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iPhone Software Update May Fix Frustrating Bugs
When Apple released its iPhone 2.0 software earlier this month, CEO Steve Jobs said it would provide the best user experience and the most advanced software platform for a mobile device. However, glitches in the software are leaving users frustrated, with a laundry list of complaints.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Phoenix police: College shooter was punched first
PHOENIX (AP) -- One of three people wounded in a computer lab at a community college had punched the gunman in the face before he opened fire, police said Friday.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Google: We See 1 Trillion URLs Daily
Google says the World Wide Web is big. Really big. You just won't believe how big it really is. I mean you think Kim Kardashian's butt is big but that's just peanuts to the Web. read more
WebProNews |
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Extended Validation SSL Certificates
Extended Validation (EV) is a new standard in SSL certificates. This guide explains the needs which drove the development of this standard and how it addresses contemporary security challenges. It also delves into the integration of EV certificates into new high security browsers such as Microsoft's IE7.
SYS-CON Media |
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Microsoft Becomes Official Apache Sponsor
Microsoft said it's putting a wide range of protocols that were formerly in the Communications Protocol Program under the Open Specification Promise.
InformationWeek |
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Planetwide Games Teams Up With 4Kids Entertainment and TC Digital Games For MashON Chaotic(TM) Comic Book Creator
SAN DIEGO----Planetwide Games, Inc., 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. and TC Digital announced an agreement in principle for the MashON Chaotic Comic Book Creator, an interactive software application utilizing Planetwide Games' MashON Platform to provide fans of the popular Chaotic Trading Card Game and television series an online tool to create customized comic books and graphic novels using licensed ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Microsoft releases "optional" XPe updates
— Jul. 15, 2008 — Microsoft has released two "optional" updates for Windows XP Embedded (XPe). The updates follow a release last month of four "critical" security updates, and should be applied after the critical updates are in place, Microsoft says. ...
WindowsForDevices |
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'Green' Scoring for Social Entrepreneurs, Development
GlobalGiving, the leading online marketplace for philanthropy, today launched GlobalGiving Green, a one of a kind scoring system that measures the climate impact of social entrepreneurs and other development projects in communities around the world, from Nepal and Tanzania, to Honduras and the United States.
PNN |
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Microsoft Looking Forward to Post-Failed Merger Makeup Sex
Looks like Microsoft's on-again, off-again, on-again pursuit of Yahoo is off-again, this time for good. Perhaps. Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell told Microsoft investors assembled for an annual day of presentations Thursday that "the chances of us buying Yahoo on a full acquisition basis are so small that they are essentially negligible. ...
AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance |
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 25, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google "Knows" About 1 Trillion Web Items How big is Google's web index? Google hasn't said for years and still isn't saying -- but it is blogging today about how it "knows" of 1 trillion web-based items. Joy, we haven't had a search engine ...
Search Engine Land |
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Beta release of Office Outlook Connector adds calendar syncing
A beta release of Office Outlook Connector 12.1 adds syncing between Windows Live Calendar and Microsoft Outlook.
BetaNews |
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Review: iPhone 2.0 Software Upgrade
Pros: Allows users to access the App Store; push connectivity; loads of small usability improvements. Cons: Doesn't deliver long-awaited features, such as the ability to copy and paste, view Flash in Safari, or synch To Do items.
IT Management |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 1st Aug 2007 20:09 UTC
If you're a Vista-wary Windows user who would rather switch than fight, should you move to a Linux distro or Apple's OS X? InformwationWeek asked a Mac fan and a Linux advocate to lead a guided tour of each OS.
New Mobile Computing |
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Storm Headed to SW New Mexico
The National Weather Service will be issuing a flash flood watch soon (by mid-afternoon Friday) for the high country of...
Albuquerque Journal |
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Man Charged With Trying To Meet Underage Girl Online
Nathan Hughes, 24, is charged with unlawful transaction with a minor.
WLKY Louisville |
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EIC Squared: Microsoft's plans, Icahn's seat, Facebook Connect and more
On this week's EIC Squared podcast, ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan and I discuss the news of the week.
CNET |
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Netflix 2Q profit up 4 pct, beats analyst views
Netflix Inc.'s second-quarter profit crept up 4 percent, beating analyst expectations as the online DVD rental leader signed up 168,000 new customers while spending less money to attract them to the service.
AP via Yahoo! News |
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Apple Releases iPhone OS 2.0 Beta
Just weeks after shipping, the iPhone's second-generation software is getting a makeover with improved GPS functionality and background push capabilities.
ChannelWeb |
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Brief: Report: Small biz weak in cybersecurity
Report: Small biz weak in cybersecurity
SecurityFocus |
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All employees safe: Infosys
Reacting to the horrific blasts that ripped through Bengaluru, India's third-largest software company, Infosys Technologies Ltd, said that it had increased security on its campus and that all its employees are safe.
rediff.com |
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ArcelorMittal buys 70% pie in Brazilian firm
World's largest steel producer ArcelorMittal today said it has acquired 70 per cent stake in Brazilian steel processor Manchester Tubos e Perfilados SA.
rediff.com |
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Automating Website Testing Using Open Source Tools
In today's competitive world, the most important presence for a corporation is their website. It not only acts as a face for the company but also as an interface enabling its clients, users, and prospects to communicate with the company. As websites are accessible to users via thin clients such as web browsers, the quality and reliability of a website are paramount to its success.
SYS-CON Media |
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New email scam
26 July 2008 A new email scam is doing the rounds. It involves internet users being told a parcel is waiting for them in customs clearance. The email asks the recipient to fill in and return a form so that the parcel can be released.
NZCity |
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'Spam King' lured family to their deaths
BENNETT, Colo., July 25 (UPI) -- The stepdaughter of Eddie Davidson has told police the fugitive "Spam King" lured his family into a murder-suicide ambush in rural Colorado.
UPI |
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Google gives GMail always-on encryption
New feature closes security loophole Google is adding a much-demanded feature to its email service that offers improved security by ensuring users get an encrypted connection each time they access their account via a web connection.…
The Register |
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