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Providers back net piracy crackdown
Britain's six biggest internet service providers (ISPs) have signed up to a government-backed drive to clamp down on illegal downloading of music and films.
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Most Taiwan DRAM makers trim capex, except for PSC
After posting combined losses of over NT$20 billion (US$658 million) in the second quarter, Taiwan's major DRAM makers have all slowed down their expansion via cutting capital expenditure (capex), except for Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC).
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Best Buy aiming for a bigger share of the wireless market
Best Buy Inc. admits at least one weakness: wireless. The largest U.S. consumer electronics retailer had been dissatisfied with a 2 percent market share in cellphones, while holding an enviable 20 percent in TVs, digital cameras and DVD players , and selling more laptops than any other chain.
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Taiwan IC distributors eye LCD touch panels
With Apple introducing its iPhone 3G, IC distributors are expecting more handset makers in China, including white-box handset makers, to begin including touch panels in their handsets, and the distributors are gearing up their product lineups to target such demand.
Digi Times |
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IBS Web Sites Take to TheStreet.com
Internet Broadcasting Systems, which maintains Web sites for many television stations, says it made a deal that will add financial news material from TheStreet.com to the content featured on those sites.
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Taiwan IT industry sees stricter pre-Olympics customs checks
Sources at PC distributors indicate that the China government has enacted stricter customs checks prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, resulting in longer transportation times for shipped IT products and components in the region, especially in Northern and central China. But for other IT products such as LCD panels and components, makers say they have seen no impact at all.
Digi Times |
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Major DRAM makers pessimistic about 3Q08 outlook
Major DRAM makers in Taiwan, Inotera Memories, Nanya Technology and Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), all forecast a conservative industry outlook for the third quarter, according to company executives speaking at investors conferences on July 23. Among the makers, Inotera delivered the most pessimistic comments, saying that no rebound will be seen during the second half of 2008.
Digi Times |
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Dell E (aka Mini-Inspiron) Specs Uncovered, Actually Called Inspiron Mini? [Rumor]
Zumo thinks they got a peak at the specs for Dell's first cheap mini-laptop on a recent trip to Dell's Texas facilities. They say that it'll be called the Inspiron Mini, contrary to previous reports...
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Big Names Team Up On Tobacco
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Wednesday they will together provide $500 million to fight tobacco use around the world, especially in developing countries where smoking rates are rising.
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Web-initiated harassment of grandma continues
Web postings urging online and telephone harassment of Herald-Zeitung employees appeared Saturday morning on the Internet hours after an article was published describing similar attacks toward a New Braunfels woman.
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1st-Time Teachers Become Policy Students
Susan Torpey reminded the teachers about pictures they might have shared with others via Internet sites.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Mac mini clone uses Intel Atom processor
Korean OEM manufacturer Ripple has introduced an updated version of its Mac Mini clone using a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor in the Mini-ITX form factor. The Ripple Mini Chocolate uses the 45nm i945GC-Northbridge and ICH7Ssouthbridge chipsets, and supports up to 2GB of RAM. Intel specs show the low-cost motherboard with 2 USB ports, a pair of 3.0GBs ...
MacNN |
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MEDIA DAYS NOTEBOOK: Miles playing nice in Hoover
HOOVER — Les Miles trod carefully Wednesday.
Jackson County Floridan |
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Intel launches new Tolapai system-on-a-chip design
Intel has been talking up the embedded space for months, and the company is finally ready to move in that direction. Tolapai debuts today, as the launchpad for what Intel envisions as an entirely new class of Internet-capable devices. Read More...
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Leaders of the pack attack
NEW YORK - Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to reduce smoking. ...
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Private social network Facebook to go Web wide
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The leader of a youth movement that swept the world this past year by encouraging Web users to share bits of their lives with selected friends, spoke on Wednesday of spreading his service across the Web, even while apologizing for past excesses.
MSN Money Canada |
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Patent hearing in federal court Friday
Lawyers representing Vertical Computer Systems and Microsoft will gather in federal court here Friday for a pretrial hearing in the patent infringement lawsuit Vertical has filed against the computer giant.
The Marshall News Messenger |
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Byron pharmacy fined for Internet prescriptions
ST. PAUL (AP) — A pharmacy in Byron has been slapped with a record $25,000 fine for filling Internet prescriptions in violation of a new state law.
Winona Daily News |
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Insyde Software Releases UEFI Firmware for New Intel(R) System-On-A-Chip
Insyde Software, a leading provider of Universal Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) based firmware, BIOS and engineering services today announced the availability of its InsydeH2O(TM) UEFI firmware solution for the Intel(R) EP80579 Integrated Processor product line. With the release of this latest version of InsydeH2O, Insyde Software continues to add to their already broad UEFI BIOS portfolio ...
Centre Daily Times |
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No Cloaks, No Daggers, Just the Mayor
Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco was enlisted to coax a secret code out of a city engineer who prosecutors say had effectively hijacked a large part of the city?s computer systems.
New York Times |
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Utarget.Fox to Take blinkx Worldwide for Advertising Sales
.FOX Networks, the leading international ad network operated by Fox International Channels (FIC), announced today that its video advertising division, Utarget.Fox, has signed a significant global sales agreement with blinkx, the world's largest video search engine. As part of the deal, Utarget.Fox will sell advertising externally on the blinkx platform across its 33 regional offices and sell ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Insyde Software Releases UEFI Firmware for New Intel(R) System-On-A-Chip
Insyde Software, a leading provider of Universal Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) based firmware,
wallstreet:online AG |
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Flood-affected businesses, groups staying connected online
Finding a flooded business, a place to volunteer or up-to-the-minute flood information is often as simple as a Google search.While many businesses and organizations have posted signs at their brick-and-mortar locations or rerouted telephone numbers to temporary offices or cell phones, they've also gone online to keep the community in the loop.They're using Web sites and social networking sites ...
The Gazette |
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News
Children in one in five Australian households are surfing the net before their sixth birthday and 30 per cent of young people are never supervised on-line, according to a new report on internet use.
The West Australian |
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Mayor, Gates Teaming On Smoking
Mayor Bloomberg is ramping up his international antitobacco campaign by pumping in an additional $250 million and by teaming up with a former chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, who is contributing $125 million to combat tobacco use. The funds will target smoking in the developing world, with an emphasis on China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and Bangladesh. Mr. Bloomberg's funding will support ...
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