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Polis wins Colo. congressional primary
Out charter-schools advocate and e-commerce mogul Jared Polis faces only token opposition in November to represent Boulder, Colo., in Congress.
Gay.com |
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Boeing, AT&T ink $400 million deal; Schaumburg office included
Boeing will converge wireline and wireless services for 130 of its offices, including its Chicago headquarters and Schaumburg office, under a new $400 million deal with AT&T Inc.
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Hacker Attacks Preceded Fighting
14 August 2008 Hackers knocked down Georgian government web sites days before Russian tanks rolled into the country's territory, in what experts said Wednesday was an ominous sign that cyber-attacks might foreshadow future armed conflicts.
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iPhone to shake-up Japan's cellphone industry: Softbank official
The arrival of Apple's iPhone 3G will force Japanese cellphone makers to revamp their handsets to allow increasingly sophisticated software, a senior official at Softbank Mobile said Wednesday.
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iPhone to shake-up Japan's cellphone industry: Softbank official
The arrival of Apple's iPhone 3G will force Japanese cellphone makers to revamp their handsets to allow increasingly sophisticated software, a senior official at Softbank Mobile said Wednesday.
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Intel Looks to Tiny Atom Processor for Profits in the Face of Slowing PC Sales
Intel says Atom is doing very well in the marketplace...
AnandTech |
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Stix takes a stab at motion-controlled PC games
(AP) -- Looking at its size, shape, white wrist strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the popular Nintendo gaming console. Except the Stix is for your PC.
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Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last
(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego computer scientists presented a new method this week for accurately capturing the shape and appearance of a person`s hairstyle for use in animated films and video games.
PhysOrg |
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CardReader Pro to integrate seamlessly with Mac Pro
Nervian has unveiled the CardReader Pro, a media card reader designed to integrate seamlessly with the Apple Mac Pro and PowerMac G5 cases. The CardReader Pro installs in three steps, it can be slid under the upper or lower handle of a Mac Pro or PowerMac G5 case, then fastened with a special latch mechanism and finally plugged into the computer wi...
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U.S. High Speed Net Adoption Ranks 15th Among Industrialized Nations
Once No.1 in high speed Internet broadband adoption, the U.S. has fallen mightly, according to a new survey.
ChannelWeb |
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Stix takes a stab at motion-controlled PC games
Looking at its size, shape, white wrist strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the popular Nintendo gaming console. Except the Stix is for your PC. The Stix comes from Playhut Inc., a toy...
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Private Eye Onion Stew: Free Internet expression for all--even the jerks
As has been noted here numerous times, I like reader feedback. I take the phone calls, I read the letters, I try to decipher the comment boards and blog posts. I even ask strangers in cafes and bars what they think. Only once has someone picked up their ravioli and moved away. And once, the table next to mine was already having a heated discussion about how horrible this paper is when I bent my ...
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Patient ID email rules condemned
Hospital bosses are accused of risking a potentially serious mix-up after ordering staff to refer to patients by number rather than name.
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Alcatel-Lucent unit spent $621K lobbying in 2Q
(AP:WASHINGTON) A unit of French telecommunications and computer networking equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent spent $621,313 in the second quarter to lobby the U.S. government on patent reform, trade measures, educational programs and more, according to a recent disclosure form.
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Tranzeo Wireless Shows Record Sales in Second Quarter of 2008
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc., a leading producer of high-speed wireless broadband and WiMAX communication systems, reports positive results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Gates praises China
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said the “fantastically managed” Beijing Olympics had helped show the important role China will play in the ...
The Hindu |
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BIW Union Kept In Receivership
BATH (AP) -- The Machinists Union has decided to keep a trustee in charge of the largest union at Maine's Bath Iron Works following an investigation of alleged fiscal mismanagement and computer porn.
WCSH 6 Portland |
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Atlassian Confluence 2.9 Brings a Lotta Luvin' to Business Users
SAN FRANCISCO----Atlassian, makers of Confluence, the world's most widely used enterprise wiki, announced expanded integration with Microsoft Office and SharePoint that introduces Confluence to the masses.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Sirius Threats or Sirius Opportunities?
The Wi-Fi cars are coming. Run for the hills, satellite radio!
The Motley Fool |
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VMware CEO apologizes for 'time bomb' mess
Just minutes after VMware Inc. issued a patch late Tuesday that allowed enterprises to start up crippled virtual servers, the company's CEO said he was sorry for the snafu. "I want to apologize for the disruption and difficulty this issue may have caused to our customers and our partners," Paul Maritz , the head of VMware, said in an open letter posted to the company's Web site ...
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Ebay seeking stake in South Korea's Gmarket
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc is seeking to buy a minority stake in Gmarket Inc, the U.S. online auctioneer said on Wednesday, sending shares of the South Korean online retailer up as much as 15 percent.
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Latitude laptops from Dell
NEW DELHI: Dell Inc on Wednesday launched a series of Latitude laptops, including its lightest ultramobile commercial laptop. The Dell E6400 with a starting price of Rs. 54,990 has a battery life of 19 hours on a single charge. The ...
The Hindu |
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Braid Could Eventually Come to PS3, But Not Wii
Xbox Live Arcade game is only a timed exclusive to Microsoft's console.
1up.com |
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Street Fighter Alpha Coming To PlayStation Network
Downloadable release is Capcom's promised 'Street Fighter surprise.'
1up.com |
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Security researchers' accounts ransacked in embarrasing hacklash
'War' aims to shame On Sunday morning, security consultant Alan Schimel woke to discover that his personal blog, which is frequented by countless peers and reporters, was pointing to a website featuring explicit gay porn. Equally disturbing, he found someone had cracked open his Yahoo! Mail account and aired sensitive documents he filed with the Internal Revenue Service.…
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