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Samsung, Sun Give NAND Devices 5 Lives
Samsung and Sun Microsystems have partnered to develop a single-level-cell NAND flash memory device for use in solid state drives with significantly high endurance levels, the two companies said Wednesday. The new device will provide much higher endurance levels than other flash memory devices currently available, according to the companies.
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MOTO Q9h Does BlackBerry Connect Dance for Aussies
While Research in Motion would probably be happier if you got in some real BlackBerry option, they are still reasonably pleased if you use the Motorola Q smartphone to get your email as well. In its native state, the Q does the mobile email thing through Microsoft Exchange.
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Britain's MoD admits losing 747 laptops
Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) says more than twice as many laptops have been lost or stolen in the last four years than previously thought, along with 121 computer memory sticks, some containing secret information.
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AMD takes on Intel with its own low-power chip
AMD is developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, the company confirmed Friday, quashing months of speculation that it had abandoned the project. The chip will compete with Intel's Atom processor and potentially supplant AMD's low-power Geode x86 system-on-chip, which is included in One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop. Based on the x86 system-on-chip design ...
InfoWorld |
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Evite gets facelift
Internet tycoon Barry Diller recently likened Facebook to a "Princess phone"- a communications fad. But now one of Diller's biggest brands, Evite, is reinventing itself as a competitor in the social network arena with help from Silicon Valley companies.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Ferrari California Video Released on Microsite
MARANELLO, Italy — Ferrari says at least 500 million viewers from around the world have visited the Ferrari California microsite since its launch in May — the first extensive use of the Internet by the Italian automaker as part of a pre-launch marketing communications campaign.
Edmunds.com |
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Northwest Synod of Wisconsin earns discount in contributions to health plan
>ELCA News Blog >July 18, 2008 Northwest Synod of Wisconsin earns discount in contributions to health plan >by Frank Imhoff, ELCA News Service The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Northwest Synod of Wisconsin has become the first of 65 ELCA synods to earn a 2 percent discount on 2008 contributions it makes to the church's health benefits plan for its employees.
Worldwide Faith News |
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Secret Defense Data Lost on UK Government USBs
The figures were released in response to an official question from Sarah Teather, a Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, and are the latest in a string of British government data gaffes.
Byte and Switch |
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Paper's weight: Technology has added to the load
THIRTY YEARS ago, as new computing and communications technology started to come to the fore, technology researchers and analysts began to talk confidently about the coming paperless society.
Contra Costa Times |
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Defendant testifies in burned baby case
Susan Pevec, 30, of Browndale, took the stand today at Wayne County Courthouse in her own trial, defending herself against the battery of charges brought up against her, which include endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault on a child, tampering with evidence, criminal conspiracy, and false reports.
The Wayne Independent |
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Wall St. shares mixed on Citigroup, tech signals
NEW YORK - US shares closed mixed Friday in volatile trading after Citigroup reported better-than-expected losses and Microsoft and Google issued dim outlooks that roiled tech stocks.
Channel NewsAsia |
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Indian Outsourcers Proceed With Caution
That caution is provoking strategy shifts that "will ultimately make the Indian companies a bigger threat to the Western IT services firms," writes Ovum Ltd.
Light Reading |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Apr 2006 19:01 UTC
Apple's Boot Camp has stirred things up quite a bit around the net. eWeek states: "CIOs have a lot invested in Windows and aren't going to junk the OS for Apple.
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Street Pounds Google for Less Than Stellar Q2
Google released a respectable earnings report on Thursday, considered in absolute terms. However, the market had been expecting the search engine giant to deliver a stronger performance and promptly punished its stock for the shortfall. Revenue grew 39 percent to $5.37 billion, from $3.87 billion in the same period a year earlier.
E-Commerce Times |
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AT&T retracts free Wi-Fi offer for iPhone
AT T has retracted its offer of free wireless Internet access for iPhone users. According to company officials, the offer was mistakenly put up on the AT T website earlier today, but it was quickly removed after just a few hours. This is the second time AT T has jumped the gun on the free wireless announcement.
TG Daily |
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What Percent Makes A Monopoly?
Let's leave Microsoft out of this and just assume their antitrust complaints to Congress are self-servingly suspect and hypocritical—after all, Yahoo acquisition timing aside, how does a company that has controlled the computer and browser market for decades suddenly earn sympathy when they can't compete in another market? read more
WebProNews |
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First Coast Librarians Give Human Answers to Online Searches
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- When you search the internet, do you ever wish you could have a human being jump in and answer the question? You can -- for free -- and the answers may come from right here on the First Coast.
First Coast News |
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Customer Service
SEATTLE - 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. Now a free new web-based program for the blind aims to improve the situation.
Brandon Sun |
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'Sluggish growth in IT to continue next quarter'
With major Indian IT software services companies TCS, Infosys Technologies, Wipro and Satyam Computer Services making their first quarter results public, it is evident that the IT industry has taken a hit due to adverse economic conditions.
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Big shareholder backs Yahoo board over Icahn
Associated Press - July 18, 2008 5:14 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - 1 of Yahoo's largest shareholders wants to keep the Internet company's incumbent board.
KSBY San Luis Obispo |
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AMD Takes on Intel With Its Own Low-power Chip
AMD confirmed it was developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, ending speculation that it had...
PC World |
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Vid game exercises more than the thumbs
This morning I huffed and I puffed and I sweated the house down. Yet, when I stepped off the elliptical machine, the display flashed a depressing message.
Miami Herald |
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18:12 (BST), 18/07/2008 Nicky Boom Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS For immediate release DotEmu, a start-up ...
DotEmu, a start-up specialized in bringing classic video games to new devices, today announces the launch of Nicky Boom's for SmartPhones. The game is also playable online at: www.nickyboom.com.
gamesindustry.biz |
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Digital Albom offering provides a test of Kindle’s acceptance
Mitch Albom has a new book out — well, not really a book, but a commencement speech in book form. And not in traditional book form, but as an e-book, published exclusively through Amazon.com's Kindle reader.
The Daily Record |
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Yahoo eyeing sale of stake in Japan division
NEW YORK (Kyodo) Yahoo Inc. indicated in a letter sent to its shareholders Thursday that it will consider selling its stake in Yahoo Japan Corp. as a way to maximize value for shareholders. "Your board takes seriously its obligation to examine all value-creating steps it could take and continues to actively examine many of these now, including a potential spinoff of our Asia assets and a return ...
The Japan Times |
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