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Netflix suffers biggest outage ever
Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Incon on Thursday worked feverishly to fix the most severe outage in its history, as disc shipments to a third of its 8.4 million customers came to a halt due to a shipping system problem.
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Real estate portals posing challenge to classified ads
The internet is posing a serious challenge to the world of classified advertisements of newspapers. After job, matrimonial and social networking sites, it is real estate portals like Makaan.com, 99 acres.com, Magicbricks.com and indiaproperty.com that are stealing the thunder.
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Apple files power consumption, thermal test patents
Apple today filed two new patent applications with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The first, Conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an instruction-processing portion of a processor, involves continuing a 2005 patent relating to techniques for saving power in computer systems. Specifically, it relates to reducing voltage supplied to a...
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New Intel Motherboard Wakes Up Tech Industry
In a move to reduce consumer energy consumption, some high-tech companies are revealing plans to support a new capability Intel is adding to select versions of its motherboard products.
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Yahoo selects Biondi, Chapple as new board members
(AP:SEATTLE) Yahoo Inc. said Thursday it will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors as part of the company's deal to ward off a proxy fight with billionaire investor Carl Icahn.
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Feud Over JavaScript's Future Ends, New Proposals Push It Forward
Several of the web's heavyweights -- Apple, Mozilla, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google among them -- have been debating which direction to take ECMAScript, the programming language which serves as the basis for JavaScript and powers much of the interactivity on the web. The group has come to an agreement and started a new initiative called the Harmony Project to further enhance the language. ...
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Bill Gates predicts software revolution
Bill Gates, chairman, co-founder, and former head of Microsoft, has predicted that continual expansion of Internet services will provoke a revolution in software development. During a visit to Hong Kong, Gates attended a forum on August 12 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Microsoft Research Asia, the company's regional research lab, which was founded in 1998 in Beijing and has ...
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Ontario man arrested for computer crimes
An Ontario man is charged with seven counts of online sexual corruption of a child II, a class C felony.Oregon State Police arrested Joseph Tract Garner in his home Wednesday. He was booked into Malheur County Adult Jail on the charges.The Ontario Police Department and Malheur County Sheriff's Office have assisted in the ongoing investigation.
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Intel Makes Draft USB 3.0 Host Controller Spec Available
Other companies may have kicked up a stink back in June with regards to Intel supposedly holding back on its USB 3.0 spec, but Intel has now announced the availbility of the xHCI draft 0.9 (that provides a standard for communication between the host controller and USB 3.0 software stack). Intel also said that it plans to make the updated xHCI 0.95 spec available later on this year. The ...
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U of T, IBM working together to build supercomputer
The University of Toronto and IBM are working together to create the world's most powerful and energy-efficient supercomputer. U of T's SciNet Consortium, which includes both the university and its ...
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How Do You Qualify Something as "Cloud Computing"?
Practically every one with an online business model is now referring to their service as cloud computing - starting from your average Joe hosting firm all the way to the SaaS/S+S vendors, every wants to ride the next buzzword wave, and thus distorts the cloud computing term all together. Part of the reason being that historically the term "cloud" loosely referred to anything that’s available ...
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Bite Size News, August 14
Sweet snap of the State House by apdonovan A crane collapsed in Quincy, killing a worker. [ Herald ] No-show fake-back-problem body-building ex-firefighter wants his job back. [ WBZTV ] New technology: bacon bomb. [ Gizmodo ] So the MBTA got the law to force the students who hacked its system to reveal how they did it. Which is pretty much exactly what the students ...
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We want you: Election rocks to a new Latin beat
They're not just rocking the vote -- they're salseando, perreando and mariachi-ando it. Latino musicians, actors and celebrities are getting involved in the U.S. presidential campaign to an unprecedented degree this year, from voter-registration campaigns to online music videos for Barack Obama, the candidate drawing the most support from young Latinos.
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OWC Announces Mercury Elite Drives with Powerered USB 2 Hub
Other World Computing announced on Thursday the immediate availability of their Mercury Elite-AL Pro drives with a powered USB 2 hub. Capacities range from 500 GB to 2 TB
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More on Microsoft's Sphere revealed in new video and diagram
Filed under: Displays If you've been looking for more nitty-gritty on Microsoft's Sphere , you've come to the right place. An in-depth video reveals Sphere's photo browser and video browser complete with multi-touch "pinch" resizing, object rotation, a circular menu that pops up when you place both hands on top of the sphere, omni-directional camera, and a "send-to-the-darkside" ...
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WeTheCitizens Expands with Addition of Software Architecture Veteran Jeremy Haile
Jeremy Haile, a veteran software architect, has joined WeTheCitizens(TM), creator of the Wildfire Social Mobilization Platform, as Vice President of Product Development.
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Facebook is new face of young people's protests
A new brand of subversive is being born in a country with a history of traditional guerrilla movements: clean-cut youths who wear Hollister shirts and conspire on Facebook.
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Key Digital(R) Introduces the KD-VP800 Digital Video Processor
Key Digital Systems, Inc., the leader in video technology and solutions introduces the KD-VP800 digital video processor. This processor is a new addition to the popular HD Hot Rod Series of video products. Among its features are video processing techniques using numerous proprietary technologies which include Key Digital's LHBC (Linear High Bandwidth Circuit) and SDS (Super Digital Scaling) ...
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Hardware, Software or Network: What's Eating iPhone 3G?
While the iPhone 3G has been selling millions of units around the world, a small but vocal percentage of customers have been having irritating -- if not debilitating -- experiences with their shiny new phones. Their issues reportedly include dropped calls when using 3G networks and weak or flaky 3G reception.
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New Al Qaeda Manual Reflects Changing Face of Terror
Intelligence officials have long-known that al Qaeda is moving away from a centralized operation toward smaller cells spread around the world. A newly-discovered manual uncovers just how leaders expect recruits to make that happen.
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Banks.com, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Banks.com, Inc. (AMEX:BNX), a leading financial services focused web property, announced today its results for the second quarter 2008.
Centre Daily Times |
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Redfly Now Compatible with a Dozen More Smartphones
Celio Corp has released drivers for its Redfly that allows it to be used with 12 additional smartphones, growing the compatibility list to 19 of the most popular Windows Mobile devices.
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Frank J. Biondi, Jr. and John H. Chapple Appointed to Yahoo!'s Board of Directors
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, announced today that Frank J. Biondi, Jr. and John H. Chapple were appointed to Yahoo!'s board of directors.
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Focus Enhancements Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Focus Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCSE) a worldwide leader of wireless audio and video (A/V) distribution solutions, video conversion and digital media products, reported second quarter 2008 financial results.
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Yahoo Confirms Appointment Of Biondi And Chapple To Board
As expected, Yahoo is filling its final two board seats with Frank J. Biondi and John H. Chapple. The appointments were part of the company's settlement with Icahn that give him and his allies three seats on the company's 11-member board.
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