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Cape Breton charity loses out to province's e-cycling program
The electronics recycling program that took effect Feb. 1 in Nova Scotia has taken a bite out of donations of good used computers, televisions and stereos to a Cape Breton charitable group.
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VMware joins Linux Foundation--while reportedly violating the GPL
The virtualization company needs to give some answers to its critics who allege that it is in knowing violation of the GPL.
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Acer comes with 'Ek se Badkar Ek'
BANGALORE, INDIA: Acer India, a branded vendor of personal computers in the country, today announced the launch of their new retail scheme, 'Ek Se Badkar Ek'. It has been designed to reward retail partners via a host of schemes available to them on a monthly and quarterly basis that is over a...
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Intel's Barrett sees no slowdown in PC market
LISBON - Intel Corp., the world's biggest microchip producer, expects no slowdown in global demand for personal computers despite economic problems in the United States and in other countries, Intel chairman Craig Barrett said.
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Sprint Customers in Columbus Can Now Experience Faster Mobile Broadband Service
Sprint Customers Benefit from Extended Network Coverage, Mobile Internet Access and Faster Data Speeds in Columbus, Ga.
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Spammers leverage interest in Olympics
Public interest in the Olympic Games is helping spammers, who are using text related to the games in e-mails to get users to click through to their malware and phishing Web sites, or to go to product sites, according to an executive at Symantec. Spam messages were 78 percent of all messages in July, up from 66 percent a year ago, according to a monthly report on spam released by Symantec ...
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School is In. Webroot Gives Tips for Students to Protect Their Personal Data and Identity Online
More than 18 million college students will head back to school this fall and nearly every one of them owns a personal computer. Unfortunately, many of these students will learn a number of hard lessons: Data loss and hackers, like midterms, are inescapable. Human error, software corruption, malware infections or theft, will be just a few of the reasons that many students will lose valuable data ...
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Alltel Wireless Rolls out Faster Broadband Network in Phoenix
Alltel Wireless today announced that it will continue expanding its wireless broadband network in 2008 with the launch of EVDO (evolution data optimized) Revision A technology throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area, enabling customers to upload files five to 10 times faster than before.
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Direct Message Lab Partners with ExactTarget
ExactTarget, a leading provider of on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions, and Direct Message Lab, the leading platform for brands to manage their communication and marketing in Web 2.0 and other emerging communication channels, announced a partnership and product integration today. The partnership will enable customers of ExactTarget to reach customers through widgets, desktop ...
Centre Daily Times |
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MSP Partners Recognizes Outstanding Contributions in Managed Services
MSP Partners; an alliance of over 20 leading IT vendors, in coordination with CompTIA (The Computing Technology Industry Association), recognized managed service providers for industry excellence at the 2008 CompTIA Breakaway Conference.
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Human rights groups critical of China are attacked on Web
Viruses and malicious software have been traced to China. The bane of many human rights groups these days is a growing number of computer viruses, data-stealing Trojan horses and other malicious software being routed from China.
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Computation offers alternative for computer recycling
Looking for an environmentally sensitive and privacy ensured method to dispose of your unwanted computer equipment? From Aug. 18 to 24, people are invited to drop off their unwanted computer equipm...
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A computer that was once a barbecue - if only it still was
As you can probably tell from the picture, this rather odd computer is made out of a barbecue. There doesn't appear to be a great deal of point to the venture - the barbecue no longer functions in the traditional manner, so it's not like the user can play GTA whilst attending to the sausages. That would actually be a rather useful device - hardcore gamers probably miss out on hundreds of meals a ...
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Blogger victim of 'suicide' spam scam
He says he speaks out against the shadowy side of the online world, and has been getting special attention for his efforts.
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The top 10 celebrity spammers
No one will deny the global celebrity of Angelina Jolie. She's on the cover of magazines, stars in blockbuster movies and is a ratings bonanza each time she appears on TV. Now that she's had twins, she's got triple the appeal for some fans.
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iPhone hacker says the device 'calls home' to Apple, allows apps to be remotely disabled
Filed under: Cellphones According to iPhone Atlas and iPhone hacker-extraordinaire Jonathan Zdziarski, Apple has readied a blacklisting system which allows the company to remotely disable applications on your device . Apparently, the new 2.x firmware contains a URL which points to a page containing a list of "unauthorized" apps -- a move which suggests that the device makes occasional ...
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Behind the scenes: Internet police out in force for the Olympics
For many overseas reporters now in Beijing, covering the Summer Games has turned into an Olympian task.
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Unified Communications: Lifeblood of the Contact Center
What is unified communications and why do you need it? UC is not unified messaging, and it isn't a unified desktop. But both of these technology solutions help to support a unified communications architecture. In fact, according to Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company, UC is the convergence of such technologies as instant messaging, e-mail, voice over Internet protocol, presence and e-commerce in or ...
E-Commerce Times |
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What Does Apple Have Up Its Sleeve?
When Apple announced last month that it anticipated higher development costs in coming months, analysts cringed and the stock dropped. But tech heads rejoiced. Such a message often means new products are coming from the company. Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer told analysts that a "future product transition" will lower gross margins from nearly 35 to about 30 percent in 2009.
E-Commerce Times |
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Slim Medion notebook hits Sainsbury's shelves
Andrea-Marie Vassou, Computeract!ve , Thursday 7 August 2008 at 14:59:00 Notebook PC has fingerprint reader and 'eco' button Sainsbury’s is to begin selling a slim 15.4in notebook PC. The Medion Akoya S5610 measures 365x265x22mm and weighs 2.7kg including the battery....
vnunet.com |
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Asustek launches Eee Storage and Download services
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Can you spare some time, Buddy?
Your brand-spankin' new Windows Vista computer has Media Center and a TV tuner. You can watch and record TV, listen to radio, view your own videos, and burn your favorite programs to DVD. So what's not to like? ...
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Rustock Overtakes Srizbi to Become New Spam Champion
ATLANTA, GA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/07/08 -- The Rustock botnet has moved into first place as the world's single largest source of spam after an unprecedented wave of malicious spam, say experts from Marshal's TRACE Team (Threat Research and Content Engineering).
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Geek Newsletter August 7, 2008 — Everybody needs a Geek friend
If you know a thing or two about computers, your friends are the first to tap you for advice. Sometimes, though, you can help a friend with a computer problem that they didn’t even know they had… August 1st - August 7th Contents 1 Geek Thoughts 2 This Week on Geek 3 Geek.com Web Picks 4 Don’t Forget About This 1 Geek Thoughts — Everybody needs a [...]
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Saratoga County Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network Expansion
In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Saratoga County, Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site in Milton. The new site improves coverage and capacity in the Town of Milton, along New York State Route 67 between Finley Road and Middleline Road, and along Goode Road between Englehart Road and Randall Road.
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