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Game News: Final Fantsy XIII, Gears of War 2 and More Coming to Xbox 360
Microsoft today unveiled a long list of first party titles and second and third party game titles along with Xbox Live arcade games. There are some heavy hitters here including Gears of War II, Final Fantasy XIII, Halo Wars ...
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Wind River to host "Developer Day"
— Jul. 01, 2008 — A commercial RTOS and tools provider will host an event for embedded Linux developers on August 6th, during the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
Linux Devices |
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Quite Possibly the Geekiest Invention Ever Made
I'll admit that I rely on my laptop for just about everything and it can be pretty frustrating when there is no desk for me to use. As such, I tend to carry around one of those lapdesk contraptions that I can place on my lap, providing a sturdy and flat surface for my notebook.
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Sony Unveils Four New Lines of Montevina Notebooks
Now that Intel's new Montevina platform is alive and kicking with Centrino 2, Sony is cashing in with no fewer than four new lines of notebooks that make use of this powerful platform: FW, SR, Z, and BZ.
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Move Networks Unveils Enhanced Reach and Audience Engagement Metrics with Move Monetize
AMERICAN FORK, Utah, BUSINESS WIRE -- Move Networks, the leader in Internet television services, today announced that it is launching an upgrade to its analytics and reporting tool, Move Monetize.
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Bow Wow - Bow Wow Denies Rap Battle With Omarion
Rapper BOW WOW has slammed reports he is involved in a hip-hop battle with R+B singer OMARION - after allegations of an ongoing dispute made their way onto the Internet. ...
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On Center Software Launches Podcast Series for Construction Industry Professionals
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, BUSINESS WIRE -- On Center Software, the leading provider of electronic plan viewing, takeoff, estimating and production tracking software for the construction industry, today announced the launch of its podcast series.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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The Web can help you take your medicine
"The pharmacist may be busy, or you may be embarrassed because it's out in the open. We offer privacy and anonymity." by Dana Blankenhorn
ZDNet |
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Cardinal Health to pay $105,000 fine
Cardinal Health has agreed to pay a fine of $105,000 to settle a charge by the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy that it supplied an illicit online operation with dangerous drugs.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Microsoft Begs to Differ
Things are looking rocky for Yahoo after the latest round in its back-and-forth battle with Microsoft. The war of words took an ugly turn when Yahoo announced over the weekend that it had received and rejected a new Microsoft offer for a search-only purchase. Now, Microsoft is telling its side of the story.
E-Commerce Times |
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Minneapolis Cop Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges
Monday, a federal grand jury indicted 57-year-old Michael D. Roberts, a former Minneapolis Police officer, with two counts of depriving the citizens of Minnesota of his honest services and one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer, in a case that revealed he offered confidential
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What's the Difference Between Cloud Computing and SaaS?
Every time I log into Facebook, or search for flights online, I am taking advantage of cloud computing. However, neither of these examples would be considered SaaS. According to Gartner, cloud computing is not just a buzzword; it does have a distinct meaning separate from SaaS.
SYS-CON Media |
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Need Wi-Fi? Look no further than the city's library
FARMINGTON — Wi-Fi access is available at the Farmington Public Library. "We went live June 1," Chris Cook, public computer supervisor, said. "So far it is working very well and has gained popularity (among residents)."
The Farmington Daily Times |
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Brazilians first to unlock new iPhone: reports
Customers waiting in line to buy an Apple's new 3G iPhone mobile handset in Mexico City. A Brazilian company is claiming to be the first to have found a way to unlock the iPhone 3G, getting around restrictions that require users to sign up for calling plans with exclusive carriers, reports said Tuesday.
TODAYonline |
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Google and Viacom Agree to Keep Court Ordered YouTube Data Private
In Viacom's lawsuit against Google, alleging copyright infringement by YouTube, a judge ordered Google to turn over personal information about users who accessed YouTube. That met with stiff resistance from the Electronic Frontier Foundation who claimed that the ruling would violate the Video Protection...
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AOL Launches Personal Finance Site
AOL will launch a personal finance site on Tuesday, adding to a roster of new properties that do not bear its name.
PC Magazine |
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HP Launches Grab-n-Go Photo Printer
The HP Photosmart A636 is a portable small-format photo printer capable of printing 5-by-7-inch photos as well as 4-by-6 photos and 4-by-12-inch panoramas.
PC Magazine |
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Czar Nicholas II leads Stalin to be named greatest Russian
As of Tuesday, Nicholas II was ahead with more than 267,000 of the 2.4 million votes cast in the Internet poll.
The Arizona Republic |
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Germany Monitoring `Problematic' Google Earth Street Scanning
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- German data-protection agencies have started to monitor street scanning by Google Inc. as the owner of the most popular Internet search engine seeks to build three- dimensional city pictures for its Google Earth application.
Bloomberg.com |
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Halo Wars en images
Microsoft Games nous dévoile de nouvelles images d'Halo Wars sur Xbox 360.
JeuxFrance.com |
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Video sports have Wii effect
Interative sports video games better for children than conventional computer games, but do not tackle the epidemic of childhood obesity.
The Age |
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Google will anonymize YouTube data before sharing with Viacom
Time to outsource some scrubbing Sanity has prevailed in the Google-Viacom case. At least for the moment.…
The Register |
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Emergency Management to go wireless
The Huntington County Commissioners gave approval to Emergency Management Director Brandon Taylor to seek funding to purchase two wireless cards for its computer systems on Monday.
The Herald-Press |
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Linked by alcibiades on Wed 10th May 2006 19:40 UTC
I started out as a Mac user in about 1985 in a world which will be totally unfamiliar to almost all readers of OSNews. You wrote out your stuff by longhand, and a secretary typed it on a word processor. If you were lucky and able to manage it, you could dictate it.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 25th Jan 2006 18:18 UTC
"Probably everyone who reads DesktopLinux.com encounters the same question over and over again: "What's the best Linux desktop distribution?" Now, while some people will swear up and down that Slackware or Fedora or even Puppy, for that matter, is the best Linux desktop, I think the answer is more complicated . In fact, I don't think there is a single answer."
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