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NEWS: UK academic gets funds to improve code generation
PARIS — A researcher from the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton has received funding of £300,000 ($594,000) from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to improve the safety and usability of automatically generated software code used in the automotive and aerospace industries.
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An Imminent Victory for 'Net Neutrality' Advocates
If regulators penalize Comcast for blocking some Internet file downloads, it would be a victory for advocates of an open Internet. But it could end up accelerating the move by Internet providers to make heavy users charge more.
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FCC seeks to punish Comcast in Internet probe: report
The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday he will recommend that Comcast Corp be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet, The Associated Press reported.
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iPhone 2.0 Lands Today
Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday in swirls of smoke to eager buyers who had waited in lines around a city block and happily counted down the final 30 seconds before launch.
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Apple's New IPhone Debut Draws Crowds, Helicopters (Update1)
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. started selling the iPhone 3G today, drawing thousands across Asia and Europe, with customers creating a half-a-mile-long queue in Tokyo and braving summer heat in Madrid.
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Man Sentenced for Internet Child Porn
(Springfield, MO) -- A man from Springfield is sentenced for transporting child pornography over the internet. U.S. Attorney John Wood in Kansas City says Travis Claxton, 35, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison without parole.
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Advani's campaign hopes to do an Obama
For months now, the Washington Post reports, a core group of political strategists, computer specialists and management graduates have been poring over Obama's speeches and web site, his campus of change and, of course, the rhetoric of change, to nail down how Advani's campaign can be run to inspire India's untapped potential of young voters
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Peeblesshire News » Privacy Policy
('Terms' refers to the Terms of Use of this website, communities, comments and blogs). In general use of this site Clyde & Forth Press does not store or capture data about you, other than to log your IP address and session details, like the number of pages you view and the type of browser you use.
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PC maker takes preorders for quad-core Intel laptop chip
Australian PC maker Pioneer Computers is taking preorders for laptops based on an unreleased quad-core mobile processor from Intel, saying the chips are very close to being available. Intel's 2.53GHz quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX9300 processor is advertised as a A$1,449 (US$1,390) upgrade to Pioneer Computers' DreamBook Style 9008 laptop. Reflecting the chip's expected position at the ...
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Hardware Roundup: Friday Edition
Since the storm of videocard news we've seen lately there has been a lull in videocard reviews but that all changes today as we get a look at a pair Diamond HD 3870 cards along with a GTX 280 from Palit. For you flight sim aficionados there's the Saitek Aviator flight stick to check out. In the motherboard department our roundup turned up the Asus Maximus II Formula board based on Intel's P45 ...
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iPO iPO Quick Tip - iTunes: Accessing the App Store
Apple's new App Store is loaded with cool programs to add to your iPhone or iPod touch, but you have to find them first. If you aren't sure where the App Store is, don't worry: It only takes a couple of steps to make sure it's always close at hand
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I-Phone Mania hits Toronto
The wait is over for many tech lovers as the I-Phone goes on sale today in Canada and 21 other countries. Some have been lining up all night to get their hands on the touch-screen device that will allow them to play music, watch video, surf the Internet, check their email and make phone calls.
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Activation woes for iPhone 3G buyers
London launch marred by software problems Software compatibility problems marred the launch of the iPhone 3G at Apple's flagship store in London, where customers had difficulty activating their new phones.
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Seagate launches 1.5TB desktop hard drive
Largest capacity jump in over 50 years Seagate Technology has announced the world's first 1.5TB desktop hard drive, as well as half-terabyte laptop hard drives based on perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology.
PC Advisor |
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Apple's new iPhone goes on sale
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- The global rollout of Apple's revamped iPhone kicked off Friday in Asia with countdown celebrations and quick sellouts as crowds of gadget fans streamed into stores after long waits.
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Apple's New IPhone Debut Draws Crowds, Helicopters (Update1)
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. started selling the iPhone 3G today, drawing thousands across Asia and Europe, with customers creating a half-a-mile-long queue in Tokyo and braving summer heat in Madrid.
Bloomberg.com |
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Banks should be liable for e-fraud
A House of Lords committee has called on the government to make banks, not customers, legally liable for internet fraud.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Activision's Barbie(R) Fashion Show: An Eye for Style(TM) and Barbie(R) Horse Adventures(TM): Riding Camp Coming This ...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.----Activision, Inc. announced today that two new titles would be added to the enormously popular Barbie® videogame franchise: Barbie® Fashion Show: An Eye for Style™ for Nintendo DS™ and PC and Barbie® Horse Adventures™: Riding Camp for Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PC.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Wozniak forced to queue for 3G iPhone
But Apple legend says new phone is not perfect Apple's 3G iPhone has been notoriously hard to get hold of ahead of today's official release, but you'd have thought Steve Jobs would have given one to his old friend Steve Wozniak.
PC Advisor |
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Egg looks fragile as Citi begins sell-off - community blog from Paul Penrose
Citi's decision to offload its profitable retail business in Germany could mark the start of a major re-alignment for the US bank's vast overseas network.
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Recent Original Stories
"Here are my few suggestions to make better desktop (making it simple but powerful). Most of them are for GNOME and related applications but for other desktop environments and applications could be also useful.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Apr 2006 21:18 UTC
Linux on desktop computers will begin taking off in mainstream markets in the next 12 to 18 months, Novell President Ron Hovsepian has predicted.
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Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria and Milwaukee's Corey Hart elected All-Stars in online vote
NEW YORK - Evan Longoria had big plans for next week's All-Star break — a trip to Las Vegas with some friends. Tampa Bay's rookie third baseman ended up with an even better trip to New York for the last All-Star game at Yankee Stadium.
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Japanese go mad for iPhone 3G
The launch of Apple's iPhone 3G in Japan has been greeted by lines of enthusiastic buyers up to half a mile long, according to local press reports. The new phone went on sale this morning at 7am at a Tokyo outlet of Apple's local partner, SoftBank Mobile.
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LCD chemical has 17,000 times the climate impact of CO2 11 Jul 2008, 1311 hrs IST,ANI
WASHINGTON: A recent study has found nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), a chemical which is found in the LCD panels of several electronic devices, to have a global climate impact 17,000 times greater than carbon dioxide (CO2).
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