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Digital threat prompts movie industry downgrade
(AP) -- A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded the entertainment industry Monday and slashed forecasts for its five major companies, saying digital downloads of movies and TV shows posed a huge threat to profits from DVD sales that the companies rely on.
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Footballer's Facebook foul-up
A footballer accidentally let slip his hopes for a transfer to a rival club - on his Facebook page.
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Al-Falak acquires major distributor of IT products in Saudi
Al-Falak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Co, a leading provider of technology-based solutions to the Middle East, has recently completed the acquisition of Mishaal Al-Sudairy Office for Commercial Services (MSO) as part of Al-Falak's expansion strategy across the Middle East. The acquisition will provide Al-Falak critical access to leading IT brands and gain leverage for Al-Falak's vision of ...
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Global retail banks to spend USD 9 billion on business intelligence technology by 2012
Global retail banks are expected to spend USD 9 billion on business intelligence technology by 2012, with investments on operational risk technology poised to witness a 12 per cent average annual increase from USD 754 million in 2007 to over USD 1 billion in 2010, according to independent market analyst Datamonitor.
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Why Pietersen Was Wrong To Leave SA
Do KP's excuses really hold weight? When I originally offered to write this piece my eyes lit up, because the amount of bad press about Kevin Pietersen in cyberspace is endless. A simple Google search would provide me with plenty of ammunition to fire at "our" Kev.
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Vigilant agrees BATM bid
LONDON (SHARECAST) - CCTV security firm Vigilant Technology is recommending an offer from Internet networking products group BATM worth around £845,000 in cash, or £1.04m in BATM shares.
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Zend to Host the Fourth Annual Zend/PHP Conference and Expo
Zend Technologies, The PHP Company, announced today that registration is open for the fourth annual Zend/PHP Conference and Expo, the world's largest gathering of the PHP community. Leading PHP experts, professional PHP developers, and business managers will convene September 15 - 18 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. The theme of this year's conference is "High ...
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NebuAd Introduces Next-Generation Online Consumer Privacy Protections, Raising the Bar on Internet Privacy Protection ...
NebuAd, an online media company that provides state-of-the-art online privacy protection for consumers, today announced it is introducing new industry-leading online privacy protections, offering alternatives for robust, direct consumer notification and unprecedented innovations in opt-out technology. This move further empowers Internet service provider (ISP) subscribers to control their web ...
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T-Mobile to release Android later this year
THE dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a yarn about T-Mobile USA launching a Google Android phone during its 3G wireless network launch in October.
The Inquirer |
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Foreign Office overspend sees IT projects trimmed
Overspending on two Foreign and Commonwealth Office IT projects has led to spending on other tech schemes being curtailed
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Official bust surfing porn
Tokyo - A Japanese official has been suspended for clicking on pornographic web sites 780 000 times during working hours in just nine months, press reports said on Friday.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 23rd Jul 2007 12:54 UTC
Six months ago, after a long gestation period, Microsoft finally released Windows Vista. Vista is a huge release; not only because of the long list of new features, but also because of its sheer size, and number of bugs and other oddities and downsides.
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posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 15th Mar 2004 20:24 UTC
Xandros is preparing to release the business edition of their popular Linux desktop distribution. Here's what we found out so far about this new product.
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Online classes reshape schooling
When she gets home from work, Grand Ledge High School teacher Gwen Alim-Young checks over her sociology students' work, marking the assignments that need to be refined.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 26th Jun 2006 14:24 UTC, submitted by Travis Daniels
User are realizing that applications such as business intelligence, specialized workflow systems and even traditional customer relationship management applications will not be necessary in the future as organizations tie into 'people-ready' business solutions, according to Microsoft.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 9th Jul 2007 22:06 UTC
Dell is getting ready to launch systems with Ubuntu Linux, but is not yet releasing details of the final specifications. However, the company did say on Friday that as well as a consumer version of Ubuntu, it had plans to launch a small-business version 'in the future'.
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Microsoft adds asset management tool
But companies wary of sending too much info to Redmond. Microsoft is offering corporate users a scorecard for evaluating their internal asset management processes. The new feature will included as part of the company's controversial software asset management (SAM) programme.
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What speeds up communication and exchange?
What speeds up communication and exchange?Globalization and Internet. We bet you know that, in fact, those words are quite passé.Being on the internet and shipping your products out of the country isn’t just enough to say: “Hey! I’m here!”
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IBM jazzes up software delivery
Tool aimed at non-techy users. IBM has begun an open beta programme for BM Rational Requirements Composer, the second product based on its Jazz ALM (application lifecycle management) platform.
TechWorld |
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MessageLabs secures email backup
Promises extra safety for remote failover system. MessageLabs, best known as a provider of email security services, last week introduced a managed email backup service that has as a selling point the same security features built into the company's other products.
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Registrar blamed for ICANN domain hijack
Who let the Turkish hackers in? ICANN, the organisation that oversees the web's top-level domain naming system, has said that the hijacking last month of several of its domains was due to a security breach at the registrar that manages those URLs.
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Fixed wireless player plans more UK Wimax
And European regulators push for auctions. The UK's largest fixed wireless access (FWA) provider, is moving its network to WiMax, and the EC has announced a decision that should increase the availability of WiMax spectrum in Europe.
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Access database hit by new ActiveX hole
Even signed controls can go bad. Cyber-criminals are exploiting a bug in software used by Microsoft's Access in a new online attack, Microsoft has warned.
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Obama urban wear emerges in 2008
KANNAPOLIS - Anil Ramchandani of Concord hopes a window display full of trendy Barack Obama T-shirts will bring more people inside Real Fashions, a store that sells flashy suits and hip-hop inspired clothing. Ramchandani said the store isn't trying to make a political statement with its Obama display, but merely showcasing a hot sales item for window shoppers at Cloverleaf Plaza. The store has ...
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Merrillville cop arrested on battery charge
VALPARAISO Merrillville police officer Daniel Venegas, who served two tours of duty in Iraq, is on administrative leave without pay after being charged with battering his wife.
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