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Web search option: 'Cuil it'
SAN FRANCISCO -- Anna Patterson’s last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.
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Blue Room reveals total hazard
A training company and a multimedia organisation have collaborated to produce an immersive 3D industrial simulator that lets users learn how to handle hazardous situations.
the Engineer |
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Usana critic pledges silence
A high-profile critic of Usana Health Sciences Inc. has taken all company-related material off his Web site and agreed not to talk about the supplements maker as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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1,000 Intel workers will get job-hunting help
About 1,000 current and former workers at Intel Corp.'s now-closed Colorado Springs semiconductor plant will get federal retraining and job-hunting help, 14 months and three appeals after the company and later its employees sought the help.
Colorado Springs Gazette |
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Email downtime is plaguing senior IT executives
52 percent of companies have experienced an email failure in the past 12 months. This is according to backup and archiving supplier, Iron Mountain Digital.
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Recent Original Stories
VIA Technologies announced this morning that the company's new C7-D processor is now available . That wouldn't seem like such a big deal if it weren't for the fact that VIA has also taken the initiative to make this the world's first carbon-free desktop CPU.
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Prediction: Ncomputing is the next Google
Once in a while we come across a company whose idea and products just make sense. Ncomputing is such a company and it may take some time until you will hear more about its products, but we do believe that the firm has what it takes to popularize cloud computing for the masses and become Intel’s biggest threat yet. We are talking about the ability to split one PC into possibly dozens of sub ...
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Legitimate websites face new threats
Cyber criminals are working harder than ever to turn the world's most popular websites into unwitting carriers of viruses and spyware. Over the past six months, hackers have intensified attacks on trusted websites such as Facebook and News.com that are frequented by millions of users every day.
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Couple win payout over 'lesbian' ad
A couple received £5,000 in compensation after an estate agent wrote the word "lesbians" in an advert for their house. The word appeared in small print at the bottom of an internet description of the £650,000 detached home of Suzanne Richards, 36, and Sarah Dobinson, 44.
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Motorola realigns itself for possible reverse spinoff: Report
Motorola is separating its second-largest division, Home and Networks Mobility, into three businesses, in a move that could allow the Schaumburg-based wireless-telecom giant to keep its cell-phone business and spin off its other divisions, according to company and analyst reports.
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Google alumnus creates new Cuil search engine
SAN FRANCISCO -- Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc.
El Paso Times |
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Legitimate websites face new threats
More viruses spread by injecting bits of malicious code into pages of reputable websites
The Globe and Mail |
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Stranded air passengers clash with police in China: report
Angry passengers scuffled with police in an airport in southwest China, smashing computers and desks Tuesday after their flights were delayed with no food or accommodation offered, state media said.
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Recently posted article
CellSpin is a provider of graphical user interface in mobiles for capturing images, audio, video, and text and publishing and enabling users to share the same on the internet quickly. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.
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Olympic committee intervenes as media protest internet censorship
Beijing - The International Olympic Committee interceded Tuesday after journalists complained of Chinese censorship and low internet speeds at the main Olympic press centre. Gilbert Felli, the committee's Olympic Games executive director, met with th...
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Mozilla has released updates
for its Firefox browser, Thunderbird e-mail application and the SeaMonkey application suite to fix 'critical' security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities affect 1.5 versions of Firefox and Thunderbird as well as version 1 of the SeaMonkey suite, Mozilla said in its security advisories.
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British Computer Society takes control of Healthcare Computing conference
The British Computer Society (BCS) is re-launching the UK's leading conference for health informatics professionals - Healthcare Computing - as a fully integrated, BCS-managed and run event.
PublicTechnology.net |
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Recent Original Stories
Lots of Windows-related news today. Firstly, responding to customer demand, Dell has restarted selling new PCs with Windows XP installed on them. Secondly, Microsoft software will sell for just USD 3 in some parts of the world in an attempt to double the number of global PC users (probably not at all unrelated to this interesting figure).
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Spintel's E8600 is a goer
The Toshiba A300D-125, dazzles you with good looks and keeps you from thinking about the specs. InsideHW has the scoop. The A300D-125 is the first lappie we’ve seen with an HD 3470, and for that alone you should give it a read .
The Inquirer |
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Facebook fends off attack of the clones
MOSCOW In its bid to go global, Facebook is facing off against itself. Clones of the Wunderkind social-networking Web site -- some of which resemble Facebook right down to color, font and layout -- have popped up in local languages around the world. These competitor sites offer identical core services, letting users post pictures, make groups and choose their friends.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Deal puts Netflix on Xbox
Microsoft recently confirmed a long-awaited partnership with mail and online movie mogul Netflix that will bring movies-on-demand to the software giant's online gaming system Xbox Live.
Cape Cod Times |
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What's the point of Windows?
Good question. However, Macworld believe you can make Mac OS X and Windows live in perfect harmony
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Facebook poaches Mozilla's engineering VP
Facebook is strengthening its product development team at the expense of Mozilla, whose vice president of engineering will join Mark Zuckerberg's social networking company.
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Micron shares fall 30 percent
NEW YORK -- Shares of Micron Technology Inc. tumbled to a 15-year low Monday amid investor concerns over the health of the memory chip market.The company, which makes DRAM chips used in personal computers and NAND chips found in iPods, digital cameras and other portable devices, saw its stock fall 42 cents, or 8.5 percent, to $4.55 -- the stock's lowest level since 1993. Shares are down about 30 ...
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FVC adds VASCO authentication to its security portfolio
FVC, a leading Value Added Distributor (VAD) in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region, has been appointed as a VAD for VASCO Data Security International, a leading software security company specializing in authentication products.
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