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Malaysian invention eases effects of knee surgery
KANGAR: Researchers from Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) are offering relief to knee surgery patients. A team from the university's school of mechatronics engineering has developed a computer program for orthopaedic surgeons to use in surgeries involving the knee joints.
The New Straits Times |
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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. Analysts at research firm Parks Associates predict that over the next five years, the market for internet video services could balloon to $6bn in the United States alone.
Infomatics |
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UK government plans to log every call, text and email
The Home office has issued a consultation paper for a new law that would force phone companies, ISPs and network operators to record and store every phone call, web page request and text message.
Infomatics |
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Yahoo gets into place with Fire Eagle
Yahoo has officially launched a new service, dubbed Fire Eagle, that let’s internet users identify their physical location automatically. The middleware can be built into applications so that internet users can specify their geographical location at any time, with varying degrees of precision.
Infomatics |
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The "Green Bubble"
Just a few years after the "Internet Bubble" burst, the clean energy sector is growing into a "Green Bubble"...and some experts are warning this new round of exuberance may pop too.
WBUR Boston |
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Spending on communications falls
Britons are using phones, the internet, TVs and radios more but paying less to do it, says a report by watchdog Ofcom.
BBC News |
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Motorists turning more to carpool sites
n Internet finds a role in helping people to get work and save gas
Contra Costa Times |
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NBC: Olympics viewers diving in
NBC's Olympic juggernaut is extending past TV, with solid increases online, better-than-expected mobile usage and a new-media strategy that the network said is only helping ratings.
The Hollywood Reporter |
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UK government plans to log every call, text and email
The Home office has issued a consultation paper for a new law that would force phone companies, ISPs and network operators to record and store every phone call, web page request and text message.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Open Web Asia Conference '08 Announced
SEOUL, South Korea----The OWA Workgroup today announced the Open Web Asia conference '08 which will be held on October 14th, 2008 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill in Seoul, Korea.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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There's a huge Olympics menu online, but service is spotty
If more is all you ask of the Olympics, your computer has the answer.
USA Today |
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Sharper Video From a Camcorder That Uses Flash Memory
The Vixia HF11 from Canon, with an estimated price of $1,200, uses flash memory instead of the more common tape cassettes or revolving hard drives.
New York Times |
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Oft-Repeated and So Unromantic: ?You?re Breaking Up?
Telephone and cable companies have done a stellar job of eliminating slow or dropped Internet connections. So why must cellphone users still live with the same irritations?
New York Times |
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The Social Network as a Career Safety Net
If you have avoided social-networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook with the excuse that they are the domain of desperate job hunters or attention-seeking teenagers, it?s time to reconsider.
New York Times |
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Technician charged with corruption
KLANG: A computer technician was charged with four counts of corruption involving RM43,000.
The Star |
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Man is arrested in under-age sex sting in Laguna Beach
The Anaheim resident, 34, allegedly was expecting to meet a 13-year-old girl. Police began an undercover investigation after a tip from a group that identifies sexual predators on the Internet. A man who drove to a Laguna Beach park expecting a sexual tryst with a 13-year-old girl was snared in a police sting instead and is facing felony charges, authorities said today. ...
Los Angeles Times |
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Central Texas Man Pleads Guilty In Child Porn Ring Case
A Central Texas man pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the use of the Internet to trade images and video of children engaging in sex acts, some of them toddlers.
KWTX-TV Waco |
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Motorists turning more to carpool sites
n Internet finds a role in helping people to get work and save gas
Contra Costa Times |
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Telecoms: Jajah deal with Intel will boost PC telephoning
Californian internet telephony specialist Jajah has clinched an important deal with computer chip designer Intel which will put its cheap-rate telephone service in easy reach of consumers and potentially halt a decline in the take-up of so-called VoIP services. Under a deal to be announced today, Jajah's voice over the internet technology will be integrated into a new generation of Intel chips ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Era of slumping in front of the TV is over
The traditional picture of the British family spending its evenings slumped in front of the TV has changed dramatically, according to a new report from the watchdog Ofcom, published today. The box is still on, but the people on the sofa are talking on the phone, texting furiously or surfing the internet - increasingly using a laptop with a mobile broadband connection - while they keep one eye ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Ask Jack
CNN Alerts How do I stop them? John Kirkham JS: You can't, but they should be sorted into your spam folder. If not, create a rule to do this. These emails are not really from CNN, though they are a good imitation. Click a link in the latest version, My Custom Alert, and it takes you to a Russian website, where you are asked to download a malware version of Adobe's Flash player ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Game review: Pool Party
We're well into the summer software slump now, which explains why Pool Party even gets a look-in. Sadly, it's hardly worth the effort. Visually it's not too bad, with crisp-looking 3D tables and convincing physics governing cue and ball movement. The problems start with using the Wiimote as a cue, with a clumsy prodding motion that feels nothing like the real thing. Flashy motion-blur ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Flighting against the hackers and spammers who pollute our blogs
Barry Welford considers himself lucky. The weekend he decided one of his blogs, Staygolinks.com , needed a cleanup was the same time a hacker chose to splatter the site with a host of unwanted pages. "I was doing something I don't normally do: changing the theme of the blog. But it turned out that it was just after the hacker had got in," says Welford. As he went through the software that ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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The Herald-Zeitung Mobile Edition
The Herald-Zeitung provides a text-only version of its daily web edition for readers using cellular telephones or handheld computers. Registered users of AvantGo can create their own custom channel to download regular updates.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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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 Program brings computers to remote villages to train people how to use computers and connect to the Internet.
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