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Global PC Shipments Surge on Price Cuts
Apple leaps to No. 3 in PC sales in the latest quarterly report from Gartner.
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Microsoft loses market share; computer users gain better choices
People sometimes think I’m a crackpot. Unlike most people, I avoid using Microsoft software on my computers. Windows? The only windows I have are the ones on the walls of the house.
Peninsula Gateway |
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Stream Your Digital Music Over the Internet [How To]
The Wired How-To Wiki details how to stream music from your home computer or a web host to any PC over the internet. The guide suggests several methods for creating playlists, including M3U, XSPF,...
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New FBI digital forensics lab partners with local law enforcement
Andrew R. Bland, III, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Houston office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the opening of a new state-of-the art digital forensics laboratory which will better serve the region’s law enforcement community. This one-stop, full service forensics laboratory is the new home of the Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (GHRCFL). ...
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Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo
Microsoft Corp. has offered to buy struggling Internet search provider Yahoo for $44.6 billion, a merger that would combine two of the technology world's most well-known names into a potentially potent competitor for Google in the lucrative Web search and advertising market.
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Pot grown on land belonging to Girl Scout camp
WARSAW, Ind. — Police found thousands of marijuana plants being grown in a remote part of a Girl Scout camp, according to court documents and a scout official.
Goshen News |
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New FBI digital forensics lab partners with local law enforcement
Andrew R. Bland, III, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Houston office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the opening of a new state-of-the art digital forensics laboratory which will better serve the region’s law enforcement community. This one-stop, full service forensics laboratory is the new home of the Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (GHRCFL). ...
The Atascocita Observer |
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Sony's Playstation to Offer Video on Demand
Sony announces it will start offering a video downloading service on its PlayStation 3 videogame console.
Red Herring |
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Apple Releases the Hounds on Psystar
Nearly three months after a previously unknown company called "Psystar" began selling Intel-based computers running a pre-installed version of Apple's OS X operating system, Apple filed a lawsuit against the computer maker alleging copyright infringement earlier this month.
E-Commerce Times |
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Hayes takes rep. campaign to video Web site
State Rep. candidate Kurt Hayes is running a “video campaign” on the YouTube.com video Web site. “This is at a much more ‘personal’ level with the voters," he says.
The Acton Beacon |
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My Own Business, Inc. Reaches Major Milestone in June
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.----My Own Business, Inc. today announced that during the third week of June its web site received its 10,000,000th visitor since going live in 2001.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Hayes takes rep. campaign to video Web site
State Rep. candidate Kurt Hayes is running a “video campaign” on the YouTube.com video Web site. “This is at a much more ‘personal’ level with the voters," he says.
The Harvard Post |
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Congress asks Embarq about selling customer info
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Congress has asked Embarq Corp. about its work with a company that tracks online subscribers' Web traffic for advertising purposes, part of growing concern about Internet privacy.
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Analyst: iPhone patching has been botched
Apple left the iPhone exposed to a serious vulnerability for months despite knowing how to fix it, a security analyst alleges. Charlie Miller of Independent Security Evaluators notes that while the iPhone 2.0 firmware has since fixed the problem, for over three months, the v1.x firmware was vulnerable to the same WebKit exploit used to hack a MacB...
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PC shipments grew faster than expected in 2Q
Computer shipments rose faster than expected in the second quarter, fueled by exceptional demand in emerging markets and a decline in prices in the U.S. and Western Europe, a research group said Wednesday.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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RS232 board handles 9,600-baud wireless link
The TDi2 from Radiometrix is a RS232 interface board that combines a TDL2A 433-9 OEM multichannel wireless modem module, an RS232 driver, a 9 way DB9F connector, helical SMA aerial and power connectors, and a local 5V voltage regulator.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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SBC renders small form factor multicore computing
Ampro announced availability of the ReadyBoard 830 single-board computer based on Intel's dual-core processors and GME945 chipset.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Australia tweaks its code of conduct for Internet and mobile
Today, the Australian Communications and Media Authority approved the Content Services Code, a set of guidelines for ISPs and mobile carriers, which include directives for ISPs to hire so-called "trained content assessors."
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Mediware's JAC Awarded UK ASCC Framework Contracts
Mediware Information Systems, Inc., a provider of ClosedLoop(TM) clinical systems for blood and medication management, announced that the Company's UK-based JAC Computer Systems has been appointed to the ASCC framework contract in both the e-prescribing and pharmacy (stock control) categories.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Hard-Drive Havoc
User, n. The word computer professionals use when they mean “idiot.” The initial symptoms of a massive failure, such as a heart attack or stroke — a sore arm, a bit of vertigo — often appear benign.
San Diego Reader |
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Internet Sex Sting Nets 'World's Greatest Dad'
A man wearing a "World's Greatest Dad" shirt is accused of trying to arrange a meeting for sex with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl.
NBC 5 Chicago |
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Fastscale sends Windows Server to Weight Watchers
De-bloating Bill's code Fastscale is bringing its unique brand of software shrinking to Windows Server.…
The Register |
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The Apple of your eye
After the much-awaited launch of Apples 3G iPhone and announcements by Vodafone and Airtel regarding its introduction in India in September, the Indian customer is waiting eagerly for what is currently the worlds most wanted gizmo. So what does Apples new baby have that its peers dont?
Deccan Herald |
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Congress spotlights another American data pimper
Barks at Embarq Congressman Ed Markey - chair of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet - has called out another American ISP for pimping user data to NebuAd, the Phorm -like behavioral ad targeter.…
The Register |
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Web-based program gives the blind Internet access
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 (1:45 p.m.) Blind people generally use computers with the help of screen-reader software, but those products can cost more than $1,000, so they're not exactly common on public PCs at libraries or Internet cafes.
Las Vegas Sun |
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