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SSDs don't consume profoundly less power or run any faster than spinning hard drives...yet.
ARNnet |
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AMD Mired In The Red
The semiconductor chip company posts wider than expected loss as a result of write-down of ATI.
Forbes |
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Novel computational model describes the speed at which HIV escapes the immune response
Researchers from Utrecht University, The Netherlands, have developed a model that illustrates how HIV evades the immune system. The study, published July 18th in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology , incorporates detailed interactions between a mutating virus and the immune system.
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Google's 35 Percent Profit Jump Saddens Wall St.
Google reported a weaker-than-expected 35 percent rise in quarterly net profit due to lower interest income and higher expenses for foreign currency hedges, driving its shares down 7 percent on Thursday.
PC Magazine |
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Microsoft testing self-serve AdSense rival
Company confirms pilot program that lets third-party sites sign up themselves for contextual ads from Microsoft. No word on when it'll be ready for a wide-scale launch.
CNET |
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Television - World
The world's natural resources are being squandered in the pursuit of "insatiable consumption", Pope Benedict XVI warned in a speech yesterday that also slammed television and the internet for exalting violence as entertainment.
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Recent Original Stories
Daniel Stone is announcing the avalability of the first AMD/ATI specs - chips RV630 and M56 apparently. The specifications are released without an NDA.
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"4Front Technologies is announcing the availability of Open Sound System version 4.0
for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Open Server6 and UnixWare7. Open Sound System is a cross platform audio architecture that provides drivers for most consumer and professional audio devices and comes with an API that allows applications to be simply recompiled on any of the supported operating systems."
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Recent Original Stories
Greg Kroah-Hartman has put the slides and a transcript to his keynote at OLS online. The title speaks volumes: " Myths, Lies, and Truths about the Linux kernel " . He starts off: "I'm going to discuss the a number of different lies that people always say about the kernel and try to debunk them; go over a few truths that aren't commonly known, and discuss some myths that I hear repeated a lot."
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B.C. judge awards Australian man $180,000 for Internet defamation
VANCOUVER (CP) — A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded an Australian man $180,000 for being the brunt of an Internet tirade conducted by a Nanaimo, B.
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UK internet shopping on the rise
UK shoppers spent 17 pence in every pound online in the first half of the year, claims a retail report.
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Big two take hits as Dow soars
Business & money: Google and Microsoft failed to live up to investors' expectations despite a good day for US stocks
Guardian Unlimited |
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EU says Intel engaged in more unfair competition
BRUSSELS -- The European Commission said on Thursday it suspected US chip giant Intel of fresh instances of unfair competition.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Google earnings disappoint and shares drop 8 percent
Google Inc reported a weaker-than-expected 35 percent rise in net profit as the company blamed lower returns from managing its huge cash pile rather than softening sales of online advertising.
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Knox commissioners begin first-of-its-kind online discussions
Starting Friday, you will not have to go downtown to find out what is happening in Knox County politics. You will be able to do it from your computer.
WATE 6 Knoxville |
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Wall Street frowns on ginormous Google profits
Sergey grabs the knob Google's ginormous second quarter profits didn't quite match Wall Street expectations, driving share prices down as much as 7 per cent in after hours trading. But it sounds like Sergey Brin will soon crank that big dial on the company's secret money machine , making everything A-OK in Q3.…
The Register |
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IEC announces Infovision Awards
Motorola received two InfoVision Awards from the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) yesterday at the Broadband World Forum Asia in Hong Kong. Motorola’s CPEi 750 Desktop CPE and VODxchange VOD Content Creation System were recognized as best and most innovative products in their respective categories.
telecomasia.net |
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System Builders Relieved As AMD's Ruiz Steps Down
Ruiz's departure should help bring a fresh product and channel strategy to AMD, whitebox builders say.
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Fujitsu to Generate $1 Billion Sales From Base Stations by 2013
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Fujitsu Ltd. , Japan's biggest computer-services provider, plans to generate about $1 billion in revenue from the latest high-speed wireless base stations within five years as telecommunications companies upgrade their networks.
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Don't fear the P2P, panel advises
Peer-to-peer applications are more opportunity than threat, and both broadband providers and content owners are better off learning to cash in on P2P than fight it, said panelists at Broadband World Forum Asia Thursday.
telecomasia.net |
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Jade Empire dubbed an Xbox Original
BioWare's acclaimed martial arts-themed RPG available through Microsoft's downloadable game service for $15 on July 21.
GameSpot |
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Google earnings disappoint and shares drop 8 percent
Google Inc reported a weaker-than-expected 35 percent rise in net profit as the company blamed lower returns from managing its huge cash pile rather than softening sales of online advertising.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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Microsoft profit up 41 per cent
MICROSOFT, the world's largest software maker, has reported a sharp rise in fourth-quarter and full-year profit.
Herald Sun |
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Microsoft Q4 profit soars
MICROSOFT said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 42 per cent, helped by strong sales of its Office and Windows software.
News Interactive |
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Computer guy takes city system hostage
A JAILED computer engineer has blocked access to San Francisco's new computer network by withholding the system's password.
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