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More Windows 7 details released
Microsoft will this autumn reveal significant technical details about its new Windows 7 operating system, according to a new blog about the OS.
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Comms-obsessed Brits spending record time online
An Ofcom report shows people in the UK spend over seven hours a day consuming a variety of comms and media services, up from six minutes in 2002
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Saling The World: Madden NFL 09 Leads U.S. Sales on 360 and PS3
Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five real-time Amazon.com sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with data taken from August 14th, 2008, see Madden NFL 09 outselling all Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 competition in its first week of release in North ...
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Forrester foresees future of tech as 'IT everywhere'
The evolution of existing trends, rather the advent of revolutionary tech, will shape enterprise IT in the coming years, says the company
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Sun open-sources mobile Java UI toolkit
The firm has released the code for its lightweight user interface toolkit under a modified GPLv2 licence, in what it says was response to developer demand
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Watchdog Web Site Tracks Government Spending
A government watchdog group has launched a new effort to post government spending documents on the internet so that taxpayers can see where their money is going.
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Lufkin Police Report - 8/15/08
BURGLARY/BUILDING: 900 BLOCK OF N TIMBERLAND DR. An officer on patrol saw a suspicious person near a business early Friday morning. The suspect fled on foot and got away. The officer found that the business had been broken into. A computer, television and other electronic items had been stolen.
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Apple software update may solve iPhone 3G glitches
A software fix could remedy the reception problems that have been frustrating iPhone 3G owners, rather than a more drastic recall, according to reports
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Intel chipset could turn PCs into phones
The company's new remote wake-up chip will allow people to receive phone calls on their PCs even when the machine is powered-down
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IBM Australia faces strike action
A section of under 100 employees who work in the "Flightdeck" at Baulkam Hills, Australia want a collective agreement granting them better pay and work conditions. IBM's Australian operation is facing the possibility of strike action among its workforce after a secret ballot opened yesterday for employees in a...
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Murder linked to betting scam
DETECTIVES investigating a brutal double murder believe the victims may have been targeted because of their involvement in an internet betting scam.
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Sensitive government document found on rainy Ottawa street
A sensitive government document detailing a classified computer database has been given to the CBC after it was found lying on an Ottawa street corner.
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Police put 'clickable crime maps' on the internet
Maps revealing the number of muggings, burglaries and vehicle breakins in particular neighbourhoods are published by Scotland Yard today.
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McCain tech policy: crack down on piracy, fix patent mess
Ars takes a look at Republican presidential candidate John McCain's just-released technology policy statement. McCain opposes government-manded net neutrality, wants to fix the patent mess, and crack down on Internet piracy. Read More...
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‘Tim’bits a highlight of tournament golf
In the high-tech world of printing software, the profession of calligraphy seems as archaic as playing golf with feathered balls and wooden-shafted clubs. Yet the ancient art not only survives, but thrives in the golf business because of a company called Timprint – owned and operated by Tim McCutcheon, 57, a member in good standing of the Canadian Professional Golf Association. McCutcheon ...
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Uganda: Man Kills Wife Over HIV Infection
Police in Rukungiri have arrested a man who allegedly killed his wife of 10 years by hacking her with a machete after he learnt he was infected with HIV, the virus that causes Aids. The police identified the suspect as Mr Julius Tumwesigye, 30, and said he blamed his infection on his wife.
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Conflationary Pressure
Since last Friday afternoon, when the news of John Edwards’s marital infidelity broke through to the nation’s major media outlets, bloggers and commenters across the Internet have crowed—as they did periodically since the story surfaced three weeks, eight months, and one year ago—that that darn liberal media was covering up for one of their darlings.
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Google readying to launch rival to iPhone
California Internet giant Google is teaming with T-Mobile and HTC to launch a new interactive smart phone, various sources said.The phone will feature a touch screen and a slide-out, five-row keyboard, The New York Times reported Friday.The phone will run on Google's Android software and, like Apple's iPhone, allow consumers to download new applications.The phone requires a Federal ...
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McCain's tech plan revealed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A tax credit on research and development wages and measures that would guarantee Internet neutrality are parts of U.S. Sen. John McCain's technology plan.
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Microsoft Launches Windows 7 Blog
Windows learns a thing or two from the world of blogging...
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Nighthawk Systems posts second-quarter loss, retools operations
Nighthawk Systems Inc., the local company that manufactures wireless and IP-based control devices, continues to increase overall sales while working to reduce operating costs.
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Landscaping Directory Launched by Rittenhouse
Following up on the success of its Canadian landscaping directory, Rittenhouse is pleased to announce that the US version is now ready for submissions. This is a free internet directory for American companies in the landscape trades.The purpose of the directory is to provide a resource for US consumers to find local landscapers. (PRWeb Aug 15, 2008) Read the full story at ...
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Indian Company Sues Google For Defamation: Report
Indian Company Sues Google For Defamation: Report
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T-Mobile to offer first Android smartphone
Phone running Google's anticipated OS expected to go on sale before Christmas
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T-Mobile USA To Sell Phone With Google Software: Report
T-Mobile USA To Sell Phone With Google Software: Report
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