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New browser from Google to take on Microsoft, Firefox
The free browser, called "Chrome," is being promoted as a sleeker, faster, safer and reliable alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which has been the leading vehicle for surfing the Web for the past decade.
KATU Portland |
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Ex-lawmaker to admit child porn charge
HAGERSTOWN (AP) - Former Maryland state delegate Robert A. McKee will plead guilty to a federal charge of possessing child pornography stemming from a search of his home and personal computers earlier this year, his lawyer said yesterday.
The Capital |
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AccuScore: Z's absence would hurt in playoffs
The computer wizards at AccuScore have calculated how the loss of Carlos Zambrano would affect the Cubs' postseason chances.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Mel B seeks boob job to 'make big impression in Hollywood' in cartoon ad
London, Sep 3 : Pop star Melanie B has been turned into a computer-generated animated character for a new cartoon advert, in which she seeks a boob job.
New Kerala |
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Microsoft launches Photosynth: Your Pictures in 3D
First there was the snapshot, and then came video. Now there is Microsoft Photosynth, a new service from Microsoft Live Labs that goes far beyond how you now view, experience and share photos.
Manila Bulletin |
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HP laptop-in-a-bag wins Walmart 'green' challenge
HP says it has found a way to reduce notebook packaging materials by 97 percent, and cut transportation costs by 31 percent. The computer giant has won Walmart's "green" Home Entertainment Design Challenge, by packaging a Pavillion dv6929 in a messenger bag capable of doubling as a shipping container. As a result, less styrofoam and cardboard are consumed, and a bulk shipment can occupy less ...
MacNN |
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ViewSonic VX2640w: Large and Pretty
Guys who are suckers for reed-thin, supermodel chassis-based beauties better move on.
Manila Bulletin |
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ViewSonic VX2640w: Large and Pretty
Guys who are suckers for reed-thin, supermodel chassis-based beauties better move on.
Manila Bulletin |
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IBM embarks on ‘open commercial dev’t’ with new software platform
Reconciling open source technology with commercial software model, IT pioneer IBM has formally unveiled in the Philippines a "collaborative" platform that allows customers to participate in the development of a software product.
Manila Bulletin |
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MuChip Adopts Cadence Virtuoso Solution to Speed Wireless RF SoC Design Development
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that MuChip, a leading fabless RF IC company in Taiwan, has adopted Cadence® Virtuoso technology for developing its advanced bluetooth 2.1 RF IC, 2.4GHz ISM band proprietary RF transceiver, zigbee, WiFi and GPS designs.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Republicans register delegates on the 'cloud'
Republican National Convention organizers turn to cloud computing and other technologies to communicate with delegates more effectively.
CNET |
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Broadband seen outstripping phone revenues of operators
Revenues from broadband, or high-speed Internet access service, are expected to overtake the income derived by local mobile operators from cellular service, a lawmaker has said.
Manila Bulletin |
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Government Computer News
Whither Internet Explorer? Enterprise use of Microsoft's Internet Explorer is on the decline. But just how far has the mighty Web browser fallen? One report, issued last month, suggests that IE could account for less than half of all browsers in use by enterprises within the next year.
Government Computer News |
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New probe could aid quantum computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking. Ever since Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman first proposed the theory of quantum computing more than two decades ago, researchers have been working to build such a device.
PhysOrg |
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MIT probe could aid quantum computing
MIT researchers may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking.
EurekAlert! |
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A rash of online diagnoses
Who needs doctors when you can study your own diseases on Google? Roy Colbert, no stranger to exotic conditions, becomes embroiled in a teeming subculture.
Otago Daily Times |
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Cyber Bullying Is A Concern As School Starts Back Up
These days, kids are in constant communication with one another through phones, text messages, and e-mail. But this continual accessibility to each other can lead to abusive behavior. Laura Langemo tells us how cyber bullying is becoming a growing problem among our youth.
Northland's News Center |
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LaCie Rolls Out Bus-Powered USB Speakers
LaCie has introduced a USB, bus-powered version of its Neil Poulton-designed external speakers for desktop and notebook PCs.
DesignTechnica |
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Midday Glance: Computers companies
Apple Inc fell $1.11 or .7 percent, to $165.08. Dell Inc fell $.36 or 1.7 percent, to $20.47.
INO News |
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Ipsos: Rich Spend More Time Online
NEW YORK The rich are different, at least when it comes to their use of digital media.
AdWeek |
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Comcast's Video Download Store Is Wholly Unremarkable [Comcast]
Comcast's internet video site, Fancast, used to be a place to check out Hulu clips and waste away your data cap along with your brain. Now it's a place to buy and rent full-length movies a la Amazon...
Gizmodo |
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Boingo Mobile Wi-Fi Now Available for Select Sony Ericsson UIQ Smartphones
LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE -- Boingo Wireless Inc., the global market leader in Wi-Fi, announces that owners of Wi-Fi enabled Sony Ericsson UIQ 3.0 handsets can now download the Boingo Mobile application to get online worldwide at more than 80,000 Boingo hotspots.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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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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Video highlights: the latest Premier League goals
This season we'll be bringing you all the latest goals from the Premier League to watch on your desktop. The clips are only available in the UK, however, so those of you outside the islands may have to make do with our superlative written, pictographical and podcast coverage of the English top flight
Guardian Unlimited |
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Computers and gym shoes to be collected tomorrow
Several agencies will be conducting a recycling collection from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, in the north parking lot of Hinsdale South High School, 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien.
Darien Suburban Life |
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