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iriver reportedly working up Android-based K2 media player

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 31, 2009

Take it for nothing more than it is (a lovely, delicious and completely unsubstantiated rumor), but word on the Australian streets is that iriver may have an Android-based portable media player on the horizon. According to local distributor C.R. Kennedy's iriver product manager, Danny Bejanoff, the outfit is looking to take on Apple's iPod touch directly, with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, WiFi, built

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > Android

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Microsoft looks to shake up mobile division

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 31, 2009

But some analysts think firm should leave sector.Microsoft has acknowledged its Windows Mobile segment needs to be shaken up and is set to tackle its flagging performance.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Microsoft

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DAC: Mentor unveils Android, Linux strategy at DAC

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 31, 2009

With the buy, Mentor acknowledges demand for Google's Android platform in new, complex devices beyond mobile phones and the growing use of multicore processors running multiple operating systems.

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Technology > Marketing/Promotion

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APC touts energy efficient alternative to data centre aircon

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday July 30, 2009

Row-based cooling to be future of DC cooling?With data centres focusing on ways to reduce operating costs, American Power Conversion (APC) is touting an alternative to power hungry air conditioners, with its recently launched row-based cooling systems.

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Technology > New Feature/Release

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DARPA`s CALO project, the militaristic Clippy, set to invade iPhones this year

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday July 30, 2009

Microsoft's little Clippy, the uppity paperclip who just wanted to help, never got a lick of respect in the ten years he graced the Office suite. He's long-since gone, but his legacy lives on through a DARPA project called CALO: the Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes. It's intended for use to streamline tedious activities by military personnel, like scheduling meetings and prioritizin

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Icann CEO reveals how to calculate the value of a network

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday July 30, 2009

Black Hat, Las Vegas: Networks should be valued on the transactions they make possible, rather than how many people (or machines) are part of the network,...

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Apple unveils 2TB Time Capsule, ships today for $499

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday July 30, 2009

Nearly four months after we first saw evidence that a 2TB Time Capsule was in the works, Apple has finally come clean and listed said device for sale in its webstore. So far as we can tell, the 802.11n router + NAS drive isn't any different than existing models save for the internal capacity, and it looks to be shipping today for $499. If you'll recall, that's exactly what Apple was charging for

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Apple kicks out MobileMe iDisk app for iPhone

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday July 30, 2009

It still can't multitask, but as of today, it's finally capable of accessing and sharing iDisk files. Apple has at long last let loose a long-awaited application for iPhone OS 3.0 that enables iPhone and iPod touch users with MobileMe accounts to access the inner sanctums of their own iDisk. The app lets you login, view files (up to 20MB or so, sayeth Apple) and share files by sending

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After 88% Q2 surge, TSMC expects strong Q3

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday July 30, 2009

TSMC, the world's largest and most profitable silicon foundry, saw sales rise 88% in Q209 compared to Q109 reaching NT74bn (US$744m). Gross margin for Q209 was 46%, operating margin was 34% , net margin was 33%.

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Microsoft releases `out-of-band` patches for IE

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday July 29, 2009

Microsoft on Tuesday stepped out of its normal patch-release cycle to issue a set of fixes for vulnerabilities that affect every version of Internet explorer.

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Internet Browsers > Internet Explorer

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Tektronix aims to teach students basics of test

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday July 29, 2009

Tektronix is proposing a series of hands-on problem-based laboratory experiments to teach students the fundamentals of test and measurement for basic electronics

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Technology > Software

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IBM to challenge SAS, SAP and Oracle with SPSS acquisition

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday July 29, 2009

IBM has signed a $1.2bn deal to acquire Chicago-based predictive analytics software company SPSS....

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Technology > Business

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Microsoft and Yahoo! search deal announced

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday July 29, 2009

Microsoft and Yahoo! have announced an agreement...

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Twitter phishing scam exposed

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday July 29, 2009

A website that promised to let you know who was stalking you on Twitter may have been a phishing site. Details on the scam, and on how to be safe on Twitter.

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Government publishes Twitter rules of engagement

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday July 28, 2009

The UK government has published a guide explaining why and how public sector bodies should use Twitter.

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Windows officially opens mobile apps store

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday July 28, 2009

A long way to go to catch up Apple though.Microsoft has officially opened its Windows Marketplace for Mobile application store to software developers. The company is now accepting submissions of mobile applications from developers,said Todd Brix, leader of Windows Marketplace for Mobile at Microsoft, in a blog posting.

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DAC: ARM, Synopsys, IBM bring mobile SOC designs to alliance

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday July 28, 2009

Targeting 32-/28nm mobile SOC designs, ARM, Chartered, IBM, Samsung, and Synopsys have collaborated to combine low-power processor architecture, integrated design flow, and system-level IP on the Common Platform foundry process.

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IT Vendors/Companies > IBM

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Agilent buys bio-medical specialist Varian for $1.5bn

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday July 27, 2009

Agilent Technologies has agreed to acquire Varian, the supplier of scientific instrumentation for life science and applied market applications, in a deal valued at $1.5bn

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Technology > Business

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Video: Google builds IPv6 platform

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday July 27, 2009

In this video, Lorenzo Colitti, network engineer at Google, discusses the company's new IPv6 network .

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RIM officially intros BlackBerry Curve 8520, promises `out of the box` Mac compatibility

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday July 27, 2009

Sadly enough, this is pretty much par for the course with RIM. We talk about a BlackBerry for months on end, and after everyone grows acquainted with its features via less-than-official sources, the company finally confesses. At any rate, the long-awaited BlackBerry Curve 8520 (which may or may not go by Gemini on T-Mobile) has finally found a dedicated landing page on its maker's website, and w

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