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hot spot
- For users of portable computers equipped for wireless, a hot spot (or hotspot ) is a wireless LAN (local area network) node that provides Internet connection and virtual private network ( VPN ) access from a given location.
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Microscopic Battery Made with Live Viruses
Tiny futuristic batteries will be half the size of a human cell and built with viruses, researchers announced today.
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Microsoft, Novell expand alliance with $100M deal
Microsoft Corp., expanding on an alliance with Novell Inc., has agreed to buy as much as $100 million more for subscription certificates for Novell's Linux products, Novell said Wednesday. That comes on top of the $240 million in upfront purchases Microsoft...
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IPHONE
Contrasting iPhone vs. Android ARTICLE - Apple's iPhone OS and Google's Android OS have a number of similarities -- so what are the differences? Apple's App Store released earlier than anticipated ARTICLE - Apple's earlier than anticipated launch of their iTunes Application Store allows for the use of third-party software and applications on the iPhone 3G and the updated iPod touch.
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American launches in-flight Internet on 3 routes -- for fee
Associated Press - August 20, 2008 12:14 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - For American Airlines, it's another opportunity to charge passengers a fee.
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Vovici Supports Offline Survey Data Collection with Mobile Survey - PC Edition
DULLES, Va.----Vovici , the leading provider of software-as-a-service solutions for Enterprise Feedback Management and online community software, today announces the availability of Vovici Mobile Survey - PC Edition.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Broadcom (BRCM) Adrift with Investor Complacency
According to Barron's, "Broadcom's stocks could rally 40% as the cutting-edge chip maker grabs a bigger slice of the smartphone market." The company provides what it calls "system-on-a-chip" semiconductors, and provides chips for everything from Bluetooth devices, to Blu-ray players and Wi-Fi...( Read More )
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160GB PS3 Announced For Europe, U.S. Version Likely To Follow [PS3]
Along with a new PSP and PS3 wireless keyboard, Sony also announced a 160GB PS3 pack for Europe today at the Leipzig Games Convention. While it hits across the pond on October 31 for €499, it's...
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New Trend: Loved Ones Having Cyber Funerals
Death is one of life’s milestones rarely memorialized on camera.
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HP Rides Out Tough Times to Higher Profits
HP weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge -- stiffer personal-computer competition -- that threatens to slow its steady growth. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company said Tuesday that its profit for the May-July quarter jumped 14 percent.
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Role-playing game leads to Xbox 360 shortage in Japan
According to an apology Microsoft has issued to Japanese consumers, the demand for Xbox 360 consoles has far outstripped supplies in Japan, and inventories will remain totally sold out until new shipments arrive in September.
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Google to Dig Up $10M for Geothermal Energy
Representatives from Google and General Electric said Tuesday that widespread use of renewable energy in the United States would be possible -- if it were cheaper. Renewable energy options will remain "boutique" industries unless their costs are cut to make them competitive with coal and other widely used power sources, said Dan Reicher, director for climate change and energy initiatives at ...
E-Commerce Times |
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Case studies: SaaS in action
When people think about software as a service (SaaS) the company that often comes to mind is Salesforce.com, with its customer relationship management product,...
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S&P Picks and Pans: Hewlett-Packard, Analog Devices, BJ's, Suntech, eBay
Analysts' opinions on stocks in the news Wednesday
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GC08 - Sony Confirms 160GB PS3 [News]
Sony gains the top slot in the 'my hard drive is bigger than yours' competition...
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British terrorist sentenced to 12 years
A British man who used the Internet to recruit young terrorists for a worldwide holy war was sentenced to 12 years in prison.Aabid Khan, 23, who has been suspected of plotting to attack British royalty, was convicted of several counts of possessing articles for a purpose connected with terrorism and making a record of information likely to be useful in terrorism, The Times of London reported ...
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Immigration group begins trip to conventions
Armed with a video camera and laptops, a caravan from the New York Immigration Coalition is on a road trip to the Democratic and Republican national conventions.
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The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS
Yesterday, in passing, I mentioned that I'd like to see Windows evolve into an operating system where the OS, installed applications and user data were each contained in separate layers. I didn't go into any detail on this because, a) I thought I'd already covered it, and b) I didn't...
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Microsoft Partners with Etilize to Provide "Office Ready" Detailed Web Content
DENVER----Etilize, Inc., the market leader in aggregated product data solutions, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft, Corp. to include “Microsoft Office Ready” information in their product specification database and distribute it to customers worldwide.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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SES San Jose - Google Dance Photos
Didn’t make the Google Dance? Never fear, live the experience with the photos I just uploaded . A selection below. read more
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A funeral home in South Carolina will broadcast services online
The internet has certainly changed the way we live, and now a funeral home in South Carolina is taking memorial services into the technology age.
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Android puts out call to mobile security gurus
Developers of Android, the Linux mobile platform spearheaded by Google, are asking security experts for input. The latest software development kit for Android was released earlier this week and plans are for the 1.0 version of the operating system to be shipped on mobile phones later this year . [ See the related story Android SDK update arrives from Google at last . ] Security is ...
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Mozilla preps Firefox 3.0 auto update
Mozilla said today that it was preparing to offer Firefox 3.0 to users still running older versions of the open-source browser, and might trigger the update within the next week. Firefox 3.0.1, the most-up-to-date version, will be offered to users running 2.0.0.16, the latest edition of Mozilla's 2006 browser line, in the near future, said Mike Beltzner , the director of Firefox. He ...
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Andiamo Systems Analyzes Online Buzz Leading up to the Democratic National Convention
New polls are announced daily trying to predict the outcome of this year's presidential election. Given that the Internet is playing such a large role in these elections, politicians need to get an indication of what people are discussing online.
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GC 2008: Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising Impressions [Xbox 360]
It has taken seven long years, but a sequel to Operation Flashpoint is finally coming together. We got a look at the game ahead of its Leipzig unveiling.
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