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Prosecutors say peer-to-peer hacker in plea deal
A hacker suspected of infecting thousands of personal computers with malicious software to obtain private financial information will plead guilty to fraud under a plea agreement, the U.S. attorney's office said. Under the deal filed Thursday, Jason Michael Milmont, 19, agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of unauthorized access to a computer to further a fraud, according to a statement ...
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Stefan Deeran: Green PC Wars: HP vs. Apple vs. Dell
The information technology industry has a long way to go towards becoming more sustainable. For a start, there is still no widely understood standard for greener PCs.
HuffingtonPost |
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A First Look at Microsoft Hyper-V RTM
Now that Microsoft #8217;s Hyper-V has been released to manufacture--and will be ready for distribution via Microsoft Update starting July 8--the race to turn the hypervisor into a commodity has begun in earnest. eWEEK Labs will publish a full review of Hyper-V in the near future. Until then, here's a first look....
eWeek |
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PC Market Rises On Notebook Sales; HP, Dell, Acer Hold Top Rankings
For the last five years, first-quarter PC shipments have grown by an average of 12%, making this quarter part of the norm, iSuppli said.
InformationWeek |
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Prosecutors say peer-to-peer hacker in plea deal
A hacker suspected of infecting thousands of personal computers with malicious software to obtain private financial information will plead guilty to fraud under a plea agreement, the U.S. attorney's office said.
Centre Daily Times |
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Comarco Expands Board of Directors
Comarco, Inc. , a leading provider of innovative mobile power solutions through its ChargeSource® line of multi-function universal mobile power products and a provider of wireless test solutions and wireless emergency call box systems, today announced the expansion of its Board of Directors to six with the appointment of Robert J.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Google starts move to ad-friendly iGoogle
Company is starting to switch users to a new version of the iGoogle customizable home page that can accommodate ads.
CNET |
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Security Bites 105: Does antivirus protection matter?
Eva Chen, co-founder and CEO of Trend Micro, talks with Robert Vamosi about new threats and new antivirus protection.
CNET |
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Dancing the World (Wide Web)
Matt Harding is a bit like Waldo. Just not as hard to spot. Just look for the little jig. If you have Internet access, you may have already caught this guy's act. Burned out, the 31-year-old adventurer quit his job as a video game programmer to travel the world and document it on a website, WheretheHellisMatt.com. His trademark: As soon as he gets to a destination - he's been to 80 countries - ...
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Gates leaves Microsoft to focus on charity
San Francisco - His vision for a computer in every home largely achieved in the developed world, Bill Gates ended his full- time job at Microsoft on Friday to focus on charity work aimed at improving healthcare and eradicating extreme poverty in the ...
EARTHtimes.org |
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Microsoft updates cloud sync beta
— Jun. 20, 2008 — Microsoft has announced updates to its software and service offering aimed at synchronizing content and enabling remote logins between multiple desktop PCs and mobile devices.
WindowsForDevices |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Oct 2006 21:01 UTC
If there was any doubt that CPU maker AMD's principal reason for acquiring graphics chip powerhouse ATI was to build a mobile computing platform that would rival Intel's Centrino, it was erased this morning with AMD's announcement of a platform project it's currently calling 'Fusion'.
New Mobile Computing |
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Wealth workout: Icesave pays a cool rate for online accounts
Wealth workout: Icesave pays a cool rate for online accounts
Daily Telegraph |
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Google gets social with new iGoogle
Select users are now being treated to the next version of the company's portal, which integrates social networking characteristics into the site.
BetaNews |
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More consumers use Yahoo for shopping as well as searching, Nielsen says
Traffic to Yahoo Shopping grew 36% year-over-year to nearly 17 million last month. But the jump wasn’t enough to beat out eBay. The online auction site’s 55.6 million unique visitors, while 8% fewer than last year, secured eBay’s No. 1 spot for unique visitors to online shopping destinations in May.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Online searchers like to offer shopping advice, Bigresearch says
Consumers who search online are more likely to offer advice on the products and services they have purchased, according to a survey by market research firm Bigresearch LLC. They also are younger and more affluent than average, and more likely to be considering a high-ticket purchase.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Facebook application lets foreign shoppers to buy from Amazon`s U.S. site
Amazon.com Inc. offers a variety of international e-commerce sites, enabling online shoppers in foreign lands to shop in their own languages and have orders shipped to them from within their own countries.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Liberty Media will buy online retailer Celebrate Express for $31 million
Liberty Media Corp. announced yesterday it will purchase e-retailer and cataloger Celebrate Express for $31 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter and is subject to stockholder approval.
InternetRetailer.com |
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The house that Bill built
As Bill Gates leaves Microsoft, More4 News considers the company he built, and whether it can succeed without him.
Channel 4 |
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Bill Gates in Canada: a checkered legacy
As Bill Gates prepares to step down from day-to-day activities at Microsoft Corp., he leaves a checkered legacy in Canada.
CBC |
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MySpace releases tools, info for data sharing
Fri, Jun 27, 2008 (1:39 p.m.) The online hangout MySpace has launched its program for letting users quickly share personal profile data on outside sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Sony Will Offer News, Weather, Video Through PlayStation
In addition to keeping up with battles on alien planets, PlayStation 3 will soon be able to help you stay current with planet Earth. On Thursday, Sony Computer Entertainment President Kazuo Hirai announced both Life with PlayStation, a service that allows users to see current news and weather around the world through a spinning-globe menu, and a PS3 download service for movies, music and TV ...
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Bill Gates Retires Amid a Legacy of Growth, Controversy
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates "retired" at 52 Friday from the company he cofounded to spend more time with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Hackers Hijack, Redirect IANA and ICANN Web Sites
Hackers calling themselves NetDevilz temporarily hijacked the sites of key organizations that control routing of Internet traffic and redirected them to a taunting page.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Bill Gates bids farewell to Microsoft
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates joins CEO Steve Ballmer at a town hall event Friday, Gates' final day as a full-time Microsoft employee. Bill Gates' farewell speech to Microsoft reminded employees that the company knows how to come from behind as well as to lead. ...
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