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Int’l News: Columbitech protect retailers against data security breaches
Columbitech AB, a security software provider, announced Monday that its mobile VPN (virtual private network) protects retailers existing wireless equipment to comply with updated Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).
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NBC Olympics offering leaves iPhones, Macs out the game
Friday's opening ceremonies not only marked the beginning of the Summer Olympics from Beijing, China - it also marked the start of NBC's ambitious plans to offer streaming coverage of Olympic events to both computers and mobile devices.
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Study: Cloud computing poised for enterprise adoption
Gartner has named cloud computing, green IT and social-computing platforms among technologies that are poised to reach broad enterprise adoption in the next two to five years.
Macworld UK |
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Gmail outage causes outrage
'We feel your pain' Google has apologised to users unable to get into their Gmail accounts last night.…
The Register |
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iPhone 3G to have infinite storage?
Apple working on a new storage plan for iPhone use
Mobile Choice Magazine |
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The World's Biggest Windows Blue Screen of Death
12 Aug 2008: Olympic sized XP error
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Lots of Fun and Numerous Networking Opportunities Offered Up to Attendees of Next Week's Search Engine Strategies ...
Every summer, search marketers invest four intensive days learning the latest techniques of search and social media at the Search Engine Strategies (SES) Conference & Expo, followed by a full day of informative sessions on search engine marketing training. Event coordinators of SES San Jose (http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/sanjose) pride themselves on hosting memorable activities outside ...
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Bryan Eisenberg of FutureNow Launches Google Website Optimizer Book, "Always Be Testing", at Search Engine Strategies
On Monday, August 18, 2008 at 12:30pm, Bryan Eisenberg, founder of FutureNow and co-author of the New York Times bestselling books, Waiting For Your Cat to Bark? and Call to Action, will launch Always Be Testing: The Complete Guide to Google Website Optimizer at Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose (http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/sanjose). The event will be held August 18-21, 2008 at ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Postcards from China
BEIJING Today it rained and as a result it has cooled down significantly. I had a chance to move around the village this morning, visiting the International Zone. The International Zone is like a downtown area, which includes a gift shop, a Lenovo computer center, a florist, a beauty shop, a UPS shipping zone, a travel agency, etc.
The Tuscaloosa News |
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Vietnamese people spend $2bil/year on betting: MOF
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese people spend some $2bil a year on football betting, lottery and gambling, cock and buffalo fighting, lottery games on TV and Internet, according to an official from the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The ministry is planning to legalise the extralegal activities, but with very cautious steps.
Vietnam Net |
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Cloud computing will be the next big thing
And companies set to turn green... finally Cloud computing and social-computing platforms among technologies that are poised to reach broad enterprise adoption in the next two to five years, according to Gartner. The company also said that executives would start talking about Green IT issues over that time period.
TechWorld |
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Georgia Takes a Beating in the Cyberwar With Russia
Besides the shooting war between Georgia and Russia, another battle is raging in cyberspace: Georgia has accused Russia of disabling Georgian Web sites.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Supporters team ready for big kick off
This will be a first season in the IFA (Internet Football Association) for the team that was created at Eli's (our very own message board) towards the end of 2007 when a team was selected for a friendly against Preston.
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MOVERS
AMAZON.COM INC. (AMZN) rose 9.4 percent to $88.09, a seven-month high. The world's largest Internet retailer may sell 380,000 of its Kindle electronic-reading devices in 2008, Citigroup analysts said, doubling their previous estimates.
Asbury Park Press |
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Ofcom published recommendations to the Mobile Broadband Group
Yesterday, Ofcom published recommendations to the Mobile Broadband Group to consider in its review of the UK's code of Practice for self regulation of new forms of mobile content. The code was first published in 2004 to restrict adult content reaching under 18s on their mobiles.
PhoneContent.com |
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Semantic web on verge of commercial viability
BT's head of next-generation web research has claimed there will be significant increases in the real-world application of semantic technology over the next 12 to 18 months
ZDNet UK |
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Macs and MacBooks to defy PC downturn
Analyst says Apple with outgrow competitors The growing popularity of Apple's Mac computers will help the company outgrow competitors in the PC industry, despite a downturn in computer sales, according to an analyst at Credit Suisse.
PC Advisor |
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Lenovo launches quad-core ThinkPad W700
17in laptop has close to 1TB of storage Lenovo has launched a new model in its ThinkPad laptop line with a quad-core processor.
PC Advisor |
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Mayor Larry Langford sees Elyton, Powell schools as possible sites for a learning center
Mayor Larry Langford became excited when he walked upstairs at the old Powell School and saw plugs for Internet connections. "I like what I'm seeing," he said. "We can turn this back into a useful, productive piece of property for the city."
Birmingham News |
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LIBERTY MAY TAKE AOL UNIT
Liberty Media Corp. Chairman John Malone may consider swapping a stake in Time Warner for the media company's AOL Internet-access business. Time Warner has been seeking a buyer for the division and will separate it from AOL's advertising and...
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Hackers hacked at infamous DefCon gathering
File photo shows a pirate's flag draped across a computer hacker's terminal. After three days of software cracking duels and hacking seminars, self-described computer ninjas at the infamous Defcon gathering in Las Vegas found their online activities had been hijacked
TODAYonline |
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Apple set to defy PC downturn
Analyst says Apple will hit Windows PCs where it hurts. The growing popularity of Apple's Mac computers will help the company outgrow competitors in the PC industry, despite a downturn in computer sales, according to an analyst at Credit Suisse.
TechWorld |
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Lenovo launches quad-core laptop
ThinkPad W700 has close to 1TB of storage Lenovo has launched a new model in its ThinkPad laptop line with a quad-core processor.
TechWorld |
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Computer imaging detecting art forgeries
In an ironic twist, scientists are turning to modern technology to give art experts better tools to answer an expensive and age-old question: Is it an original van Gogh painting or a fake?
The Washington Times |
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Lots of Fun and Numerous Networking Opportunities Offered Up to Attendees of Next Week's Search Engine Strategies ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Every summer, search marketers invest four intensive days learning the latest techniques of search and social media at the Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo, followed by a full day of informative sessions on search engine marketing training.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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