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Novell has partnered with the Software Freedom Law Center to ensure that its partnership with Microsoft does not violate any terms of the General Public Licence.
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Dell began polling customers about their software preferences on Tuesday as part of an effort by the struggling PC vendor to meet a popular request for desktops and notebooks that run on Linux instead of Windows.
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Justice's data breached in file-sharing
Unwise use of peer-to-peer file-sharing software resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court justice's personal data being leaked, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The newspaper said that when an employee of a McLean, Va., investment firm used the file-sharing software LimeWire to trade personal files with other users, he exposed the Social Security numbers and birth dates of 2,000 of his clients, ...
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Cameras, Bluetooth, and Music Top Consumers' Lists as "Must Have" Features on Mobile Phones, According to ABI Research
NEW YORK----Digital camera functionality, Bluetooth connectivity, and music/radio playback on mobile phones are the top three features that consumers consider essential for the next mobile phone they will purchase, according to a recent ABI Research survey of 1,402 current wireless subscribers in seven countries.
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Google Introduces a Cartoonlike Method for Talking in Chat Rooms
Google’s new online tool allows people to embody a cartoonish online avatar and have text-based conversations with other Internet users in virtual chat rooms.
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Sun, Intel Push Optimized Solaris
SAN FRANCISCO – Eighteen months after Sun Microsystems and Intel made peace and announced plans for Intel-based servers as well as working together on Intel-optimized software, the two companies held a briefing with reporters here Tuesday to update their progress and future direction.
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Abuses Are Found in Online Sales of Medication
A majority of Internet sites that advertise or sell controlled medications are offering to supply the drugs without a proper prescription, according to a new study.
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Rumor Dealzmodo: $299 Xbox 360 with $25 Gift Card [Dealzmodo]
The worst-kept secret in the video game industry has to be Microsoft's upcoming $299 Xbox 360 Pro (surely, only because Microsoft wants it that way). Now a Target ad seems to have leaked revealing an...
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Sybase Gains More Middle With MMS Buy
Sybase took a big step toward its "Unwired Enterprise" strategy Tuesday with a partnership Cable&Wireless that makes Sybase a top mobile middleware middleman.
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Can a USB Socket Power a Popcorn Maker? [USB]
Some guys over at Metacafe have posted this video of possibly the best USB gizmo ever. It's a DIY desktop USB popcorn maker. Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? It uses a minimum of parts, and...
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Wholesale Inventories Rise, Led by Computers, Metals and Farm Goods
While consumer borrowing increased in May, a decline in stockpiles puts distributors in a good place for scaling back production slowly in the face of a struggling economy.
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Laptop containing dental images stolen from NHSCT member
A LAPTOP containing names and dental images of over 100 patients was stolen from the home of a Northern Health and Social Care Trust staff member, the MAIL has learned. (10/07/2008)
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Google Launches Virtual World Called 'Lively'
Lively feels more like a Google Talk-powered chat room with 3-D camera controls than an immersive environment like Second Life.
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The end of the gigabyte is nigh
Storage technology is entering the 'tera-era', according to Hitachi, and this means we'll soon be bidding farewell to the gigabyte. With many high end computers offering more than 1,000GB of storage, Hitachi says that we will soon be thinking in terms of terabytes.
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Xeround Accelerates Cloud Computing Space with Intelligent Data Grid Solution
Xeround announced the Company has closed a $16 million round of Series B funding led by Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. Also participating in the round were existing investors Benchmark Capital and Giza Venture Capital. The newly acquired funds will be used to increase sales and marketing activities as well as to step up research and development to advance the product roadmap.
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Sun's expanded storage lineup takes on data boom
With many organizations scrambling to meet exploding demand for storage capacity without constantly expanding their IT staffs, Sun Microsystems continues to push open-source software as a solution, along with a new series of storage arrays and a hybrid server-storage platform. The company says it is trying to tackle twin problems plaguing some storage-intensive enterprises, such as ...
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Congress studies how people track your online use
Executives from Microsoft, Google and Facebook among those at Senate committee hearing
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Comcast and Vonage Form Collaboration to Address Network Management and Better Meet Customer Needs
PHILADELPHIA & HOLMDEL, N.J.----Comcast Corporation and Vonage Holdings Corporation announced today a collaborative agreement to address the reasonable network management of Internet services.
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Franklin Child Killed in Florida
A young Franklin Boy is dead, after what was supposed to be a summer vacation in Florida took a deadly turn. The uncle the boy was staying with held his head underwater and later beat him, all because the six year old apparently lied about a broken computer.
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Man loses money on Internet motorcycle purchase
CHAMBERSBURG, Wednesday, July 9 -- A 20-year-old Chambersburg man agreed to buy a motorcycle over the Internet, but never got the bike. Devon Allen Cordell paid for the motorcycle on June 6, but never received the it from an unknown person, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg.
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Microsoft Partners Gain Guidance, Resources and Product Innovation
Today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008, the company will underscore its continued pipeline of innovation, along with new tools and resources to help partners evolve toward new business models and reach new customers.
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TMC University Offers Nine Certification Courses at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO West 2008
NORWALK, Conn.----Technology Marketing Corporation , announced today that its TMC University division will offer nine individual certification courses at the upcoming INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO West 2008 in Los Angeles.
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The FeedRoom Secures $12 Million in New Financing, Positions for Explosive Market Growth
NEW YORK----The FeedRoom Inc., a leading provider of Web video solutions for media companies, corporations and government agencies, today announced the completion of a $12 million round of growth capital financing led by NewSpring Capital.
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Cicero Inc. Signs Material Agreement With a Fortune 500 Health Care Company
Cicero Inc., a leading provider of desktop integration and automation solutions, today announced that it has signed a new agreement with a Fortune 500 Health Care Company to deploy Cicero in its contact centers. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will use Cicero to integrate applications to streamline agent workflow, increase operational efficiencies, and improve the customer ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Jan 2007 23:00 UTC
Today, 00:00 CET, Vista will be on sale here in The Netherlands; some computer shops will even be open tonight to cater to the early adopters. In all honesty, I do not think we will see Windows 95-like craziness, but still, I think a simple poll is in order.
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