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Original iPhone Owners Have Options To Upgrade
Early adopters waited in lines overnight to buy Apple's first-generation iPhone when it became available. And now they're looking for ways to swap it for Apple's latest iPhone 3G with GPS capability.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Web Firms Backpedal on Behavioral Ad Targeting
Internet service providers engaged in the tracking of user behavioral patterns are backpedaling in the wake of a new Congressional inquiry into the privacy issues surrounding such practices.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Georgian Sites Were Scouted Before Mass Attack
Russia is not only attacking Georgia by land and by air, but hackers are attacking Georgia's computer systems. Cyber attackers began launching virtual missiles at Georgian servers on Aug. 8.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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AMD Announces 'World's Fastest' GPU for Gaming
Advanced Micro Devices announced Tuesday what it called "the world's fastest graphics chip." Its ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 delivers 2.4 teraFLOPS of graphics processing on a single card. Available Sept. 1., the HD 4870 is reported to consume less power at greater performance than competing single- or even some dual-card solutions, such as NVIDIA's 9800 series.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Dell execs: Latitude "brackets" MacBook Air
Electronista today had an opportunity to question Dell executives on camera following the PC maker's Latitude introduction that reveals the company's approach to targeting systems such as the MacBook Air. The firm says it isn't worried about the competition from Apple, Lenovo, or other rivals as the Latitude "brackets" these systems; the E4200 is ...
MacNN |
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Satyam gets choosy, to keep attrition down
Satyam Computer Services Ltd will be more selective in its hiring process to maintain low attrition rates while emphasising on retention of talent pool with a slew of measures with a clear focus on creating leaderships.
Express India |
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Computer-generated fireworks walked to stadium
Television images of a key part of the Olympic opening ceremony were pre-recorded and cut into live footage of the spectacular because of poor visibility in the city.
Slam! Sports |
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iPhone suffering from flawed 3G chips?
Issues with the 3G reception on the iPhone -- currently the subject of a second major thread on Apple's support forums -- may be traceable back to the manufacturer of the chip, an analyst suggests. Richard Windsor of Nomura Securities argues that "these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack," and that the blame may lie...
MacNN |
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Firm plugs consumers into funny USB goods
Working in an office during the summer can be an uncomfortably sweaty experience, and Hiroyasu Yamamitsu, president of humorous PC accessories maker Thanko Inc., spotted a business chance there. The company began selling a USB Cooler Cushion at its shop in Akihabara, Tokyo, in June last year. The device is powered from a personal computer's USB port and comes equipped with a small fan and ...
The Japan Times |
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Chesapeake residents take bus frustrations to the Internet
CHESAPEAKE -- A dispute over a school bus goes to the Internet. A half-dozen people living on Chalbourne Drive don’t like seeing the yellow bus parked in their neighbor’s driveway.
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads |
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Cyberspace: new frontier in conflicts
Internet attacks on Georgia expose a key flaw for more than 100 nations.
The Christian Science Monitor |
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Internet Explorer, Office hit hard on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft Tuesday issued six critical patches, one less than expected, covering Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player. Five other patches rated as important were delivered as part of Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday release.
Network World |
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...to develop digital design platform for aircraft
After kicking off HERA FxV-India's first ever indigenously designed digital car platform through formation of consortiums, Satyam Computer Services Ltd now plans to tap the aerospace sector and is working on the creation of a digital platform for the Regional Transport Aircraft.
Express India |
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Previously in Contentinople
Added to the list of complaints about NBC's Olympic coverage is the inability to make Microsoft's Silverlight player full screen. So watch it on TV, or get thee a proxy server, oh complaining Olympics-watchers.
Light Reading |
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Yesmail(TM) Ranks in the Top Three Email Marketing Vendor Providers for Internet Retailer's Top 500
OMAHA, Neb.----Yesmail™ , a recognized industry-leading provider of permission-based online marketing solutions announced today that it has been recognized as one of the three top email service providers to Internet Retailers Top 500 Guide of online retailers for the third consecutive year.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Playing with JMX 2.0 Annotations
Submitted by dmarx on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 21:21. Tags: Eamonn McManus's blog entry Playing with JMX 2.0 API provided me with the encouragement and advice I needed to try out JMX 2.0's likely annotation implementation.
Java World |
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GSA Deploys IPv6 From Level 3
Level 3 Communications said it had migrated the government agency from IPv4 to IPv6 as part of the government's wholesale move to the new Internet protocol.
InformationWeek |
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Lack of talent pushes software cos to invest in training
Disappointed with the quality of fresh engineering graduates, country's top five software companies are in discussions to jointly invest in improving infrastructure and training curriculum in colleges across the country.
Express India |
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Georgia gets allies in Russian cyberwar
Georgia is gaining allies to resist online attacks, which it says are the work of Russian hackers.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Starz Drops Its Vongo Download Service
Cable movie channel tries again with partner Verizon at a cheaper price.
US News & World Report |
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AMD Whips Up Meaty GPU Sandwich
Advanced Micro Devices announced the upcoming availability of what it says is the world's fastest graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2. The card is part of AMD's ATI Radeon 4800 X2 series. It's the most powerful graphics technology to come out of AMD, delivering a 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power -- that's 2.4 trillion floating point operations per second.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Phones Go Boingo
Traditional cellular carriers aren't the only service providers reporting more data traffic on their networks from smartphones. Some public-access hotspot networks are also noticing more people accessing the Internet via the new breed of flashier, WiFi-enabled handsets.
Unstrung.com |
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Russia and Georgia continue attacks--online
Details are surfacing on the Internet side of the Russian and Georgian hostilities. Researchers studying botnets report an increase in attacks.
CNET |
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Texas Internet speed ranks 22nd
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- A state-by-state report of real-time Internet connection speeds released Tuesday shows Texas ranks 22nd, with a median download speed of 2.5 megabits per second (mbps).
KXAN 36 Austin |
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Cable takes bigger bite of Internet business
NEW YORK -- Phone companies have felt the heat from cable companies for years, as those traditional TV providers have expanded their own phone services and fought hard for broadband Internet subscribers.
Everett Herald |
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