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Boyd Tonkin: A Week in Books
Has the French resistance begun to crumble? When Google unveiled its Book Search project in late 2004, no country protested louder against this digital battering-ram of "Anglo-Saxon" hegemony than France. As well as the "partner program" by which Google scans copyright titles to make sample pages available for browsing, the Californian behemoth set up agreements with leading academic libraries. ...
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Portage la Prairie News
In a flash, residents living on the same street in Portage la Prairie had many of their electronic devices rendered useless last weekend, as a power surge shot down their street.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s earnings growth bogged down more than investors anticipated during the second quarter, raising worries that the ailing U.S. economy is starting to touch the Internet search leader.
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Man accused of blocking city's computers
Technician charged with launching cyber-coup against San Fransisco expected to plead not guilty
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter loss widened as the computer chip maker was hurt by a large asset impairment charge from discontinued operations.
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Russia: Get computer-savvy or get out, Medvedev tells staff
Officials at centre of president's plans for 'electronic government' to improve transparency
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Hulu Users Happy With Site and Tech-Savvy but Not Numerous
Despite a high-profile in the media business, only 15% of online Americans have even heard of Hulu.com, the NBC-Fox online video venture. But those who have used the site like it a lot.
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Spammers tout 'nude' Angelina Jolie pix
Antivirus experts have warned of a new wave of spam messages that use fake events related to Angelina Jolie in order to trick users into downloading and installing malware.
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China spends big on the internet
Online spending in China rose almost 60 per cent in the first six months of the year, new research reveals.
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Sun and Samsung team up for Flash memory
Samsung has teamed up with Sun Microsystems to develop a single-level cell Nand Flash memory device for use in solid state drives.
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Apple fastest growing computer manufacturer in US
Apple computers have enjoyed an excellent second quarter of 2008, with sales growing faster than any other manufacturer.
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Yahoo fires new salvo in Icahn fight
Yahoo has fired another shot in its ongoing battle with Carl Icahn and Microsoft.
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Civil service turns off PCs to cut carbon emissions
HALF a million computers used by civil servants will be switched off at night to help make the UK government the first in the world to have carbon neutral PCs.
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IBM Profit Rises on Emerging Markets; Forecast Raised (Update3)
July 17 (Bloomberg) -- International Business Machines Corp. , the world's largest computer-services provider, reported a 22 percent increase in second-quarter profit and boosted its full-year forecast as sales climbed in emerging markets.
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Quark acquires In.vision for XML document handling
Quark on Thursday announced its acquisition of In.vision Research, a Florida-based software firm that develops the Microsoft Word for XML authoring tool, allowing the two companies to tightly integrate XML document creation in QuarkXpress. Neither company mentioned how much the purchase cost Quark, but it is said to be a boon for the design softwar...
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Elisa Bray: Caught In The Net
It's the third time you skip a track on your iPod that you realise it's time to update your playlist. Last.fm has solved that problem – but only if you have the iPhone or iTouch. The social networking site has launched an application for the coveted gadgets so that music fans can listen to its vast catalogue of more than five million tracks, for free, while on the move.
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14 of the biggest names in consumer electronics said they would work with Sony on its short-range, high-speed "TransferJet" wireless data system.
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Hands on: first Opera Mobile 9.5 public beta a real winner
Ars reviews the first public Opera Mobile 9.5 beta and concludes that it offers the best web browsing experience available for Windows Mobile devices. Read More...
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14 of the biggest names in consumer electronics said they would work with Sony on its short-range, high-speed "TransferJet" wireless data system.
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The 7in. revival - fans get back in the groove
As CD sales drop worldwide and download sales rise, a much older format is thriving. Vinyl has stood the test of time. With the advent of guitar bands in the charts in recent years, led by Arctic Monkeys, the White Stripes, The Killers and The Libertines, the 7in found its popularity soar once again and vinyl sales have been on the up ever since.
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Services, Software Propel IBM To 13 Percent Q2 Growth
The company said its sales pipeline remains full and the company sees no signs of a downturn.
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Nintendo Wii Surpasses Microsoft's Xbox 360 in Sales (Update2)
July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Nintendo Co. said U.S. retailers sold more than 666,000 of its Wii consoles last month, making the machine the overall leader among the new generation of video-game machines.
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Huge rise in card fraud as criminals find rich pickings online
The criminal classes are proving adaptable to changing times, yesterday’s crime reports disclose.
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EU: Intel Squeezing AMD Out Of Chip Market
European Union regulators have expanded their antitrust case against Intel Corp., claiming that the world's largest semiconductor maker has deliberately squeezed rival AMD out of the chip market.
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TeraRecon Looks Into the Heart With iNtuition(TM) at SCCT 2008
TeraRecon, Inc., a leading provider of advanced cardiac CT interpretation software, today announced new innovations for its Aquarius iNtuition(TM) suite of advanced visualization offerings to be showcased at the Third Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography in Orlando, FL, held from July 17-20, 2008.
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