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Britain should not send hacker to U.S.: court
PARIS, FRANCE: A 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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Court says Britain should not send hacker to U.S.
PARIS (Reuters) - A 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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The new dictionary words that sum up the year: credit crunch, carbon footprint... and WAGs
The words credit crunch, food miles and wardrobe malfunction have made it into The Chambers Dictionary. Wags, fashion-forward, nail bars and social networking also debut in the revised edition.
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University of Toronto, IBM to launch supercomputer 14 Aug 2008, 1127 hrs IST,REUTERS
TORONTO: The University of Toronto and IBM Corp are building Canada's most powerful supercomputer, a mammoth machine that will need its own building for storage and will be capable of performing 360 trillion calculations per second.
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Dutch police smash Shadow botnet
The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit has arrested two people and shut down the Shadow botnet, which is thought to contain over 100,000 compromised computers..
iTNews |
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How to make IT work for you
Luke Claughton, Computing , Thursday 14 August 2008 at 06:30:00 An IT overhaul can lead to significant advances in information management Five years ago, Micheldever Tyre Services was a typical mid-sized company, with no IT department to speak of and very little in the way of information management tools....
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ACT members put alleged conman behind bars
MUMBAI, INDIA: Members of Aurangabad Channel Traders (ACT) association caught a person, identified as Ajay Aher, red handed. He is accused of issuing fake demand drafts (DD) to dealers for the purchase of laptops and other expensive IT products.
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University of Toronto, IBM to launch supercomputer
The University of Toronto and IBM Corp are building Canada's most powerful supercomputer that will be capable of performing 360 trillion calculations per second.
The Times of India |
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Intel readies new remote PC access function
New technology will allow PCs to be activated and accessed remotely when in "sleep" mode, rather than leaving computers powered on indefinitely.
CNET |
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Switched On: Rethinking the living room PC
Filed under: Laptops , Media PCs Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment. Even as Microsoft continues to support broadcasting standards around the world to bolster Media Center's support for broadcast television, the future of noisy, black 17-inch-wide boxes sharing a cramped cabinet with your stereo ...
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AMD manufacturing plan key to chipmaker's future
Advanced Micro Devices Inc's future depends on still-murky details of a plan to overhaul its manufacturing, and Wall Street is impatient.
Budapest Business Journal |
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reBOOT regroups for back to school
Albert Kramberger editor@transcontinental.ca Pumped up after moving into their new locale, reBOOT Montreal is hoping for a big back-to-school month. The non-profit organization, which refurbishes old donated computers, has a sale set for Saturday from 9 a.m...
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Hollywood on your iPod
AUSTRALIAN iPod users will be able to download feature-length movies to their portable media player which can be watched on computers or TVs.
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Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet. Current computers have to be fully on to receive a call, making them impractical and energy-wasters as replacements for the telephone. The new component Intel is announcing Thursday will let computers automatically return to a normal, ...
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University of Toronto, IBM to launch Supercomputer
By Wojtek Dabrowski TORONTO (Reuters) - The University of Toronto and IBM Corp are building Canada's most powerful supercomputer, a mammoth machine that will need its own building for storage and will be capable of performing 360 trillion calc...
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Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet.
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Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Wed, Aug 13, 2008 (10:45 p.m.) Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet.
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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.
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Super weather system to up forecast accuracy
Tom Young, Computing , Thursday 14 August 2008 at 06:15:00 UK Met Office invests in supercomputer The Met Office is to upgrade its weather predictions with a £33m supercomputer from IBM that will be the second most powerful system in the UK....
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Make intl calls at local rates with Skuku
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL & BANGALORE, INDIA: In a breakthrough that can make international telephone calls as cheaper as a local call tariff and eliminate roaming charges, an Israeli company has developed a unique solution, which integrates GSM technology with the Internet!
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Ahmedabad bombings: US national subjected to lie detection test
Mumbai, Aug 13: The suspense over the mystery email sent a few minutes before the July 26 Ahmedabad serial blasts took a new turn Wednesday when Mumbai Police subjected US national Kenneth Haywood and at least seven of his neighbours in Navi Mumbai to a series of lie detection tests.
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Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet. Current computers have to be fully on to receive a call, making them impractical and energy-wasters...
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Pentagon puts hold on USAF cyber effort; Offutt was being considered
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. This comes as Russia used a major computer network attack to begin its assault on Georgia.
Lincoln Journal Star |
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IBM targets Microsoft with open source PC
IBM has laid out plans for a Microsoft-free PC by joining up with Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat to bring Linux systems to market next year.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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American Classic Cars owners remain jailed
The father and son owners of American Classic Cars of Conroe remained in the Montgomery County Jail Wednesday night, one day after multiple law enforcement agencies raided their business on West Davis, arresting them and seizing computers, files and vehicles.
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