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Two days ago, the news that a company called Psystar was offering a Mac clone
made quite some waves across the net. They were offering their Open Computer, a standard x86 machine, which they could pre-load with Mac OS X Leopard.
New Mobile Computing |
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Dash to the draft
Brian Witherspoon's football career at Stillman College was played out mostly beneath the nation's notice, but as the National Football League's annual draft approaches, he's become something of an Internet legend.
The Tuscaloosa News |
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Red Hat Skips Consumer Linux Desktop
Red Hat has no plans to create a traditional desktop product for the consumer market, but will continue to place its bets on a...
PC World |
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Naked dancing bird is an online hit
A dancing naked parrot that resembles an oven-ready chicken has become an unlikely internet smash.
Ananova |
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Yahoo successfully tested Google ads on search results
It looks like Yahoo is all set to outsource its web search advertising to Google as announced last week. Citing Wall Street Journal, Reuters is reporting that Yahoo has successfully tested Google’s service in delivering ads to its search engine results page. Should the ad outsourcing push through, which seems to more likely happen now [...]
Search Engine Journal |
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Businesses wake up to web 2.0
Web 2.0 is most obviously associated with consumer social networking websites, but businesses are fast waking up to the power of applications based on the platform, experts revealed today.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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GCS presents a opportunity for a career in IT for Birmingham residents
GCS, an IT recruitment specialist, has opened a new office in Birmingham. This is the third office to open in the UK, with two others in Reading and London.
Online Recruitment |
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42% of London teenagers not used to looking for work using the Internet
17/04/2008 A quarter of youngsters aged between 15 and 16 have gone to meet somebody they met on the internet according to a recent survey by online advertising company, Broadbean Technology.
Online Recruitment |
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Computer Aid donates 8,000 PCs to Nigeria
Charity aims to bridge digital divide UK-based charity Computer Aid International (CAI) has donated 8,000 refurbished PCs to Nigeria.
PC Advisor |
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Google Spreadsheets open to XSS hack
Researcher exposes session-stealing attack A serious flaw in Google Spreadsheets could give an attacker access to all of a user's Google services, according to security researcher Billy Rios.
PC Advisor |
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12 percent admit to 'stealing' Wi-Fi connections
Wi-Fi piggy-backing stats measured by Accenture Twelve percent of respondents to an Accenture survey have flouted the law and logged on to someone else's unsecured Wi-Fi connection.
PC Advisor |
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UK sees sharp rise in phishing attacks
UK payments association Apacs has warned consumers to be vigilant after the number of reported phishing incidents shot up by 200 percent
ZDNet UK |
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Spear-phishing scam targets CEOs
Targeted attacks trick thousands in the US After tricking several thousand executives into downloading malicious software earlier this week, online scammers started up their subpoena phishing scam again on Wednesday, but on a much smaller scale.
PC Advisor |
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Safari patch tackles hack-the-Mac flaw
Apple patches $10,000 prize-winning bug Apple has patched for its Safari web browser to fix the flaw uncovered at the CanSecWest security conference's hack-the-Mac contest.
PC Advisor |
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Microsoft invites hobbyist developers to light a spark
Toasters and TVs under the knife
Silicon.com |
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Lots of people didn’t get password memo
SAN FRANCISCO – Using the same password for multiple Web pages is the Internet-era equivalent of having the same key for your home, car and bank safe-deposit box.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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Facebook installs new chat function
Starting this week, social-networking giant Facebook is rolling out Facebook Chat, an addition to the Web site that will allow users to chat directly from within the site. Facebook Chat is similar to AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) in style, but will integrate seamlessly with one's list of friends rather than forcing users to maintain a separate "buddy list.
The Heights |
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Clicking on Google ads still increasing, but not as fast as last quarter
Google Inc., the most popular Internet search engine, saw a 1.8 percent rise in users clicking on its text advertisements last quarter, slower growth than in the previous period, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. reported Wednesday.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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by Zero_the_Hero (2.75) on Sat 10th Feb 2007 19:17 UTC
I'm sure there are many people in Eastern Europe who would rather use Open Source than face the possibility of being put in a Siberian Gulag. There might just be more to this situation than the article lets on.
OS News |
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Recent Sony Financial Holdings Inc. News
Tokyo, Apr 17, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Sony Financial Holdings Inc. said Thursday it will strengthen the capital base of Internet banking unit Sony Bank. Sony Financial Holdings plans to buy 60,000 new Sony Bank shares worth 6 billion yen on Wednesday. The shares are to be issued by the bank.
Japan Corporate News |
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Britain for Sale at Internet World
The domain name Britain.co.uk is one of a number of showcase domain names for sale at the Internet World show in Earls Court at the end of April. Over 2,000 generic, descriptive domain names are available at the show, including Maps.co.uk, Mum.co.uk, Dad.co.uk, SearchEngine.co.uk and TechnicalSupport.co.uk. (PRWeb Apr 17, 2008) Read the full story at ...
PRWeb |
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Intellectual Property
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit amended a decision in order to apply the new dilution standard established in the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 (TDRA) in place of the prior "actual dilution" standard arising from the 2003 Supreme Court decision, Moseley v. V. Secret Catalogue.
Mondaq |
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-04-17 09:02 GMT: UK smallcap opening - i-mate hardens on soothing update
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - I-mate Plc. hardened 1 to 20 pence after the specialist in Microsoft Windows-compatible mobile devices said it expects full-year results to be broadly in line with market expectations, with sales for the year estimated at $63 million.
Interactive Investor |
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Intellectual Property
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court decision holding that a trademark plaintiff had forfeited its entire damage award because of litigation misconduct—specifically, interfering with a witness.
Mondaq |
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IT & Telecoms
In a September 18, 2007 ruling, Justice Roger Hughes of the Federal Court of Canada affirmed that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has the right to examine records on Canadians who generate monthly sales of more than US$1,000 through the online marketplace on eBay, also known as ‘PowerSellers.’
Mondaq |
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