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Gaming Consoles a Goldmine for More Than Just Games
Think gaming consoles are mere toys? Online content and services tied to Microsoft’s Xbox, Sony’s PlayStation, and Nintendo’s Wii will generate more than $8 billion in revenue for those companies by 2013
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Dell Unveils its Nettop
Dell Thursday finally trotted out its widely anticipated nettop, giving it what HP and Asustek already have. Dell calls its 1.6GHz Atom-based widget the Inspiron Mini 9 and is selling the thing at www.dell.com in the US, Canada, Japan and some European countries starting at 399 with XP Home. read more
SYS-CON Media |
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Timelope makes your browser history public, social
Ever wanted to share your browser history with the entire world? Check out Timelope, a service that does just that--and manages to make it social.
CNET |
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Sony Recalls ‘Burn Hazard’ Notebooks
Computer maker recalls 73,000 Vaio laptops that pose burn risks from overheating.
Red Herring |
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Top teacher nominee teaches computer skills
Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of eight profiles of local Teacher of the Year finalists. The Alamance-Burlington School System Teacher of the Year will be announced Sept. 10.
Burlington Times-News |
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Moniker Unveils Premium Contenders for Its Upcoming Domain Name Auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. NYC 2008
POMPANO BEACH, Fla.----Moniker.com , an Oversee.net company and provider of Domain Asset Management® services, today announced the availability of premium domain names for purchase via its live and extended online auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Google Unveils "Chrome" Browser To Take On Microsoft
(NBC) -- The browser wars are back in the spotlight. Now that Google has checked in with its own web surfing starting point called "Chrome." The search giant met the press saying the time is right for a new way to move around the web.
WLBZ Bangor |
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Dell launches netbook
Dell has launched an inexpensive laptop with a small keyboard and screen, dubbed a netbook, four months after it was originally anticipated that the Texan firm would enter the netbook market.
ZDNet Australia |
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Comcast to appeal FCC’s decision on peer-to-peer Internet connections
Comcast Corp. says it has filed an appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to ask Comcast to tweak practices related to the management of peer-to-peer Internet connections, the telecommunications company said Thursday. (CCS)
BizJournals |
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Detectives said it apparently started out as an Internet romance, but it ended with a local woman unknowingly ...
"It's frustrating, it's very frustrating," said Jananna Castillo, a victim of a recent Internet scam.
KAKE |
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Police say they have recovered thousands of dollars worth of stolen goods in Wichita linked to an international ...
Jananna Castillo had been in an online relationship for around three months when her internet boyfriend, who claimed to be a Florida businessman out of the country, began shipping boxes to her.
KAKE |
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Sony recalls laptops on burn concern
Sony has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user.
TVNZ |
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Police Break Up Online Child Porn Ring in Europe
Police have broken up an Internet child pornography ring operating in at least four European countries where men exchanged details about their contacts with young girls, prosecutors said. The investigation found an online pedophile forum involving hundreds of men, mainly in Germany.
GigaLaw.com |
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Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack
In the wake of the recent malvertising attacks where malicious flash ads were appearing at trusted web sites, evidence from multiple vendors and researchers indicates that spammers and malware authors have once again switched tactics, and are one again abusing legitimate services such as Google's Picasa and ImageShack. Whereas the...
ZDNet |
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Comcast Sues to Stop FCC Ruling on Net Speed
Comcast Corp., the second-biggest U.S. high-speed Internet service provider, asked a court to overturn a Federal Communications Commission ruling that it violated policies intended to keep the Internet open.
GigaLaw.com |
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Parents unhappy cop used their kids' racy MySpace pages as examples of sexual predator lures
WINDSOR, Colo. — Students and parents at a northern Colorado high school say they're offended by a police officer's presentation about Internet safety.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Burn hazards: Sony recalls4 lakh VAIO laptops
The recalled notebook models are the VAIO VGN-TZ100 series, VGN-TZ200 series, VGN-TZ300 series and VGN-TZ2000 series. The computer screen size is about 11.1 measured diagonally. Not all units are affected and consumers should contact Sony to determine if their unit is included in the recall.
rediff.com |
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Michael Moore to release new film online for free
By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK (AP) -- Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Craigslist blotter – robberies, prostitution, oh my!
Craigslist has always extolled a “damn the torpedos” mantra when it comes to ad postings, but things at the world's most popular online classifieds site may be getting out of hand. A simple scan of Google News shows dozens of stories of Craigslist-related robberies, prostitution stings and other shenanigans in recent days. Sure there’s always one or two Craigslist robbery stories every day, but ...
TG Daily |
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Comcast appeals FCC Web traffic-blocking decision
WASHINGTON (AP) - 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.
KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville |
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* Aspire One: Installing and Running Windows XP *
A few weeks ago, I reviewed the Acer Aspire One notebook, the variant which came with an Acer-modified version of Linpus Linux. This version was locked-down and difficult to modify, so not too long after I installed Ubuntu, and was reasonably pleased - despite the amount of tweaking it took to get it working. A few days ago, however, I realised Linux wouldn't be ideal for me on my netbook. Due ...
OSNews |
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World-first to predict premature birth
The University of Melbourne, the University of Newcastle and Symbion Pathology are combining expertise in medical research, engineering and pathology to develop a computer program to predict women at risk of a premature birth.
University of Melbourne University News |
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Ya Heard Gossip Blog: Kanye West To Release New Album Soon?
Awwwww Sh*t! The internet seems to be in a complete tizzy over talk of a new Kanye West album.
SOHH.com |
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Flirting with success in social space
Tony Ferraro had to choose: hope to create the next LinkedIn or Facebook -- two popular sites that connect people with friends, coworkers and classmates - or create the software that would enable companies to make their own social networking sites.
The Business Press |
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Card fraud at Alipore mart
Calcutta, Sept. 4: Two employees of a food-retail chain were arrested today for allegedly being part of a ring that stole credit card details to make Internet purchases.
The Telegraph |
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