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State's child-welfare system looking good after past woes
It wasn't too long ago that counties wanted to junk a new statewide computer system for tracking abused and neglected children. Not anymore.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Bill Gates starts new job
To watch video online please click here to download the latest version of the Flash plugin. One of the richest men in the world is officially retiring.
WCBD-TV Charleston |
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3G Austria Goes Flat With NSN
VIENNA and ESPOO, Finland -- Hutchison 3G Austria’s subscribers can enjoy fast and reliable Internet browsing via mobile broadband thanks to a flat-network solution from Nokia Siemens Networks, designed to handle rapidly increasing data traffic.
Unstrung.com |
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A Movie on Your TV at Home, Before You Can Rent It
In an industry first, Sony Pictures’ movie “Hancock” will be available after its theater run over the Internet, directly to Sony Bravia TVs with a Web connection.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Yahoo! increase domain registration fees 350%
Small business owners who have domains registered through Yahoo! are in for an expensive shock come July. The company have decided to up their annual fees by 350% taking them from US$9.95 to US$34.95. Yahoo! hasn’t hidden the fact the fees are increasing and has sent e-mails to those coming up to renewal at 90, 60 [...]
Geek.com |
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Bill for Warren Buffett lunch hits $2m
A Chinese businessman wins the right to have lunch with Warren Buffett after bidding $2.1m on auction site eBay.
BBC News |
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Sony to launch movie downloads on Playstation and TV
US owners will be able to download films and television episodes via the console within weeks
Guardian Unlimited |
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Airwave to supply £50m police mobile devices
Tom Young, Computing , Monday 30 June 2008 at 10:01:00 10,000 officers to get smart technology by end of the year The National Policing Improvement Agency - the body which procures new technology for police forces - has signed Airwave to supply smart mobile devices to all 43 police forces in...
Computing.co.uk |
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News to know: Phishing; Gates gone; Google; Hyper-V
Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks TechRepublic: Most report their IT career has been better than they expected Mary Jo Foley: J Allard gets a new job Mystery explained: Why...
ZDNet |
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MBS Value Partners LLC, a Leading Investor Communications and Advisory Firm, Announces that Ron Vidal has Joined the ...
Ron brings over 25 years of telecommunications, internet services, and infrastructure experience to MBS, having held leadership positions in new ventures, investor relations, mergers & acquisitions, strategic planning, and government affairs/public policy at Level 3 Communications , a NASDAQ-listed fiber optic telecommunications service provider, MFS Communications and Kiewit Industrial Company.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Regional Roundup
Beginning Tuesday, the Lodi Crimestoppers program will accept crime information through the Internet and cell phone text messaging. To report crime electronically, visit www.369crime.com . Or, using your cell phone, enter "tip333," followed by a text message of the information and send it to "crimes," according to Lodi police.
Lodi News-Sentinel |
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IT grad, now you can get industry-ready online
Mindlogicx Infotech, an RandD-based technology firm at Whitefield in Bangalore has now for the first time launched an online finishing school which would help aspirants from any part of the country to nurture their dream of being industry-ready when they join the IT sector.
rediff.com |
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Rhapsody Does DRM-Free Music, Teams With Yahoo and Verizon
Earlier this year we caught wind of Rhapsody’s plans to extend its reach as far as it can go wen it comes to digital music. From wifi-enabled devices to online social networks, it became quie clear that Rhapsody was really beginning to tap into its newly established relationship with RealNetworks. Now, Rhapsody is [...]
Mashable |
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10:02 (BST), 30/06/2008 DotEmu/RabbitFactory deal Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Beyond stunning graphics of ...
Beyond stunning graphics of modern games, more and more people are willing to play again their childhood classics. DotEmu, aware of this emerging need, has completed a porting suite enabling to bring massively 70’s to 90’s games over Internet/PC and now over all Smartphones/PDAs.
gamesindustry.biz |
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Life after Gates at Microsoft
The software company he built with a mix of visionary manifestos and extreme hands-on management must still wake up today to face hard problems even its founder couldn't solve.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Sex diseases among over 45s rocket
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Britons aged over 45 has more than doubled in less than a decade with Internet dating and drugs that counter erectile dysfunction partly to blame, a report said on Monday.
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Stripping for quake's sake
A 19-year-old girl has caused an Internet stir by posting naked pictures of herself to raise funds for earthquake victims.
Independent Online |
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Woman, two children killed in ax attack
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A grandfather hacked his two grandchildren and his wife to death with an ax and badly wounded his daughter in an Australian town, officials and witnesses said Monday.
CNN.com |
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Vodafone, MySpace Team
NEWBURY, U.K. -- Vodafone, the world's largest mobile community and MySpace, the world's leading social network, today announced the launch of an online global interactive platform, "Vodafone Music Reporter", which will expand Vodafone's music activity and continue to deliver a unique music experience to Vodafone customers.
Unstrung.com |
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'Vista Capable' lawyers bicker
Lawyers for Microsoft and those for the plaintiffs in the ongoing "Vista Capable" class-action lawsuit crossed swords this month over requests for internal company documents, court filings show.
Macworld UK |
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Catalyst Resources Uses RIAs And SaaS To Shrink Carbon Footprint By 21,000 lbs Of CO2 Per Month
Catalyst Resources recently released a "green audit" of their software-as-a-service (SaaS) collaborative workspace project that allows distributed business teams of all sizes to work virtually and seamlessly online
PollutionOnline |
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Current Newswire:
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]The execution of a full-text query failed. "The content index is corrupt." [ Thanks to steve hill for this link.
Linux Today |
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Jordan- JTG cuts IP connectivity costs by 15- 52%
Jordan- JTG cuts IP connectivity costs by 15- 52%
MENAFN |
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Online community helps shoppers spot fake purses
NEW YORK -- It was the peeling hologram sticker in her new Fendi bag that made Chrys Reyna suspicious.
Reno Gazette-Journal |
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A new adventure
Torrance company takes its popular JumpStart educational software for children into an interactive, virtual world.
Daily Breeze |
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