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Internet cafe company offers $7.8 million for The Pirate Bay

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday June 30, 2009

The owners of The Pirate Bay have agreed to sell the site to a Swedish Internet cafe operator for 60 million Swedish kronor (US$7.8 million), the company said on Tuesday.

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Technology > Business

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Symantec offers Norton Online Living Calculator

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday June 30, 2009

New Symantec tool calculates how much a person's online information is worth on the black market and offers a risk rating.

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Technology > Security

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Steve Jobs returns to work, Apple confirms

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday June 30, 2009

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is back at work, according to a company statement, ending weeks of speculation about his return.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Apple

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Sony gets Seiko Epson`s small and medium sized TFT LCD ops

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday June 30, 2009

Sony has been given Seiko Epson's small and medium sized TFT LCD operations. Seiko Epson's high-temperature polysilicon TFT LCDs are not included in the deal.

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Technology > Marketing/Promotion

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Intant messaging a growing malware threat, report says

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday June 29, 2009

An increasing number of instant messages contain links to malware, say security researchers at Symantec's MessageLabs.

One in 78 links contained...

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Technology > Security

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O2 and BT create Oh-zone for mobile broadband

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday June 29, 2009

O2 users will be able to access 3,000 BT OpenZone Wi-Fi hotpots from today if they upgrade their O2 Windows-based...

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > General

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Raw deal for UK and Europe over Win 7 pricing

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday June 29, 2009

No browser, and up to double the price.Even though Microsoft's new operating system will ship without a browser in Europe, customers on this side of the pond will have to pay up to double the price for Windows 7, compared to American users.

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Operating Systems > MS Windows

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Java delays approval of Oracle`s Sun takeover

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday June 29, 2009

The US Department of Justice wants more time to consider Oracle's $7.4bn Sun deal before giving its approval.

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Technology > Business

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Jackson death crashes Google News

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday June 29, 2009

Other news sites take strain.The death of Michael Jackson last Thursday triggered a spike in visits to news websites that adversely affected the performance and availability of some of the biggest sites. This included Google News, which interpreted the sharp spike in Jackson-related search queries as an automated attack.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Google

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Google blamed for fish dissapearance

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday June 29, 2009

A Community Support Officer in Humberside has fingered Google Maps as aiding fish thieves in their quest to raid garden ponds for Koi Carp.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Google

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Rackspace installs cloud services for UK customers

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday June 29, 2009

Rackspace is installing a cloud computing capability on its UK servers to provide British customers...

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Technology > Cloud Computing

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Windows 7 pre-orders grab Amazon`s top sales spots

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday June 26, 2009

Microsoft and online retailers today kicked off Windows 7 sales in the U.S., Canada and Japan, taking pre-orders at prices discounted by as much as 58%.

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Operating Systems > MS Windows

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Phoenix Freeze Auto-Locks Laptops via Smartphone

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday June 26, 2009

A new product from Phoenix Technologies, called Freeze, lets you use BlackBerry or iPhone Bluetooth to tell a PC that you're leaving the area and want it to lock up. When you return, Phoenix Freeze can also automatically unlock the machine so it's ready for you.

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Technology > Business

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Dump Google? Bing is more user-friendly

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday June 26, 2009

Bing, the search engine from Microsoft, has a better design than Google, a usability study from Catalyst Group has found.

The research house, which...

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Search Engines > Bing

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Free tool provides real-time threat information

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday June 26, 2009

Work out what's exaggerated and what's notIntenet backbone company, Interoute has launched a free tool aimed at providing up-to-date information on security threats. The Internet Barometer draws on information provided by 22 sensors placed at strategic points on the Interoute backbone network and gives accurate information on the volume of threats on the Internet at any one time.

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Technology > Security

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Out of business, Clear may sell customer data

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday June 26, 2009

Three days after ceasing operations, owners of the Clear airport security screening service acknowledged that their database of sensitive customer information may end up in someone else's hands.

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Technology > Business

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Bing filters out sensitive results for Chinese searches

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday June 25, 2009

Microsoft's Bing search engine filters out some sensitive results from searches made in simplified Chinese script.

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Search Engines > Bing

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bing internet search

Red Hat profits buck recession

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday June 25, 2009

Open source supplier Red Hat has posted strong financial results for the first quarter of the year, defying the downturn.

The North Carolina-based

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Linux Distros > RedHat

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Facebook Testing Status Update Privacy Controls

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday June 25, 2009

Facebook is testing new privacy controls that will allow the online hangout's roughly 200 million users to decide who should see each of their personal updates.

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Social Networks > Facebook

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US government data found on HDD in Africa

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday June 25, 2009

Red faces at contractor.The safe disposal of old computer equipment is once again in the headlines after a hard disk drive (HDD) purchased from a market in Ghana was found to contain sensitive documents belonging to US government contractor Northrop Grumman.

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Technology > Privacy

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