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PhatWare and First Cyber Security declare war against internet fraud
Under the new venture, the partners intend to develop technology that will fight internet fraud.
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Internet on alert
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCert) on July 23 issued an urgent announcement about a serious security error associated with the global domain name system (DNS).
Vietnam Net |
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Steve Jobs' Diet Secrets
When it comes to dieting and exercise, technologists like Apple's chief can go to extremes.
Forbes |
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Man awarded £22,000 over fake Facebook profile "libel"
Mathew Firsht has won a sensational and trend-setting court case today, against a friend who set up a fake Facebook profile with loads of personal details - and sex-based lies - about Mathew's life.
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UK ISP's reach anti-file-sharing deal
Six of the UK's biggest internet service providers have reached a deal with music industry body the BPI to combat music-piracy.
Macworld UK |
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Top online, Windows exec to depart Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. says the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations is leaving the company.
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Microsoft Rumbles, Rearms For Online War It Can’t Win Without Yahoo
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer dropped the ax today, and it landed on Kevin Johnson’s neck. Johnson, Microsoft’s soon-to-be ex-President of Platforms & Services, has been with Microsoft since 1992. He was in the unfortunate position of leading the recent Vista effort through its very troubled launch, and running Microsoft’s online efforts while watching their lunch [...]
TechCrunch |
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John Tarrant on search technology and higher education
Researchers using search engines are in danger of mistaking information for knowledge, says John Tarrant
Guardian Unlimited |
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Google unveils 'knol' reference tool
Google is taking the wraps off an Internet encyclopedia designed to give people a chance to show off and profit from.
Independent Online |
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Do you use online banking?
Many banks are unwittingly training their online customers to take risks with their passwords and other sensitive account information, new research shows.
Independent Online |
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Online chief is leaving Microsoft
Kevin Johnson, the executive in charge of Microsoft's struggling online business, is leaving to become chief executive of Juniper Networks.
International Herald Tribune |
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ISPs get tough over illegal downloads
Top broadband suppliers to announce BPI deal Six of the UK's largest ISPs are set to announce today that they've signed up to a government-backed initiative that's designed to clamp down on music piracy.
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South County datebook
Electronic Waste Collection, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Beyer Blvd. and Enright Drive, San Ysidro. Items accepted include televisions, computer monitors, microwave ovens and cell phones. Free. Information: (619) 661-1774.
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Avistar and MVC Mobile Video Communications Team to Deliver Desktop Videoconferencing Solutions in Germany
Avistar Communications Corporation , a leading provider of unified visual communications solutions, has signed an agreement with MVC Mobile Video Communications GmbH of Frankfurt to sell Avistar's C3 desktop technology in Germany.
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£17,000 damages for victim of fake Facebook profile
A businessman today won £17,000 in damages against a former schoolfriend accused of putting a fake profile of him on the social networking website Facebook
Guardian Unlimited |
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Scottish family loses Narnia domain name fight to C S Lewis' estate
London, July 24 : A Scottish couple has lost the battle in a property dispute with the estate of the author C.S. Lewis over a Narnia Internet domain name that they purchased for their 11-year-old son as a birthday gift.
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Virtually Whistles
WITH Jane Shepherdson at the helm, the style revolution continues at Whistles; the label has just relaunched its e-commerce site to better reflect its new, more sophisticated brand identity.
British Vogue |
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Online initiative, iQ Academy, opens new doors for middle, high school students
Colleges and universities have for years offered interactive television and online courses to afford students a wide array of educational opportunities. And while public schools have tried to include enough of a variety of courses in their curriculums to suit all their students' needs, as well as keep up with today's fast-paced technology, many lag behind due to financial constraints and ...
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Linked by Jussi Pakkanen on Tue 17th Apr 2007 18:20 UTC
Let me begin by telling you a little story. Some time ago I needed to run a script at work once a day. We had tons of machines ranging from big Unix servers to Linux desktops. Due to various reasons the script could only be run on a desktop machine. However using cron was disabled on desktops.
New Mobile Computing |
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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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"Thanks to pirates, or rather the fear of them, the Intel edition of Apple's OS X is now a proprietary operating system
. Mac developers and power users no longer have the freedom to alter, rebuild, and replace the OS X kernel from source code. Stripped of openness, it no longer possesses the quality that elevated Linux to its status as the second most popular commercial OS."
New Mobile Computing |
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Unique educational program to hold open house Saturday
iQ Academy, a unique online alternative to the traditional brick-and-mortar school learning environment is, for the first time, now available statewide to students in grades 6-12. An open house to showcase the program and enroll students will take place at the Northland Inn in Crookston on Saturday, July 19, from 3-4:30 p.m.
Crookston Daily Times |
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FiSpace.Net Provides Investor Social Networking for Shareholders of Fuel Stocks BP, CVX, XOM, SUN, TSO, and VLO
FiSpace.net, which provides social networking tools for investors, announces the availability of blogs, message boards, and articles regarding traditional fuels and alternative fuels and related to BP plc , Chevron Corporation , Exxon Mobil Corporation , Sunoco, Inc. , Tesoro Corporation and Valero Energy Corporation Visit http://fispace.net/stock/basic-materials/alternative-fuels-energy
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FiSpace.Net Provides Investor Social Networking for Shareholders of Banking Stocks WB, WM, USB, WFC, C, and STI
FiSpace.net, which provides social networking tools for investors, announces the availability of blogs, message boards, and articles regarding the current tumult in the banking industry and related to Wachovia Corporation , Washington Mutual, Inc. , U.S.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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New Spine-health.com Survey Shows 50% of Workers Absent 10 or More Days in Past Year Due to Back Pain
CHICAGO----A new online survey by Spine-health shows that back and neck pain and their related health problems are causing productivity troubles at the workplace. The Spine-health.com survey of more than 750 respondents found that 50 percent reported missing work for 10 or more days due to back-related problems.
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