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Apple hopes cheaper iPhone 3G will broaden market
SAN FRANCISCO, 9 JULY 2008 - As the iPhone 3G hits stores this week, Apple is aiming to gain more users by offering it at reduced prices through carriers.
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High gas prices fuel boom in online classes
Laurel Ranticelli considered driving 40 miles round-trip to take education classes at the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst. Then she realized she could take the same courses from her computer at home and save on fuel costs.
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Secret Service Helping Richland Police Fight Scammers After Your Money
Richland has a hot new way of looking right into your hard drive to see who's been targeting you. And it can't come at a better time. Fraud is on the rise in Richland.
KEPR Pasco |
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Internet Bug Fix Spawns Backlash From Hackers
Security researchers are criticizing hacker Dan Kaminsky for keeping quiet about technical details of a critical DNS flaw.
PC World |
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EXECUTIVE ELEGANCE
''Swiss Executive Plus'' available until September 30 is priced at 4,500 baht per night for single and 5,000 baht for double occupancy, with accommodation in an Executive Club deluxe room, breakfast, fresh fruit, laundry service, broadband Internet, butler service, free local calls, daily newspaper, use of meeting room (up to two hours per day), evening cocktails, discounts at F&B outlets and ...
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Issue of Online Privacy Grows as Companies Track 'Digital Footprints'
A Senate panel held a hearing Wednesday to investigate the growing issue of online privacy and what rights individuals should have to decide how their Web surfing history can be used by advertisers. Public policy advocates weigh the debate over online privacy.
The Online NewsHour |
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IT experts: Revise computer crime law
The Computer Association of Thailand may propose an amendment of the Computer Crime Law, saying the first year of enforcement was causing many problems for users.
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news |
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Google's 3D world a bit too 'Lively'
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 10 July 2008 at 02:08:00 Sex chatters flock to teen-friendly site Google has launched a new 3D world system designed to be safe for teenage users. Known as 'Lively,' the platform will allow users to design and operate small 3D rooms...
vnunet.com |
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Internet a pharmaceutical candy store
Despite new efforts to regulate internet pharmacies, 85% of sites selling controlled drugs do not require a prescription, researchers reported.
TVNZ |
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Iraq's Surface Waters Modeled for Future Planning
, July 9, 2008 (ENS) - A working computer model of Iraq's surface waters is the outcome of a year-long collaboration between scientists from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque and Iraqi engineers and modelers.
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Features and Case Studies
If you listen to Intel, the last hold-outs against the x86 instruction set are about to fall — with super-powered Nehalem swarms mopping up the high end of massed Power PC supercomputers, and sneaky little Atoms nibbling away at the ARM embedded market.
ZDNet Australia |
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Vista is sunk
commentary It's not really a mid-life crisis, not really. But eighteen months after Vista appeared - and eighteen months before Windows 7 - Vista has bought a metaphoric red sports car and a new pair of tight jeans, and is getting ready to go on the pull.
ZDNet Australia |
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High gas prices fuel boom in online classes
Laurel Ranticelli considered driving 40 miles round-trip to take education classes at the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst. Then she realized she could take the same courses from her computer at home and save on fuel costs.
KTVA Anchorage |
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Game On: Alteil Set to Launch on Friday, July 11th
Alteil, Japan's number one online card game, goes live on Friday, July 11th. Since launching in Japan four years ago, Alteil has spread worldwide with several international launches.
Anime News Network |
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High gas prices fuel boom in online classes
Laurel Rancitelli, poses next to a University of Massachusetts website for online classes, Tuesday, July 1, at her home in Springfield, Mass.
The Journal-Standard |
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posted by David Adams on Tue 8th Jul 2008 23:11
There's been much discussion over the past few months about the marriage of databases and filesystems - with Microsoft's Longhorn reportedly sporting the Yukon integrated SQL Server , and GNOME Storage in heaty debate, if not development, there's been lots to talk about.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 10th Mar 2006 12:29 UTC, submitted by Moule
It's official, boys and girls: it's easier to kick in a door when it's open. "A test has revealed that a Linux server is far less likely to be compromised.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 25th Dec 2005 21:58 UTC
"Fifteen years ago, the Web browser was invented on Christmas day. We look at the history of the browser, talk to its creator, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and ponder how the software increasingly provokes users to define their own ways of consuming information online."
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Recent Original Stories
LXer compares Ubuntu, Mac OSX, and Windows XP . "All three desktop operating systems have admirable qualities. Each has some weaknesses. Attending a recent User Group Fair, I had another chance to see them at work. Having used and programmed on each platform provides some unbiased insights."
New Mobile Computing |
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UAE stands out in global e-readiness rankings
e-readiness rankings 2008 report by the Economist Intelligence Unit places United Arab Emirates second in the MENA region
ITP.net |
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FTC cool on regulating online advertisers
Despite growing concerns that online advertisers could be intruding on the privacy of Internet users, industry leaders should continue regulating themselves for now, the Federal Trade Commission told Congress on Wednesday.
The Palm Beach Post |
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Leak risks on the Hill: BlackBerrys
After Chinese hackers infiltrated congressional computers, lawmakers fear more breaches of laptops.
The Politico |
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Online Classes Becoming More Popular
Students are signing up in record numbers to take cyber courses. College administrators say online learning is cost effective and convenient. More and more people are becoming computer savvy, and they have a growing number of options for online learning.
WSIL 3 Southern Illinois |
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posted by Nicholas Blachford on Wed 9th Jul 2003 16:43 UTC
This article started life when I was asked to write a comparison of x86 and PowerPC CPUs for work. We produce PowerPC based systems and are often asked why we use PowerPC CPUs instead of x86 so a comparison is rather useful.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 7th Jul 2006 13:26 UTC
Ars reviews the Dell Inspiron e1405 -- a Core Duo laptop priced at USD 800. It concludes: "Taken for what it is, the Dell e1405 performed well in our testing.
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