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Sheriff probes theft of security laptop
A California county sheriff's office is investigating last month's theft of a laptop containing sensitive information on 33,000 airline passengers and is interviewing employees of the private security company running a federal passenger-identification program.
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Dell dodges Windows boot woes
DELL'S new laptops will offer users the chance to sidestep Windows painfully slow boot-up to get online in a hurry.
Australian IT |
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Obama's email revelation
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is offering supporters the chance to be "the first to know" his choice for vice-presidential running mate by subscribing to an email service.
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Council snoopers to get new powers to seize phone and email records - with taxpayers footing the £50m bill
Council snoopers will be given even greater Big Brother powers to pry into phone, e-mail and internet records - with the public made to foot a bill of almost £50million.
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Plat'Home Announces Free Availability of Easy-to-Operate VPN Software
Plat'Home(TOKYO:6836)(ISIN:JP3833000007), Japan's Linux technology pioneer, today announced the world-wide availability of PacketiX.NET, a VPN server cluster with a web interface and thousands of virtual hubs. With PacketiX.NET, users can easily set up their own private virtual hub for free and take advantage of unlimited, full functionality by simply accessing a free download. Plat'Home is a ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Clip and Go! New Logitech Mouse Clips to Your Notebook
Many people prefer a mouse to a touchpad but often leave the mouse behind when moving from room to room. Logitech (SWX:LOGN)(NASDAQ:LOGI) is about to change all that with the introduction of the Logitech(R) V550 Nano cordless laser mouse for notebooks, featuring the Clip-and-Go dock. The unobtrusive dock lets you conveniently clip the V550 mouse to your laptop -- and go.
Centre Daily Times |
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Get inside today's Warped Tour
The Bee's Mike Osegueda is poised to prowl the Vans Warp Tour show in Fresno, scheduled to start at noon today. Mike will serve up video reports, and people will be invited to the Beehive blog to comment about the show. Read comments
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Small Steps
One person's trash is another person's treasure. Last year alone, $52 billion worth of items traded hands on the Internet trade site, eBay. According to the Freecycle Network (a non-profit online "give-and-take" site), its service keeps more than 300 tonnes a day out of landfills. By reusing and transferring used goods instead of buying new ones, you can reduce the trash headed to the landfills ...
Vancouver Sun |
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Protesters use Internet to fight IQ policy
Forget door-to-door campaigns and marches on the legislature. The new protesters are taking to the Internet to fight B.C. government policy.
Vancouver Sun |
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Many new owners owe more than home's worth
NEW YORK Almost one-third of U.S. homeowners who bought in the past five years now owe more on their mortgages than their properties are worth, according to Zillow.com, an Internet provider of home valuations.
The Washington Times |
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Learn to retail on eBay at Vineland Post Office
VINELAND -- The Vineland Post Office is sponsoring an eBay Day event on Aug. 20 for individuals interested in learning about eBay retailing.
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Man charged with receiving bribes for acting as scapegoat for Internet gambling cafes
SINGAPORE: Ong Teck Kim, 47, has been charged with receiving bribes from the syndicate operator of an Internet gambling cafe chain. The investigations were conducted by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) in 2007.
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On the Bright Side: Fairgoers pleased with Delaware
WALTON _ Google, Diamond, Cowleen and Hazel were among the scores of cows entered into events at the 122nd Delaware County Fair in Walton on Tuesday.
The Daily Star |
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Hacking expanded by cell phones, bugs
LAS VEGAS Want to break into the computer network in an ultrasecure building? Ship a hacked iPhone there to a nonexistent employee and hope the device sits in the mailroom, scanning for nearby wireless connections.
The Washington Times |
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Gartner lists Microsoft India as leading vendor of BI
Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. Today announced that as per Gartner's Asia Pacific software revenue estimates, it has emerged as the leading vendor of Business Intelligence solutions in the country.
Outlook India |
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State, UMass Dartmouth resolve data stalemate
UMass Dartmouth and the state Department of Environmental Protection have settled a disagreement over who owns data and a computer modeling system critical to improving the health of the state's coastal waters.
The Standard-Times |
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Summer traffic up for Google, down for Microsoft
The latest figures from research firm Nielsen Online show a slight lift to Google's audience from June to July. Microsoft's visitors shrank by an estimated 700,000 in that time
ZDNet UK |
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Man charged with receiving bribes for acting as scapegoat for Internet gambling cafes
SINGAPORE: Ong Teck Kim, 47, has been charged with receiving bribes from the syndicate operator of an Internet gambling cafe chain.
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Telstra Fiscal Year Profit Up 13.5%, Keeps Long-Term Target
SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- Telstra Corp., Australia's biggest telecommunications company, said Wednesday net profit for the year ended June 30 rose 13.5% from the previous year, boosted by increased mobile and broadband revenues, but slightly below market expectations.
Cellular-News.com |
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Future of HTA president Johnson still in limbo
The board of the Hawaii Tourism Authority tonight said it hopes to reach a decision soon on the future of HTA President Rex Johnson, who has admitted receiving and sending adult-oriented e-mails on his state computer.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Microsoft's Surface heats up
More than a year after Bill Gates demonstrated Microsoft's hot new toy — a touch-controlled tabletop computer called Surface ...
Seattle Times |
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Microsoft targets IE in a big month for fixes
Patch Tuesday extra heavy Microsoft has released patches to fix 19 critical vulnerabilities in its software, including five Internet Explorer flaws in its Internet Explorer browser that security experts advise IT administrators to patch immediately.
TechWorld |
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Dell says new laptop lasts all day without charging
Company also releases lightweight model. Dell has announced a new range of Latitude laptops, including one that the company claimed would provide 19 hours of battery life.
TechWorld |
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Business Objects bets on convergence
SAP company combines three strands in analytic tools. SAP's Business Objects unit is betting that business intelligence (BI), governance, risk, compliance and enterprise performance management (EPM) tools will converge and has released the products that it hopes will deliver on that convergence
TechWorld |
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Cyberspace: new frontier in conflicts
As Georgian troops retreated to defend their capital from Russian attack, the websites of their government, also under fire, retreated to Google.
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News |
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