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Web video takes to the living room
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 14 August 2008 at 00:16:00 Internet-to-TV market set for boom The market for internet video services, particularly those that stream directly to the television, could be set for a major boom....
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Gates Foundation honors Mexican library service
(AP:SEATTLE) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving its $1 million "access to learning award" to an organization in Mexico's Veracruz state. The Vasconcelos (vass-con-seh-lohs) Program brings computers to remote villages to train people how to use computers and connect to the Internet.
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Telecoms: Jajah deal with Intel will boost PC telephoning
Cheap-rate service could now potentially halt take-up of VoIP services such as Skype
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New laptops can read users’ moods and fit in music
With the new tagline Closer to you, the latest VAIO laptop summer series has been redefined to bring out the best in audio-visual pleasure.
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Yahoo gets into place with Fire Eagle
Yahoo has officially launched a new service, dubbed Fire Eagle, that lets internet users identify their physical location automatically.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Web video takes to the living room
The market for internet video services, particularly those that stream directly to the television, could be set for a major boom.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Malware heats up in July
Spammed malware activity boomed over the month of July, according to Google.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Democratic Convention Turning To Internet
The Democratic National Convention Committee is going places no convention has gone before.
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Jack Schofield: Is the Kindle ebook reader becoming Amazon's iPod?
Jack Schofield: Replacing a printed newspaper could be the key to success for the bestselling electronic reader
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Low-cost ARM9 SBC supports Linux
— Aug. 06, 2008 — Glomation announced an ARM9-powered single-board computer (SBC) that runs Linux and costs just $69 in volume.
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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.
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Dell expects revenues to touch $1 bn by 2009
Global systems and services firm Dell Inc today said it expects its revenue from India to touch $1 billion by the end of next fiscal.
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Pentagon puts hold on USAF cyber effort
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon this week delayed and may kill the Air Force's nascent Cyberspace Command, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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Best Buy signs deal to become first U.S. chain to sell iPhones
NEW YORK — Best Buy Co. will start selling the iPhone on Sept. 7, becoming the first U.S. chain to do so outside of Apple Inc.’s and AT&T Inc.’s own stores.
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Google Thinks It Knows Your Friends
“Reader and Talk are Friends!” That’s how Google announced earlier this month on one of its corporate blogs the expansion of the sharing features in Google Reader, the company’s service for viewing blogs. The feature didn’t win Google a lot of friends.
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Google Now Allows You To Pick Your Friends in Reader
Last year, Google caused a bit of a furor when it expanded the sharing capabilities of Google Reader, the company’s service for viewing blogs. They main complaint was that Google assumed that anyone you had exchanged messages with using Google Talk was your friend . If those people were Google Reader users, they would be able to see any item you marked as “shared.”
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Court says Britain should not send hacker to U.S.
PARIS (Reuters) - An European court has asked Britain to delay sending a computer expert to face trial in the United States until it can review his request to block his extradition.
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Radio speaks online lingo
Channels register presence in cyberspace through their own social networking sites. Radio channels plan to engage their listeners using the internet.
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Patni plans small buys to double Europe revenues
IT major Patni Computer Systems is targetting sector-specific small-size acquisitions in Europe with a view to expand its footprint and double its revenues from this market in the next two-three years, a top company official said.
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Pandora Hires Former Starcom Online Strategist to Lead Midwest Sales Team
Pandora Media, Inc. the premier provider of personalized radio service online, announced the hire of Christopher Negron as the regional vice president for the central region. Most recently Negron was director of sales for Double Fusion where he advised the firm on strategies for leveraging the U.S. marketplace of 18 to 34 year-old males.
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KeynoteUser, iPresentee offer Keynote, iWeb themes
KeynoteUser and iPresentee have released new products for Apple's iWork and iLife application suites today. KeynoteUser has announced its new Gradient Pack 08 theme set for Keynote '08, while iPresentee has launched iWeb Themes 2.0 for iWeb 2.0....
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Orlando gets third Apple retail store on Saturday
The Orlando (Florida) area will be host to a third Apple retail store when a new suburban location opens Saturday morning. The Altamonte Springs Apple Store includes a Genius Bar, Business Services, Workshops, Personal Shoppers, One-to-One training and Youth Programs. Apple is giving free T-shirts to the first 1000 visitors. According to The Orland...
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Much ado about Vista
It’s a second Monday in the month and usually time for my fortnightly showdown with the IT department in my office. The exchange usually flows like this: Me, “Are you absolutely sure there is no way something can be done about Vista.”
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Decatur PE teacher charged in child-porn case
A central Illinois physical education teacher is facing child pornography charges for allegedly possessing computer video files that include images of underage girls having sex.
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Dell eyes presence in 100 cities by year-end
Personal Computer manufacturer Dell is planning to increase its presence to 100 cities by the year-end to tap the growing small and medium enterprises (SME) market in India.
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