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Samsung starts mass production of 128GB SSDs
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has started volume production of its 1.8- and 2.5-inch multi-level cell (MLC)-based solid state drives (SSD) with a 128 Gigabyte (GB) storage capacity.
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Beijing opens Olympic media centres
Sun Weijia, media director of the Beijing organizing committee. told reporters that the Chinese government would also allow journalists full access to the internet during the games, suggesting that it would suspend its normal blocking of sensitive political content.
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IPhone Fans in Tokyo Queue to Buy Handset 3 Days Before Sale
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Hiroyuki Sano is so keen to own Apple Inc. 's new iPhone he started queuing outside Softbank Corp.'s main store in Tokyo three days early. He's not alone.
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Missing software creator 'panicked, paranoid'
The wife of a missing millionaire who founded an Internet software security company said he was panicked and paranoid for three months before vanishing from the Princess Kaiulani Hotel in Waikiki June 30.
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iPhone hits Mexico at half-price
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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Online Businesses: Recession-Proof or Just Lucky?
The entire United States is debating whether the country is in the midst of an economic slowdown. Some of the signs are fairly explicit: steadily rising gas prices and their cascading effects on the average consumer, unemployment rate bumps, and the continued fallout from the housing market bubble.
E-Commerce Times |
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Microsoft: $1.4B EU Antitrust Fine is Too High
Software giant balks at penalties...
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Google Wont Fight Order To Turn Over Youtube Records
Google has no intention of challenging a judge's order that its YouTube unit turn over to Viacom information about users who viewed videos on the website. However, it said that ...
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Etisalat launches new initiative to improve service experience for its Internet customers
In a major initiative aimed at improving the quality of service experience for its residential (Broadband Al Shamil ADSL) Internet service customers, Etisalat announced the launch of a new software called eSupport to enable them to solve basic Internet connectivity issues and problems on their own without having to call a help desk for support.
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Tories slam government cyber crime policies
The Tory opposition has gone on the attack over the government's trend towards centralised data systems and inaction on e-crime, saying they are a dangerous combination that leaves our society vulnerable to cyber terrorism.
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Games and video drive Asia broadband growth
More than 40 million individuals, businesses and families in Asia will begin using broadband internet connections this year, new forecasts predict.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Controversial Author Bill Glynn Gets Down to Business With Neil Cavuto and Hugh Hewitt
A solution for the deficit and fledgling economy, views on Google, oil prices, Congress, war, politics and religion strike a deep chord with Americans.
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RRsat Signs an Agreement With WatchIndia for Internet Distribution of a Package of Indian TV Channels
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. , a rapidly growing provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, announced today it has signed an agreement with WatchIndia TV, a popular video platform which enables live and on- demand broadcasting of well-known Indian TV stations worldwide.
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Covast's Advanced B2B Capabilities To Be Delivered in Microsoft BizTalk Server
Covast today announced that its advanced B2B technology recently acquired by Microsoft Corp. will be delivered with the forthcoming release of BizTalk Server 2006 R3 and the Advanced B2B Pack.
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Is Another Reorganization Really the Answer to Yahoo!'s Problems?
The House of Purple is undergoing yet another reorganization. That will fix everything just like the last re-org in 2007 and the one before that in 2006. The House of Purple is undergoing yet another reorganization. The neighborhood's on fire, time to rearrange the furniture. That will save your major investment. Your marriage is heading for a divorce, time to rearrange your closet. That will ...
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Poll finds that pet owners favor McCain over Obama
If the presidential election were to go to the dogs, then Republican John McCain looks like the best in show. A new Associated Press-Yahoo News poll finds that pet owners favor McCain 42 percent to 37 percent over Democrat Barack Obama, with dog owners especially high on the Arizona senator.
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Google and the End of Science
Bringing it all back Hume WiReD magazine's editor-in-chief Chris Anderson has just seen the end for scientific theories. And it is called Google.…
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Jerry Yang accuses Microsoft of destabalising Yahoo!
Yahoo! CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang has accused Microsoft of destabalising Yahoo! with no actual intention to complete its proposed takeover.
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With two Intel Quad-Core Clovertown processors and eight sticks of Kingston FB-DIMM DDR2 Phoronix set out to see the ...
. Phoronix has tested the memory in single, dual, and quad memory channel configurations. Read the article to see how the Intel Xeon 5300 performs in various Fully Buffered Dual Inline Memory Module configurations.
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BuzzFeed Hauls in $3.5 Million
BuzzFeed has received $3.5 million in its first round of funding, CNet News reported. The start-up trend-tracking site tracks and delivers the most viewed content on the Internet.
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Service Channels
Yahoo has announced a strategic partnership with Getty Images, allowing Getty Images to market images on Flickr.
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'Fable II' buyers offered free pub games
Gamers who pre-order Lionhead Studio's eagerly-awaited Fable II can access free downloads.
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Yang accuses Microsoft of 'trying to destabilize' Yahoo
Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang (left) and co-founder David Filo speak at an international electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2008. Yang has accused Microsoft of trying to destabilize Yahoo with no genuine intent to buy the company, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
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posted by Charles Williams on Mon 7th Apr 2003 03:17 UTC
We have all heard the horror stories of how GNU/Linux is difficult, if not almost impossible, as far as general desktop usability is concerned.
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Langford rolls out free wireless Internet along main street
Access to the Internet is now free in downtown Langford.
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