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Sneak peek of Skooba's checkpoint-friendly bags
There's been a lot of talk regarding the upcoming TSA approved laptop bags, and Skooba has finally released some images to give us a better idea of what to expect. Now earlier, I reported that TSA wants these checkpoint-friendly bags to be thinner, and free of zippers, buckles, or even pockets. With those specifications, I imagined all checkpoint-friendly bags would look like laptop ...
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Google powers up users' Gmail security arsenal
The e-mail service gains a way for members to see where else their accounts are logged in, and giving them the option to log out remotely.
ZDNet Asia |
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Microsoft readies pay-as-you-go business apps
Enabling telecommuting is likely to be a selling point for the productivity and "deskless worker" tools in the Microsoft Online Services lineup.
ZDNet Asia |
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Programmers in India prefer Google's Orkut
A new survey shows that more software developers in India are choosing Orkut over Facebook and MySpace.
ZDNet Asia |
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Keeping alert for free with Westpac online banking
Online banking has been given a boost with the introduction of free email and txt alerts for Westpac’s customers. Since the introduction of alerts last month, more than 65,000 email and 55,000 txt alerts have been sent, proving their popularity with customers.
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Apple's MobileMe service set to debut
With MobileMe coming in to replace the .Mac service, subscribers should be prepared for a bit of downtime late in the day Wednesday.
ZDNet Asia |
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Google open sources XML alternative Protocol Buffers
Software company releases software for encode data in multiple formats in a single binary format for network communications or storage.
ZDNet Asia |
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft is simplifying the processes via which its PC-maker partners will be able to provide 'downgrade' rights from Windows Vista to Windows XP for their customers.
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HTC Touch Diamond available in mid-July
This year until 2009 will be the banner years of mobile internet in phones, as declared by Kevin Hou, Managing Director of High Tech Computer (HTC) South East Asia during the Philippine launch of its latest flagship mobile device, the HTC Touch Diamond.
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Samsung MLC-based 128GB SSD is Now in Volume Production
SEOUL, South Korea----Headline of release should read: Samsung MLC-based 128GB SSD is Now in Volume Production .
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EMC taps ex Microsofter Maritz to fend off Microsoft Hyper-V
It takes one to know one. At least that's what EMC hopes as it appoints former Microsofter Paul Maritz to head up its lucrative VMWare unit, not coincidentally on the same day that Microsoft formally released its much anticipated Hyper-V to market. The departure of longtime...
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IT & T
Telecom Corporation, New Zealand's biggest telephone company, selected Alcatel-Lucent to build a new nationwide network. The contract is worth NZ$130 million ($98 million), the Auckland-based company said in a statement sent to the stock exchange.Telecom is building an Internet Protocol network.
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Actors Union Ratifies Deal With Hollywood Studios
Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have ratified a new contract with Hollywood studios that boosts payments for actors whose work appears on the Internet, the union said Tuesday. AFTRA said 62.4 percent of voting members approved the three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
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Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing
Sometime late last year, an employee of a McLean investment firm decided to trade some music, or maybe a movie, with like-minded users of the online file-sharing network LimeWire while using a company computer. In doing so, he inadvertently opened the private files of his firm, Wagner Resource Group, to the public.
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Broadband subs in Asia-Pac to cross 170 million this year
SINGAPORE, BUSINESS WIRE -- Asia-Pacific's broadband subscriber base is expected to reach 171 million by the end of 2008, representing a year-on-year growth of 31.5 percent and a household broadband penetration rate of only 19.7 percent.
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Actors union ratifies deal with studios
New AFTRA contract boosts payments for actors whose work appears on the Internet.
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Businessman given suspended jail term over internet postings
A businessman has been handed a suspended six-month prison term for contempt of court in relation to material published on the internet.
The New Zealand Herald |
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New online chat forum for cancer patients
Cancer Research UK today launches an online chat forum for cancer patients to swap stories and share experiences on how to cope with such a devastating disease.
News-Medical-Net |
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iPhone debuts in Mexico at half its US price
MEXICO CITY (AP) - 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.
The Star |
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Man 'had 100,000 child porn images'
THE first South Australian to face court charged over a worldwide internet child pornography sting appeared before a magistrate today.
Adelaide Now |
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Smokers fuming over tax hike
For years, Rhode Island smokers took a quick trip across the state line into Massachusetts for a lower price on cigarettes. Now, after the Bay State increased its cigarette tax by $1 on July 1, smokers from both states are turning elsewhere and to the Internet for a cheaper addiction.
The Woonsocket Call |
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Actors union ratifies deal with Hollywood studios
Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have ratified a new contract with Hollywood studios that boosts payments for actors whose work appears on the Internet, the union said Tuesday.
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Recent Original Stories
Many OS/2-eCS users knows that we are currently requesting signatures to ask IBM to open source OS/2 (or at least the OS/2 components that are possible to be opened).
New Mobile Computing |
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Congressional Democrats Aim to Censor Twitter and Qik
This isn’t a knee-jerk post. I’ve seen some discussion around the blogosphere that has correlated with an email I got this morning from the office of Representative John Boehner (the US House GOP leader) talking about a Democrat plan hatched to curtail free speech from members of Congress on the Internet’s various social media websites. As [...]
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Innovative Methods Help Sell Real Estate
In these tough economic times it can be difficult to sell real estate. So sellers are turning to some innovative methods in hopes of grabbing buyers' attention. FOX13 talked to two sellers who haven't had any trouble selling their property, but they're not taking any chances. They're using TV and Internet to turn the heads of buyers.
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