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Mobile computing shrinks the world
Last June I was sitting in the cafeteria of a conference center in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia working on some e-mails before a meeting.
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Rockstar confirms GTA IV PC edition
Three months and counting... Murder, guns, drugs and car-jacking are all set to take over the PC, because video games developer Rockstar has confirmed that the biggest game of the year is coming to the desktop.…
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Teachers Love This Video Game - Parents Will, Too!
A young boy peers intently at a laptop screen as he uses the keyboard and mouse to navigate through a 3-D landscape and defeat enemies that threaten to thwart his mission. He rears back and cries out in mock-anguish as he "dies." For a moment he slumps dramatically against a friend. Then he grins and restarts...his math lesson.
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London News and Reviews
Gordon Brown is to start his own online TV channel in the latest effort to boost his flagging poll ratings. Number10TV, which will be accessible via the Downing Street website, is an attempt to reach out to voters by broadcasting the Prime Minister's speeches and public appearances.
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Students Save 25% at MoGo Back-To-School Sale
Newton Peripherals, the developer of the revolutionary MoGo(TM) family of Bluetooth-enabled products, today announced its 2008 back-to-school special: 25% off all purchases of MoGo Mouse products, the fully functioning Bluetooth wireless mouse with a sleek integrated design that stores and charges inside your Laptop card slot. The savings are available for all back-to-school purchases at ...
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Hacker indictment greeted with muted response
(AP) -- Federal authorities are calling it the largest hacking and identity theft case yet. But this week's indictments of 11 people who allegedly plundered millions of payment card numbers might not seriously dent the underworld where such crimes occur.
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Growth slowdown hits Firefox land grab
IE holds steady but Safari slips. Mozilla's Firefox fell short of breaking the 20 percent market share bar in July, a web metrics firm has announced, as the open-source browser's growth slowed dramatically.
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Hacker illegally activates Brunswick emergency sirens
UPDATED: 04 :48 a.m. EDT, August 07, 2008 Sister Jeannette pets the school dog, Ava, on the first day of school at Our Lady of Carmel School Wednesday, August 6, 2008. The school is open year round with a six week break during the summer.
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Back-To-School Advertisers Cast Online Net
For kids and teens, back-to-school season every fall means the chance to reinvent themselves with a fresh new wardrobe, the hottest backpack, and colorful school supplies. For marketers, this crucial retail season means the launch of new advertising campaigns.
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SQL Server 2008 released
Microsoft finally released SQL Server 2008 on Wednesday - a whopping five months after its "launch".
iafrica.com |
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WiFi and Hotspots ... Do you want fries with your WiFi?
It sounds like the latest musical sensation to hit the ears of our children, but it isn’t. Although our children do have access to the technology – using Laptops, PDAs, PSPs, Game Consoles, Ipod Touch’s and numerous other gadgets with built-in WiFi – with the range of gadgets containing the technology increasing rapidly.
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Ubi suing over Ass Creed PC leak News by
Ubisoft is suing a US disc duplication firm for USD 10m in damages after an early PC version of Assassin's Creed leaked onto the internet.
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Experts to offer ID safety tips
Some scam artists try to take your money online; others attempt it over the telephone. Computer hackers are also in the mix. Join experts from noon to 12:45 p.m. tomorrow for an online chat about scams and how to protect your credit, identity and savings. An official from the Richmond-based National White Collar Crime Center and a certified financial specialist from ClearPoint Financial ...
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Software-as-a-service co Confidela raises $5m
Gemini led the round together with the company's first investor, Shlomo Kramer.
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TIME WARNER TO SPLIT AOL UNITS; PREP FOR SALE
Time Warner is moving closer to a sale or spin-off of AOL as the struggling Internet business continues to drag down results for the overall company. The media giant said yesterday it will be able to operate AOL's dial-up access and ad businesses...
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Wireless gains scored
MONTREAL -- BCE Inc. attracted thousands of new wireless subscribers in the second quarter, but a continued hemorrhage in its landline business dragged down the telecom giant's profits as it prepared for the $52-billion sale to a private equity consortium.
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GOOGLE SELLS PERFORMICS
Google is unloading search-marketing company Performics, which was part of the acquisition of online services firm DoubleClick, after criticism that owning it created a conflict of interest. French ad giant Publicis Groupe agreed to buy the...
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MICROSOFT MAY BUY BACK SOON
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, whose botched bid for Yahoo! Inc. helped drive the stock down 17 percent since February, is about to make it up to shareholders with a buyback of as much as $20 billion, according to a top-rated...
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No charge for texts
MONTREAL -- Globalive Communications Corp. is getting ready to roll out flat-rate cellphone plans that would include such features as texting, but the telecom company still needs to get a presence in Quebec to become a national wireless player.
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YAHOO! VOTE SNAFU
Despite Steve Ballmer's talk of being "done" with Yahoo!, Microsoft continues to trash talk the Internet company behind the scenes - leaving some to believe the software giant's pursuit of a deal is far from over. The latest spat came after Yahoo!
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Security hole puts users at risk
SAN FRANCISCO -- A giant vulnerability in the Internet's design allows criminals to silently redirect traffic to websites under their control. The problem is being fixed, but its extent remains unknown and many people are still at risk.
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Time Warner earnings sink amid slow economy
NEW YORK -- Time Warner Inc.'s second-quarter earnings fell 26 per cent on declining subscriber fees at its AOL online unit and lower ad revenue at the Time publishing business, the media conglomerate said yesterday.
London Free Press |
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Free Wi-Fi arrives at St Pancras
The 45 million commuters who annually pass through St Pancras International will now be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi throughout the station
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The history of MSN
Çѹ·Õè 7 ÊÔ§ËÒ¤Á 2551 15:37 ¹. 1999: Known as MSN Messenger Service, the first product release included only basic features, such as plain text messaging and a simplistic contact list and was available only in English.
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Google launches legal music downloading Web site for China
Google Inc. said Wednesday that it has launched a music search service in China that allows users to legally access music online in a forum backed by some record labels and supported by advertising revenue.
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