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Laptop motion detector warns of earthquake
The technology used to detect motion in laptops can be utilised to detect earthquakes.
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Yahoo! Launches Fire Eagle
SUNNYVALE, Calif.----Yahoo! Inc. , a leading global Internet company, today announced the general availability of Fire Eagle , an open platform that helps users take their location to the Web while giving them the ability to easily control how and where their location data is shared.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Homeland Security Contractor Charged With Disseminating Child Porn
Investigators say a computer specialist who used to work for the Department of Homeland Security is accused distributing thousands of child pornography on the internet. The FBI says it's one of the largest collections of child pornography they've ever come across, and it was one of the most difficult to trace because their suspect knew what he was doing. FOX 5's Sarah Simmons has the full story.
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New York, August 12, 2008
, is blocked in the Main Press Center and at least one other Olympic press venue, according to a number of foreign journalists there. CPJ calls on the Chinese authorities to provide the free Internet access they promised foreign reporters when they were awarded the Games.
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Starz ending Vongo movie service for Starz Play
Liberty Media Corp.'s Starz pay TV subsidiary is pulling the plug on its Vongo movie-download service in favor of letting Verizon Communications Inc. and other affiliates market a similar service.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Microsoft fixes IE, Office in big month of security updates
Microsoft released patches to fix 19 critical vulnerabilities in its software Tuesday, including five flaws in its Internet Explorer browser that security experts advise IT administrators to patch immediately. The total of 11 security updates released for August is the largest round of Patch Tuesday updates Microsoft has released since last February and should give IT administrators ...
InfoWorld |
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Intel says Atom chip 'off to the races'
Sales of Intel Corp.'s Atom processors, designed for consumer electronics gadgets and super-slim personal computers, are topping company targets as the world's largest chipmaker seeks to expand beyond a slowing PC market.
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Maxima shares climb as full-year earnings rise 24%
Shares in Maxima Holdings climbed by 9% at one stage yesterday after the software company posted a 24% rise in full-year pre-tax profit and said current trading is robust and ahead of last year, despite the slowing economy.
The Herald |
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Internet Fraud: Many Complaints, Few Repercussions
Two groups released research showing that despite tens of thousands of complaints by consumers, states rarely bring...
PC World |
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Microsoft Updates Office 2004 and 2008
Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit released updates on Tuesday for Office 2004 and Office 2008.
PC World |
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Google's Unhappy Android Developers
Controversy around its SDK, rumors of a Symbian tie-up, and the iPhone's star power call the mobile OS into question.
PC World |
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Microsoft Is Giving Up on Windows
Steve Bass learns that Microsoft has had it with Windows. Plus three free tools and lots of time wasters.
PC World |
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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. Two members of Estonia’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) are heading to Georgia to help deal with the attacks according to Baltic Business News. The attacks in Georgia are reportedly similar to those that took place against Estonia last year.
Infomatics |
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Russian hackers continue attacks on Georgian sites
Associated Press - August 12, 2008 1:23 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Russian hackers are continuing to attack Georgian Web sites, including one hosted in the United States.
KTUU Anchorage |
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Dell Latitude's E-Family Values
Can the computer maker meld consumer sensibilities into a business notebook line?
PC World |
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Xbox 360 Gets Free 60GB Hard Drive
Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 will come with 60GB of storage capacity as standard.
PC World |
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European Court Delays British Hacker's Extradition to US
The European Court of Human Rights held up the extradition of a British hacker facing computer misuse charges in the U.S.
PC World |
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Estonia, Poland Help Georgia Fight Cyber Attacks
Estonia and Poland are lending a hand to Georgia to keep its Web sites up and online information flowing.
PC World |
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Lame and Lamer: 10 Dumbest Viral Marketing Campaigns
You can't force anything to 'go viral' on the Internet, but that didn't stop these 10 companies from giving it a big, dumb try. Guess who topped the list.
PC World |
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Lenovo Adds Quad-Core Laptop to ThinkPad Line
Lenovo updated its ThinkPad line of laptops with a quad-core notebook.
PC World |
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Phishing Scam Targets MobileMe Users
An e-mail purporting to be from Apple alerting users to a billing problem is, in fact, a phishing scam.
PC World |
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Automating Software Update Downloads
Reader John DeCarli suffers with the hell that is satellite broadband access.
PC World |
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Lawmakers Urge FCC to Move Forward With 'Free' Plan
Organizations and lawmakers continue to file comments with the FCC regarding a free wireless spectrum proposal.
PC World |
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Yesmail(TM) Ranks in the Top Three Email Marketing Vendor Providers for Internet Retailer's Top 500
Yesmail(TM) (an infoGROUP(R)company, (NASDAQ: IUSA)), 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.
Centre Daily Times |
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A September Surprise From Apple?
Is Apple planning a special event for September? Analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray seems to think so.
PC World |
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