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Kiwis first in the world to own iPhone 3G
He may be the first person in the world to own the new sought-after Apple iPhone, but all Jonny Gladwell wanted to do in the early hours of this morning was go to bed.
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Supermodel Christie Brinkley settles messy New York divorce case
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - Christie Brinkley's fiercely combative divorce trial ended Thursday, following a week of salacious testimony about her fourth husband's affair with a teenager and his Internet porn proclivities.
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Verizon Adds Two Towns to Its Broadband Network Expansion Project in Western Massachusetts
Verizon announced Thursday that it is adding two towns to its High Speed Internet Service expansion project in Western Massachusetts.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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posted by David Adams on Tue 8th Jul 2008 23:11
Well, I can say it truly is a miracle. I never thought I would be able to install Mac OS X 10.3 on my supposedly "inferior" x86-based AMD machine. Well, for most of you mac-zealots, you were wrong. It actually does. And I've got the proof right here!
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Recent Original Stories
Users of Windows who have set the Automatic Updates option to "Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them" were surprised to find that the latest WMF patch had overridden these settings and not only installed the patch, but rebooted the machines as well.
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Hudson Soft & Prometech Software Announce Aqua Forest Available at Launch of Apple App Store
TOKYO----Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. today announced its ground-breaking game AQUA FOREST will be available on the Apple App Store at launch today, priced at just $7.99. AQUA FOREST is the first commercial product to use OctaveEngine Casual, the 2D multi-physics engine designed by Prometech Software, for the development of casual games.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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VITA warns of confused board industry, destabilized chip industry
VITA mid-year study sees possible turmoil in chip markets for board-level computing, and commodification in many board industries.
EETimes |
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DNS Security Flaw Secretly Patched by Multiple Vendors
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has disclosed the discovery of defects in an essential component of everyday Internet operations. The flaw was found at the heart of the Domain Name System -- the Internet "phone book" for translating Web URLs into the numerical IP addresses that networking computers use to deliver information. According to CERT, hackers could use a technique ...
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Livedoor dodged taxes on ¥2.4 billion in income over four years
Tax authorities have found Internet service firm Livedoor Holdings Co. failed to declare some ¥2.36 billion in income in four years through September 2006, sources said Thursday. The company has already corrected its tax declarations in line with the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau's imposition of ¥1.26 billion in back taxes, the sources said. Read the full story
The Japan Times |
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Christie Brinkley settles NY divorce case
Christie Brinkley's fiercely combative divorce trial ended Thursday following a week of salacious testimony about her fourth husband's affair with a teenager and his Internet porn proclivities.
AP via Yahoo! News |
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Microsoft, Google Back Broad Privacy Legislation
Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. told lawmakers Wednesday that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising. At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on online advertising, representatives of the two technology rivals said meaningful privacy rules ...
CIO Today |
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Comcast Again Chided For Allegedly Blocking Internet Traffic
The company's agreement to smoothly deliver Vonage's VoIP services raises critics' questions about the ISP's network management practices.
InformationWeek |
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DNS Security Flaw Secretly Patched by Multiple Vendors
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has disclosed the discovery of defects in an essential component of everyday Internet operations. The flaw was found at the heart of the Domain Name System -- the Internet "phone book" for translating Web URLs into the numerical IP addresses that networking computers use to deliver information. According to CERT, hackers could use a technique ...
CIO Today |
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Apple Opens App Store for iPhones with 2.0 Software
Apple's new App Store turned on its virtual lights Thursday, featuring third-party applications for the iPhone and the iPod. The store is intended to support developers who are creating applications for the iPhone. The store is also reportedly helping developers get their products into final shape. Prices End in 99 Cents Developers can reportedly select any price they want for their ...
CIO Today |
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Backing Up Isn't Hard to Do with PC Backup
Just as the first three rules of real estate are location, location, location (at least they were before the housing bubble burst), the first three rules of safe computing are backup, backup, backup. The fourth rule is installing and updating an antivirus program. We can't help you if you're behind in your mortgage payments, but I can help you safeguard your most precious files. PC Backup is ...
CIO Today |
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Scientists assess greenhouse gas used in chips, LCD
Scientists are raising concern over Nitrogen trifluoride or NF3, a potent greenhouse gas, widely used in the manufacture of computers and flat-screen TVs.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Computer games may cut pregnancies
Computer games could be used in a bid to prevent young girls from becoming pregnant, a report suggests. There have already been projects where youngsters are given computerised baby dolls to look after, to illustrate the difficulties of looking after an infant.
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Consumers Using TV, Web More Than Ever
NEW YORK More media may be vying for the consumer's attention, but contrary to conventional wisdom, they're watching more TV than ever before, according to Nielsen data released Tuesday (July 8). Consumers are also watching more time-shifted TV and using the Internet more.
Marketing Y Medios |
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NI expands test data management, visualization
National Instruments has released DIAdem 11.0, the latest version of the interactive software for managing, analyzing and reporting test data.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Temperature simulators are fully programmable
Prime Technology LLC has introduced the RTD-500 series of programmable temperature simulators that is designed specifically for performing highly accurate calibration of temperature controllers.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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'Snail Mail' Letters From Summer Camp A Bygone Era
A new tool available to parents of campers at Camp Hanes in Stokes County allows them to check in on their children via the Internet.
WXII-TV Winston-Salem |
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Numonyx, Elpida forge memory foundry deal
Flash-memory upstart Numonyx B.V. has signed on its first silicon foundry partner, by announcing a deal with Japan's Elpida Memory Inc.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Report: NXP to bring Mifare 'hackers' to court
NXP Semiconductors is taking Radboud University researchers to court in an attempt to stop them publishing their controversial report on the security aspects of the Mifare Classic chip, according to local reports in the Netherlands.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Trio renews Cell/B.E. deal with Georgia Tech
Sony Group, Toshiba Corp. and IBM Corp. have extended their Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) technology collaboration with Georgia Tech College of Computing.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Keeping Kansans Safe
The Kansas Attorney General is making sure everyone knows the do's and don'ts when it comes to internet safety.
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