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Low-cost storage benefits HDD industry
Nick Booth, CRN , Thursday 31 July 2008 at 12:23:00 HDD industry is looking healthy Seagate Technology leads a thriving hard-disk drive (HDD) industry, driven by demand for low-cost, high-capacity storage devices, according to analyst iSuppli....
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Delays continue at JFK after software glitch
NEW YORK — A software glitch that snarled air traffic and caused baggage pileups at John F. Kennedy International Airport stretched into today, with more flight cancellations expected.
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"What is your favourite DS games so far?"
Eurogamer's computer and video game discussion forum
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Make your way round Kew Gardens with a £4.95 satnav guide
Visitors to Kew Gardens are being given a new hi-tech tour guide. From today they can rent a handheld computer "node" that will automatically tell them about the plants and trees they are walking past.
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Sony's PlayStation 3 'Home' test service to start
Sony's ballyhooed but often delayed online "Home" virtual world for the PlayStation 3 video game console began accepting 10,000 gamers Thursday to try a test service.
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LONDON Hacker suspect faces U.S. trial
A man accused of breaking into military and NASA computers in what he claims was a search for UFOs, allegedly causing nearly $1 million in damage, has lost his appeal for extradition to the United States.
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Islanders speed on information superhighway
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Islanders are indulging their need for speed on the information superhighway. According to a report yesterday by New York City's Broadband Advisory Committee, the borough leads the city in percentage of households with broadband Internet access.
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Man accused of sick Girls Aloud internet fantasy
AN INTERNET blogger, allegedly at the centre of a sick online murder fantasy involving pop stars Girls Aloud, has appeared in court.
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MS springs patent complaint on Taiwanese mouse vendor
Redmond whacks Primax Microsoft yesterday filed a patent infringement complaint against a Taiwanese computer peripherals vendor after talks on a licensing agreement for mouse technology stalled.…
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Ancient Greeks used "computer" to set Olympics date
LONDON (Reuters) - A mechanical brass calculator used by the ancient Greeks to predict solar and lunar eclipses was probably also used to set the dates for the first Olympic games, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Lenovo looks to Olympics boost despite controversy
(AP:BEIJING) The chairman of Olympic sponsor Lenovo said Thursday its marketing should not be affected by controversy surrounding the games and expressed confidence the link will boost the Chinese computer maker's brand abroad.
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More delays Thursday at JFK after software glitch
NEW YORK - A software glitch that snarled air traffic and caused baggage pileups at John F. Kennedy International Airport stretched into Thursday, with more flight cancellations...
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Senator: China orders hotels to help spy on Internet users
A senior U.S. lawmaker says China is ordering foreign-owned hotels there to install government software and hardware that would let authorities spy on guests' Internet activities during the Beijing Olympics.
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Lenovo looks to Olympics boost despite controversy
(AP:BEIJING) The chairman of Olympic sponsor Lenovo said Thursday its marketing should not be affected by controversy surrounding the games and expressed confidence the link will boost the Chinese computer maker's brand abroad.
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Winston-Salem delays plans for free wireless
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Winston-Salem has put its free wireless Internet service on hold. WinstonNet said in 2005 it would provide free wireless Internet. The company that was to provide the service, Azulstar, has backed out of the agreement.
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Ancient Greeks used "computer" to set Olympics date
A mechanical brass calculator used by the ancient Greeks to predict solar and lunar eclipses was probably also used to set the dates for the first Olympic games, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Ancient Greeks used "computer" to set Olympics date
A mechanical brass calculator used by the ancient Greeks to predict solar and lunar eclipses was probably also used to set the dates for the first Olympic games, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Recent Original Stories
Earlier this year, the KDE team released the highly-anticipated 4th major revision of the KDE desktop.
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Low-cost storage benefits HDD industry
Seagate Technology leads a thriving hard-disk drive (HDD) industry, driven by demand for low-cost, high-capacity storage devices, according to analyst iSuppli.
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iLinc Positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant in Leading Industry Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing
PHOENIX----iLinc , a leading provider of Web and desktop video conferencing software and online collaboration solutions, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the visionaries quadrant in the 'Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing'1 report. iLinc was named in the study based upon the company's ability to execute and for completeness of vision.
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iLinc to Announce Fiscal 2009 Q1 Results
PHOENIX----iLinc , a leader in web conferencing, desktop video conferencing software and collaboration solutions, will release its fiscal 2009 first quarter results on Thursday, August 14, 2008, before the market opens.
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Profit down, revenue up at BT
Janie Davies, Computing , Thursday 31 July 2008 at 12:12:00 Managed solutions growth boosts revenue at BT, but profits fall BT has unveiled a seven per cent fall in first-quarter profit to £613m, compared with £658m for the same period last year....
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Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report.
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Microsoft files complaint against Taiwan's Primax
Microsoft filed a patent-infringement complaint against Taiwan's Primax Electronics after talks on a licensing agreement for computer-mouse technology broke down.
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Transformers Cybertron the Ultimate Collection
The follow up to the Transformers Armada and Transformers Energon animated series', Transformers Cybertron is an interesting American-Japanese co-production that blends computer generated and traditional cell animation with fairly successful results.
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