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A Windows to Help You Forget

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 08, 2009

In just two weeks, on Oct. 22, Microsoft's long operating-system nightmare will be over. The company will release Windows 7, a faster and much better operating system than the little-loved Windows Vista, which did a lot to harm both the company's reputation, and the productivity and blood pressure of its users.

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Technology > General

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GooSync Kills Free Service

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 08, 2009

GooSync, a handy third-party service that lets you sync Google Calendars, Tasks and Contacts to your mobile device that we've covered previously, has announced that it will discontinue its free offering. Starting Oct. 18th, the GooSync Free service will be suspended and users will be migrated to a new plan, called GooSync Lite, that costs

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Technology > Laws/Policies

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MS Pushes for Business Customers to Use `Windows Phone`

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 08, 2009

Microsoft yesterday announced the global availability of a number of handsets running its brand new mobile operating system (OS), Windows Mobile 6.5. While most of the new features and enhancements are aimed at consumers, the company says it isn't overlooking the enterprise.

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Technology > Business

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Dell closes US plant

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 08, 2009

Dell is to close its desktop computer manufacturing plant early next year in Winston-Salem North Carolina with the loss of 905 jobs.

Some 600 jobs...

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Technology > Business

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IBM Builds`Bar Code Reader` for DNA

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 06, 2009

Personalized medicine mixed expressly for your genetic makeup may not be mere science fiction

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IT Vendors/Companies > IBM

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RIM extends BlackBerry app development to Web developers

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 06, 2009

BlackBerry capabilities no longer limited to Java developers as the new Widget SDK backs technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > Blackberry

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FSF Files Amicus Brief in Bilski - The Country Needs and Relies on FOSS

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 06, 2009

FSF has now filed an amicus brief in Bilski, and they too ask the Supreme Court "to affirm that software ideas are not patentable":End Software Patents (ESP) executive director Ciaran O'Riordan explained, "Every software patent is a restriction on software developers and users of computers, and there are currently 200,

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Technology > Laws/Policies

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Bell nabs iPhone deal in Canada, ends Rogers` reign of terror

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 06, 2009

It's official, Bell and Apple have agreed to sell the iPhone 3G and 3GS in Canada starting November. The move ends the Rogers exclusive in while christening Bell's new 3G network with Apple's darling. Hmm, first O2 lost it exclusivity then Rogers, we're sensing a trend.

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Technology > Business

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Injunction delivered over Twitter worked, attorney says

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 06, 2009

A U.K. lawyer is claiming victory on Tuesday after a court-ordered injunction delivered over Twitter has stopped his antagonist from impersonating him on the microblogging service.

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Popular Websites > Twitter.com

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The Speed of Share

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 05, 2009

Will the relative ease and speed of sharing on Twitter lead more people to share there than on Facebook? My take is: It depends somewhat on what's being shared (e.g., news headlines versus music, etc.).

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Technology > Software

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Vonage releases calling app for iPhone, BlackBerry

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 05, 2009

Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of major wireless carriers.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > IPhone

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Microsoft battles class-action over WGA antipiracy technology

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 05, 2009

Microsoft is slamming a lawsuit that claims it misled millions of Windows XP users about that company's anti-piracy software, calling the lawsuit "fictional," "demonstrably false" and from an "alternate universe."

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IT Vendors/Companies > Microsoft

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Don`t Give the Lawyers Your Marketing Power

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 05, 2009

It's time to stop letting corporate lawyers make decisions about Internet marketing

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Technology > Business

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Test Environments - reducing the cost of ownership

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 05, 2009

An insight on how you can leverage virtualisation and simulation techniques to set up test environments that can reduce operational costs.

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Technology > Software

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Amazon`s EC2 Generating 220M+ Annually

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday October 02, 2009

I forgot to post this yesterday, but it is well worth reading. Some insider information combined with educated guesses give a look into how Amazon Web Services functions, and how it contributes to Amazon’s bottom line.

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Technology > Business

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New Elastic MapReduce Goodies

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday October 02, 2009

Hive, Cloudera distribution, Karmasphere Studio & Amazon Web Services now supports them all. Amazon seems determined to become the best bet in web-based web infrastructures.

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Technology > Clustering

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Lemnis LED Bulbs Hit the U.S.

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday October 02, 2009

Lemnis Lighting, a Dutch startup, brings its dimmable LED bulbs to the U.S. at $40 a pop (on sale). The company has at least one early adopter: Google

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Technology > General

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Nvidia unveils Fermi GPU for supercomputers

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 01, 2009

Nvidia reveals the new Fermi architecture, which could make its GPUs faster than earlier chipsNvidia showed off a new GPU architecture on Wednesday that it hopes will allow it to move beyond gaming to play a greater role in the supercomputing market.

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Technology > Marketing/Promotion

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Chrome OS coming to netbooks as early as next month?

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 01, 2009

We've heard vague allusions to Chrome OS hitting devices in the near future, but with Google's official stance that it won't be ready until sometime late next year, well, we were a little skeptical. Now we're hearing reports that Chinese netbook manufacturers are doing everything they can to get little Chrome lappies running a "preview edition" of the OS out onto the Asian markets by sometime ne

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IT Vendors/Companies > Google

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Android modder attempts to outmaneuver Google

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday September 29, 2009

The creator of a popular souped-up version of Android thinks he's found a way to avoid a further tussle with Google over distribution of the company's mobile applications.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > Android

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