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Podcast Special: Views from the Valley
Iain Thomson discusses the stories that made the headlines in Silicon Valley this week. Today's podcast covers the Bank of New York data breach, Internet Explorer 8 and the rumours about Steve Jobs's ill-health.
Infomatics |
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Google announces Developer Day
BANGALORE, INDIA: Google has announced Google Developer Day in India. Developer Day is scheduled for October 18 and is free to attend. Google Developer Day is an in-depth gathering for developers to share knowledge about Google's tools and about web application development in general.
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Intel buys British mobile Linux developer
Intel has acquired, for an undisclosed sum, mobile Linux development firm OpenedHand (London, England).
EETimes |
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"World Of Warcraft - A fresh start for newbies and veterans"
Ahhh, so The Venture Co. is a role-playing server? Does that mean you're meant to stay in character all the time, or am I just being stupid? It's what it says on Blizzard's site, but I would imagine it's not taken too seriously? Y'know, being the internet and all.
EuroGamer |
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Labor Day & Programming Note
Today is Labor Day and I wanted to let you know that normal search news coverage will be mostly suspended for the day. In addition, I do want to point out the Labor Day logos from the various sites in our industry. As I noted this morning at the Search Engine Roundtable, neither Google, Yahoo nor Ask.com currently have a special logo up for the day. As many of you remember, Google did not ...
Search Engine Land |
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Lessons in Longevity From The Original Search Engine
When you're in an industry that is based on answering consumer needs, as all local search brands are, you're hardwired to remain relevant. After all, the granddaddy of local search, the printed Yellow Pages, is 125 years young this year, born out of necessity in 1883 when a Wyoming business directory publisher ran out of white paper and had to print on yellow stock. And yet today, it's a ...
Search Engine Land |
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Gorenje Qube Foldable Hob Is the Laptop of Kitchens [IFA 2008 Hands-On]
newVideoPlayer("/gorenjeportablehob_gizmodo.flv", 520, 410,""); This is the Gorenje Foldable Qube prototype, a hob and hood system that can be hung on the wall of a small kitchen to save some serious...
Gizmodo |
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Blending Visual Computing and Visual Networking
Two of my favorite attractions at Disneyland when I was growing up and working at the park, and which are no longer there, were the Carousel of Progress and the House of the Future. Both showcased a future based on the thinking that was going on when I was born. They did this by creating models, miniatures of cities and full-sized representations of the home, rooms, and appliances inside them.
E-Commerce Times |
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Mathematical Modeling Used to Track and Label
Anti-Globalism writes to tell us that in a new book titled "the Numerati", author Stephen Baker introduces us to some of the math wizardry that is used to label or track our movements through purchases, phone calls, internet usage and other habits. "One of the most promising laboratories for the Numerati is the workplace, where every keystroke, click, and e-mail can be studied. In a chapter ...
Slashdot |
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Man faces 304 counts of pornography charges
The District Attorney’s Office has upgraded a Covington man’s single charge of pornography involving juveniles to 304 counts after a forensic investigation revealed a plethora of downloaded pictures on his laptop, St. Tammany News has learned.
St. Tammany News |
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Iran produces computer game based on Shahnameh
TEHRAN, Sept. 1 (MNA) -- Iran produced the computer game “Time of the Champions” with the central theme of stories from Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh.
mehrnews.com |
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Naturally Firefox...
A way of joining up different uses of the web so when you want to invite someone out to dinner, say, a browser finds a restaurant, finds a review and then emails it all over with a map. Iain Simons reports
The New Statesman |
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Intel buys British mobile Linux developer
Intel has acquired, for an undisclosed sum, mobile Linux development firm OpenedHand (London, England).
EETimes |
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Concrete-jet 'printers' to build houses, Moonbases in hours
Man, this refill cartridge weighs a ton Most readers will be aware of so-called "3D printing" techniques, in which solid objects can be constructed automatically from computer models. Researchers in California intend to scale the process up radically, using "contour crafting" concrete extrusion to erect buildings in a matter of hours.…
The Register |
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IOL Netcom to provide CDMA mobile services
Internet services provider IOL Netcom Monday said it has signed an agreement with the telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) to provide CDMA mobile services.
Calcutta News |
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7Seas Technologies Launches Beta Version of www.mobizill.com
HYDERABAD, India----7Seas Technologies Limited, a Hyderabad-based independent IP-based game developing company, today launched the Beta version of its mobile gaming portal www.mobizill.com.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Google and Firefox Together Until 2011
Mozilla, the makers of Firefox internet browser (the only notable competitor to Microsoft's Internet Explorer), has extended its deal with Google - meaning the search giant will continue to be the default search engine on all its Firefox installs until 2011. read more
WebProNews |
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Asia-Pacific users top telecoms poll
The Asia-Pacific region is the world's largest broadband market with 42 percent of the world's Internet users, according to a UN report.
Independent Online |
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North West Evening Mail
HERE’S the line-up of 33 girls for this year’s Modelling Competition 2008 grand final – and here’s your chance to vote. You can vote using coupons from the Evening Mail over the next 10 days, or by text, or on the right hand side of this page. The web vote will only allow one vote per computer.
North-West Evening Mail |
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How will the Comcast limits affect you?
I use Comcast. It's the only high-speed Internet access I can get where I live. I've never been sent a "you're going over the limit" message from them, so I'm...
About.com |
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Ivobank launches in France, Italy and Germany
Ivobank, an online banking service specialising in online payments and money transfer services, launched its product offering in more countries ...
Finextra |
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Dell's Latitude E6400 ATG gets acquired, previewed
Filed under: Laptops Merely weeks after Dell offered its long-awaited Latitude E6400 ATG up for sale, one of said units has been procured, unboxed and briefly tested by the laptop lovers over at NotebookReview . Initial impressions are that it's quite heavy (expected for a tough cookie such as this), built Ford tough and made to be used in broad daylight. The keyboard showed slight ...
Engadget |
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Laptop with student information stolen from RIT
Personal information of more than 13,000 people has been stolen. College officials at RIT said a laptop was stolen...
News 10 NBC Rochester |
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Road warriors get office PC power-on tool
Daniel Robinson, vnunet.com , Monday 1 September 2008 at 15:09:00 1E adds WakeUp 5.5 to network Wake-on-LAN app Systems management vendor 1E has updated its 1E WakeUp tool to let remote workers securely power-on their office PC via a web interface....
vnunet.com |
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Road warriors get office PC power-on tool
Systems management vendor 1E has updated its 1E WakeUp tool to let remote workers securely power-on their office PC via a web interface.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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