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The BBC gets in on the map mash-up scene with its guide to Beijing's Olympic venues
If you're already getting a bit excited about watching the world's finest athletes wheezing their way through the Beijing smog, our lovely BBC has the perfect internet accompaniment for you.
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More Inappropriate Images Popping Up in Google Web Search
Conduct a search for educating in Google and you will see an image of a teacher standing over a student holding a small rod, with the student's pants down leaning over a desk. This is not what one would expect to be seen for a search on educating. At least, I would not want to see this for a search like that and I would not want your kids to see it. Clearly I find this image 'clean' ...
Search Engine Roundtable |
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Absolute's Computrace LoJack for Laptops Now Available on Costco.com
Absolute Software Corporation , the leading provider of firmware-based, patented, Computer Theft Recovery, Data Protection and Secure Asset Tracking solutions announced today that its solutions will now be available from Costco Wholesale Corporation, which will distribute Absolute's home office computer theft recovery and identity protection service Computrace LoJack for Laptops on Costco.com.
CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance |
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Absolute's Computrace LoJack for Laptops Now Available on Costco.com
selling laptop theft recovery and identity protection service now
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Visualisation Software To Aid Prostate Cancer Detection
Visualisation specialists See3D, a spin off company of the University of Aberystwyth, is developing unique, sophisticated computer-generated models that will help doctors to improve the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. More than 35,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the UK alone and approximately 10,000 deaths per year are associated with this form of cancer.
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Four UK companies settle on illegal software cases
Tom Young, Computing , Wednesday 23 July 2008 at 12:56:00 Over a quarter of businesses in UK still using illegal software Four UK companies have settled out of court in cases that alleged their use of illegal or unlicensed software, according to the Business Software Alliance (BSA)....
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Backup Batteries Give Your iPhone Extra Juice
It's late in the day and again my iPhone 3G's battery is running low. Instead of giving this iPhone a name, as many people do with their gadgets, I'm using a mantra: "Another day, another charge." That makes this an apt time to take a fresh look at an increasingly important part of our gadget portfolio, those portable charging devices that provide a shot of juice in a pinch.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Broker snap: Dimension Data upgraded to hold
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Computer-services company Dimension Data has been raised to “hold” from “sell” by Deutsche Bank.
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Yahoo CEO remains upbeat despite lackluster quarter
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 (4:57 a.m.) With Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid off the table and his company's stock price down 20 percent during his 13-month reign as Yahoo's CEO, Jerry Yang has a message for his exasperated shareholders: Things aren't as bleak as they look.
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Attack code imminent for DNS flaw
One day after a security company accidentally posted details of a serious flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), hackers are saying that software that exploits this flaw is sure to pop up soon. Several hackers are almost certainly already developing attack code for the bug, and it will most likely crop up within the next few days, said Dave Aitel, chief technology officer at ...
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India Satyam Computer in aviation services alliance
MUMBAI, July 23 (Reuters) - Satyam Computer Services Ltd , India's No. 4 software exporter, said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with U.S.-based Infospectrum to provide services for the aviation industry.
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General Motors Signs Exclusive Six-Figure Deal with Microsoft Advertising
LONDON, July 23, 2008: Microsoft Advertising announces an exclusive online advertising deal with General Motors to support the world premiere of its new model, the Vauxhall Insignia, at the British International Motor Show this week.
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CrystalTech Enters VPS Market with Microsoft’s Hyper-V
Microsoft Windows web hosting specialist has the Hyper-V solution available on pre-order.
TopHosts.com |
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Oberon Media Unveils Revolutionary, Patent-pending Technology to Bring One-to-one Marketing to Downloadable Games
SEATTLE----Casual Connect - Oberon Media, the world’s leading multi-platform casual-games company, today unveiled its new, patent-pending marketing tool, SweetSpot Technology™. SweetSpot Technology combines a state-of-the-art personalization engine with advanced heuristics and an adaptive UI framework to bring one-to-one marketing to downloadable casual games.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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How Google could lose the Viacom/YouTube lawsuit - Part I
My belief that Google should be held liable for copyright infringement in Viacom's $1bn YouTube lawsuit is no secret . With the lawsuit making headlines recently, I figured it was an appropriate time to lay out in some detail why I feel the way I do in a two-part series.
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Size doesn't matter for cyber criminals
SANTA CLARA,USA : Fifty-two per cent of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) in North America felt they were too small to be of any value to cyber criminals and that they were adequately protected by default security settings, a recent survey found.
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3D Advanced Computer Game Design Class for Youth Starts
An interactive look at 3D video game design is in store for participants in a youth program being offered by the Johnson County Park and Recreation District in late July.
Kansas City InfoZine |
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Movers & Shakers: Wednesday's biggest gaining and declining stocks
Stocks expected to move significantly in trading on Wednesday include AT&T, Boeing, Broadcom, E-Trade, General Dynamics, Hershey, McDonald's, Nabors, Norfolk Southern, PepsiCo, VMWare, Yahoo and WaMu.
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Print a phone, or grow it in a pot
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. With a cellphone you can make calls on the go, shoot photos and pinpoint your position on a map.
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D3Publisher Announces the Launch of Expansion Pack Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - Revenge of the Plague ...
LOS ANGELES----Productivity worldwide will slow today as gamers around the globe download the newly launched expansion pack Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords™ - Revenge of the Plague Lord from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Oct 2005 11:36 UTC
A new resolution introduced in the US Senate offers political backing to the Bush administration by slamming a United Nations effort to exert more influence over the Internet.
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Bush tells crowd at GOP fundraiser 'Wall Street got drunk'
President Bush asked everyone to turn off their video cameras before he commented on the economy at a GOP fundraiser last week in Houston. At least one person ignored his request. Footage of the president's appearance is now available online....
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ChargeSmart Establishes Headquarters in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO----ChargeSmart LLC, a provider of online payment solutions to the financial and mortgage industries, has opened its headquarters in downtown San Francisco. The new location better supports ChargeSmart's internal growth as well as the growing interest from the mortgage and auto industries for innovative and user-friendly payment options.
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Are Small Businesses Giving Up on Google AdWords?
An interesting thread at WebmasterWorld has discussion on the topic of less small businesses using Google AdWords. The thread create, senior member, annej, said: I have a hobby related site and use AdSense. Ads from small online businesses were especially interesting to my visitors as they sell the hobby supplies. These small business ads have decreased. I'm wondering if there is a ...
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Redten rapped over broadband claims
Redten has been brought to book by the Advertising Standards Authority after making misleading claims of 'unlimited broadband' and 'unlimited internet downloads'.
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