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Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 price to $200
Microsoft plans to cut the US prices of its Xbox 360, lowering price of its entry-level console to $50, below Nintendo's top-selling Wii.
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Corning lowers third quarter earnings, sales outlook
ROCHESTER - Shares of Corning Inc. tumbled 12.6 percent to a three-year low Wednesday after the company lowered its third-quarter sales and profit guidance to reflect a bigger-than-expected drop in orders for glass used in flat-screen televisions and computers.
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Apple, AT&T sued for too many iPhones on 'overloaded' network
Apple and its U.S. wireless partner AT&T are being sued for selling too many iPhones by a customer who says the high-speed phone network has been "overloaded" and unable to deliver promised performance.
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Microsoft cutting Xbox 360 prices
Microsoft is cutting the price of its Xbox 360 gaming console beginning Friday, with the cheapest version selling for $200, making it less expensive than the Nintendo Wii, which retails for $250.
San Jose Mercury News |
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New laptops leap hurdles to booting up quickly
Computer makers are starting to tackle a road warrior pet peeve: laptops that take too long to boot up.
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Apple, AT&T sued for too many iPhones on 'overloaded' network
Apple and its U.S. wireless partner AT&T are being sued for selling too many iPhones by a customer who says the high-speed phone network has been "overloaded" and unable to deliver promised performance.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Verifying Wireless Hackers For Homeland Security
Wireless sensor networks used to detect and report events including hurricanes, earthquakes, and forest fires and for military surveillance and anti-terrorist activities are prone to subterfuge. In the International Journal of Security and Networks, computer scientists at Florida Atlantic University describe a new anti-hacking system to protect WSNs.
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Allen Pleads Guilty
N:\MediaPics\Crimes\child porn.jpgFormer college professor Dr. David Roger Allen pled guilty this morning to child pornography charges in federal court. Dr. Allen said he received over 3000 images of child pornography over the internet depicting children in sado-masochistic and bestiality scenarios.
KMID Midland |
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Cablevision rolls out wireless Web in NY suburbs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York cable TV operator Cablevision Systems Corp has started rolling out a free Wi-Fi network for subscribers who want to access the Web via laptops and other wireless devices.
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Signs of life -- and even Internet! -- in Fayette County
In an area where underground shows happen on a regular basis but often go unpublicized, Jeremy Barnhart hopes to add marketing savvy and technical expertise. By Manny Theiner.
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Cablevision Offers Free Web Access With Nassau Wi-Fi Network
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. finished the first phase of a $300 million wireless Internet network, a step that could give it an edge over telephone companies invading its territory.
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Examiner.com Exclusive video of Sarah Silverman becomes Internet buzz
Silverman, who objects to being videotaped, was.Make sure to check out our own Ben Westhoff's video of Sarah Silverman's show last night. He just happened to be taping her when she went on a tirade against people who, well, tape her acts. ...
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Paralympic Games gets live online TV coverage
BEIJING - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on its website that the 13th Paralympic Games will get an extensive live coverage online.
China Daily |
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Net gain: Message sent across as jobless Saudi hacks ministry website
JEDDAH: The Ministry of Labor’s website was hacked recently by a young Saudi man who has been unable to find a job. According to yesterday’s Al-Madinah newspaper, the young man broke through the ministry’s network and posted a message saying: “We are sick of unemployment. Can you hear us?”
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Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: Google may be playing defense, not offense, with Chrome
The name “Chrome” for Google Inc.’s just-released Internet browser is an interesting -- if odd -- choice. But you can bet that “Burning Chrome” may become a mantra at Microsoft Corp., as it gets ready to release its next version of Internet Explorer, ushering in a new phase of the Internet browser wars.
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Facebook to test N.J. safety icon
TRENTON -- Facebook, the popular social networking Web site that agreed to step up user protections following talks with 48 state attorneys general this spring, has become the largest site to display an icon designed to make cyber abuses easier to report.
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Action-RPG hybrid 'Too Human' takes tons of patience
So many elements in this Norse cyberpunk title have such great potential, but flaws riddle the action-RPG hybrid.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Fonality Closes $12M Financing Round to Accelerate Growth in Open Source Communications Market
Fonality(R), a leading provider of open source telephony and communications systems for growing businesses,
wallstreet:online AG |
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Chattanooga: Realtors advised to blog way to VW business
Chattanooga Realtors looking to land Volkswagen business should step up their Internet advertising and prepare to show off the community, according to one Alabama agent who has experienced the opening of an automotive plant in his state.
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HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint revealed
Official details have slipped tonight for Sprint's version of the HTC Touch Diamond. The carrier's edition of the Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone varies slightly from the Telus edition already available outside of the US and comes with a red-tinted back as well as a customized Sprint version of the TouchFLO interface with access to some more carrier-specific features. Other features remain the ...
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Tech test: Google’s browser needs more polish
NEW YORK — Google Inc.’s new Web browser, called Chrome, does much of what a browser needs to do these days: It presents a sleek appearance, groups pages into easy-to-manage “tabs” and offers several ways for people to control their Internet privacy settings.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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MUSIC NOTES
Bye-bye, Hootie. Or so says frontman Darius Rucker. Rucker has announced that because his solo career in country is flourishing, Hootie and the Blowfish is more or less kaput except for a handful of charity shows each year. Rucker told AOL the band won't do any recording or touring until he's released three or four country albums. . . . Ludacris continues to add to his acting ...
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WSJ reviews HTC Touch Diamond: "can't disguise WinMo's flaws"
Filed under: Cellphones It was only a matter of time before the WSJ (Katherine Boehret, in this case) got their hands around Sprint's still-not-official Touch Diamond , and we can't say that the conclusion she drew is at all shocking. As Mossberg and his partners so often do, Katherine mentions Apple's darling just as much as the topic of the review itself, and while she seemed ...
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Police get system upgrade
ATHENS, Tenn. - A TVA electrical power failure and spike in July took down the Athens police computer and backup system, and information on the system was irretrievable, city authorities said.
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