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Microsoft prepares to launch website for mobile apps
Company looks to ape success of iTunes.. Microsoft is preparing to introduce a website to sell Windows Mobile OS applications.
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Acxiom offers BI as a managed service
To beat the downturn blues. IT services and analytics provider Acxiom has launched a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that delivers a business intelligence (BI) package at a much lower cost than traditional BI systems.
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Yahoo Stops Mash-ing
Yahoo admits failure and will close the doors on Mash, its social networking site, on September 29.
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Concern about levees
Apparently, there's been a report on MSNBC that FEMA is expecting a levee issue in New Orleans. However, as I'm listening to the coverage on WDSU, a phone interview with Rene Poche with the Army Corps of Engineers tells a different story. They expect localized flooding due to heavy rainfall, but do not expect any flooding of the flood protection system.
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Transcend JetFlash V20 Reaches 64GB
Transcend's latest USB Flash memory stick has reached the dizzy heights of 64GB. The JetFlash V20 also sports an unusual pearlescent-shaped chassis with a semi-transparent colour band that lights up during use. Its smooth contoured design has been designed to fi...
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Home web-access linked to better GCSE results
A report from the Office for National Statistics has revealed a clear link between education and online households
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Hacker McKinnon Loses Extradition Appeal
Gary McKinnon, the infamous NASA hacker, has lost in his attempt to get the European Court of Human Rights to hear his appeal against extradition to the United States. McKinnon was arrested in 2002 after allegedly hacking into computers belonging to the U.S. Arm...
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Google touts Android Market for phone apps
Android Market will let people find, buy, download and rate applications and other content for mobile phones equipped with the open-source operating system
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Broadband users failing to secure Wi-Fi
A survey has revealed many wireless broadband users are failing to password-protect their connection against Wi-Fi 'piggybackers'
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Tighten Up On Your Domain Ownership
Fasthosts Internet today warned UK businesses to tighten up on the legal ownership of their Web site addresses. The provider has seen a 30% rise in the number of domain ownership disputes it has helped to resolve in the past year, commonly where companies have r...
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Wireless Broadband Hijacking On The Rise
With all major providers now providing a wireless router with their packages, wireless broadband is becoming increasingly popular leaving Brits open to ‘piggybacking', according to research from moneysupermarket.com. Piggybacking is where broadband users connect...
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Microsoft bags European shopping site
The software giant has agreed a £270m deal to acquire Greenfield Online, owner of consumer shopping sites such as Ciao
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Google rebuts privacy claims
The search giant has defended its privacy credentials following comments from a Microsoft executive
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County GOP chair blogging from the convention floor
Scott Durham is taking a week away from his government and history students at Lakeview High School to be a part of government and history at the Republican National Convention.
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Adobe reveals plans for Photoshop mobile app
The company plans to update Elements, revamp Express and release a Photoshop.com Mobile beta that will let photographers view images from the desktop, web and phone
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Windows could save the planet
A WINDOWS invention could help save the planet by illuminating the office, but keeping the heat out.
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What’s new, what’s coming in our schools
South Sound schools will see new and improved facilities, new leadership and schedule and curriculum changes this fall. Here’s a look at what’s going on and what’s in the works. For more details, go online to www.thenewstribune.com .
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Shine on Silverlight and Windows with XAML
Learn now, pays later Web bling tone Extensible Application Markup Language, or XAML, lies at the heart of Microsoft's rich-client strategy. The user interface for both Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight , which is mostly a subset of WPF, is typically defined in XAML.…
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How To Care For Ties
Like this list? Buzz Up on Yahoo! How to care for neckties Caring for a tie isn’t as simple as you may think. A tie requires much more than being clumsily stuffed in a drawer when it’s not being worn. It also requires care when being taken off.
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Trojans recruit McNeal completes courses
By Scott Wolf Staff Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Recruit Curtis McNeal, a tailback from Venice High, informed the university that he successfully completed required summer courses and awaits approval from the NCAA Clearinghouse before he attempts to enroll at USC.
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Microsoft Skymarket App Store for Mobile Phones in the Works
Every ringtone and games download site for mobile phones are sure totally pissed these days because of the hype around app stores for mobile phones. With the iTunes App Store for the iPhone, Apple just makes it appear that there have been no download store...
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Craigslist: The Crucifixion of Craig and the End of Free
Editorial: It’s time to stop letting “free” be a shield for anonymous criminal behavior at a wide array of major sites, including eBay, Yahoo and Google.
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ExpressAdapt Makes PCMCIA Slot into ExpressCard Slot
If you have a computer that doesn’t feature an ExpressCard slot, but you have an ExpressCard device you are dying to use Synchrotech has an adapter that is perfect for you. The ExpressAdapt will turn your old PCMCIA slot into a USB mode ExpressCard slot. ...
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Rolly: What's in a domain? Ask Dems
Perhaps Utah Democratic Party officials now wish they had accepted the offer of Internet domain collector Jeff Knight and purchased his utahdemocrats.org domain for the bargain-basement price of $200 a few months ago.
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Miyazaki Predicts Next Work at Least 3 Years from Now
Director Hayao Miyazaki spoke briefly to reporters after a Sunday press-only showing of his latest movie, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea , at the Venice International Film Festival. In his remarks, Miyazaki came out strongly in support of traditional animation without the aid of computers.
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