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Heathrow suffers another IT glitch
Angelica Mari, Computing , Friday 15 August 2008 at 11:57:00 Check-in system at Terminal Three crashes, causing cancellations and delays A fault in the check-in system at Heathrow Terminal Three on Thursday night resulted in delays and cancellations as well as some 3,000 bags not being loaded onto flights....
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Dual display laptop - ugly but innovative
What do you get if you cross a Nintendo DS and a cheap, tacky looking keyboard? If you're unlucky, you get the "Ergonomic Dual Screen Split Keyboard Notebook Computer". What a name.
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Verbatim launches new hard drive
The cost of hard disks has been falling recently. Verbatim has just launched two new models at extremely low prices, both designed in a rather tasteful black chassis. The latest addition to its range of External Hard Drives is a 640GB desktop model priced at just £69.99.
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Google Reader offers greater privacy options
The changes address the controversy that erupted in December when the company tried to simplify the feed-sharing process but instead made all users' shared feeds automatically visible to their Google Talk contacts.
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Intel blogger slams employer over G45 IGP issues
Firm off the hook on Blu-ray complaints, though If you've bought a PC based around Intel's G45 chipset - desktop or mobile - and your Blu-ray Disc performance is pants, change your software, the chip giant has suggested.…
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Chapple chosen for Yahoo board
Pacific Northwest Yahoo said Thursday it will add John Chapple, the former chief executive of Nextel Partners, to its board of directors...
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Prison for man in Internet fraud case
Hartford (AP, Aug. 15, 2008 6:53 AM) -- A federal prosecutor says a former West Haven man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his role in an elaborate Internet scheme to steal identities.
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'Tabula Rasa': A New Frontier for Virtual Worlds
The real and virtual worlds mingle in fascinating ways, but it's rare and remarkable when they leave planet Earth. And that is exactly what will happen when Richard Garriott, one of the most high-profile and storied computer game designers around, blasts off into space this fall, packing the digitized DNA of online gamers as well as their computerized characters with him.
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Wrangling and Roping Network Traffic With App Delivery Controllers
Information technology plays a vital role in today's business environment. Well-designed and developed applications are a key element for success -- particularly for organizations that rely on the Web and intranet for conducting business with customers and communicating with partners and employees.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Yahoo names 2 to board of directors to satisfy Icahn
SEATTLE - Yahoo Inc. said yesterday it will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board as part of the deal to ward off a proxy fight with billionaire investor Carl Icahn.
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Ex-Apple lawyer to pay $2.2m in SEC case
WASHINGTON - The former top attorney at Apple Inc. agreed yesterday to pay $2.2 million to settle federal regulators' charges that she altered company records to conceal improper backdating of stock options for senior executives including Steve Jobs.
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T-Mobile may be 1st to offer Google's new smartphone
T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google's Android software, according to people briefed on the company's plans. The phone will be made by HTC, one of the largest makers of mobile phones in the world, and is expected to go on sale in the United States as early as October.
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Peer-to-peer Client UTorrent Fixes Serious Vulnerability
One of the most popular programs used by some to illegally share files under copyright has patched a serious software...
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Peter Rhodes on skin cream cancer threat
Express & Star columnist Peter Rhodes discusses a new link between skin care products and cancer with Internet News Editor Tim Walters. Watch the video and post your comments below.
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Seattle attorney finds that the Internet won't let go of his past
A Seattle lawyer is battling to get an old newspaper story about him to stop showing up on Google. Ten years ago, while a student at Seattle Pacific University, he was arrested for attempted sexual assault. He was never charged, but the story about that, and his fight to clear his name lives on — online.
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Johnson in Aberdeen
As a man with five grandchildren, U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson said he sees the importance in working to decrease Internet crime and prosecuting to the fullest extent the criminals who violate children....
Aberdeen American News |
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Friday, August 15, 2008
The 62nd Independence Day celebrations on Friday augured well for Bangaloreans to exorcise the dreadful memories of the serial blasts that rocked India' s IT hub three weeks ago on the same day.
Deccan Herald |
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Airline boosts online services
HA NOI — National carrier Vietnam Airlines has signed two multi-million dollar deals with US-based Sabre Airline Solutions to improve its online reservation system and online shopping capabilities.
Việt Nam News |
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The Legal Perils of Social Networking
Every blogger should know the story of Heather B. Armstrong, nee Hamilton. In February 2002 she was fired from her job for blogging about her job. Blogs were relatively new at that time, and they were on few employers' radars. Hamilton, though, crossed an invisible line -- one not explicitly defined by her employer -- and paid for it.
E-Commerce Times |
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Worm planted on DA website
The Democratic Alliance website has been off-line for the past week and is likely to stay so for the next, after a "worm" was planted by an unknown South American hacker.
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MLB Notebook Last day for draft picks to sign
Ten of baseball's 30 first-round draft picks were unsigned heading into today's midnight deadline, including picks two through five and...
Seattle Times |
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Heathrow suffers another IT glitch
A fault in the check-in system at Heathrow Terminal Three on Thursday night resulted in delays and cancellations as well as some 3,000 bags not being loaded onto flights.
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EquaTrax Readies First Shared Royalty Platform (SRP) for Entertainment Industry
EquaTrax -- a joint venture between two major record labels and IT 2.0 solutions provider Exigen -- has delivered the beta version of the first Shared Royalty Platform to Universal Music Group for testing.
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EquaTrax Readies First Shared Royalty Platform (SRP) for Entertainment Industry
SANTA MONICA, Calif.----EquaTrax - a joint venture between two major record labels and IT 2.0 solutions provider Exigen - has delivered the beta version of the first Shared Royalty Platform to Universal Music Group for testing.
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Portable not as powerful
The Internet is full of consumer reviews of portable air conditioners, and virtually all express disappointment that portables aren't as powerful or efficient as wall units.
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