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Tiscali Expands Network with Equinix
July 30, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Tiscali International Network and Equinix announced that TINet has selected Equinix as a strategic partner for the expansion of the carrier's European network initially from Equinix's Frankfurt and Paris IBX data centers.
Web Host Industry Review |
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Portugal Rings Up Big Order for Intel's Classmate PCs
Intel's low-cost laptop initiative is set to get a boost Wednesday from Portugal's government, which is pledging to provide elementary school students with 500,000 computers based on the chipmaker's Classmate PC design. The announcement brings Intel's rivalry with the One Laptop Per Child organization into the spotlight once again.
E-Commerce Times |
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Apple Says MobileMe Service Is Fixed, Finally
Apple has restored its MobileMe service to all users, Apple said Tuesday night.
PC Magazine |
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Music purchased from Yahoo could stop working soon
Some users of Yahoo's music-download service will find songs they bought inaccessible after Sept. 30, adding fuel to criticisms over copy-protection measures known as digital rights management.
The Washington Times |
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Portugal Rings Up Big Order for Intel's Classmate PCs
Intel's low-cost laptop initiative is set to get a boost Wednesday from Portugal's government, which is pledging to provide elementary school students with 500,000 computers based on the chipmaker's Classmate PC design. The announcement brings Intel's rivalry with the One Laptop Per Child organization into the spotlight once again.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Hackers infiltrate legitimate websites
Surfers who think they can avoid cyber-crime by sticking to reputable websites are fooling themselves. Sixty of the 100 most popular websites have hosted malware of various kinds at some time in the past six months, according to a recent study.
Infomatics |
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Security researchers 'aiding' cyber-crooks
Security researchers should stop publishing vulnerabilities in the traditional way because cyber-criminals are using the code to generate zero-day exploits at record speeds, says a recent report.
Infomatics |
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UK hacker loses appeal against US extradition
Associated Press - July 30, 2008 6:03 AM ET LONDON (AP) - A British hacker accused of breaking into Pentagon and NASA computers has lost his appeal against extradition to the U.S.
KATC 3 Lafayette |
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JavaFX SDK preview release imminent
Sometime this week, developers will be able to get their hands on a preview SDK (software development kit) for JavaFX, Sun's entry into the RIA (rich Internet application) framework wars, according to an official company blog post . "We are now in the final push to get the first Preview Release of the JavaFX SDK out the door for the end of the month. I'm excited by what we've put ...
InfoWorld |
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Baggage system breakdown delaying flights from JFK
NEW YORK (AP) - A computer glitch in a baggage handling system is causing havoc at New York City's Kennedy Airport. Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines says a software problem crippled the baggage conveyor belt Wednesday morning in its terminal at JFK.
KXAN 36 Austin |
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Yahoo Newspaper Consortium Marks 100 Million Visits
Yahoo's Newspaper Consortium has occasionally seemed like a bad idea. A troubled group of dead-tree entities working with an imploding Internet company . . . what good could come of it? Well, as it turns out, 100 million visits to members' sites. read more
WebProNews |
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Oops - India's '$10 laptop' to cost $100 after all
A low-cost laptop being developed by the Indian government in tandem with two leading Indian education and research institutions will cost $100 when available, and not $10 as was earlier stated by the government.
Macworld UK |
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Extradition appeal for British hacker dismissed
A British hacker who admitted breaking into US military computers hoping to uncover evidence of UFOs looks set to be extradited to the US after the highest British court dismissed his appeal against the extradition on Wednesday.
Macworld UK |
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How Blog Comments Could Have Ruined America [Internet Studies]
newVideoPlayer("/Blogging_Root_of_Evil_2.flv", 506, 423,""); That Lewis Black show Root of All Evil, in which two comedians orate about two awful things and then Black decides which one is worse,...
Gawker |
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Woman Looks To Sell Life On eBay
A woman plans to sell her life -- including her house and nearly everything in it -- to the highest bidder.
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta |
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Baggage system breakdown delays flights from JFK
Associated Press - July 30, 2008 11:53 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - A computer glitch in a baggage handling system is causing havoc at New York City's Kennedy Airport.
ABC 7 El Paso |
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Music purchased from Yahoo could stop working soon
Some users of Yahoo's music-download service will find songs they bought inaccessible after Sept. 30, adding fuel to criticisms over copy-protection measures known as digital rights management. Yahoo Inc. promised it won't entirely abandon loyal customers. Spokeswoman Carrie Davis said the company was considering refunds, gift certificates or other compensation for the "small number" of users ...
The State |
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Teens Deny Hacking School Computers
Two Orange County high school seniors said they didn't hack into school computers to steal tests or change grades.
KSBW Salinas |
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Gay Gossip Blogger Was 9/11 Scam Fugitive [The Internet]
If you're a fugitive from justice, probably one of the last things you want to do is start a video blog like Patric Ian Henn's "Boy About Town." Although he allegedly skipped out on a 12-year...
Gawker |
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BCNET, Province of BC and Shaw Deliver Super High Speed to Prince George
Vancouver, BC, July 30, 2008--(T-Net)--This week BCNET announces the installation and delivery of its upgrade to its super broadband network connecting the Prince George and Vancouver Transit Exchange locations.
T-Net British Columbia |
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Back-To-School Tax Holiday Begins Thursday
Purchases of clothing, school supplies, personal computers and accessories are exempt from Georgia's 7 percent sales tax for the next four days. Georgia's annual back-to-school tax holiday begins Thursday and runs through Sunday.
WJXT Jacksonville |
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Next Debian's 'Lenny' frozen
Linux distros get ready The next version Debian has come a step closer to completion with the freezing of the current testing distribution version codename Lenny . This will form the basis of Debian 5.0, expected in September.…
The Register |
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Linux-friendly SBC is cool, rugged type
— Jul. 18, 2008 — GE Fanuc announced a PowerPC-based single-board computer aimed at saving power and cooling costs in military and aerospace applications. The VG6 is based on Freescale Semiconductor's new single-core MPC8640 and dual-core MPC8640D system-on-chips (SoCs), announced last week. ...
Linux Devices |
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Government Computer News
Some of the government’s biggest information security challenges continue to revolve around how best to share data between multiple departments, services, subagencies, bureaus and programs.
Government Computer News |
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Corporate News: Online video games to drive market for paid online content
ONLINE VIDEO gaming will drive the growth of the Asia-Pacific market for paid online content, which is expected to grow by more than a fifth this year despite software piracy.
BusinessWorld Online |
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