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All-in-One Devices ride again
Evolutions of all-in-one devices and internet-TV functionality will fuel the nascent home theatre PC market, according to ABI Research.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th Dec 2006 19:41 UTC, submitted by Matt D.
"Perhaps it's just me, but I'm having a difficult time understanding Mark Shuttleworth, the Ubuntu founder, when he figured that openly trying to recruit developers from other Linux projects was a good idea.
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BT plan to provide 'super-fast' internet to 10m homes
BT HAS announced ambitious plans to lead the fibre-based broadband revolution across Britain.
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Congress holds hearings on Yahoo-Google deal
Congress waded into the escalating fight over the future of Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday, demanding to know whether the Internet company's advertising partnership with Google Inc., intended to keep Yahoo out of the clutches of Microsoft Corp., raises antitrust concerns.
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Online junk-food ads 'targeting children'
Children are continuing to be targeted by junk food companies advertising their products over the internet or through "viral" promotions, despite a ban on television adverts promoting unhealthy food to the under-16s.
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Multimillion pound security project shelved by ministers
Development of secure computer network frozen at unknown cost to Whitehall agencies and taxpayers
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Best File Syncing Tools? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]
Computers are an essential part of both our work and personal lives, which means that most of us spend a lot of time on more than one computer every day. Working from multiple computers can be a...
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Computer glitch delays hospital billing
A computer glitch caused by the consolidation of billing systems at Community Mercy Health Partners' three hospitals has delayed the billing of about 41,000 patients who used hospital services between January and May.
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Aerielle and The Douglas Stewart Company Secure Distribution Agreement for i2i Stream Digital Music Broadcaster
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and MADISON, Wis. , July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerielle, Inc., developers of advanced wireless audio solutions, and The Douglas Stewart Company, the leading distributor and marketer of computer products, consumer electronics and school supplies exclusively serving the education market, today announced a distribution agreement for the Aerielle i2i Stream(TM) Digital Music ...
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BT Rolls Out a Massive Fiber Network
The telecom giant announced a network investment expected to connect as many as 10 million homes to the superfast broadband service by 2012
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Hammering at cost with open source
Irregular Bob Warfield riffs on Salesforce.com's decision to ditch Sun/Solaris in favor of Dell/Linux. In doing so, Bob makes the point that: ...for a SaaS company, the cost of service delivery is an absolutely critical factor. Once you have software that runs well and scales horizontally on cheap commodity...
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Toshiba Satellite A305D-S6848
The midsize Toshiba Satellite A305D-S6848 offers a high-end design and decent feature set, but you can get better performance for the same (or less) money.
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Cybercrime: Teenage hacker in global scam discharged
No conviction despite guilty plea for international hacking but could work with police against online crime
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Leeds strikes deal with Microsoft
The council has chosen the company as its strategic partner for IT, setting a presumption that it will use the vendor if it has an appropriate product.
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Web Resources Inspire More Political Interest
Sophia Kwong barely remembers voting in 2004. She didn't attend any political rallies and cast her ballot for John Kerry "half-heartedly." But after attending a rally for presidential candidate Barack Obama earlier this year, things changed. Kwong, a UT alumna and Austin resident, now checks the Illinois senator's Web site, news sources and Facebook.
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Iowa Investors Heavily Favor Obama Despite Tight Poll Race With McCain
The Iowa Electronic Markets' presidential contest gives Barack Obama a 28-point lead over John McCain, while a Gallup tracking poll released Monday has Obama up by only 3 percent. The Democratic contract on the winner-take-all market traded at 64.3 cents, according to its Web site.
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Intel Second-Quarter Profit Climbs 25% on PC Demand (Update3)
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Intel Corp. , the world's biggest chipmaker, reported a 25 percent increase in second-quarter profit and gave a sales forecast that topped analysts' estimates after demand grew worldwide for personal-computer processors.
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XBox 360 to stream Netflix movies
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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Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo board
Apparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc., investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp. was angrily rejected.
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Seagate Technology guides fiscal 1Q below Street
(AP:NEW YORK) Hard-drive maker Seagate Technology guided its fiscal first-quarter profit well below Wall Street's expectations on Tuesday. For the fiscal first quarter ending in September, the company expects to earn 18 cents to 22 cents per share on revenue of $3.15 billion to $3.3 billion.
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Zend Technologies reçoit des capitaux de TriplePoint
La compagnie a obtenu 7 millions de dollars de part de la société californienne de capital investissement TriplePoint Capital. Ces fonds vont être utilisés pour bénéficier d'opportunités de croissance qui, selon Zend « se multiplient actuellement . » Zend Technologies est un leader des produits et services de développement, déploiement et gestion d'applications web critiques. Sa ...
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Notebook Sales Boost Intel Profits
Intel on Tuesday posted a higher quarterly profit as the world's biggest chipmaker was helped by strong sales of microprocessors used in notebook personal computers.
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Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo board
Apparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc., investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp. was angrily rejected.
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Lawmakers scrutinize Yahoo-Google ad partnership
Congress waded into the escalating fight over the future of Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday, demanding to know whether the Internet company's advertising partnership with Google Inc., intended to keep Yahoo out of the clutches of Microsoft Corp., raises antitrust concerns.
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Intel at ease with economic chaos
Q2 a grower The economy looks bleak as can be, but Intel doesn't care. The chip maker today reported a record second quarter haul and expects the good times to keep on rolling throughout the year.…
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