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Security That Won't Slow Down Your PC
In 2006, Rowan Trollope, a top executive at Symantec (NasdaqGS:SYMC - News), declared war on his own engineers. The company's Norton computer-security software was getting so overloaded with features that his best friends told him they turn off the software rather than deal with the problems it causes. "I realized then we were pigs, taking up way too many PC resources," says Trollope, senior ...
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Bada Networks Emerges from Stealth-Mode; Announces Executive Management Team
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Emerging from stealth-mode, Bada Networks is repositioning Amity Systems to deliver its massively scalable real-time IP video processing and collaboration platform.
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Jitterbit Named 2008 Best Open Source Software Winner
Jitterbit, the leading provider of open source integration software, has been recognized as a winner of InfoWorld's Best of Open Source Software Awards in the "Best of Open Source Middleware and Platforms: Data Migration" category.
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Chinese Tweeters celebrate Olympics with '#080808'
A new online movement less than 24 hours old seeks to spread the Olympic spirit among users of the Twitter micro-blogging site.
Network World |
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AOL troubles Google
Google looks likely to take a shower on its $1bn investment in AOL, as documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Committee say that investment is "impaired".
Infomatics |
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Sneak peek: 'The Road' is fiction, but the bleak scenery is real
Imagining the end of the world is not easy, especially if you're not going to create one with a computer. But director John Hillcoat and filmmakers of The Road believe they discovered it in Pittsburgh.
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Obama, McCain embrace web ads
For all the sucess of web ads, the Internet is by no means replacing paid campaign advertising on television. In fact, the campaigns of both John McCain and Barack Obama will collectively spend $13 million to advertise on television over the next three weeks during the Summer Olympics.
Times of Malta |
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Olympics a non-starter for office workers
Poll: Few plan to watch events in Beijing online...
Silicon.com |
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National security at risk through connected IT systems
The increasing interconnection of government IT systems poses a growing risk to the security of the critical national infrastructure, according to a report from the government.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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TELUS Reports Second Quarter Results
TELUS Corporation today reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2008, including revenue of $2.4 billion, an eight per cent increase from a year ago. The performance was driven by nine per cent growth in wireless revenue and 20 per cent growth in wireline data revenue.
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Manhattan Software Named Leader in the 2008 Integrated Workplace Management Systems Market
Manhattan Software is a leading provider of real estate software according to Gartner, Inc. based on their recently released Magic Quadrant.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Advanced Battery Technologies to Raise $12 Million in Private Placement
NEW YORK and HARBIN, China, Aug. 8, 2008 -- Advanced Battery Technologies Inc. today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with certain institutional accredited investors to sell in a private placement 2.82 million shares of its common stock at a price of $4.25 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the company of $12 million, before deducting placement agent fees and ...
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Scott Mueller From Que and Richard Rabins From Alpha Software to Be Featured on Let's Talk Computers (R)
Guests from Que and Alpha Software will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. Que Publishing is a company of Pearson Education, the world's largest education publisher and a Pearson company. Alpha Software has over 1 million users by focusing on building desktop and web databases quickly and easily. Richard Rabins, Co-Chairman of Alpha Software, continues talking about the many new ...
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Dive Deep Into the Summer Games on YouTube
YouTube, the leading online video community that allows people to discover, watch and share originally created videos, today announced the debut of The Summer Games YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/ytsummergames).
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Blogs reveal tourist view of Denmark
People are always warned about putting personal information on the internet, because you never really know who is going to look at it. The tourist organisation VisitDenmark is taking advantage of people's tendency to speak freely on the internet to get an unbiased view of how tourists see Denmark.
The Copenhagen Post |
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Google cookie gives advertisers more control
The company has tweaked its privacy policy after introducing a cookie that lets advertisers control and track their display advertisements more effectively
ZDNet UK |
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French reporters booted from US event after hacking incident
LAS VEGAS -- Reporters from an online French magazine were booted from the world's premier computer security conference Thursday after reportedly hacking a press room network and stealing peers' passwords.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Online social networking sites are hacker playgrounds
LAS VEGAS -- Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Cogent loss narrows exceeds Wall St. estimate
Internet service provider Cogent Communications Group Inc. said Friday it its loss narrowed in the second quarter as revenue grew 19 percent from a year ago.
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Katie Holmes chops the bob down to a pixie
Katie Holmes just keeps taking it off. Mrs. Tom Cruise, who made a huge hairstyle splash when she helped fuel Hollywood's bob craze late last year, has been seen out and about in New York with a new pixie cut. Photos popping up on the Internet show Holmes sporting a shaggier version of the short 'do, with long bangs and a tapered neck.
Miami Herald |
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Is Apple getting too big for its boots?
A recent reader’s letter suggesting that I am anti-Apple touched a sore point, as I had been fretting about whether I was guilty of prejudice.
Personal Computer World |
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Katie Holmes chops the bob down to a pixie
Katie Holmes just keeps taking it off. Mrs. Tom Cruise, who made a huge hairstyle splash when she helped fuel Hollywood's bob craze late last year, has been seen out and about in New York with a new pixie cut. Photos popping up on the Internet show Holmes sporting a shaggier version of the short 'do, with long bangs and a tapered neck.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Weak economy puts strain on college students' wallets
A Mac laptop, extra-long sheets to fit a dorm bed and a small coffee maker are among the items Jillian Cosgrove plans to take with her when she heads to Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo to start her freshman year.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Church broken into
Police are investigating the theft of a Toshiba laptop computer from Blessed Sacrament Church, at 267 Cathcart St. The break-in happened prior to Thursday morning. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 949-6300 or Crime Stoppers at 942-7867.
The Sault Star |
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Katie Holmes chops the bob down to a pixie
Katie Holmes just keeps taking it off. Mrs. Tom Cruise, who made a huge hairstyle splash when she helped fuel Hollywood's bob craze late last year, has been seen out and about in New York with a new pixie cut. Photos popping up on the Internet show Holmes sporting a shaggier version of the short 'do, with long bangs and a tapered neck.
Centre Daily Times |
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