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Vonage's subscriber growth grinds to a halt
Vonage Holdings Corp.'s subscriber growth nearly ground to a halt in the second quarter, as the Internet telephone company said Thursday it gained just 2,000 lines in the period. Chief Financial Officer Marc Lefar said the company made some progress in...
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Vonage’s subscriber growth grinds to a halt
Thu, Aug 7, 2008 (11:42 a.m.) Vonage Holdings Corp.'s subscriber growth nearly ground to a halt in the second quarter, as the Internet telephone company said Thursday it gained just 2,000 lines in the period.
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New US cyber defense coordinator hints at plans
One of the United States' biggest challenges in securing government computers from foreign attacks isn't necessarily technical. The country first needs to figure out how much those networks are worth and how much the U.S. should spend on protecting them, the new Homeland Security official in charge of that effort said Thursday.
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New US cyber defense coordinator hints at plans
(AP:LAS VEGAS) One of the United States' biggest challenges in securing government computers from foreign attacks isn't necessarily technical.
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Vonage's subscriber growth grinds to a halt
Vonage Holdings Corp.'s subscriber growth nearly ground to a halt in the second quarter, as the Internet telephone company said Thursday it gained just 2,000 lines in the period.
Bradenton Herald |
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Ogle cam: up close and impertinent
PRIVACY activists have accused Google of deceiving the public by breaking its promises to photograph only public roads for its Street View mapping tool and to promptly remove images flagged as inappropriate.
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It’s a wrap
Hell hath no fury like a bride scorned, and this morning has seen at least 20 of them protesting outside HSBC’s Canary Wharf headquarters after the bank decided to, excuse the pun but it’s just too delicious to pass up, wrap up online wedding list company Wrapit.
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News Briefs
To increase its presence on the Internet, Pepperdine University has launched an official blog for its athletic department.
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In Mill Creek, Little League has big following
As many as 100 family and friends will be in San Bernardino, Calif., today to watch the Mill Creek All-Stars Little League baseball team in the semifinals. In Mill Creek, hundreds more will listen to the game on the Internet.
Everett Herald |
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Vonage's subscriber growth grinds to a halt
Vonage Holdings Corp.'s subscriber growth nearly ground to a halt in the second quarter, as the Internet telephone company said Thursday it gained just 2,000 lines in the period.
York Daily Record |
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E-Mails Also Affected By Internet Flaw
It gets worse when it comes to that newly-discovered flaw in the basic structure of the Internet. Turns out the flaw not only can let hackers force people to visit Web sites they don't want to, it can also let bad guys intercept your e-mail messages.
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3 plead guilty in online gambling case
Three Florida men associated with the online gambling firm BetOnSports face sentencing in October after pleading guilty to federal charges.
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Yale students I.D. man who allegedly defamed them
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Two female students at Yale Law School who say anonymous, defamatory comments were made about them on the Internet identified one of the defendants in their federal lawsuit for the first time yesterday.
Freedom Forum Online |
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Netbooks growing -- in two ways
— Aug. 01, 2008 — Global shipments of "low-price mini notebooks" will reach 8.02 million units in 2008, according to a market research firm in Taipei, Taiwan.
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New US cyber defense coordinator hints at plans
By JORDAN ROBERTSON LAS VEGAS (AP) -- One of the United States' biggest challenges in securing government computers from foreign attacks isn't necessarily technical.
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Onstream Media Awarded Three New Public Sector Contracts
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. , Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Onstream Media Corporation (Nasdaq: ONSM), an online service provider of live and on-demand Internet video, today announced that it has been awarded three new multi-year public sector webcasting services contracts.
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Waste Management and Sony Electronics to Host Free Electronics Recycling Event
PORTLAND, Ore. , Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- To encourage consumers to recycle electronic devices in an environmentally sound manner, Sony Electronics Inc. and Waste Management Recycle America are asking Portland -area residents to take action and recycle their old electronics for free Saturday, August 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center.
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Kaminsky Explains DNS Attacks
August 7, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IOActive director of penetration testing Dan Kaminsky has publicly commented on a domain name service flaw he discovered July that makes just about everything on the Internet vulnerable because most online actions involve a DNS request.
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The Most Expensive Asus Eee PC to Date: S101
I thought that the whole point of the Eee PC line of netbooks from Asus was supposed to provide people with an affordable supplementary computer that they could take with them on the road.
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Vonage's subscriber growth grinds to a halt
Vonage Holdings Corp.'s subscriber growth nearly ground to a halt in the second quarter, as the Internet telephone company said Thursday it gained just 2,000 lines in the period. Chief Executive Officer Marc Lefar said the company made some progress in keeping its existing customers, but a pullback in TV advertising led to lower recruitment of new customers. The company had underestimated, he ...
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Homegrown marijuana cases surge in Japan
TOKYO - Police investigations of marijuana use have surged this year in Japan, the result in part of the easy availability of seeds on the Internet for home cultivation, authorities said Thursday, raising concerns in a country long considered immune from the drug abuse problems of Europe and the United States.
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Regulators reject CL&P request after billing error
State regulators have rejected Connecticut Light & Power’s request to recoup losses it incurred from a computer-related billing mistake.
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Alltel Wireless boosts upload capability in Phoenix area
Alltel Wireless is deploying new technology in the Phoenix area enabling customers to upload files five to 10 times faster than before.
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IBM exec predicts the future of Linux, open source
With LinuxWorld showcasing the popularity of the open source operating system, and with open source in general finding its legs in the enterprise, Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of open source and standards, made a slate of predictions for Linux and open source during his keynote address on Wednesday at the Black Hat conference.
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Canon brings VIXIA HD cam updates to US
Canon has quickly followed up on earlier Japanese releases with North American versions of its new VIXIA HD camcorders. The new models are all Canon's first to record their AVCHD (H.264) video at a full 24Mbps bitrate that produces better detail and color accuracy. Appropriately, the flagship HF11 doubles the capacity of its predecessor with 32GB...
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