unknown outside of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK - message board )-savvy circles.
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Scientists move a step closer to realising quantum computers
London, June 27 : Electrical and computer engineers in the US have created a hybrid molecule in which its quantum state can be intentionally manipulated, something that is considered to be a very necessary step in the building of quantum computers that can process exponentially more information than the existing machines.
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Microsoft Seeks Path Beyond the Gates Legacy
As Bill Gates moves on, it will be up to successors to master the Internet’s challenges or see Microsoft’s stature erode.
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Verizon: iPhone success estimates "conspiracy"
Estimates that the iPhone will become a widely accepted device are evidence of a bias from those who expect Apple to succeed, Verizon chief Ivan Seidenberg tells the Financial Times in an interview. The executive behind the carrier rebuffs notions that iPhone 3G's up-front price cut to $200 will translate to much larger sales and claims Apple's cu...
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Former Holiday Hills cop faces domestic battery charge
A former Holiday Hills police officer posted bond today for allegedly injuring a female family member’s wrist.
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Weekend Gadget Guidance: Put some pizzaz in your presentations with free Keynote Objects
There are a lot of ZDNet readers out there who have to give presentations at the office -- and any way to distinguish yourself from the monotonous pack is worthwhile. Thanksfully, iPresentee recently released free Keynote Objects, a package of 100 images suitable for use in Apple...
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Destination: White House;Presidential election news
Your guide to the 2008 Presidential Election. Click here to read the blog.
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Start Packing for Great American Backyard Campout
FRIDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- A simple campout in the backyard may be just what the doctor ordered to help break your kids from an endless cycle of TV, computers and video...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th May 2008 21:00 UTC
Ever since I started using computers, I've been baffled by the relative clumsiness of installing applications.
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Cyber-Link Triggers 1st Vt. Amber Alert
Dive team joins search for Brooke Bennett, 12, who may have arranged a meeting.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 16th Oct 2005 10:25 UTC
OpenOffice.org made available for free download a third release candidate of Version 2.0 of its popular open-source office suite Friday. The release includes bug fixes only and no new features.
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JumpTV spurns bid from MySpace founder, proceeds with NeuLion merger
David Friend, The Canadian Press June 27, 2008 - 12:13 a.m. TORONTO - Internet broadcaster JumpTV Inc. (TSX:JTV) is rejecting a proposal from MySpace founder Brad Greenspan and proceeding with its planned merger with U.S. online TV service NeuLion Inc.
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Pirated software worth RM271,550 seized from firms
KUALA LUMPUR: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry seized seven computers and 170 copies of suspected pirated software worth an estimated RM271,550.
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Bill Gates to sign off at Microsoft
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, seen in May, spends his last day at the office on Friday. After decades devoted to Microsoft, Gates turns his attention full time to the philanthropic Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation he established with his wife.
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Robot romance 'WALL-E' has heart of gold -- WITH WIDGET
WALL-E appears in a scene from the computer animated film that carries the robot's name (AP photo). Within the rumbling, stumbling hunk of junk that is WALL-E beats the sweetest, warmest heart - a robotic representation of humanity's highest potential.
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Man charged in synagogue theft
A Roselawn man is accused of breaking into a synagogue and swiping a laptop computer earlier this month.
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