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Britain agrees plan to tackle online music piracy
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's six biggest Internet providers have agreed a plan to tackle piracy within the music and film industries, pledging to send warning letters to users suspected of illegal file-sharing.
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PS3 snares Penny Arcade Adventures News by
Hothead Games has announced a PlayStation 3 version of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. Late autumn is the target, and for a price similar to the previously-released PC and Xbox 360. The latter costs 1600 Microsoft Points (GBP 13.60 / EUR 19.20) on Xbox Live Arcade.
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Beyond the API: Why Companies Should Have a Presence on All Major Platforms
Much has been written lately about the rise of the API . Offering a programming interface to an online service is now standard practice amongst this generation of web companies. Through APIs, we get to enjoy a range of innovative Twitter clients, wide availability of maps and location information, custom search engines, and more. However, delivering superior user experience on major platforms ...
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Service Channels
Dotster, leading provider of internet solutions, has announced the immediate availability of it’s Application Vault, making installing over 30 popular open source applications easy.
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Speculation grows on Apple product plans
Apple's admission this week that an upcoming "product transition" will affect future profit margins has prompted intense speculation about whether the company will launch new products, refresh existing lines or cut prices.
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£30 annual 'tax' for unlimited downloads to stop Net pirates
Moves to revolutionise music downloading, including a plan to scrap the current system of paying for each track and charge an annual fee instead were unveiled today.
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Royal Free flags training issues
The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust has rebutted local newspaper coverage claiming that it has suffered a "month of computer chaos." The trust admits there has been some issues since it went live with the London Cluster Release 1 version of Cerner Millennium.
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09:39 (BST), 24/07/2008 Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Press Release PROVIDED BY ...
- Hothead Games today proudly announced that its well received Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is currently in development for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and will debut on PLAYSTATION®Network late fall 2008.
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Background: Mosley orgies and missing emails
The unsolved riddle at the heart of Max Mosley’s orgy trial is what he said to his S&M madam in a string of emails which remain missing to this day.
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Indiana Educational Nonprofit Keeps Data Safe with Walling Data and AVG
Job Orchard sees better return on investment from AVG over Norton (PRWeb Jul 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/avgantivirus/wallingdata/prweb1141404.htm
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In the papers 24 July
Vodafone to buy back STG1 billion in shares Microsoft announces reorganisation as key exec departs
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Innovative Tattoo Design Contest at Tattoolizator.com Invites Entrants to Make Their Mark on a Millionaire
Noted Russian entrepreneur hosts online contest where the prize is deciding which tattoo he should receive on his arm. (PRWeb Jul 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/tattoo_design/online_contest/prweb1124764.htm
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Amazon Profits From Petrol Misery
Amazon has bucked the trend for doom and gloom among retailers by announcing that quarterly profits have doubled and sales grown by 41%.
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GM needs power company help to make Volt work
GM has high hopes for its Chevrolet Volt but drivers must have easy access to charging points the development of battery cars is doomed. A new deal with 30 US utilities will help.
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Recent Original Stories
For consumers looking to boost their computers' security, is Vista the way to go? Or can Linux provide greater protection from hacker attacks? In the face of viruses, worms or other breaches, the answer is obvious . "We don't need a survey or study to determine the answer.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Jan 2006 00:21 UTC, submitted by george
"More than five years ago the launch of Microsoft Windows XP - and its considerably improved features and reliability compared with Windows 98 and 2000 - made a comprehensive desktop rollout a no-brainer for companies. The other options were all far from desirable.
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Recent Original Stories
"The performance of desktop computers increases year by year. This gives the programmers great opportunities to further improve the desktop experience of the users. However, what should you do when you have an old computer that is not capable of running the latest and hottest software?
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Iowa candidate: Fark my campaign
T.J. Templeton, a Democrat from Le Mars running for state representative, asked for help on the Internet to design his campaign literature.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 25th Jan 2007 21:04 UTC
"The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.5.6 , a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced, powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes.
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SmartStart CEO Celebrates 1st Quarter Results by Going One Better than Wal-Mart and Rolling Back Price of Inaugural ...
Internet marketer Alex Mandossian and Linda M. Lopeke, co-founders of SMARTSTART Giving, offer new immigrants, new grads, and new hires a no-cost mentoring program option to celebrate micro-fundraising success. (PRWeb Jul 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/smartstartcoach/smartstartgiving/prweb1137784.htm
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Patni's Q2'CY2008 Revenues at US$ 182.6 Million Up 11.8% YoY
MUMBAI, India----Patni Computer Systems Limited today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended 30th June 2008. Performance Highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 -- Revenues for the quarter at US$ 182.6 million -- Up 11.8% YoY from US$ 163.3 million -- Up 3.5% sequentially from US$ 176.4 million -- Contribution from top customer at 10.4% for the quarter from 11.1% ...
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Hamburg sets rules for wireless contract
After months of deliberation, Hamburg Township has joined a growing list of municipalities to sign the countywide Wireless Livingston contact — but not without conditions.
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Facebook to help some programmers, punish others
SAN FRANCISCO---- Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules for protecting users' privacy.
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Pepperjam Founder & CEO Kris Jones to Speak on Search Engine Marketing and Quality Score Optimization at Ticket Summit ...
Pepperjam, an industry leading full-service internet marketing agency and and two-time Inc. Magazine fastest growing company announced today that Pepperjam's Founder and CEO, Kristopher B. Jones will speak during Ticket Summit 2008 at the Venetian in Las Vegas, NV. Jones will address the issue of search-engine marketing and quality score optimization during a panel presentation on Thursday, ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Sep 2005 19:20 UTC
Lots of news from the first few hours of the PDC. First off, in the first CTP of Vista, the sidebar has been revived . "The Sidebar will be populated with " gadgets " and will feature an open platform for developers to create their own mini-applications.
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