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Sony recalls 438,000 laptops
Sony has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio notebook computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn someone.
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Yahoo Shareholders Steaming As Share Price Hits 5-Year Low
Sam Gustin notes: If Yahoo shareholders were about to pop their lids before, they're even more apoplectic now. After Yahoo shares fell to $17.75, their lowest point in the last five years, some took to Yahoo's own message boards to unload their grief:"17.75 thanks to that greedy asshole Yang," wrote one.
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Comcast appeals FCC Web traffic-blocking decision
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 (2:03 p.m.) Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the government's authority to regulate the Internet.
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Web.com Announces $20 Million Stock Repurchase Authorization
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 4, 2008 -- Web.com , a leading provider of online marketing for small businesses, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $20 million of the Company's outstanding common shares over the next eighteen months.
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Take Back Your Privacy from Google's Omnibox [Google Chrome]
CNET's Beyond Binary weblog says everything you type in Google's omnibox will end up in Google's hands—a scary thought for the tinfoil-hat crowd. Disable autosuggest to drape a cloth over Big...
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NEW YORK - Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free. The film, "Slacker Uprising," follows Moore's 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters.
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Yager: Skip Chrome, Go Right to WebKit
Google's Chrome is based on advanced technologies like SquirrelFish enhanced Javascript. Even so, developers should just skip the browser framework and write Internet apps that use Webkit directly, according to Tom Yager at Infoworld.
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Rock Bottom Golf hits the green more often with comparison shopping service
As it transitioned from selling golf equipment primarily on eBay to its own site, Rock Bottom Golf began placing its products on comparison shopping sites. But managing the program in-house quickly became too burdensome.
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Twitter Founders Accused Of Bending Over For Google
A bit of a Twitter spat erupted yesterday regarding Twitter making links on bio pages nofollow. Well, a spat would technically need to be two sided; it was more of a rage against the machine* with the machine remaining mostly silent. read more
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Survey: Mobile Web Use on the Rise
NEW YORK Mobile Internet usage is exhibiting healthy growth in 2008. More Americans are purchasing Web-friendly phones and consuming more online content overall, particularly material outside carriers' "walled-garden" environments.
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Electronics recycling being held in Butte
The National Center for Appropriate Technology is hosting an electronics recycling event today in Butte.
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Microsoft Slashes Prices of Xbox 360 Models
There is something for everyone, according to Microsoft officials who are touting the company's new prices for all three models of its video game console, the Xbox 360.
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Energy level probe could speed quantum computing's advent
A newly developed technique of characterizing artificial atoms could speed the development of quantum computers.
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By BusinessWire
PEMBROKE, Bermuda, BUSINESS WIRE -- Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced that Romania Cable Systems and Romania Data Systems S.A. (RCS & RDS), a leading direct-to-home (DTH) video content provider in Eastern Europe, signed a multi-year, multi-transponder expansion contract for capacity at 1 degree West. The additional capacity will be used to ...
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Amazon launches video-on-demand service
Amazon has announced a video-on-demand streaming service as internet and consumer electronics companies strive to match the capabilities of US cable and satellite providers.
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Ustream and Google News Team up to Provide Live Streaming for the Republican National Convention
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Voters around the country have a front row seat to history in the making as the Republican Party formally chooses its nominees at the Republican National Convention (RNC), Sept. 1-4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Red Hat Buys Seat at the Virtualization Table
Red Hat has been more of a facilitator than anything else in the virtualization game. It bundled a basic layer of open source virtualization software called Xen with the most recent version of its commercial Linux operating system.
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SkyVision and Intelsat Grow Broadband Infrastructure in Africa and the Middle East
PEMBROKE, Bermuda, BUSINESS WIRE -- Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced that SkyVision Global Networks LLC ("SkyVision"), a leading global provider of Internet services over satellite and terrestrial fiber optic systems, signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for C- and Ku-band transponder services on Intelsat's IS-4 satellite, ...
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Belkin FlyWire(TM) Offers Faster, Easier, and More Installations to Custom InstallersBelkin FlyWire(TM) Offers Faster, ...
COMPTON, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Belkin 's new FlyWire, a wireless transmitter that delivers uncompressed 1080p True Cinema HD content, makes home theater and commercial installations quicker and easier, allowing professional integrators to complete jobs more efficiently and take on more projects.
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Microsoft reduction to spur ICTs in developing countries
Microsoft Corporation, the world’s largest software developer, has announced a 40 per cent reduction in the cost of its Home & Student version of Microsoft Office 2007. The cost cut, the company said in a staemenet released on August 28th, was to provide affordable access to ICTs in poor and developing countries like Uganda.
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MIT researchers announce advance in quantum computing research
Quantum computers, the stuff of Star Trek legend, are still quite a ways off. However, researchers at MIT have announced a type of breakthrough that allows some of the data potential of quantum computers to be researched, analyzed, and harnessed. There are many aspects of quantum research which remain a mystery for even the most accomplished [...]
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13 firms join NHK unit in overseas broadcasts
NHK said Thursday a total of 13 private firms, including Microsoft Corp., NTT Communications Corp. and major TV broadcasters, are expected to buy into its subsidiary that is due to begin a round-the-clock, English-language broadcasting service for overseas viewers in February. NHK said it hopes to enlist the knowhow of the prospective investors operating in the information technology business. ...
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Overheating scare spurs Sony to recall 440,000 VAIO laptops
Sony Corp. said it will recall about 440,000 VAIO laptop computers worldwide for free repairs of defects that could cause overheating. The Japanese consumer electronics giant said such defects could lead to overheating in 280 models of its VAIO TZ series of laptop computers produced from May 2007 to July this year. Read the full story
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Michael Moore to release new film online for free
(AP:NEW YORK) Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free. The film, "Slacker Uprising," follows Moore's 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters.
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Docstoc Launches Synchronization, Personal Doc Storage
Beverly Hills-based Docstoc, a venture backed startup which runs an online document sharing web site, said today that the firm has launched two new features. Docstoc said that it has added a new feature, Docstoc MyDocs, which allows users to store personal documents online. In addition, the firm said it has created a new, download application that will automatically synchronize documents from a ...
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