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Security world makes short work of Chrome
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 4 September 2008 at 02:25:00 Google browser open to 'carpet bomb' attack, other flaws Less than two days into its public life, Google's Chrome browser is being put under the microscope by security researchers....
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Forget Apple — Let’s Speculate About the Microsoft Zune
You’ve heard by now –- because Apple news seems to travel faster than the broadband lines it’s carried over -– that Steve Jobs & Co. are planning a Sept. 9 media event.
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Office Live Workspace tops one million users
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 4 September 2008 at 02:24:00 Microsoft hosted doc service hits milestone Microsoft's Office Live Workspace service has topped one million users, according to the company. The beta version of the hosted document service reached the user milestone some sixth months after...
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Office Live Workspace tops one million users
Microsoft's Office Live Workspace service has topped one million users, according to the company. The beta version of the hosted document service reached the user milestone some sixth months after it was first launched by Microsoft.
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Security world makes short work of Chrome
Less than two days into its public life, Google's Chrome browser is being put under the microscope by security researchers. Two flaws for the web browser have already been discovered and publically disclosed by researchers.
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An Alternative to the Glut of Opinions Online
Google a controversial topic and you will be swamped with blogs and message boards filled with readers’ thoughts, some insightful, others biased or not factual.
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Will Google’s Chrome Help or Hurt Advertisers?
Advertisers said on Tuesday that Google Chrome could potentially provide swaths of data about consumers — but that if its privacy mode proves popular, it could be a giant roadblock for them.
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Posts published by Stephanie Clifford
Google’s new Chrome browser could present benefits–and obstacles–to online advertisers. Yahoo said it would allow users to turn off the customization of advertising on the pages of Yahoo.com, as such advertising comes under increased scrutiny.
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Posts published by Vindu Goel
The Bits blog is going through a software upgrade. No new posts or reader comments will be published until mid-afternoon, when we expect the upgrade to be complete.
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911 Center, Dane County executive split on budget priorities
Dane County's 911 Center board on Wednesday rejected one of County Executive Kathleen Falk's proposed budget priorities for the center, which came under fire this year after mishandling a call from a homicide victim's cell phone. Falk has proposed borrowing $163,000 next year to buy new police dispatch software that would allow 911 operators to get more information from callers, send the optimal ...
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Music From the Past — Bringing Back the Epigonion
For the first time in centuries, the harp-like strings of the epigonion have been plucked — well, at least virtually. A group of researchers used computer modeling to simulate the ancient Greek instrument, then knocked out a medieval musical number and put their creation up on the Internet.
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Three men rob Internet café
THREE UNIDENTIFIED men robbed an Internet café, carting away cash and cellular phones, in Mac Arthur Highway, Matina yesterday dawn. PO3 Dominador Vitor, investigator of the Talomo Police Precinct, said the incident occurred around 4 a.m. while Lemuel C. Dejaro, 32, businessman, and resident of Maharlika Village, Matina, and his staff Romey G. Uy, 22 was attending to the shop.
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Seagate Tries Selling Drives on TV
Everything is lost… unless you buy a Seagate hard drive. Picture a young mother fretting over losing photos of her adorable brood, or a 30-something man afraid he might lose the countless hours of music he’s stored on his PC.
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Posts published by Saul Hansell
Toolbars account for 12 percent of the traffic to search engines. But not from Google’s new Chrome browser, which doesn’t allow any toolbars to be added. IAC’s Ask Jeeves, which gets nearly half its traffic from toolbars may be hurt the most.
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Google’s Chrome Kills the Lucrative Toolbar Business
With its new Chrome Web browser , Google is not being quite as magnanimous to competitors as it lets on. The company has insisted that it is not putting the thumb on the scale to favor its own services over those of rivals.
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Xbox 360, Lagging in Sales, Will Cost Less
Microsoft said on Thursday that it was cutting the price of its Xbox 360 game console. Starting this Friday, its base model will now sell for $199, down from $279. That makes the 360 the cheapest of the new generation of consoles — and, pointedly, cheaper than the $249 Nintendo Wii.
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Posts published by Matt Richtel
Microsoft is cutting the price of its Xbox 360 game console. The base model will sell for $199, making it cheaper than the $249 Nintendo Wii. TiVo and DirectTV are playing together again.
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The Best and Worst of Am Law 100 Sites
Although top law firms' Web sites are growing in sophistication, many still lag behind other professional sites in client-sensitivity and inviting content. Reporter Jonathan Thrope ranks what he considers the best and worst of the Am Law 100 sites out there on the Web.
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Microsoft makes play for second place, 360 price cut to $199
Microsoft has finally made it official: the family of Xbox 360 systems is seeing a price cut of up to $80, making the 360 Arcade model even cheaper than the Nintendo Wii. Read More...
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Microsoft Makes Xbox 360 the Cheapest Console
It's official: the Xbox 360 has received a price cut, matching lowered prices that had been the subject of rumors.
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Microsoft To Cut Xbox 360 Price Starting Friday
Microsoft To Cut Xbox 360 Price Starting Friday
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Police: Man Solicited Sex From Child Online
Police in Biddeford are warning people about a Brownfield man out on bail after being arrested on charges he tried to solicit sex with a child online.
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Audio-Enhancing Mini-Amp, New Palm Treo Pro and More
: Need to juice up your desktop music scene? Nuforce has just the thing. Its new Icon is a miniature, multithreat amplifier that can be used to pump music from a computer or audio player to your speakers and headphones. Although it's only 12 watts per channel, the Icon is powerful enough to act as a pre-amp to full-fledged stereos and on its own can drive most bookshelf speakers, producing a ...
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NBA lets secret out early: Oklahoma City NBA team's nickname will be Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY - As Oklahoma City's NBA team prepared to reveal its name and logo, the NBA's Web site showed "Thunder" as the name and the color scheme as blue, yellow and orange.
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Security world makes short work of Chrome
Less than two days into its public life, Google's Chrome browser is being put under the microscope by security researchers.
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