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Wall St rises on HP results, rebound in banks
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after Hewlett-Packard posted reassuring results and bank shares rebounded, even as investors dumped Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on fears of an imminent government bailout of the housing finance companies.
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Govt to give laptops to students
PANAJI - The Education Minister, Mr Atanasio Monserrate has assured to improve infrastructure in all the government schools in the state, particularly in rural areas that were in dilapidated condition, even as he declared that the government would distribute laptops to the students under EDUNET Scheme, from next year.
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Intel to build Yahoo widgets into new TV chips
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After years of false starts aimed at bringing the Web to TV sets, Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday it is working with Intel Corp to create Web computer channels that run alongside TV shows.
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Neotys Named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo
Neotys is a leader in easy-to-use, cost effective stress and load testing tools for Web 2.0 Applications. Since 2005, Neotys has been helping its clients in more than 40 countries to ensure their applications' reliability, performance and quality. NeoLoad, load testing solution for RIAs, ensures better efficiency to perform your tests faster, while providing pertinent analyses and full support ...
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IDF: Intel, Yahoo to bring Internet to TV
IDF, SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Intel Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. previewed plans for the Widget Channel, a television (TV) application framework optimized for TV and related consumer electronics (CE) devices that use the Intel Architecture.
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China Banning Use Of Gold Medalists Names By Cybersquatters
UNDATED (AP) - It's clear China doesn't want the reputation of long jumpers or discus tossers to be tarnished by cybersquatters. The Beijing government has announced it has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves.
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Opera patches 7 vulnerabilities but keeps one a secret
Opera Software has shipped a new version of its flagship Web browser with fixes for at least seven documented security problems but details on one vulnerability -- a cross-site scripting issue reported by Chris Weber-- is being kept under wraps. Opera warned that one of the seven...
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U.S. stocks end higher as energy rebounds
U.S. stocks trade mixed with upbeat results from computer-maker Hewlett-Packard unable to offset ongoing concerns about ailing financial firms.
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Intel, Yahoo partnering on Internet TV concept
Hoping to plant their flags on the screens of Internet-connected television sets, Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc. unveiled a new project Wednesday to populate those screens with tiny programs called widgets.
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HTC releases Touch Diamond ROM upgrade
— Aug. 11, 2008 — HTC has released a ROM upgrade intended to enhance the performance of its Windows Mobile 6.1-based Touch Diamond phone.
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FCC gives Comcast 30 days to stop Internet practice
Comcast Corp. has just 30 days to not only show the Federal Communications Commission details of its discriminatory online network management practices but to submit a plan on how the cable company will stop it. (CMCSA)
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Intel, Yahoo partnering on Internet TV concept
Hoping to plant their flags on the screens of Internet-connected television sets, Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc. unveiled a new project Wednesday to populate those screens with tiny programs called widgets.
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15 Finds Out: Internet stalking
A Wabash family says its been violated by Internet identity theft and stalking. Now they're working with local and state officials to help future victims.
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Cabinet to discuss IPTV guidelines
The Union Cabinet is likely to discuss policy guidelines for internet protocol television that will allow viewers to enjoy digital television content available to them through technologies used for computer networks.
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EBay Aims To Fix Growth
Online auctioneer cuts prices for fixed-price listings in a bid to lure users.
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Apple hit with class-action lawsuit over iPhone 3G flakiness
It's hard to read about the iPhone 3G these days without reading about its unreliability on the 3G network. Now, a lawsuit has been filed against Apple over the issue, which may eventually be approved as a class-action. Read More...
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Wall St rises on HP results, rebound in banks
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after Hewlett-Packard posted reassuring results and bank shares rebounded, even as investors dumped Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on fears of an imminent government bailout of the housing finance companies.
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Banks’ Web Sites Expose Users to Identity Theft
Three in four bank Web sites put online customers at risk for ID theft, study says.
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iTunes blocked in China over Tibet album
Access to Apple's online iTunes Store has been blocked in China after it emerged that Olympic athletes have been downloading and possibly listening to a pro-Tibetan music album in a subtle act of protest against China's rule over the province.
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Banks’ Web Sites Expose Users to Identity Theft Five security design flaws exist on most banks’ Web sites, according ...
The majority (76 percent) of bank Web sites have security flaws that expose customers' accounts to hackers, according to a recently released University of Michigan study . While the study identifies the flaws as "serious," Dr. Atul Prakash , a professor in the university's school of computer science and engineering and lead author of the study, says the problems arise from "basic things" — for ...
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DreamWorks Animation, Intel tie up on 3-D movies
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Starting in 2009, all of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc's films will be in next-generation 3-D.
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Mo. Governor's Mansion roof tiles sold on eBay
Associated Press - August 20, 2008 4:34 PM ET JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Pieces from the official home of Missouri's governors are going up for sale on eBay.
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Over 40 Olympic athletes download Tibet album: Rights group
Beijing, Aug 19 (DPA) More than 40 Olympic athletes have downloaded a Tibet album called "Songs for Tibet" to show solidarity with the Himalayan people's struggle for more freedom, according to a Tibetan rights group.
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Silicon Alleys
NEXT WEEK, perhaps the most colossal, across-the-board, mammoth gathering of stars with every possible relationship to visual computing will descend upon San Jose. Orchestrated by Santa Clara's NVIDIA, pretty much the world pace-setter for visual computing technologies, NVISION08 is the first visual computing mega-event.
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China Banning Use Of Gold Medalists Names By Cybersquatters
UNDATED (AP) - It's clear China doesn't want the reputation of long jumpers or discus tossers to be tarnished by cybersquatters. The Beijing government has announced it has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves.
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