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Shiny Video: Sony Vaio Z & Sony Vaio FW laptops
I had a little look at the new Sony Vaios launched on Wednesday. The significant two of the four are the more portable Sony Vaio Z series, which simply has to be held to be believed, and the Sony Vaio FW, designed more for consumer home entertainment.
Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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AT&T's free iPhone WiFi is live at last
Filed under: Cellphones , Wireless Despite AT&T's best attempts at completely failing its free WiFi promises eternally, iPhone owners can finally fire up Mobile Safari in their local Starbucks, or, um, that one other place we heard about with AT&T WiFi, and get browsing. Of course, that's not to say the service won't crash horribly in the next 10 minutes, but at least AT&T stuck by its ...
Engadget |
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Giant's Electric-Assist Bicycle: A Review [60-Second Science Blog]
I have a biking nemesis: During my regular rides around the six-mile outer loop of New York’s Central Park, the big hill at the north (uptown) end of the park invariably sucks the very life out of my aging legs. Yesterday, however, pedaling up the big incline was another story altogether. It was as easy as climbing a small rise. My new-found prowess had nothing to do with any improved fitness, ...
Scientific American |
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Politics blog: 'Obama Girl' visits Netroots Nation in Austin
The model who starred in the Obama Girl viral video that made the Internet rounds earlier this year dropped in on the Netroots Nation political bloggers convention in Austin Thursday afternoon, and DMN political writer and blogger Karen Brooks was there.
Dallas Morning News |
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Legg Mason, one of the largest holders of Yahoo stock, will back the company's recommendations for its board of directors instead of those offered by dissident investor Carl Icahn.
IT World |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 15th Jun 2006 02:20 UTC
Microsoft's delay with the release of Windows Vista has left enough wiggle room for other players to pursue the desktop operating system market. An old Microsoft rival, Novell, is angling to seize the day with the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, a desktop OS geared to beat Vista in cost, manageability and features.
New Mobile Computing |
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Online ticket buyers have troubles getting Elton John tickets for Halifax show
Elton John fans hoping to buy tickets online for the rock star's upcoming Halifax concert found themselves hard pressed to do so, when they went on sale Friday morning.
Times & Transcript |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 29th Oct 2006 06:00 UTC
"Microsoft's DirectX application programming interface (API) was first introduced in 1995. DirectX was designed to make life easier for software developers by providing a standard platform developers could use to easily make multimedia software and game programming for the Windows Platform."
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Andrew Youll on Fri 29th Jul 2005 16:32 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Windows Vista won't be released until the end of 2006, a Microsoft exec let slip in a presentation on Microsoft's campus yesterday.
OS News |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 20th Aug 2006 03:08 UTC
"If we want open source software to take off on the desktop, we need to reduce the amount of choice and concentrate our efforts into a single app for each purpose.
OS News |
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Before, the iPhone Love. Now, the Complaints
Only days after snapping up the latest iPhone, users still glow over their purchase—but already are brainstorming ideas Steve Jobs could use for Apple's next iPhone.
PC Magazine |
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Yahoo Talks Shift to AOL
Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp's Web properties, a person with knowledge of the plans said on Thursday.
PC Magazine |
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Vince Young Quarterbacks Effort for Reebok
With the 2008 NFL season fast approaching, Reebok this week will team with quarterback Vince Young to unveil the VY Electrify football cleat and trainer. The launch of Reebok's first signature line for Young will be supported by a multimedia effort that includes TV, print, Internet and POP.
BrandWeek |
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CONSULTATION ON HOW TO STAMP OUT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OPENS TODAY
Draft guidance to identify and protect children from sexual exploitation has been launched today by Children’s Minister Kevin Brennan and Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker.
DFES |
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House panelists seek opt-in rule for Web tracking
TG Daily |
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Australia - Broadband - Statistical Overview and Forecast Out Now
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Australia - Broadband - Statistical Overview and Forecast" report to their offering.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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JPS board OKs 300 classroom computers
About 300 desktop computers in labs and classrooms districtwide will soon be replaced with new Dell computers after the Jackson Public Schools board authorized the purchases this week.
The Jackson Citizen Patriot |
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Fan site praises Netfront, trashes Opera
PRO-MICROSOFT fan site MSMobiles.com ran a pair of interesting stories yesterday which suggested that the new Opera 9.5 beta is buggy, admitted that Windows Mobile software is bloated by telling users to buy phones with more than 64MB of RAM, and finally indirectly praised Access Software's Netfront browser.
The Inquirer |
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Google shares dive after earnings
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. shares tumbled more than 9 per cent in early trading Friday after the Internet search leader's second-quarter earnings missed analysts' expectations.
The Globe and Mail |
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Analyst firm advises businesses to delay 3G iPhone purchases
Businesses shouldn't rush to adopt the iPhone 3G according to analyst firm Enderle Group. The company's founder and principal analyst Rob Enderle told business IT managers to wait before giving Apple's new smartphone to staff as potential flaws in the handset are unlikely to surface for several weeks. [ For the big picture on the iPhone 3G , see InfoWorld's special report, and for ...
InfoWorld |
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Study: IT jobs will drop in 2009
IT staff jobs are at increasing risk -- both for contractors and in-house workers -- according to a survey of top CIOs by Goldman, Sachs & Co released last week. Global services companies will also feel the pinch because of the slowing economy. A second survey showed that basic PC and network hardware, as well as professional services providers, would bear the largest proportion of ...
InfoWorld |
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NXP denied in court against Dutch security researchers
A court in Arnhem, the Netherlands, has denied a request from NXP Semiconductors to stop the publication of a scientific study into the security of the company's Mifare Classic contactless smart card chip technology.
EETimes |
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Trade Group Calls for Net Neutrality, High-Capacity Networks
The National Association of Telecommunications Officer & Advisors, the trade group for local regulators, has created a national broadband policy strategy calling for net neutrality and nationwide deployment of advanced deployment of two-way, high-capacity networks.
MultiChannel News |
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Apple + Orange = 3G iPhone for Botswana
Orange is set to bring the new 3G iPhone to Botswana, according to information from the manufacturer, Apple.
Mmegi |
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Google, Microsoft Slide; Earnings Show Falling Demand (Update2)
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. slid in Nasdaq trading after reporting profit below analysts' estimates, signaling that the slowing economy may be weighing on demand for computer-related products.
Bloomberg.com |
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