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Weekly News Round Up
Wipro Ltd has reported revenue in IT services in rupee terms at Rs 4,405 crore for the first quarter, a growth of 39 per cent, compared with the year-ago quarter.
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"Pippin was a multimedia player developed by Apple Computer in the mid 90s . Apple decided to create and license the technology (named Pippin after a type of Apple smaller than a McIntosh) due to their belief that home computers were becoming more and more important and popular with customers.
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Bug-free software, possible? 20 Jul 2008, 0056 hrs IST,IANS
LONDON: European researchers are working on mathematical foundations of programming to create fault free software in the future.
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More seniors are turning to Internet dating
When Sol Young's online alias ''BlueSky'' saw June Spellman's profile on www.JDate.com, the dating scout saw the makings of a keeper: ``Nice. Sweet. Kind. I was always looking at the face . . . reading the face.''
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Wipro Q1 net grows 25% at Rs 908 cr Muted growth forecast for Q2. Bangalore, July 18Wipro Ltd, the country’s third largest IT services provider, reported first quarter revenue marginally higher than what it had estimated. ...
The Hindu |
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Gore, Pelosi address liberal bloggers
AUSTIN – Former Vice President Al Gore praised the left-leaning bloggers of Netroots Nation on Saturday as being at the forefront of reclaiming American democracy and urged the activists to mobilize for global climate protection.
Denton Record-Chronicle |
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Edopter Attempts “Social Trendcasting” Through Crowdsourcing And Internet Buzz
Edopter is a unique concept that attempts to combine crowd-sourcing with internet buzz to predict new trends. It’s called “social trendcasting.” The way it works, is by allowing users to generate “trends” according to what they think will catch on. Some trends are “cewebrities” (pictured below), “Batman: The Dark Knight,” and “tap water.” [...]
TechCrunch |
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Clove 2 Bluetooth Dataglove For One-Handed Typing
An anonymous reader writes "Clove 2 is a bluetooth dataglove used for one-handed typing. It uses a 31-combination finger-chording design with three modes to allow every key on a standard keyboard to be typed with minimal effort. The bluetooth functionality removes the need to tether it to a computer, and since it profiles as a standard HID Keyboard, a simple translation layer to perform key ...
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Company Promises Up To 480 New Work-From-Home Jobs
N.E.W. Customer Service Co., which provides customer support in the consumer electronic, computer and wireless industries, is expanding its work-for-home program into west-central Indiana in a move that will add up to 480 new jobs.
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City's Web site, library database offline for upkeep
The City of The Colony will be performing maintenance on its network from 5 to 7 a.m. Sunday, July 27. The city's Web site may not be available during that time. City staff apologize for the inconvenience while they complete necessary upkeep of the network system.
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Psystar HQ Up for Sale, Buy It Now for $4.6 Million [Psystar]
Not looking so good on the Psystar front. Following Apple's inevitable lawsuit and demand that every Mac clone be recalled, apparently their HQ is on the market and "priced for quick sale." Even if...
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[UMNS-ALL-NEWS] UMNS# 300-Distance learning makes education more available worldwide
Distance learning makes education more available worldwide Jul. 18, 2008 News media contact: Linda Green * (615) 7425470* Nashville {300} NOTE: A photograph is available at http://umns.umc.org >A UMNS Report By Vicki Brown* Online classes for local pastors in the United States, theology classes in Europe, and a master's in business program in Mozambique are under way or will be by September.
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Beware iPhone App Scams [PSA]
If you Google "iPhone apps," the first thing that comes up is iPhoneApps.org, a site selling a bundle of "top 10" iPhone applications for $25 using "safe PayPal." Friends, there's nothing safe about...
Gizmodo |
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Library confrontation during search for girl heats up privacy debate
NEW 2 p.m. RANDOLPH, Vt. -- Children's librarian Judith Flint was getting ready for the monthly book discussion group for 8- and 9-year-olds on "Love That Dog" when police showed up. They weren't kidding around: Five state police detectives wanted to seize Kimball Public Library's public access computers as they frantically searched for a 12-year-old girl, acting on a tip that she sometimes used ...
The Pantagraph |
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Organizers name RP team members to compete in WCG ’08 in Germany
Organizers have announced the members of team Philippines to compete at the World Cyber Games in Cologne, Germany this November.
Manila Bulletin |
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Acer launches first sub-laptop in RP
Following the lead of its compatriot Asus, the maker of the global hit Eee PC, Taiwanese computer manufacturer Acer has introduced in the Philippines its own version of an SSD (solid-state drive)-based laptop model.
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Stolen laptops held British secrets
Classified information was stored on 658 laptop computers stolen from the British Defense Ministry during the last four years, officials say.Sarah Teather, the Liberal Democrat representative for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, said the fact the computers were stolen while carrying government secrets is frightening, The Times of London reported Saturday.It seems that this government ...
Moldova.org |
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Gore, Pelosi address liberal bloggers
AUSTIN -- Former Vice President Al Gore praised the left-leaning bloggers of Netroots Nation on Saturday as being at the forefront of reclaiming American democracy and urged the...
KRIS-TV Corpus Christi |
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Texas man gets 12 years for sex with Wisconsin teen
A married Texas software consultant who traveled to Wisconsin to have sex with a teen he met over the Internet has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Houston Chronicle |
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OS X Media Application CenterStage Merges With Plex [Centerstage]
CenterStage, the great Media Center-like UI for OS X, has merged with the Plex project, an alternative interface in hopes of creating a de facto product for any Mac user looking for more...
Gizmodo |
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Clarkwood Software updates Multisite for iWeb
Clarkwood Software has released Multisite for iWeb 2.3, an update to its utility for building multiple websites in Apple's iWeb application. Version 2.3 adds French language Bojour! support, extended error checking in permissions and minor bug fixes. Multisite is focused on building several sites for multiple servers from iWeb, which usually builds...
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Stolen laptops held British secrets
LONDON, July 19 (UPI) -- Classified information was stored on 658 laptop computers stolen from the British Defense Ministry during the last four years, officials say.
UPI |
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NJ beach town mayor sez 'Fuhgeddaboudit!' to blog
To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Mandriva Joins the Netbook Market With the GDium
AdamWill writes "Lately it's hard to avoid the buzz about netbooks — the small, cheap laptop systems that were popularized by the Asus Eee PC. Mandriva is providing the innovative operating system for the upcoming GDium netbook system, produced by Emtec. The first GDium will be a netbook with a 10", 1024x600 resolution display and a battery life of four hours, weighing in at 1.1kg. The ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 14th Nov 2006 20:56 UTC
" D-Bus 1.0 was officially released last week. Developed by FreeDesktop.org, D-Bus is an open source interprocess communication system created to promote interoperability between various Linux desktop environments by providing a cohesive common platform for internal system and application messaging.
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