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Strands Brings Recommendation Technology to Banking
Strands , the recommendation and lifestreaming service we've written about here before, announced a much anticipated deal this morning that will put it in the driver's seat for financial recommendations served up to millions of online banking customers around the world. The company's recommendation test-case in music is no longer all they will be known for around the world. Spanish bank ...
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Brief: Cybercrime gets busy getting organized
Cybercrime gets busy getting organized
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Sony introduces video rentals and store for PS3
You thought that Microsoft’s partnership with Netflix was going to be the only video rental information to come out of E3? Think again. Here comes Sony with their own video rental and purchasing system, available on the PS3 immediately. You’ve got to love when these companies make their announcements real immediately. What sets Sony’s system apart [...]
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St. James Parish revamps policy for its employees
CONVENT – Employees of St. James Parish will be required to wear identification badges, and will have new rules regarding the usage of cell phones, computers, fax machines and vehicles, thanks to a new personnel policy approved by the Parish Council.
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Livent software was altered, trial told
TORONTO — A former Livent Inc. computer technician says he modified the company's accounting software to allow changes to be made that could not be detected by the external auditors.
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Keeping eyestrain at bay
Q. My 78-year-old mother has been learning to use a computer but now she says the ''radiation'' is hurting her eyes and thinks it must be doing damage.
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Bridge Scene: Bridging from table to Internet
New and advanced bridge players and all those in between can take advantage of the many helpful sites which the American Contract Bridge League provides on the Internet.
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Recent Original Stories
The European Commission said on Wednesday it told Microsoft that it had competition worries about the firm's new operating system , Vista, another antitrust concern that the software giant must answer in Europe.
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Producing bio-fuel from microscopic seaweed
A computer-generated image of seaweed ‘photobioreactors.’ These, if built, could reduce CO{-2} while producing more energy. Microscopic seaweed use up a lot of CO{-2} and are rich in lipids, which can be used to produce biofuel. ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 15th Apr 2006 17:09 UTC
" Try KDE is a new resource listing ways that you can try out KDE without commiting to a full GNU/Linux or BSD install. It includes links to live cds, VMware player images and Klik bundles as well as links to KDE desktops available over NX, with explanations of these technologies.
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A Google employee working on the Android mobile phone operating system made a gaffe that has some developers saying they've had enough and plan to focus their efforts on the iPhone, instead of Android.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Mar 2006 22:51 UTC
"The latest Community Technology Preview version of Windows Vista contains a new feature aimed at helping the average Joe and his friendly Best Buy shopping assistant figure out what kind of horsepower is needed to run the new OS. The rating consists of an aggregate total rating on a scale from 1 to 5 and a number of sub-ratings on a scale yet to be specified, broken out by hardware categories ...
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Microsoft faces lawsuit over Silverlight
The company has been sued for patent infringement by a little known video metadata company called Gotuit Media.
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Good News from Three Spam Cases in the U.S.
They say (whoever "they" are) that good things come in threes, and that certainly seems true for law enforcement against spammers this week. In New York, Adam Vitale was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $183,000 in restitution for a week of spamming AOL back in 2005. He's also allegedly linked to advertisements for prostitution on craigslist, and is already in jail for even ...
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Recent Original Stories
Apple has filed a suit (more details ) on July 3rd against Psystar in the northern district of California. Psystar dubbed its cheap Mac Clone as Open Computer and started shipping them around April of this year.
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Whedon's 'Dr. Horrible' Triggers Downed Server Epidemic
During the recent Hollywood writers' strike, Joss Whedon found the cure for all his sudden downtime. The man who gave us "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly" created a genre-busting musical about a mad doctor with a bad case of evil-mastermind-wannabe inferiority complex. And the only place to fill this prescription for cult horror-comedy? The Internet.
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How lightning makes X-rays
Martin Uman, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, said, “Nobody understands how lightning makes X-rays.” “Despite reaching temperatures five times hotter than the surface of the sun, the temperature of ...
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Federal grant to fund Johns Hopkins supercomputer used to find disease cures
A Johns Hopkins University research institute is using a federal grant to buy a $2 million computer that will help it diagnose and treat cancer and brain and heart disease.
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Microsoft faces lawsuit over Silverlight
The company has been sued for patent infringement by a little known video metadata company called Gotuit Media.
CNET |
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Blinkx launches video search for partner sites
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web video company blinkx Plc said on Wednesday it is launching a video search service for websites to integrate on their pages and share in advertising revenue generated by users' searches.
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Laptop Bandit Strikes in Arlington
Arlington County Crime Solvers is asking for the public's assistance to identify a suspect who stole items directly from people's desks during their workday. The subject follows individuals into their office suite, and then proceeds to steal laptops, cell phones and other items that can be easily concealed.
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Government Computer News
Following on the heels of Intel’s announcement of the availability of Centrino 2 processor technology, Panasonic yesterday announced upgrades to its semi-rugged mobile laptop PCs, the Toughbook CF-52 and the Toughbook CF-74, that feature the new Centrino platform.
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Airlines get ready to test fledging Wi-Fi in flight
Computerworld looks at the status of in-flight Wi-Fi at several carriers that plan to add wireless connectivity on board their planes.
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Microsoft Names Tribridge Top Partner - Worldwide
Tribridge (tribridge.com), a national Microsoft® consulting firm with offices across the United States, has been named the 2008 Worldwide Microsoft Dynamics Outstanding Partner of the Year. The award was announced at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, held this year in Houston, Texas.
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Gaming Companies Wow 'Em With Upgrades
During their flashy press conferences, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony all announced plans for more games, more sequels, more exclusives, more connectivity and more ways for gamers to use their systems for stuff other than gaming.
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