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Greenpeace finds Ghana is dumping ground for major tech companies
Greenpeace has discovered that hardware from some of the most well-known electronics manufacturers and distributors is being dumped in Ghana. It seems that the goods are shipped to Ghana on the pretence of being second-hand goods, but many of the computers, gadgets, displays and mobile phones are damaged and will never work again. Instead, the hardware [...]
Geek.com |
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Police investigate possible internet sex operation
Cary Police are investigating the link between a missing 12-year-old Sanford boy and what may be a local internet sex operation.
ABC11 Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville |
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The numbers can add up if you ask
I can balance a checkbook. I use a computer program to do my own taxes. And I can whip out that credit card with the best of them when the simple math tells me I don’t have enough cash in the checking account to cover a purchase (just don’t tell my myriad of financial advisors or my wife, OK?).
The Fountain Hills Times |
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The Latest: Computer fire closed Norfolk library for the day
NORFOLK -- 100 people were evacuated because of an electrical fire inside the downtown library. Officials say the fire started in a microfilm reader on the second floor of Kirn Memorial Library. The computer and a chair were damaged.
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads |
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Apple iPhone 3G
What you should know about the latest “it” phone everybody is talking about. And why you should annoy your telco to no end, if they don’t get this product on our shores soon.
Sin Chew Jit Poh |
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First Nehalem system built, geekery ensues
Filed under: Desktops Look, we're all nerds around here, no shame in that game, but Maximum PC is taking it to a special level with its latest write-up. They managed to sneak into an unnamed "hardware contact" who let them mess around with a mid-range, 2.93GHz Bloomfield chip -- the desktop version of Nehalem -- and an Intel D58XSO "Smackover" motherboard. No benchmarks just yet, but ...
Engadget |
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Stolen Laptop Contains Names Of People Involved In OIA's CLEAR Program
ORLANDO, Fla. -- There's been another potential problem with personal information at the airport. The company that runs a security screening program at OIA says it found a missing laptop with personal information.
WFTV 9 Orlando |
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Ring Busted In 'Largest Ever' Identity Theft Case
Eleven people are now facing charges in a massive international credit card scam. Investigators say the suspects stole more than 41 million debit and credit card numbers. What's most disturbing about the crime ring is that shoppers became victims without ever losing their purses or wallets. The hackers stand accused of stealing retailer's private information without ever leaving the parking lot.
WCBS-TV New York |
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Ring Busted In 'Largest Ever' Identity Theft Case
Eleven people are now facing charges in a massive international credit card scam. Investigators say the suspects stole more than 41 million debit and credit card numbers. What's most disturbing about the crime ring is that shoppers became victims without ever losing their purses or wallets. The hackers stand accused of stealing retailer's private information without ever leaving the parking lot.
WCBS-TV New York |
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Toshiba and Orange County Innovation Seek Entries for Green Innovation Award
IRVINE, Calif.----A leader in creating innovative mobile computing technologies, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division, along with Orange County Innovation , today announced its open call for submissions for the 2nd annual Toshiba Green Innovation Award in Orange County.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Scientists hope for new tricks in data analysis
By GREG BLUESTEIN ATLANTA (AP) -- It turns out even computers can have information overload.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Bharti Airtel to launch iPhone on Aug 22
By Himank Sharma, New Delhi, Aug 6 : Almost two months after Apple chief executive Steve Jobs' keynote address featured the Bharti logo prominently alongside the likes of AT&T and O2 as mobile operators who will sell the iPhone 3G worldwide, Bharti Wednesday formally announced Aug 22 would be the launch date.
New Kerala |
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Hospital sings NHS IT praises
Tom Young, Computing , Wednesday 6 August 2008 at 16:26:00 Last month Computing was invited behind the scenes to see the National Programme for IT in action at Homerton hospital, one of the most advanced adopters of the scheme. Our guide was Simon Eccles, national clinical lead for NHS Connecting for Health. Homerton hospital’s accident and emergency department is strikingly ...
Computing.co.uk |
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TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags
mnovotny writes "TIME is reporting that TSA will be allowing laptops in approved bags through security checkpoints. "The new rules, announced Tuesday and set to take effect Aug. 16, are intended to help streamline the X-ray inspection lines. To qualify as "checkpoint friendly," a bag must have a designated laptop-only section that unfolds to lie flat on the X-ray machine belt and contains no ...
Slashdot |
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Rapid Ascent Hasn't Rattled Young Coach
Danny McGrath had spent the past three weeks in front of a computer developing offensive and defensive football schemes. He'd been answering e-mails from parents, assistant coaches and prospective players. He'd been in the equipment room sorting through helmets and mouth guards. But yesterday, fi...
Washington Post |
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At Doggyspace, social networking goes to the dogs
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Cici confesses on her Web page that she likes to greet everyone by licking their feet. Dolce admits to being a mamma's boy. And Jake and Tycho posted a video that chronicles their adventures of rolling around on their backs.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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40 Million Credit And Debit Cards Stolen By Hackers
Eleven people are facing charges in San Diego and Boston connected to what federal authorities are calling the single largest and most complex identity theft case ever charged in this country.
Channel 8 San Diego |
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IBM deepens its open-source commitment to a "Microsoft-free" desktop
IBM is deepening its open-source story with moves across an array of hardware, from supercomputers to the desktop.
CNET |
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Pensacola man accused in child porn case
Computer at his home had dozens of videos, photos of children in sexual situations, officials said.
Pensacola News Journal |
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At Doggyspace, Social Networking Goes to The Dogs
Cici confesses on her Web page that she likes to greet everyone by licking their feet. Dolce admits to being a mamma's boy. And Jake and Tycho posted a video...
ABC 2 Baltimore |
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Scientists hope for new tricks in data analysis
It turns out even computers can have information overload. Powerful computers can make millions of calculations in a blink of the eye, but that leaves a nettlesome challenge: the task of analyzing the resulting mountains of data. In response, scientists are...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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The Herald-Zeitung Mobile Edition
The Herald-Zeitung provides a text-only version of its daily web edition for readers using cellular telephones or handheld computers. Registered users of AvantGo can create their own custom channel to download regular updates.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Delta to offer wireless Internet
Its mainline fleet due access in '09 Delta Air Lines Inc. said yesterday that it will offer broadband wireless Internet access on its domestic mainline fleet by the middle of next year. Continental Airlines Inc. previously announced plans to offer similar service across a majority of its mainline fleet.
Baltimore Sun |
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Fujitsu-Siemens denies break-up reports
Dave Bailey, IT Week , Wednesday 6 August 2008 at 16:26:00 Contract negotiations underway, but no break-up plans yet, says computer maker Fujitsu Siemens Computers has moved to quash reports of its impending break up, describing the talk as "baseless". Earlier, the Wall Street Journal had reported that leaders at Siemens were...
vnunet.com |
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Skills gap plugged by latest IT degree?
"Commercial awareness" for students
Silicon.com |
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