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Google Goes After Your TV!
Google as we all know, is slowly taking over the world, so it is only fitting that their next conquest is your television set.
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Yahoo! formally opens its Philippine subsidiary
MANILA, Philippines - Internet company Yahoo! has formally opened a full-fledged Philippine subsidiary to strengthen the brand, four months after it appointed a team to look after its local operations.
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Arabian Computer News English edition
Oil and gas IT executives are concerned about managing growing data storage, as well as regulatory compliance and facilities management, according to storage provider EMC.
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Arabian Computer News English edition
Kuwait's Burgan Bank has signed up HP Middle East to provide the financial institution with new storage and disaster recovery systems.
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MediaCentral 2 Review
The phrase ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ comes to mind as we peruse the features available in MediaCentral 2. It’s a tool designed to turn your Mac into a media PC – ideal for living-room based computers connected to a big, HD-ready TV. In so doing, it brings together every media function of your machine – from DVD playback to iTunes, iPhoto galleries to internet radio.
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Apple laptop shipments up 61 percent
A new report from market research firm DisplaySearch shows Apple’s notebook shipments grew 61 per cent from the first quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008. Shipments rose from almost 900,000 to just over 1.4 million.
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Now disabled could operate wheelchairs, computers with tongue
Washington, June 30: People with severe disabilities will soon be able to operate a computer or control a powered wheelchair simply by moving their tongues, thanks to a new magnetic device.
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Open source to 'blow mobiles open'
The Android effect
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Adsense Takes Video Ads Not So Seriously
Remember Adsense for Videos which debuted not so long ago? We haven’t heard too much about this new form of placing Google paid ads since it was launched, until now. The NYT is reporting about the agreement between Google and Seth MacFarlane, creator of TV program “Family Guy”, who is embarking on new animation series [...]
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Microsoft ends Windows XP sales
REDMOND, WASH.–Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers today, despite protests from PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.
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Google Street View gives users different perspective
Planning a vacation? Or will it be a stay-cation this summer? Either way, Internet users can now travel the streets of some of America's most popular destinations without leaving home.
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CIRA's 'whois' policy a stunning setback for privacy
Two months ago, I wrote a glowing review of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's new "whois" policy that was supposed to better protect the privacy of hundreds of thousands of Canadians.
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Web site combines Google's mapping tools and MLS access
Local company takes on established online Real Estate searches.
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So chic, so hip, so Sex and the City
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Aren't we all just gaga over "Sex and the City" ' Sure, I know the clothes are cool. The shoes. Miranda's bathing suit. Carrie's lingerie.But how about the decor'We've got the buzz from some of the in-the-know Web sites and Traditional Home magazine.
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Laptop Seizures at Customs Raise Outcry
Bill Hogan was returning home to the U.S. from Germany in February when a customs agent at Dulles International Airport pulled him aside. He could reenter the country, she told him. But his laptop couldn't.
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KELLNER: Flip Mino a friendly recording companion
In today's multimedia-hungry world, there's a continuing question - how do you get the video or audio that you need onto a computer in digital format? Professional solutions abound, but these often have hefty price tags and steep learning curves.
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They Can’t Hide Their Pryin’ Eyes
For desk jockeys everywhere, it has become as routine as a tour of the office-supply closet: the consent form attesting that you understand and accept that any e-mails you write, Internet sites you visit or business you conduct on your employer's computer network are subject to inspection.
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A Computerworld blog post reads:
"You gotta love it. Microsoft has decided that it will ho ahead and kill off easy access to XP on June 30th. On behalf of desktop Linux users everywhere, and our first cousins, the Mac fans, thanks. You've given us the best shot we'll ever have of taking the desktop."
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ASUS' bigger, badder Eee PC 904 and 905 in the chute?
Filed under: Laptops The price isn't the only thing swelling on ASUS' Eee PC. According to DigiTimes ' proven ASUS sources, bigger Eee PC 904 and 905 models are cueing up for release. In a return to the Eee PC salad days of the big bezel, the new models will slot the same 8.9-inch display found in the 901 into a larger, Eee PC 1000-esque chassis with proportionally larger keyboard. ...
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Profit surge for online retailer ASOS
The appetite for online shopping showed little sign of wavering today as internet fashion retailer ASOS doubled profits and posted healthy sales.
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Hewlett-Packard gives its TouchSmart computer a makeover
Hewlett-Packard has been on a roll in the consumer PC market lately, with a new emphasis on attractive designs and a new willingness to take risks. It has competed hard with Dell on price, while at the same time offering some of the style and cool features usually associated with Apple or Sony.
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Solve IT: How can I automate regular tasks in Windows XP?
We all wish our coworkers had mind-reading capabilities - but failing that, computers make pretty good mind-reading substitutes. Well, almost. At least if you give a computer a list of tasks you expect it to complete on a regular basis, it'll just get on with it - no questions asked. Scheduling tasks takes the responsibility for those mundane, yet necessary, jobs like defragging and ...
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Wanted director reveals all
Director Timur Bekmambetov has revealed the strange "meltdown" video he created is a trailer for his film Wanted. The 'CCTV' footage which has been "doing the rounds" on the internet is of a bored office worker going beserk which ties in with the main theme of the film.
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Bank offers debit cards to children
A bank is sending children debit cards without requiring their parents' consent, it has been reported. Lloyds-TSB now mails the cards directly to children as young as 11, enabling them to purchase goods on the internet without an adult's knowledge.
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Cern's grid: the brains behind the operation
You may never have heard of Cern, but there's no doubt that you will know its most famous invention: in a nondescript office here in 1989, computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented a way for particle physicists to share information over the internet, which he called the world wide web. The web has since become one of the world's most important inventions, but the visionary computer ...
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