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Computer mouse heading for extinction
The computer mouse is set to die out in the next five years and will be usurped by touch screens and facial recognition, analysts believe.
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FDA Grants Clearance for Celera's ViroSeq(R) HIV-1 Genotyping System Software v2.8
ALAMEDA, Calif.----Celera today announced that it has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its 510 submission of the ViroSeq HIV-1 Genotyping System Software v2.8.
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Samsung joins with Sun to develop NAND flash memory device for SSDs
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a provider of advanced semiconductor technology , announced Thursday that it has collaborated with Sun Microsystems Inc., to develop a single-level-cell NAND flash memory device for use in solid state drives (SSDs) that offers much higher endurance levels than any other flash memory device.
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Recent Original Stories
According to the guys at www.osx86.classicbeta.com , some intrepid individuals have been able to get OS X running on generic hardware. There is a full explaination and some details on the site.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Feb 2006 17:10 UTC
One of the biggest reasons for many people to switch to a UNIX desktop, away from Windows, is security. It is fairly common knowledge that UNIX-like systems are more secure than Windows.
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Regulation quarrels could hamper BT's super-fast broadband plans
Dave Bailey, IT Week , Friday 18 July 2008 at 11:41:00 BT's £1.5bn next-generation access programme rests on successful negotiations with Ofcom Businesses are set to benefit from a £1.5bn network improvement programme by BT that will deliver super-fast broadband services to up to 10 million UK homes by 2012....
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MICROSOFT'S CONFERENCE TO GATHER REGION'S IT EXPERTS
KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Bernama) -- Microsoft's largest premier annual conference, Tech.Ed South-East Asia, which will kick off next month, is expected to be a platform for developers and information technology (IT) professionals to share new ideas and seek new opportunities in the industry.
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Google sees its profits rise by 35% between April and June, less than expected, raising concerns of a slow in the online advertising market.
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Google Bids And Wins Russia's Begun
Context ads firm ZAO Begun joined Google after the search advertising company purchased it from parent firm Rambler Media for $140 million. read more
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Stocks Fall in Europe, Asia, U.S. Futures Slide; Merrill Drops
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks fell in Europe and Asia and U.S. index futures dropped after Merrill Lynch & Co. , Microsoft Corp. and Wipro Ltd. reported disappointing earnings and L'Oreal SA cut its sales forecast.
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Yahoo calls Icahn's new breakup bid a ruse
WASHINGTON - Yahoo Inc. , the Internet company fighting Carl Icahn for control of its board, called a breakup proposal from the billionaire investor and former suitor Microsoft Corp. "smoke and mirrors."
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Asian markets close mixed; Sensex surges 4%
(RTTNews) - The stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region closed mixed on Friday on the back of disappointing earnings reported by Merrill Lynch, Microsoft and Google after the U.S. market closed on Thursday and caution ahead of Citigroup's earnings announcement in the U.S. today.
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Stocks Fall in Europe, Asia, U.S. Futures Slide; Merrill Drops
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks fell in Europe and Asia and U.S. index futures dropped after Merrill Lynch & Co. , Microsoft Corp. and Wipro Ltd. reported disappointing earnings and L'Oreal SA cut its sales forecast.
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EU charges Intel used coercion, bribery with EU makers
The European Commission has accused US chip-maker Intel of using coercion and bribery to unfairly gain market advantage in Europe. Brussels alleged that Intel tried to exclude its leading competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) from the x86 central processing unit (CPU) market.
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EU complaint is just more of the same, says Intel
We never done nothink Chipmaker Intel has delivered a weary response to the latest European Commission's Statement of Objections which accused it of anti-competitive behaviour.…
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Most IT workers fancy their boss' role
Janie Davies, Computing , Friday 18 July 2008 at 11:11:00 Technology workers are confident that they can outshine the boss Ninety per cent of IT workers think they can do a better job than their boss, compared with only 62 per of employees overall, according to a survey of 500...
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Asian markets close mixed; Sensex surges 4%
(RTTNews) - The stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region closed mixed on Friday on the back of disappointing earnings reported by Merrill Lynch, Microsoft and Google after the U.S. market closed on Thursday and caution ahead of Citigroup's earnings announcement in the U.S. today.
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Acer Launches Centrino 2 Ultra-Portable
Acer has officially introduced the Aspire 2930, a new 2kg laptop based on the most recent Intel Centrino 2 processor technology designed for the advanced home entertainment user looking for an ultraportable lappy without wanting to compromise on performance. Bas...
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Expert: Terry Jackson
Where did all these high-mileage cars come from all of a sudden? It seems you can't watch TV, surf the Internet or pick up a newspaper without seeing an advertisement from an auto manufacturer touting a vehicle that gets 25 to 30 miles per gallon or more.
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Recent Original Stories
OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones.
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Linked by David Adams on Thu 17th Jul 2008 05:59 UTC, submitted by Caffeine Deprived
Microsoft's Windows beat operating system rivals Mac OS X and Ubuntu in a three-month test of update server uptime, according to Pingdom, a Swedish uptime monitoring company.
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft has acknowledged that it is working on a patch for a potentially serious security hole in fully patched versions of Windows XP Service Pack 2.
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Sony unveils Vaio business notebooks
Ian Williams, vnunet.com , Friday 18 July 2008 at 11:25:00 Three new laptops aimed at 'out and about professionals' Sony has unveiled three new business laptops in its Vaio range. The first is the Vaio SR, designed for the "out and about professional"....
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PlayStation Home Hands On by
Charity may begin at Home, but if you listen to certain vocal sections of the PS3 community the promise of Sony's shared virtual space is starting to sound a lot like an old collection tin with a few coins rattling around inside.
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Infopia Expands Ecommerce Web Services
Infopia expanded its Web Services component of the new Infopia Transact eCommerce platform. The expansion provides new capabilities that allow Infopia customers to further customize and streamline their business processes, while leveraging the power of the Infopia Transact eCommerce platform.
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