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Businesses switching to local online marketing
HARRISBURG, USA: As the economy falters and operating costs rise, businesses turn to local Internet advertising to increase ROI of their marketing budgets.
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Five IT vendors establish ICASI Forum
VANCOUVER, CANADA: Five leading IT vendors, namely, IBM, Cisco, Intel, Juniper Networks, and Microsoft Corp. announced the creation of the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI), a nonprofit organization that will enhance global IT security by proactively driving excellence and innovation in security response.
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Investments pour into solar energy, but the sector is scary
When Rick Hanna and his fellow energy analysts at Morningstar in Chicago sat down recently to discuss solar energy stocks, the question on the table was this: Is solar the next Internet-style bubble?
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EMPA Mideast receives award at Samsung Global Summit 2008
DUBAI - EMPA Middle East FZCO, one of the largest IT distribution companies operating in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa regions, received an award of appreciation during the Samsung Global Summit 2008 held in Seoul, Korea recently.
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"Three things are striking about the recent launch of Firefox 3. First, the unanimity about the quality of the code: practically everyone thinks it's better in practically every respect.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 6th Dec 2005 13:32 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Debian is currently the fastest growing Linux distribution for web servers, with more than 1.2 million active sites in December.
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Beyond the Last Computer
A former teen soldier and African refugee, now a top programmer, describes the art of science in a rare autobiography.
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Brussels to sign away your private details to US
American authorities will be able to obtain greater access to private information such as credit card transactions, internet browsing habits and travel histories of people in Britain under a deal being finalised by European Union officials.
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Girl's death sparks rioting in China: reports
BEIJING (Reuters) - Rioters torched a police building and vehicles in southwest China on Saturday, in unrest triggered by allegations of a cover-up over a girl's death, according to Chinese accounts on the Internet.
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High-flying junior had it all, but it just wasn't enough
By his late twenties he was on the fast track at Microsoft, ambitious to succeed and earn lots of cash. But he left it all behind to help those less fortunate
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Zenbe Webmail Service Now Packing Google Talk And Twitter
Incremental improvement is the way by which many Internet startups operate. Updates can be week to week, month to month, quarter to quarter, or any mix of the three really. So the news this week that Zenbe, a webmail service now in public beta, which brings multiple inboxes together from many major names, including Yahoo, [...]
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NBC offers wide online coverage from Beijing
NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC is making more than 2,200 hours of live competition from Beijing available online, giving Olympic junkies more action than they could ever devour in a day.
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Girl's death sparks rioting in China: reports
Rioters torched a police building and vehicles in southwest China on Saturday, in unrest triggered by allegations of a cover-up over a girl's death, according to Chinese accounts on the Internet.
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The software that refuses to die!
Microsoft to kill off Windows XP on Monday, but users still want it
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MadPenguin reviews Versora's Progression Desktop , and concludes: "Overall, this is a really solid product. It does exactly what it's advertised to do, and it's wrapped in a very user friendly package. At just under $30 [EUR 25] per desktop, the price is right too...
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Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air
Microsoft’s flagship software, Windows, built upon the same core architecture as preceding versions, seems to move an inch when its competitors take a lap.
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David Caminer, a Pioneer in Computers, Dies at 92
Mr. Caminer, as an employee of a legendary chain of British tea shops, found the earliest ways to use a computer for business purposes.
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The Oracle Collective
Yahoo Answers solicits replies — from everyone — to any and all questions.
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6 Must Have Mobile Apps for Windows Mobile
It's no secret that the mobile web is one of the next big things . From the future of mobile social networks , mobile social networks to check out , and what's plaguing them , we've talked a lot about mobile social networks here on ReadWriteWeb. But what about the applications? Here's a look at some of best mobile applications for the Windows Mobile platform. Skyfire If you've ...
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Want Some Facebook Stock At A $3 Billion Valuation? We Know Who To Call.
Facebook may have talked a few investors, including Microsoft, Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing and Germany’s Samwer brothers, into investing in the company’s preferred stockat a $15 billion valuation. But that’s a hard number to justify given Facebook’s revenue projections and comparisons to other big networks, and a lot of people think it’s vastly overvalued [...]
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 16th Jul 2007 21:52 UTC
Right on schedule, Microsoft announced that its Windows Home Server software is off to the presses . This clears the way for HP, Gateway, LaCie, Medion, and now Iomega and Fujitsu Siemens, (both also announced today, the latter in Europe only) to begin selling their Home Server-powered hardware later this quarter.
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CNN - Child Prostitutes Sell Themselves On Craigslist
For More Than Two Years, Undercover Cops On The Sacramento Police Department's Vice Squad Have Been Working One Of The Most Draining Beats: Trying To Crack Down On Online Child Prostitution.
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Some Guy By the Name of Bill Gates Retires
William Henry Gates III (to some known as Bill) has retired from Microsoft as you probably well know by now. Gates who will remain chairman, has left a huge mark on the technology world and the world in general, and has inspired many, many others to dream of just accomplishing a small fraction of what he has. read more
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The Syllable project has published the source code for Syllable Server . The code to build Syllable is maintained in Builder , the build system. There is a main repository of build specifications and overlays for Syllable Desktop and Syllable Server . The code for Server is now completely published in the source repository.
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