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IBM and Linden teleport avatars beween virtual worlds
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 01:28:00 Interopability comes to online communities Linden Labs, creators of Second Life, and IBM say they have developed have created a set of compatible avatars that can be used on either companies systems....
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Editors Gone Wild - Jezebel.com's 'Elephant in the Room'
Something happened in a basement theater in Soho in New York City just over a week ago that has caused a buzz on the internet. In many ways it represents...
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A tiny thmub drive
The 1-inch Imation Atom comes in sizes of 1, 2, 4 and 8 gigabytes and is not much bigger than a paper clip. It works with Windows, Apple and Linux computers, and it lets users protect data with a password and divide the storage space into multiple virtual "drives."
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Google ventures into virtual reality with new three-dimensional software for socializing
(AP:SAN FRANCISCO) In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
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Broadband In Your Pocket - Launches Of 8cm Modem
New Zealand’s smallest 3G broadband modem has arrived with Telecom’s launch of the T-Stick. At just under 8cm long and 1cm thick the T-Stick is smaller than a lip gloss, as thin as a pack of gum and shorter than a credit card.
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posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 4th Jul 2008 05:10 submitted by Dan Warne
A few months ago I published a how-to article showing how to make a Linux machine a Bluetooth 'LAN Access Point' so Bluetooth clients can get internet access via it.
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iPhone set to debut in Mexico at half its price in the United States
MEXICO CITY - Apple Inc.'s next generation iPhone lands this week in Mexico as part of its global debut, selling in Latin America's second-largest market for less than half its planned U.S. price.
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Recent Original Stories
"Microsoft quietly raised last week its per-incident support prices across the board for Windows and Office. Support for Windows XP and Windows Vista now costs USD 59 per incident.
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Burglar admits stealing church laptops
On the holy day, police say, Kashef Johnson walked into Grace Baptist Church in South Miami-Dade but not to find a higher power. Instead, Johnson stole three laptops Sunday afternoon -- laptops that the church used to run its online radio programming.
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DreamWorks, Intel join to improve animation computing technology
DreamWorks Animation has formed a strategic alliance with chip maker Intel aimed at improving the studio's technology for creating 3-D animated movies, the companies said Tuesday. Under the deal, Intel will provide DreamsWorks Anima ...
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Microsoft to sell server software package to U.S. companies
Microsoft announced on Tuesday it would sell a package of four server products to U.S. companies by the end of this year for 15 U.S. dollars per PC user per month. The software giant listed the four products as Exchange On-line, Sha ...
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MacDailyNews - Where Mac news comes first
Speaking at a keynote address at Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference this week, Brad Brooks, Microsoft's VP of Windows Vista consumer marketing said, "'We've got a pretty noisy competitor out there,' Brooks said of Apple whose 'I'm a Mac... and I'm a PC,' commercials criticize Windows Vista.
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Features and Case Studies
Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.
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Child porn operation nets 100th arrest
The number of arrests from a nationwide police operation against child pornography has reached 100, and police say they are working to apprehend the ringleaders of online networks.
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Microsoft backs 'rebellion' against Yahoo board
(Associated Press via NewsEdge) Microsoft threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo's board, saying that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's internet search engine or possibly the entire company.
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Intel snaffles Dreamworks from AMD
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 01:23:00 Will provide chips for 3D films Animated movie studio Dreamworks has announced that it switching its computers from AMD to Intel chips. The studio had had a three year deal with AMD to provide its hardware...
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Paul Maritz bio
INCOMING: PAUL MARITZ Birthdate: March 16, 1955 Birthplace: Zimbabwe Position: President and chief executive at VMware Previous jobs: Worked for Microsoft for 14 years; founded Pi Corp.
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Diane Greene bio
OUTGOING: DIANE GREENE Birthdate: June 9, 1955 Birthplace: Maryland Position: CEO of VMware since 1998 Previous jobs: CEO of Vxtreme, a video-streaming company; consultant on AdForce, a Web advertising venture; engineer at Tandem and Silicon Graphics.
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Sydney man arrested for eBay fraud
The New South Wales Police Force has confirmed a Sydney man will face court after being charged over internet fraud allegedly committed last month.
ZDNet Australia |
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LG Display tumbles ahead of earnings release
SEOUL, July 9 (Reuters) - Shares in LG Display <034220.KS> tumbled ahead of its second-quarter earnings announcement on Wednesday on worries that margins on its panels are set to weaken in the second half of this year, according to analysts.
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Internet dating puts women off guard
Women are being lured into danger through internet dating sites. The Auckland Sexual Abuse Help Foundation says attacks from first time meetings through internet dating are increasing.
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NTT to launch BlackBerry Internet Service in Japan
The new service will enable direct connection to the internet without a dedicated server. The BlackBerry Internet Service will cost JPY3,045 per month including tax.
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Intel snaffles Dreamworks from AMD
Animated movie studio Dreamworks has announced that it switching its computers from AMD to Intel chips.
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Avatars crossing borders
Linden Labs, creators of Second Life, and IBM say they have developed have created a set of compatible avatars that can be used on either companies systems.
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