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Intel finally launches Centrino 2
INTEL HAS finally unveiled its Intel Centrino 2 platform for laptops, powered by five new Intel Core 2 Duo processors.
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XBox will link with Netflix
LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs.
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BBC set to name Erik Huggers as Ashley Highfield's successor
The BBC is expected to confirm that former Microsoft executive Erik Huggers is to replace Ashley Highfield as the new BBC director of future media and technology as early as today. It is understood that in his new role Huggers will work alongside a BBC FM&T executive charged with strengthening the divisions' editorial strategy and development. Huggers joined the BBC last year as group ...
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Online ads intrusive, annoying, but effective
You see them on just about every Web site. They lurk at the side or the top of the page. Some are static, others blink, flash, even float across your monitor.
Courier-Post |
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BT pays £20m for Ufindus
An internet marketing firm has been bought by telecoms giant BT in a deal worth £20m. (15/07/2008 07:58:24)
prestontoday.net |
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Metallica The Game
Microsoft has announced that Metallica will join the Guitar Hero series
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Robots deemed less intelligent than humans, still
Despite improvements in artificial intelligence and robotics, humans prefer human interactions to those with machines, a study has found.
iTNews |
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Joss Whedon brings the Web something 'Horrible'
If the Internet seems particularly slow today, don't try to adjust your computer. It's just Joss Whedon trying something new.
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Channel 5 is sold to New York media company
A 1-year-old New York media firm won the bidding for Nashville's top television station on Monday in a bet that TV will remain strong in the face of a weak economy and the continued growth of the Internet.
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Don't fear noisy fans
Q: My computer is about two years old. I added 1 gigabyte of RAM so I would be able to play newer games on it. Normally I use it all day for gaming, Web surfing and word processing. The internal fan is quiet after start-up, but after some use it sometimes suddenly becomes loud. It may only stay loud for a few minutes or until the computer is powered down.
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Recent Original Stories
The fourth alpha release of Gnash has just been made at version 0.8.1. Gnash is a GPL'd Flash movie player and browser plugin for Firefox, Mozilla, Konqueror, and Opera. Gnash supports many SWF v7 features and ActionScript2 classes.
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BT to Suspend Buyback Plan for Fiber-Optic Investment (Update1)
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- BT Group Plc , the U.K.'s largest phone company, will suspend its share buyback program to invest about 1.5 billion pounds ($3 billion) in fiber-optic lines for its broadband service.
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Protection of privacy can be fleeting
Credit card companies know what you've bought. Phone companies know whom you've called. Electronic toll services know where you've gone. Internet search companies know what you've sought.
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Recent Original Stories
Engadget posted a batch of old BBS entries from 1985 . Some quotes: "We still think this Macintosh thing is an overrated, underpowered poor stepchild to the Lisa." On Microsoft: "We don't really know how they think they can take on the Macintosh user interface, though, so don't be surprised if the little Arizona startup that could, well, can't."
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Intel offers chips to counter AMD
Intel rolled out a new batch of chips for laptops Monday that promises longer battery life and better graphics-rendering abilities, the company's latest salvo against smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
The Oregonian |
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The backstory on Senate's Google-Yahoo hearing
Microsoft plans to assert that the ad deal may be "illegal," which is what Google said about the planned Microhoo deal. If it really is illegal, why don't these companies sue?
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posted by Steve Mulder on Fri 31st Jan 2003 07:35 UTC
Why, you might ask, would anyone want to build their own operating system? It's really about being in control and knowing what's going on.In the next few paragraphs I'll explain what motivated me to take on this project, the recipe I used, and what I like about it.
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Recent Original Stories
In an attempt to convince The Open Group that they finally want to fully Open Source Motif and CDE Peter Howkins has started a petition to help gauge how much interest there is. CDE, the Common Desktop Enviroment, was the default desktop on several commercial UNIX distributions.
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Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman end romance
Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have broken up, their publicists said Monday. "Jimmy and Sarah have no further comment," Kimmel's spokesman Lewis Kay told The Associated Press, confirming the split that was first reported on Vanity Fair magazine's Web site.
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Video-game news: Metallica's 'Guitar Hero' album
_ RIDE THE LIGHTNING: Activision's "Guitar Hero World Tour" is one of this year's most eagerly anticipated games, but the company has big news for fans who can't wait for that: Metallica will be releasing its next album, "Death Magnetic," as a "Guitar Hero III" download on the same day that the CD arrives in stores.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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New Toshiba Satellite Notebooks with Intel Centrino 2
The Intel Centrino 2 release bonanza continues. We already reported about the Sony Centrino 2 VAIO line-up. Toshiba announced that the new Intel Centrino 2 technology will be available within the Toshiba Satellite P300, Satellite A300, Satellite M300 and S...
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Sony VAIO Z Series ultra-portable Notebooks unveiled
Sony unveiled four new VAIO notebook lines based on the new Intel Centrino 2 platform including the new ultra-portable notebooks in the VAIO Z series. The VAIO Z series notebooks are just weighing over 3 pounds and feature a 13.1-inch widescreen displ...
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News
A former federal police officer who accessed child pornography over the internet has been sentenced to five months in prison. The ACT Magistrates Court also ordered that Michael Edward Hatch, 38, be placed on an 18-month good behaviour bond on his release from jail.
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General Software Announces Support for New 45nm Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400
The Mobile Intel® GM45 Express chipset and the Intel® 5100 Memory Controller Hub chipset are now fully supported by Embedded BIOS® with StrongFrame® Technology, General Software's 6th generation, x86 firmware. These chipsets are validated with the new Intel® Core(TM)2 Duo processor T9400 which features 45nm process technology and delivers energy-efficient performance. The Intel® Core(TM)2 Duo ...
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Cellhut Presents Summer Savings on 3G Unlocked Phones
One of the internet's leading sellers of unlocked phones is having a sale on their top-selling 3G phones. [PR.com - July 15, 2008]
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