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Complete Story Related Stories: Four Offbeat Open Source Browsers (Aug 18, 2008) Video: Surf Jacking Gmail ...
"Last, and tiniest, is dragdropupload. This little add-on is the simplest of the three, but for me the most likely to stay added to my copy of Firefox.
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Pandora throws temper tantrum over music rates [Digital Music]
The days of marveling over online music service Pandora's ability to know that you hella heart Oakland's own Digital Underground may soon be over. A court decision adored by the recording industry... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Students get taste of engineering at OCtech
Twenty-eight rising seventh- and eighth-grade students spent the week of July 28 through Aug. 1 testing their skills at constructing gliders, catapults, water rockets and solar cars. These activities were part of the Gateway Academy held at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College.
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Scan To Shop
Polo Ralph Lauren is launching its 2008 U.S. Open Collection along with a new system that allows shoppers to purchase gear via cell phone. All that's necessary is a camera phone or hand-held device loaded with software that can read the black-and-white symbols known as Quick Response (QR) codes. Advertisements, store windows, and mailers will be printed with the codes; when scanned, they send ...
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IBM unveils technology for faster CPUs
IBM on Monday said it had invented technology that could reduce power consumption and speed up performance of processors used in PCs, servers and other devices. The company has shrunk the smallest features in test memory chips used in CPUs to 22 nanometers, which could enable processors to have more features and perform more quickly while consuming less power. [ Learn more about ...
InfoWorld |
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SAP lets Business One users access Crystal Reports
SAP and Business Objects this week announced their first integrated solution for SAP's Business One customers since SAP bought the business intelligence specialist last October.
IT World |
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HTC Dream Gets FCC Nod
Taiwan’s High Tech Computer Corp. gets FCC approval for its proposed Dream phone.
Red Herring |
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J&L Interactive Acquires PaidInclusionExpert.com
J&L Interactive, the leading provider of Yahoo Paid Inclusion services, is pleased to announce it has agreed to acquire the paid inclusion firm and managed services clients of Boston based PaidInclusionExpert.com.
Centre Daily Times |
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Kiwi designers fashion new digital frontier
Auckland, 20 August 2008 – In a unique mash-up of fashion and social networking, a trio of Kiwi fashion labels is weaving clothing designs into cyberspace.
Scoop.co.nz |
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‘Librarian’ of child abuse ring jailed for at least 45 months
A PAEDOPHILE who acted as a “librarian” for a global internet child abuse ring was jailed yesterday after one of the biggest undercover police investigations into online abuse in Britain.
Irish Examiner |
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More security holes plague MySpace, possibly Facebook
MySpace works to close hole that lets strangers read what friends write on members' private pages, while Facebook looks into security issues with new apps.
CNET |
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Mailings adds logging, throttling, more
Limit Point Software has introduced Mailings 1.9.40, the newest version of its batch emailing application for Mac. Mailings can deliver any web page or plain text document with attachments to multiple recipients for marketing, announcements, or updates. Additional features including logging, progress monitoring, scheduling, error recovery, throttl...
MacNN |
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Russia-Georgian conflict heralds arrival of iWar
As Russian troops stormed into Georgia this month, they had some novel help from cyber-savvy countrymen who unleashed an assault of their own - hacking into government and commercial websites.
Times & Transcript |
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Time Warner: What Digital Excuse Will They Have After Selling off AOL?
Diane Mermigas has a blistering column about Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) failures in digital media, and takes them to task for lacking the strategic mindset for the transformation. Selling non-core assets and relying on cyclical traditional film and TV hits isn't going to cut it, she says, running counter to what NYT said in a long story a week ago about TW's future in entertainment business.
CBS News |
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Details on first Android phone emerge
T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone with Google’s Android software in the US.
ITP.net |
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FalconStor Moves To Software-Only Model, Will Drop Hardware
FalconStor plans to make its software available on a USB drive so that solution providers can configure storage appliances on customers' choice of server platforms.
ChannelWeb |
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Video shows former mayor taking a bribe
Click here to watch the video. A 40-second-video showing former Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera accepting a bribe from FBI operatives has made its way onto the Internet.
The Record |
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Slower Global Demand Could Hurt Dell, HP
So far, countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China have held up global sales for HP, Dell and many other big technology companies.
InformationWeek |
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Intel debuts x86 set-top processor at IDF
A new media processor, solid-state drives and advances in DDR3 modules are among the news bites expected out of this year's Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
EETimes |
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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.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Symantec acquiring PC Tools security firm
Symantec Corp. is beefing up its security offerings for computers running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system by buying PC Tools, a specialist in that area.
Boston Globe |
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Movers roundup: Yahoo, Motorola
Shares of Yahoo Inc. fell Monday as analysts lowered expectations for the Web search and portal operator's earnings in the second half of the year.
Boston Globe |
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Final Glance: Internet companies
Shares of some top internet companies were down at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $.21 or .9 percent, to $22.92.
Boston Globe |
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Final Glance: Computers companies
Shares of some top computers companies were down at the close of trading: Apple Inc fell $.35 or .2 percent, to $175.39.
Boston Globe |
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MID-friendly display reference design runs Linux
— Aug. 08, 2008 — Unicon Systems announced a MID-capable "system-on-display" board that won the LinuxWorld 2008 "Best Mobility solution" Product Excellence Award this week.
Linux Devices |
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