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Reuters Technology Summary
New iPhone to sell for $599-$699 without contract NEW YORK - U.S. consumers who want the new iPhone but cannot or do not want to sign up for a two-year contract with AT&T Inc will eventually be able to buy it for an extra $400. Apple Inc has said the new iPhone will go on sale July 11 at $199 for the model with 8 gigabytes of storage and $299 for the 16-gigabyte version. ...
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Vignettes
I live in a paper-down world. I lay paper down. Over and over again. Thinking I'll get back to each piece sooner rather than later, my paper pile grows high, and then it widens. A couple decades ago I heard that the Internet and computers were leading us toward a paperless society.
Hot Springs Village Voice |
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Skype names Motorola exec COO
Internet calling company Skype on Tuesday named former Motorola Inc. executive Scott Durchslag its first chief operating officer. (EBAY) (MOT)
BizJournals |
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Solarflare Demos 10GBASE-T with CommScope
Solarflare Communications, the leading provider of standards-compliant 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) silicon, recently completed a 10GBASE-T product demonstration with CommScope, Inc. (NYSE:CTV), the global leader in enterprise cabling infrastructure solutions for communications networks. The demonstration was held at the HP Technology Forum & Expo in Las Vegas.
Centre Daily Times |
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Older Versions Of Firefox, IE Put 45% Of All Internet Users At Risk
Firefox 2 is considered to be the most secure Web browser because 83.3% of its users worldwide are running the most current version.
InformationWeek |
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Researchers: 637 million browser users at risk
Researchers find that Internet Explorer users are less likely to update their browser to the latest version than users of Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
CNET |
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EA Sports Delivers Platform Specific Experience for FIFA Soccer 09
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Feature More Than 250 Core Gameplay Enhancements That Deliver Most Responsive, Intelligent and Realistic Action Ever. That Deliver Most Responsive, Intelligent and Realistic Action Ever.
GameSpy |
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Hickey: Rumored Xbox 360 Price Cut Won't Phase Nintendo
Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey has weighed in on recent rumors of an Xbox 360 price, suggesting that such a move would be in Microsoft's best interests despite the company's existing price advantage over Sony. The reports are based on an alleged scan of a K-Mart weekly circular ad showing a $50 reduction on the standard 20GB Xbox 360 console, which debuted at $399 before dropping to $349, ...
Gamasutra |
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Mobile Users Make Same Mistakes As Disabled PC Users
Mobile phone owners make similar mistakes to physically impaired computer users when using the technology, according to new research from The UK's University of Manchester.
Cellular-News.com |
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Study Shows 12,000+ Laptops Lost at Airports Each Week
A survey by the Ponemon Institute revealed that about 637,000 notebook computers are lost at airports each year, over 12,000 per week, according to Computerworld on Tuesday
The Mac Observer |
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Update: Microsoft tries again to improve volume pricing
Microsoft has unveiled a new program that allows its larger customers to combine separate product licensing agreements under one master contract, which could help them to get bigger volume discounts. The move, announced Tuesday, is another step in a series of changes intended to improve Microsoft's product licensing terms and make them easier for companies to navigate. The new Select ...
InfoWorld |
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COM Express module has onboard TPM
— Jun. 23, 2008 — MSC Vertriebs has announced a COM (computer-on-module) targeting image processing or automation.
WindowsForDevices |
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Microsoft to buy Powerset
Well, first it was a rumor, then an unconfirmed report and now it's a deal. Microsoft is buying Powerset.
CNET via Yahoo! News |
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Norfolk Southern to Host Second-Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call
Norfolk Southern Corp. will present its second-quarter 2008 earnings at 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 23, via teleconference and live Internet webcast.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Battle of the widgets
NetFront is promoting widgets to carriers and software developers as a way to create branded user interface elements without the complicated process of writing compiled software applications.
WindowsForDevices |
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Verizon: "Steve Jobs has no monopoly on innovations"
Verizon's chief Ivan Seidenberg reveals interesting details about plans to leapfrog AT T to become the largest wireless carrier in the US. In a rare interview with The Financial Times, Seidenberg commented on rumors that Verizon is up for a sale and fired a couple of jealous shots at Steve Jobs.
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Man Found Guilty of Sex Crimes
A man has been found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Cherokee County, North Carolina.. Bonfoey says the crime happened between March and July of 2004 and Owens lured the female child to his house by allowing her to play computer games.
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Now, more Indians spend time online
With the size of cyber audiences rising to over 28 million users in 2008 — an increase of 27 per cent over the previous year — more people in India are online now than earlier.
Business Standard India |
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Advanced URL Catalog
Is a complete bookmark management solution that will allow you to manage, organize, synchronize, remove duplicates and check your favorite internet pages for availability.
Jumbo.com |
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Apple posts extended Guided Tour for iPhone 3G
Apple has posted a new Guided Tour video, this time elaborating on the iPhone 3G. The extended version of the video runs approximately 38 minutes, and covers all expects of using an iPhone, from making calls and managing contacts through to taking photos and watching videos. Most of the information should be familiar to owners of 2.5G iPhones....
MacNN |
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Google's Ad Planner no threat to Nielsen, ComScore [Online Advertising]
Media buyers and major publishers say that despite ComScore shareholders' worries, Google's Ad Planner, which provides Web metrics and demographic data to online advertisers, won't dislodge... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
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Groundbreaking new Sherwood doc is the nation’s first blind naturopathic physician
Maybe it’s the funky gadgets. Her office is overflowing with them – the talking computer and robot-voiced blood pressure cuff; the old-school braille labeling machine and, of course, the black, leather case brimming with tiny, glass bottles of homeopathic remedies that, when given to ...
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Whrrl Adds Support for More Mobile Handsets
Pelago, the creators of the mobile social networking application Whrrl announced today that the applications now supported by more mobile handsets. Newly supported devices include the BlackBerry World 8830, several Motorola RAZR models and the Samsung M610...
I4U |
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Ok, Now It’s Done. Microsoft To Acquire Powerset
Microsoft will announce today that they have acquired San Francisco based semantic search engine Powerset. The acquisition price is not being disclosed, but our understanding from sources close to the deal is that the previously rumored $100 million is “roughly accurate.” In May we reported that Powerset was in acquisition discussions with Microsoft and was hoping [...]
TechCrunch |
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AT&T to invest $400M in Tenn. for statewide cable
AT&T Inc. has announced plans to invest $400 million in Tennessee as part of its effort to offer statewide cable television, Internet and phone services.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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