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Now, lawyers too can place Internet ads 28 Jul 2008, 1849 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: Lawyers, like other professionals, are now free to advertise their services on the Internet as the Bar Council of India today informed the Supreme Court that it has relaxed its rules on the issue in view of the changing global scenario.
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Anil may join 'One Laptop Per Child' project 28 Jul 2008, 2356 hrs IST, Sumali Moitra,TNN
KOLKATA: Is Anil Ambani planning to tie up with the legendary Nicholas Negroponte, founder of 'One Laptop Per Child' (OLPC), to make laptop ownership a reality for millions of underprivileged children in India for meeting their education needs?
The Times of India |
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Former Google Employee Starts Cuil Search Engine
Cuil is pronounced like "cool"...
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Microsoft Tricks Diehard XP Users Into Liking Vista with "Mojave" Ruse
Turns out some of Vista's strongest critics may not even know what they're criticizing....
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Motorola to acquire wireless Web security provider AirDefense
Motorola Inc. said Monday that it has definitively agreed to acquire wireless Internet security provider AirDefense.
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Online threats materializing faster, study shows
The bad guys on the Internet are narrowing the time frame they need to unleash computer attacks that take advantage of publicly disclosed security holes, new research shows. More and more of these attacks are coming within 24 hours after a vulnerability is disclosed. That means security flaws are being exploited in Web browsers, computer operating systems and other programs before many people ...
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Recent Original Stories
"DirectX 10 would not work with XP, and that was fine and dandy. It was an honest technical reason why you could not backport DX10 to XP without a major rip and replace operation. Microsoft wasn't going to bend on this one at all."
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Oracle expands theft allegations against rival SAP
Business software maker Oracle is escalating its allegations of corporate theft against rival SAP. Oracle has sued SAP, accusing its top executives of allowing a software maintenance subsidiary called TomorrowNow to steal copies of Oracle's products. Oracle says it was part of an effort to sabotage its 2005 acquisition of PeopleSoft. In the latest documents filed Monday in the 16-month-old ...
The State |
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Call 4 Action: Cell Phone Virus Threat Grows
Some of the same bugs that infect computers have begun finding their way into cell phones. Experts say the threat is in its infant stages, but the viruses are designed to potentially pilfer valuable information as well as mess with your phone.
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World’s cheapest laptop goes on sale
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Tuesday 29 July 2008 at 00:04:00 $130 if you buy in bulk A Taiwanese manufacturer is selling what is possibly the world's cheapest laptop. The NPX-9000 is selling for $130, although it is only being sold in batches of 100....
vnunet.com |
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Recent Original Stories
"The latest 'OS X is slow' meme to impinge on the mass psyche of the Internet comes courtesy of one Jasjeet Sekhon , an associate professor of political science at UC Berkeley. The page has hit digg and reddit and been quoted on Slashdot.
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Microsoft Blasts Forrester's 'Sensational' Anti-Vista Report
Forrester Research has unleashed a bit of ire from Microsoft with an analyst report suggesting large corporations might do well to sit out the Vista era of Windows. Analyst Thomas Mendel's July 23 report on enterprise trends contained a brief mention of Vista, comparing it to "New Coke" -- Coca-Cola's disastrous reformulation of its namesake product in 1985.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Olympics digital coverage widespread
NEW YORK -- Olympics fans will have a bevy of opportunities to get content from NBC Universal next month -- 2,200 hours of live online coverage, live events on their mobile phone and even a way to download coverage to computers with Microsoft Vista.
The Hollywood Reporter |
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Toshiba Unveils High-Powered Business Notebooks
Delivering greater choice and flexibility in mobile computing solutions for all budgets, Toshiba (Australia) Pty Limited Information Systems Division (ISD) today launched its latest range of new look and feel, high-powered business notebooks with Intel® Centrino®2 technology.
WirelessWorkforceOnline |
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FCC to Hammer Comcast on Throttling Shenanigans
Reports continue to circulate that the Federal Communications Commission has enough votes to rule that Comcast illegally blocked traffic between peer-to-peer Internet applications and that the government will soon set down guidelines for the Internet service provider that could serve as a precedent regarding the hotly debated topic of Net neutrality.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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SunTrust Enhances Online Commercial Card Management Solution to Help Companies Better Control Spend
Atlanta – SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI) debuted new enhancements to its commercial card business management solution, Enterprise Spend Platform, today at the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) International Convention and Exposition in Los Angeles.
Hospitality Net |
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Cloudworks Offers Cloud Computing Tips For Going Green
Mike Eaton, the founder and CEO of Cloudworks, provides five tips for companies watching their bottom line in a tight economy to enhance the remote access for mobile professionals through cloud computing.
WirelessWorkforceOnline |
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Fitness, Med Apps Turn iPhone Into Health Monitor
Cell phones can't actually get hot enough to pop popcorn, regardless of what you may have seen on YouTube. But some do have other unexpected abilities that just might help improve your quality of life. Dozens of new health and fitness Web applications are now available for use with the Apple iPhone, which combines a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod and an Internet browser into one gadget.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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New Intermec IP30 Handheld RFID Reader For Mobile Computers
Intermec has introduced the IP30 add-on RFID reader, a cost-effective, compact, globally-certified solution for adding mobile RFID read/write capability to the latest generation of Intermec mobile computers-including the CN3, CN3e, CK61, and CK61ex.
WirelessWorkforceOnline |
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FairPoint selects Cisco for ex-Verizon networks
JULY 28, 2008 -- FairPoint Communications has selected Cisco as one of the primary equipment providers for the company's proposed New England Internet Protocol (IP) and Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) broadband initiative.
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Microsoft Feathers Apache's Nest
In a somewhat surprising move from a company that rattled sabers with what seemed like the entire open source software world last year, Microsoft has become a sponsor of the open source Apache Software Foundation and has opened up some of its protocols for use by OSS developers. Microsoft's Sam Ramji, director of the company's Open Source Software Lab, made the announcement at OSCON.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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HP Unveils Latest Mobile Hardware
HP launched a range of new mobile business products in Sydney on Thursday, including laptops, an iPAQ and the company's first mobile thin client.
WirelessWorkforceOnline |
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AOL's Makeover Moves: Priming Itself for a Sale?
AOL is shutting three data storage services, including one of the Internet's earliest photo-sharing sites, as it seeks to cut costs and focus resources on its advertising opportunities. AOL Pictures, the year-old media-sharing site BlueString and the online backup service Xdrive will likely shut down by year's end, though the company is looking to sell at least Xdrive, which AOL bought in 2005 ...
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Fujitsu LifeBook T1010 Tablet PCs Introduced
Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation introduced the LifeBook T1010 Tablet PC convertible as part of an announcement that also included another T-Series Tablet PC convertible, the LifeBook T5010, and a number of new and updated notebooks.
WirelessWorkforceOnline |
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Cuil Trots Out Dark Horse Search Contender
A startup search engine launched Monday, Cuil, hopes to prove that its search technology is cooler than that of the reigning king of search, Google. Cuil's creators -- former Google search architect Anna Patterson; her husband Tom Costello, a former researcher and developer at Stanford University and IBM; and Russell Power, another former Google executive -- claim they have pioneered a new take ...
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