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Aug. 12, 1981: IBM Unveils 5150 PC
1981: IBM introduces the 5150 personal computer. It will sweep away the competition and effectively have the field to itself, for a while. Before 1980, IBM made only mini and mainframe computers . The old-line firm just wasn't sure that the fledgling microcomputer market would be at all profitable. But once the company decided to act, it developed the 5150 in less than a year at its Boca ...
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Dell says it's reached carbon neutral goal
Computers are far from being truly clean machines, but Dell Inc. and other PC makers are trying to make their own business operations greener. Dell said Wednesday its facilities worldwide are now carbon neutral, a goal the Round Rock, Texas-based company had set to achieve by the end of 2008.
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Scams thrive in Net security hole
SAN FRANCISCO -- A giant vulnerability in the Internet's design allows criminals to silently redirect traffic to Web sites under their control. The problem is being fixed, but its extent remains unknown and many people are still at risk.
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Eee PC laptops: Like Apple's Air for a lot less money
NEW YORK -- When Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc. brought out the Eee PC last year, it created a whole new category of tiny, cheap laptop computers. Despite its success, the computer had one confounding element: Its keyboard was really small -- good for kids, maybe, but not for adults.
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Canines can cavort in Doggyspace
RICHMOND, Va. -- Cici confesses on her Web page that she likes to greet everyone by licking their feet. Dolce admits to being a mama's boy. And Jake and Tycho posted a video that chronicles their adventures of rolling around on their backs.
Everett Herald |
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Tropics get restless as heart of hurricane season arrives
It's Cape Verde time. After an eerie period of quiet, storm waves off the tropical Atlantic Ocean coast are showing signs of becoming cyclones. Two of them might be on a path toward the Southeast as hurricanes. Computer model runs suggest a third one is about to come off the African coast behind them.
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Police respond to three burglaries
Corpus Christi police responded to three burglaries Sunday and caught a suspect with the help of a portable flash drive. The burglaries began at a title company in the 5000 block of Holly Road when a man broke a window, grabbed a computer and ran.
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Traveler Web site sees upgrades
Users of Kayak.com's travel search site can now include gas mileage when comparing the cost of renting a car and factor in a particular fee when looking at airfares.
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Eastern Idaho Amputees Test Computer-Controlled Leg
It's the world's first completely computer-controlled artificial leg. Monday, amputees in Eastern Idaho had the chance to screw it on and test out its flexibility and stability. Already, the C-Leg technology is making a difference in locals' lives.
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Taiwan's Amtran, LG Display mull TV venture in China
TAIPEI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A proposed tie-up between Taiwan's Amtran <2489.TW> and South Korea's LG Display <034220.KS> would see the pair set up a factory in the Chinese city of Suzhou making LCD TVs, an Amtran spokesman said on Tuesday.
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What will tomorrow’s newspaper look like?
ASPEN, Colorado — With the invention of Napster nearly a decade ago, the musical unit of consumption shifted from the album to the song. After a brief crisis, the music industry, or at least Apple, responded, inventing the iPod, iTunes and a whole new way of providing music to consumers.
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Opponents of Sheriff Arpaio take cause to cyberspace
They've protested on the streets of Mesa and Guadalupe. Now, opponents of Sheriff Joe Arpaio have taken their cause to cyberspace. Needless to say, it's not the internet home of the Sheriff Arpaio fan club.
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Internet bridges mountainous gap
VietNamNet Bridge - The internet is helping governance in remote areas. In Ta Van Commune near Sapa in the northern mountains, local officials, health workers, and teachers, with just a click of the mouse, read news of the outside world.
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Apple's share of the Australian personal computer market has jumped sharply in the last year, according to statistics released this week by Australia's two largest technology analyst firms.
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Sheriff: SFO Clear Program Laptop Was Stolen
The San Mateo County sheriff's department is treating the disappearance of a laptop computer containing the personal information of 33 thousand air travelers as a theft instead of a case of lost-and-found.
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Apple grows Australian market share
Apple's share of the Australian personal computer market has jumped sharply in the last year, according to statistics released this week by Australia's two largest technology analyst firms.
ZDNet Australia |
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Verified Identity OK'd to enroll fliers
Verified Identity Pass Inc., the largest operator of a quick-check security program in U.S. airports, will be allowed to again enroll new customers after the company encrypted its computers, a federal agency said.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Catoosa County: New task force goes after sex predators
A newly formed, multi-agency task force lets authorities go after online sex predators instead of waiting until they have a victim.
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Walberg congratulates, then rips Schauer
With the primary election over, both U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton and state Sen. Mark Schauer, D-Battle Creek, hit the Internet running with press releases last week.
The Coldwater Daily Reporter |
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Consumers are being warned of a ticketing scam which causes malicious software to be downloaded to their computers. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has received a number of complaints about a bogus email claiming to be from an airline company.
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Economy man arrested in underage sex sting
A Beaver County man was arrested after arriving for a rendezvous with an undercover officer who posed as a 13-year-old girl on the Internet.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Lenovo ThinkPad W700 Has a BUILT-IN Wacom Tablet and Professional Grade Screen [Laptops]
Lenovo's ThinkPad W700 is a 17-inch behemoth that's the first notebook ever with a built-in Wacom digitizer. Designed for professional use in industries such as graphic design, photography and CAD,...
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AOL's Platform-A Integrates buy.at Affiliate Network and Goowy Media
Platform-A announced the launch of an affiliate marketing solution that links the buy.at affiliate network to the widget-based marketing tools of Goowy Media, Inc. The new offering lets publishers generate revenue by merging the power of affiliate, widget and viral marketing. buy.at is the affiliate network of Platform-A, and Goowy Media forms part of AOL's newly created People Networks business ...
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Elpida Develops World's First 2.5Gbps DDR3 SDRAM
Elpida Memory (TOKYO:6665) today announced that it had developed the world's first 2.5Gbps (bit per second) 1-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM. The new memory device has an optimized design based on a copper interconnect process and new circuit technology that not only enables faster speeds but also an ultra-low voltage operation of 1.2V while conforming to DDR3 specifications.
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