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EMPRESA ELECTRICA QUITO Chooses Corinex Broadband Over Powerline Technology to Bring Broadband and AMI to 700,000 Homes
15,000 km of electrical lines in Ecuador to be outfitted with Corinex Broadband over Powerline by ISP Consortium including TELCONET S.A., GILAUCO S.A. and BRIGHTCELL S.A.
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Squeezing the Internet for Political Cash, Part 2: The March to November
Much has been made of Barack Obama's public comments on whether or not he would choose to accept public financing for his general election campaign and Republican presidential nominee John McCain's reactions to those comments. However, the legal and political issues are far more complex than the general press is reporting.
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Economic downturn may lead to more software piracy
The economic downturn may lead to the increased use of illegal software, says the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast). Fast questioned company...
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Technology stokes new Web privacy fears
User profiles are getting more detailed. Some lawmakers are worried but perplexed by how it all works. Consumers worry about their Internet privacy. Politicians vow to investigate. And two of the nation's biggest tech companies, Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp., support federal legislation for data collection.
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AppDeploy (SM) Founder Bob Kelly Named Microsoft MVP
RESTON, Va.----AppDeploy, the leading destination for systems management professionals and the Internet's largest community of application and computer administrators, announced today that founder Bob Kelly, has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his expertise in both setup and deployment, and systems administration.
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Researcher to demonstrate attack code for Intel chips
Security researcher and author Kris Kaspersky plans to demonstrate how an attacker can target flaws in Intel's microprocessors to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of what operating system the computer is running. Kaspersky will demonstrate how such an attack can be made in a presentation at the upcoming Hack In The Box (HITB) Security Conference ...
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Clampdown On Video Game Sharing
Computer game manufacturers are clamping down on people who illegally share games and films over the internet.
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Maine man pleads guilty to child porn charge
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - A 58-year-old Skowhegan man who had more than 1,000 images of child pornography on his computer has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.
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Bankoh starts new Internet service
Bank of Hawaii is launching today a new Internet service to provide residential loan customers access to information on their mortgages.
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Yahoo rejects 'absurd' Microsoft-Icahn buyout offer
The internet giant has rejected an offer from Microsoft and Carl Icahn that would see Yahoo sell only its search business
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Too much time on computers is affecting kids' intellectual development
London, July 14 : A charitable educational trust has released a report stating that children these days are losing out on neurological and intellectual development because they spend too much time on computers rather than work with their own hands, something that can teach them important life skills.
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Kids burn 50 percent more energy playing virtual sports than computer games
Sydney, July 14 : A British study has revealed that playing interactive sports video games like the Nintendo Wii help children burn over 50 per cent more energy than playing sedentary computer games like Xbox does.
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Equifax Helps Consumers Combat Identity Theft with Launch of Equifax ID Patrol™
Equifax ID Patrol combines Internet scanning tools, 24/7 identity theft resolution, credit file lock, and credit monitoring in one comprehensive product
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Cox Tween Internet Safety Survey Results to be Discussed at 3rd Annual Internet Safety Summit in Washington, D.C. on ...
Cox Communications, in partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children(R) (NCMEC) and TV host and children's advocate John Walsh are presenting original research on the behavior of young people online. Together, the organizations are working to help parents and guardians understand the potential dangers of the Internet and how they can help keep their kids safer online. ...
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High demand from Mexico and beyond drives strong pricing at Ritchie Bros.' Fort Worth auction
On-site and online bidders from Mexico purchased US$8 million of heavy equipment and trucks from the US$35 million unreserved public auction conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers in Fort Worth, Texas last week.
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Lightwave Logic Appoints New Member to Its Board of Directors
Lightwave Logic, Inc. , a technology company focused on the development of electro-optic polymer materials for applications in high-speed fiber-optic telecommunications and optical computing, announced today the addition of Thomas E.
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Creative Introduces the ZEN X-Fi and the ZEN X-Fi With Wireless LAN - the Only Players to Improve the Quality of MP3 ...
Creative, a worldwide leader in digital entertainment, today announced the ZEN® X-Fi® and ZEN X-Fi with Wireless LAN digital media players for music, video and photos.
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Elsevier's "ScienceDirect" Articles Surpass Nine-Million Mark
Elsevier, a leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information, today announced that its online scientific research platform, ScienceDirect, has surpassed nine million full-text articles.
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Servoy Launches New Eclipse-Based Servoy 4.0 -- One Code Base for Desktop AND Web
Servoy Inc., a leader in SaaS/PaaS development, today introduced Servoy 4.0 -- one code base for desktop AND Web applications. Servoy 4.0 -- now an Eclipse plug-in -- is a major upgrade from all previous versions of Servoy, enabling Servoy developers to produce even better, more powerful enterprise-level applications using a standards-based IDE.
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Accenture Awarded Contract for Altinn II to Continue Development of Norway's Citizen-Centric Online Portal
OSLO, Norway----The Brønnøysund Register Centre has awarded Accenture a new contract to continue development and operation of Altinn, Norway’s citizen-centric online portal. The new phase of development, known as Altinn II, includes a three-year contract valued at approximately US$44.4 million covering application development and continued management of the e-government portal, with the option ...
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Virage Logic Expands Memory Interface Product Portfolio With New DDR3 Solution That Supports Speeds Up to 1.6 Gb/s
FREMONT, Calif.----Virage Logic Corporation , the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner and pioneer in Silicon Aware IP™, today announced the broadening of its Intelli™ DDR memory interface product portfolio with the introduction of Intelli DDR3, a high-performance memory interface solution that supports speeds up to 1.6 Gigabits-per-second .
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Gaia Online Completes $11 Million Series C Funding
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Gaia Online, the leading online hangout for teens, today announced an $11 million Series C round of venture funding from Institutional Venture Partners . At a time when eMarketer is predicting the number of teen internet users visiting virtual worlds will jump from the reported 8.2 million users in 2007 to 20 million in 2011, Gaia Online is dedicated to bringing this growing ...
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IP Telephony Holds Strong in the Face of Unified Communications (UC) Hype, IDC Says
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.----Despite escalating buzz and hype around the unified communications solutions from Microsoft and IBM, these solutions have had minimal impact on the growth of IP telephony lines, which recorded shipments of 30.9 million in 2007, a new study from IDC reveals.
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Study Highlights Market Opportunity and Vendor Strategies for Online Payroll Services
NEW YORK----A new AMI-Partners study, “Online Payroll Services: Ready for Take off in the Small Business Market?” takes an in-depth adoption of online payroll services and related dynamics in U.S. home-based and small business markets, and explores the strategies and solutions that four very different players--PayCycle, SurePayroll, ADP and Intuit—are taking to generate broad-based appeal for ...
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Slate Hires Technology Writer Farhad Manjoo
WASHINGTON----Slate, the daily online magazine, today announced it will expand its technology coverage with a regular column by leading technology writer Farhad Manjoo. The column, to be published twice a week, will focus on how technology affects politics, business, culture and society as well as cover new gadgets, products and trends.
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