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Thousands of laptops go missing at airports
More than 10,000 laptops are lost or stolen each week at U.S. airports, says security industry executive Richard Stiennon in a blog for NetworkWorld.com. He cites a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute, a monitor of privacy and security issues.
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Banks bid to offer you high rates
BOSTON -- MoneyAisle is a free new Web service that makes a bold claim: It says it will maximize the interest rates consumers can get on savings accounts by running online auctions in which banks bid for consumers' business.
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Autonomy etalk Receives the 2008 IP Contact Center Technology Pioneer Award
Autonomy Corporation plc , a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation's Customer Interaction Solutions magazine has named Autonomy etalk's Qfiniti Enterprise as recipient of the 2008 IP Contact Center Technology Pioneer Award.
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dabs.com Takes E-Commerce Fraud Offline With Ethoca
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Microsoft® takes legal action against software pirates
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Saudi Arabia's Mobily to acquire internet firm for $400m
Saudi Arabia's Mobily to acquire internet firm for $400m
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 5th Jul 2008 22:03 UTC
KDE 4.1 is supposed to make everything right with the recently troubled desktop. Everyone agrees now that KDE 4.0 was a mistake. However, what the mistake was -- and whose -- is a matter of opinion.
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Dallas-based outsourcing firm Affiliated Computer Services may have new suitor
Perpetual acquisition target Affiliated Computer Services Inc. may have another suitor in the next few weeks. Experts say there is growing buzz that an unnamed private equity firm will soon make a pitch for the Dallas-based outsourcing company.
Dallas Morning News |
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Recent Original Stories
The Linux Foundation has posted the second half of its long and thorough interview with Linux founder Linus Torvalds , part of the Foundation's 'open voices' podcast.
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft is to open up the source code behind its server communication protocols, in an attempt to get the European Commission off its back. The announcement covers the source code behind the communication protocols for Windows Workgroup Server and Windows Desktop.
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Augmented Reality: Beyond RFID and QR Codes For Mobile
Think of text, photos and videos on the Internet as a collection of content sitting on various interconnected servers. Consumers can access the content through machines designed in the 1970s and 1980s, during a time when the world relied on relatively large computing platforms comprised of keyboard, mouse and computer monitor.
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UT-San Antonio professor fantasized about students in e-mails
SAN ANTONIO – A tenured University of Texas at San Antonio professor who was fired for viewing pornography on his work computer fantasized about his students in e-mails, according to e-mails obtained by the San Antonio Express-News through the Texas Public Information Act.
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M2M: It's a platform play
Software players like Microsoft and Google are targeting the M2M space as if it's just another data business. It's not - doing M2M properly (and cost-effectively) requires a full-on end-to-end platform
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Alcatel-Lucent secures IP network deal from New Zealand carrier
Telecom New Zealand had signed a NZ$130 million deal with Alcatel-Lucent to build a new internet protocol phone network, a Reuters report said.
America's Network |
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Sony Computer Entertainment
GamesIndustry.biz is the world's most read and influential games industry website. But don't just take our word for it!
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Web agency tricked out of own address
NEW YORK (AP) -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Author: Distraction driving readers
The words are almost absurdly provocative: "Is Google making us stupid?"
The Columbus Dispatch |
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UT-San Antonio professor fantasized about students in e-mails
SAN ANTONIO – A tenured University of Texas at San Antonio professor who was fired for viewing pornography on his work computer fantasized about his students in e-mails, according to e-mails obtained by the San Antonio Express-News through the Texas Public Information Act.
Dallas Morning News |
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Woman fears neighbor hacked computer
A Kannapolis woman suspects a neighbor of hacking into her home computer's router June 26 and then accessing the computer's hard drive, according to a ...
The Salisbury Post |
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Microsoft to sell $70-a-year subscriptions for Office bundle / Package including OneCare would cost $200 to buy the ...
Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting in mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software. The move may also set the stage for Microsoft to offer its...
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Hoping to lure younger visitors, Itasca State Park gives wireless Internet a try
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) - With attendance slumping among younger adults, Itasca State Park has added wireless Internet to lure more visitors.
Crookston Daily Times |
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Straight-to-Web camcorders
They're cheap, compact, one-trick video ponies, but if all you want to do is quickly shoot and upload, check these out Creative Vado Pocket Video Cam Cnet rating: 6.8 out of 10 (good) The good: Ultraslim design; removable, rechargeable battery; easy to use;...
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Stolen data live on in Google searches
A Colorado woman logged on to her computer in April, voted on a CNN poll, shopped for airline tickets and calculated payments for a $25,000 car loan from Wells Fargo. She didn't suspect that a malicious software program was recording every keystroke -...
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Internet speech may not be so free
Service providers have right to delete what they don't like Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.
Baltimore Sun |
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Recent Original Stories
"You've built a linux desktop. You've mounted the learning curve to configure the hardware (or paid someone else to do so) and you are able to do your own work on the machine. You've discovered that if you can point and click you can run a modern linux OS on your desktop.
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