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What is the origin of the word blog? In 1997, using a new technology that allowed him to make daily changes to his home page on the Internet, journalist Jorn Barger coined the term 'weblog,' on the model of a ship or airplane log.
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Wardrivers: Pioneers or Pirates?
Update: On August 5, 2008, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release announcing the indictments of eleven defendants in what is believed to be the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted by the DOJ. It states that the co-conspirators "obtained the credit and debit card numbers by 'wardriving' and hacking into the wireless computer networks of major retailers."
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Using Business Bookmarking To Give Your Web Site The Traffic It Deserves
It is important for any Webmaster to concentrate their efforts in driving more traffic to their Web site to ensure a successful online business. In truth, setting up an online page is not enough of a guarantee that your business will turn up a positive result.
Turks.US |
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Security researcher demands money from Sun, Nokia
A researcher claims to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java and Nokia Series 40 handsets, and wants Sun or Nokia to pay him €20,000 for the details
ZDNet UK |
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Apple loses site of Me
One of my favourite Apple tools is HomePage – a wonderfully easy and stylish photo-sharing feature in Apple’s .Mac suite of web services. HomePage started life as Claris Home Page – one of the first user-friendly WYSIWYG HTML editors, which launched in 1996. Creating your own web pages required no knowledge of HTML. In 2000 it became HomePage in Apple’s online iTools suite.iTools and Apple’s ...
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Service Channels
Server Intellect ( www.serverintellect.com ), a leading provider of web hosting solutions, today unveiled their new and improved website, which includes a number of new and exciting features.
Web Host Directory |
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Where Have All the Click-Throughs Gone?
Compete, Inc., a leading web analytics company and unit of TNS media, today announced it will host a webinar on August 21st to share an in-depth analysis of best practices for optimizing consumer behavior after they click through online advertisements. The webinar, "Where Have All the Click-throughs Gone?," will showcase online landing pages from the ad campaigns of leading automotive, financial ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Japan's cost-squeezed NEC considers PC price hike
TOKYO, Aug 12 - Japan's No.1 PC maker NEC Corp is considering a hike in wholesale prices of new personal computer models to offset rising costs, it said on Tuesday, but the plan could mean losing domestic market share.
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Fusion-io Introduces "Flashback" Protection Bringing Protective RAID Technology to Solid State Storage and Ensuring ...
Fusion-io, the leader in enterprise solid-state architecture and high-performance I/O solutions, today announced full-chip redundancy on its first product, the ioDrive. The company integrates a dedicated NAND Flash chip on its PCIe card, which serves as a XOR parity chip, eliminating data loss due to chip failures and extending the usable lifetime of the card. Fusion-io is the first company to ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Boingo Wireless Launches Wi-Fi at Ronald Reagan and Dulles International Airports
Boingo Wireless, the global market leader in Wi-Fi, announced the launch of Boingo service at both Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Ronald Reagan Airport (DCA) in the Washington, DC area. Boingo members can now use their Boingo login and passwords on the Boingo landing page to access the Internet or automatically connect using GoBoingo software at both of these airports.
Centre Daily Times |
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Yahoo reportedly settled on Icahn directors
The Internet company, which is due to add two Carl Icahn-approved nominees to its board of directors on Friday, reportedly is close to that decision.
CNET |
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Audi Reveals 2009 A6 Sedan, Avant And New Fuel-Sipping TDIe Model In Addition To RS6 [2009 Audi A6]
The new 580 HP 2009 Audi RS6 Sedan is a very exciting proposition, but for the rest of us there's this, the 2009 Audi A6 Sedan and Avant. Perhaps the most relevant additions are the new TDIe models...
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Microsoft in Flickr rights shockr
The software giant, you may have noticed, has always been rather strident on the topic of copyright infringement. That makes the tale of its "Iconic Britain" photo contest all the more astonishing.
CNET |
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Broadband growth plummets in Q2
Cable operators and phone companies signed up about half the number of subscribers in the second quarter of 2008 that they signed up during the same quarter in 2007.
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Commission has key issues on today’s agenda
The County Commission has several appointments scheduled for today. During the meeting, commissioners will be meeting with Andrew Root, county health department administrator, at 10 a.m. to discuss possible adoption of an Internet policy for the Health Department.
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Nvidia touts physics, but financial trouble ahead
Owners of a GeForce 8-series or higher graphics card can squeeze more eye candy out of their hardware as Nvidia has released a demo pack consisting of a full game, acceleration demos and Stanford’s Folding@Home distributed computing client that showcase the physics and floating point horsepower of the company’s graphics cards. Analysts expect a steep decline in revenue to overshadow the ...
TG Daily |
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Sony Unleashes Bigger, Faster HD Storage
Sony's new 32GB SxS card tears it up at 800 Mbps, while a 16GB Pro CF card and 60GB conventional card drive offer cheaper and bigger options, respectively.
DesignTechnica |
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HP Intros EliteBook Mobile Workstations
HP is packing workstation power into power-packed 15.4- and 17-inch notebook systems.
DesignTechnica |
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Crumm calls for online checkbook
Database would allow citizens to monitor, track government spending
Portsmouth Daily Times |
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Command Information Launches Communications Provider Business Unit
Command Information, the premier provider of next generation network services, today announced the formation of its Communications Provider business unit to meet the growing needs of the carrier, cable, and Internet Service Provider community. Additionally, the company announced that it has hired Doug Dangremond as Vice President, Sales and Business Development, to lead the new business.
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Hearing officer rules against Boy Scout molester
A state hearing officer has ruled that a convicted child molester violated terms of his parole by having a computer capable of accessing the Internet.
KBCI Boise |
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Insight Enterprises shares climb after 2Q results
(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of Insight Enterprises Inc. inched higher Tuesday after the computer hardware and software distributor posted a second-quarter loss that was largely due to a goodwill impairment charge _ and adjusted earnings beat expectations.
INO News |
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CMU files complaint against record industry investigator
State regulators today started considering a complaint filed by Central Michigan University about a company hoping to uncover the identities of students swapping music using university computers.
Midland Daily News |
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Thieves take Philly school computers; most found
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Authorities say thieves tried to steal two dozen desktop computers from a North Philadelphia charter school, but officials found most of them abandoned in the school yard.
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Government Computer News
King County District Court in Washington state has archived more than 1.7 million court records using an information infrastructure based on EMC document management products.
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