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Online clients unwittingly revealing bank data to hackers
SAN FRANCISCO — Many banks are unwittingly training their online customers to take risks with their passwords and other sensitive account information, leaving them more vulnerable to fraud, new research shows.
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Microsoft sees play as a profit center
The software giant is expected to spotlight the Xbox and online entertainment as a growth driver. . -- When Microsoft Corp. makes its annual presentation to investors and analysts here today, executives will be preaching the value of patience to stockholders who are nervous about the world's largest software company's online prospects.
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Microsoft shakes up Windows, online businesses; a key player in failed Yahoo bid quits
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is taking direct control over two of the company's most important businesses — including competition...
Seattle Times |
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Amazon dodges economy's struggles with second-quarter profit
Internet retailer Amazon.com more than doubled its second-quarter profit and beat Wall Street's expectations, a performance CEO Jeff Bezos credited in part to high gas prices that are sending shoppers online.
Seattle Times |
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Digital films coming to Xbox Live
Microsoft is co-producing a series of digital short films for distribution over the Xbox Live — another sign that online gaming networks...
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UA police probing sales of ink cartridges
University of Arizona police are investigating whether an employee used department money to buy thousands of dollars in ink cartridges and then sold them on eBay.
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Oracle Asia Pacific & Japan Reports Strong Customer Momentum in Fiscal Year 2008
Organizations of all sizes in Asia Pacific & Japan continue to choose Oracle’s standards-based software solutions to replace legacy, proprietary systems, so as to optimize performance, and lower costs
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Man blackmailed ex-girlfriend with nude pictures, police say
Police say the man told his ex-girlfriend he'd put sexy photos of her online if she didn't pay him rent.
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Mayor Wilder promises action in print shop
Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder yesterday promised "appropriate action," including possible firings, following an audit that found excessive misuse of computers at the city's print shop.
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Microsoft Splits Platform in Two
News Analysis. Windows Vista plus Windows Live minus Online Services equals "What?"
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World's Fastest 2.5" SATA HDD Reaches 300GB
WD has unleashed the VelociRaptor, touting the 10,000rpm SATA hard drive as the fastest in the world. The newest 2.5-inch VelociRaptor hard drive is built for business-critical applications with enterprise-class mechanics and packs up to 300GB of capacity into t...
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Czech cabinet wants Const.Court to approve Lisbon treaty-iDnes
Prague- The Czech government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (senior ruling Civic Democrats, ODS) seeks to persuade the Constitutional Court that the EU reform Lisbon treaty does not contradict the Czech legal order, the iDnes.cz Internet server has written.
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Former UGA employee arrested on hacking charges
Authorities have arrested a former University of Georgia employee accused of using the school's computers to hack into the computers of former co-workers.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 25th Aug 2006 23:55 UTC
Vista will be the last version of Windows that exists in its current, monolithic form, according to Gartner. Instead, the research firm predicts, Microsoft will be forced to migrate Windows to a modular architecture tied together through hardware-supported virtualisation.
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Recent Original Stories
"Late last night we started receiving reports from readers experiencing problems with Windows Genuine Advantage authentication . Users of both Windows XP and Windows Vista were writing to say that they could not validate their installations using WGA, and one user even said that his installation was invalidated by the service.
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Green Guide More environmental accolades Chico State earns props from another Web site dedicated to sustainability.
A popular Web site dedicated to eco-conscious living has given props to Chico State. New York-based DailyGreen, a Hearst Magazine Internet publication, ranked Chico...
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Samsung Unveils MediaLive Adaptor
Samsung has launched the MediaLive adaptor, which lets users view PC-content on a Samsung HDTV. It delivers digital content (including HD content) in real-time from Windows Media Centre on a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate operating systems to the big screen of a Samsung HDTV via a wireless or wired home network.
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3Com Introduces 3Com Wireless 11n USB Adapter, Enhancing All with an Effective Wireless Internet Access
3Com today unveils an intelligent choice for first-time wireless network users, 3Com Wireless 11n USB Adapter. To meet all the diverse demand of today’s consumers, the device is equipped with the most
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Gates, Bloomberg pool riches to fight smoking
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money and pouring $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.
Seattle Times |
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Alleged San Francisco computer saboteur's bail request denied
SAN FRANCISCO — A judge on Wednesday refused to reduce the $5 million bail of a San Francisco technology expert accused of rigging the city's computer system to malfunction during routine maintenance.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 23rd Dec 2006 17:36 UTC, submitted by PR
"Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called 'premium content', typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources.
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Yell First-Quarter Profit Rises on Web, Costs Cuts (Update1)
July 24 (Bloomberg) -- -- Yell Group Plc , the publisher of the U.K.'s Yellow Pages phone directory, said fiscal first- quarter profit rose 5.5 percent after it expanded its Internet business and cut costs.
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Recent Original Stories
Users of Windows who have set the Automatic Updates option to "Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them" were surprised to find that the latest WMF patch had overridden these settings and not only installed the patch, but rebooted the machines as well.
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Students flock to online classes, easing transportation costs
Online classes are gaining popularity at area schools as students and officials realize that time at a home computer offers flexibility without costing upward of $4 per gallon.
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Microsoft Chooses Connecticut Based CAL Business Solutions Inc. as New York Metro Area Partner Award Winner for ...
In an awards ceremony for New York Metro area Microsoft partners, Microsoft chose Harwinton based CAL Business Solutions Inc. as award winner for "Excellence in Small Business Vertical -- Professional Services." This award was given to recognize success in serving the staffing industry using StaffLinx GP - a tool that connects a Microsoft Dynamics GP back office system to a Bullhorn front office ...
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