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Intel talks up wake-up calls
As Intel gets ready to bring its newest chip designs to life at its developer forum next week, the company is touting its ability to put its processors to sleep.
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The Weekly Round-Up: 15.08.08
'Shark eats internet'...
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At Doggyspace, social networking goes to the dogs
RICHMOND, Va. -- Cici confesses on her Web page that she likes to greet everyone by licking their feet. Dolce admits to being a mamma's boy. And Jake and Tycho posted a video that chronicles their adventures of
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Details of Missing Rice Student Emerge
The Chron has a few more details about Matthew Wilson , the Rice University student who vanished earlier this summer and was finally found hunched over a laptop in UC Berkeley's Dwinelle Hall. He liked to read the anarchist essay collection "Days of War, Nights of Love." He apparently dug the punk band Fine White China and scribbled its lyrics in a notebook.
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Missing Texas student wanted to 'disappear'
Matthew Wilson's family considered him to be a missing person. But after the 21-year-old former computer science student at Rice University in Houston turned up in a tiny UC Berkeley classroom this week, he told investigators he had "wanted to come West and...
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Canadian Brokerage Rolls Out Biometric Voice Authentication ePaynews.com
Aug 15 2008 : Canada’s TD Waterhouse Discount Brokerage is rolling out voice biometric authentication from U.S-based Nuance Communications to protect its customers’ transactions. The telephone and online brokerage is a subsidiary of TD Canada Trust, one of Canada’s top five banks.
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Chris upset over song leak
New Chris Brown music from his third album has been popping up on the internet and the artist is upset about it.
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Google's Android Phone Slated For Autumn Arrival?
Waiting for the Google phone is like waiting for the birth of a child. In fact, the most recent rumors have it arriving about the same time as my daughter, as early as September 17 , as late as mid-October. My daughter, currently in private beta, will likely be more exciting, to me at least. read more
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Cloud Computing - E7 Is Born
At least 16 or 17 months ahead of the appearance of Windows 7, the next generation of the operating system, Microsoft has set up a blog hosted by senior engineering managers Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky to discuss the project and ostensibly get feedback. read more
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Over 600 000 domestic workers on UIF database
...so, "No employer will have an excuse not to register a worker, now that they can do that at the comfort of their computers at home or elsewhere by merely accessing Internet, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana.
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Sun Nabs OEM for its VirtualBox Desktop Virtualization
Sun has got multi-year OEM deals with Avanquest Software, Q-layer and Zenith InfoTech to move its bought-in cross-platform xVM VirtualBox widgetry. The stuff is free from Sun and runs multiple operating systems on the same desktop at the same time, which means OEMs can use virtual machines as self-contained distribution mechanisms for their solutions. Sun claims five million VirtualBox downloads ...
SYS-CON Media |
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Are Solid State Drives an Eco-Friendly Option?
Despite the amount of technological barriers to overcome, leaps in reliability and battery life make them a better environmental option for computer storage, if only slightly. The question comes with the news that Dell is now offering the storage drives in their consumer level M1330 and M1530 laptops.
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County Mulls Web Streaming
Brooksville - County Commission meetings could soon be coming live to a computer near you. The commission on Tuesday is expected to consider a recommendation by staff to purchase a software system to stream the meetings on the Web in real time.
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Banners For (SEM) Dummies & HTML Every Online Marketer Should Know
In The Trenches is a weekly spotlight of tips, tricks, and news about the tools search engine marketing professionals use to give them a leg up on the competition. Today: News from the search engines, today's in-depth look, Banners for (SEM) Dummies and HTML That Every Online Marketer Should Know. Click to continue reading...
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US presidential candidate to deploy tech exec campaign army
Ambrose McNevin, Computing , Friday 15 August 2008 at 15:50:00 McCain and Obama are seeking tech sector backing but one is rallying the IT troops The IT industry is in no mood for change when it comes to picking political leaders and it appears it won't be backing any US presidential candidate that offers it....
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Wikipedia founder aims to break Google stranglehold
Watch out Google -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes that Wikia Search, a project he spearheads, will break Google's domination as the world's most widely used Internet search engine.
The Manila Times |
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A Tremendous Time Saver For The Busy Attorney
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2007 IP Milestones and Landmark Cases: Video Leadership Seminar with Frederick Frei of Andrews Kurth LLP " report to their offering.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Alleged predator arrested
A Virginia man was arrested recently after police discovered child pornography on his laptop and his relationship with a juvenile from Edwardsville.
Edwardsville Intelligencer |
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VANCOUVER–Coastal Contacts Inc., a provider of contact lenses through the Internet, says it has filed a defamation lawsuit against the College of Opticians of British Columbia.
Toronto Star |
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Officials: Female Terror Suspect's Capture Yields Documents, Computer FilesABC 7 News
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T-Mobile to Introduce Phone Using Google's Android (Update1)
The introduction, announced by T-Mobile Chief Executive Officer Hamid Akhavan at the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, is still going according to plan, said Maika-Alexander Stangenberg, a spokesman at Bonn-based T-Mobile.
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HelloMetro Launches HelloLocal.com Local Internet Search as the Latest Evolution of Newly Approved Registration of ...
HelloLocal.com is a Partner Site to Leading Local City Search Company, HelloMetro. HelloMetro Also Announces Its Approval of HyperLocal for Registration by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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Fill ‘er up takes on a new meaning
Anyone who has a printer for their computer system knows all too well how expensive new ink cartridges have become and how quickly the ink needs replacing.
Edwardsville Intelligencer |
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Facebook Hit By 'Court Jester' Malware Attack
Facebook users should exercise care following an attempt by hackers to infect computers by spreading messages containing malicious links on the popular social networking Web site. Messages left on Facebook users' walls are urging members to view a video (which p...
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Wikipedia founder aims to break Google stranglehold
Watch out Google -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes that Wikia Search, a project he spearheads, will break Google's domination as the world's most widely used Internet search engine.
The Manila Times |
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