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Indian telecom department officials face charges

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 22, 2009

India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said Thursday that it is pursuing criminal charges against some officials of the country's Department of Telecommunications (DOT), private sector companies and some individuals, in connection with alleged irregularities related to the award of telecommunications licenses by the DOT.

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Technology > Laws/Policies

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Why I'm Dumping Vista For Windows 7

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 22, 2009

The sound of cheers swell across the nation: Today, Vista users can finally dump the clunky and sluggish operating system for Windows 7. Praise for the new version has already started coming in from early adopters and reviewers.
When I bought my laptop recently, I couldn't downgrade Vista for Windows XP, as I would have liked.

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Technology > Software

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Ads on Your Desktop -- Windows 7 Sponsored Themes

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 22, 2009

It is official Windows 7 launch day, in case you were wondering why you're seeing Windows 7 news all over the web. We're doing our part in scouring out the little known facts about the new version of Windows. One thing I've not seen anywhere that is a pretty shrewd move on the part of

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Technology > Advertising

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Microsoft online store now featuring third party hardware and software

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 22, 2009

Disappointed that you can't make it to Scottsdale for the opening of the big Microsoft retail store? Since you've given up on real life in lieu of a completely wired existence anyways, perhaps a more meaningful experience would be to mosey over to the company's online shop and check out all the new PCs and third party software that's been added to the catalog. No longer just the fine purveyors o

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IT Vendors/Companies > Microsoft

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Hacker activity will worsen, warns SOCA

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 22, 2009

FBI, SOCA and banks in battle with organised crimeLaw enforcement agencies can count a few recent victories against cybercriminals, but agents say the battle against them isn't getting any easier.

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Technology > Security

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Chinese group says Google violating copyrights

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday October 21, 2009

A Chinese group is accusing search engine powerhouse Google of illegally copying Chinese-language works for its digital library, adding to disquiet about a project to scan millions of books.

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Technology > Laws/Policies

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IBM adds Voltaire`s 10G Ethernet switch into data centre line

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday October 21, 2009

IBM tackles Cisco's entry into the data centre server marketIBM is adding 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches from long-time data centre partner Voltaire to its roster of resold products.

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Technology > Data

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Facebook for Scientists Gets Millions in Funding

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday October 21, 2009

A group of colleges have been awarded $12.2 million in federal economic recovery funds to create a social collaboration network for researchers and scientists.

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Social Networks > Facebook

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Apple unveils new iMacs on eve of Windows 7 launch

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday October 21, 2009

Apple revamps MacBooks and minisApple today revamped its iMac, MacBook and Mac mini lines in a long-expected refresh that company executives hinted yesterday was imminent.

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Rohm to buy MEMS technology firm Kionix

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 20, 2009

US-based Kionix is a supplier of micro-machined inertial sensors and the acquisition will support Rohm's growing semiconductor business by adding MEMS technology and products

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Technology > Business

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iPhones power Apple`s most profitable results ever

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 20, 2009

"We are thrilled to have sold more Macs and iPhones than in any previous quarter," said Steve Jobs, Apple CEO who bullishly added, "We've got a very strong line-up for the holiday season and some really great products in the pipeline for 2010."

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > IPhone

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A Twitter Hole Lets You Google Protected Tweets

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 20, 2009

Another security black eye for the little blue bird.

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Popular Websites > Twitter.com

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Irrational Exuberance Over E-Books?

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 20, 2009

For a business that amounted to all of $113 million last year, e-books sure are getting a lot of attention these days. In just the past week we've had an announcement from Google, concerning its e-book e-commerce platform, Google Editions, a sneak peak at the new Plastic Logic Que and hints of a "dramatically different" e-book reader coming from iRex. This week, Barnes & Noble will take cente

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Technology > Business

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The BookServer Plan to Build an Open Web of Books

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 20, 2009

The Internet Archive's ambitious BookServer project aims to let users find, buy or borrow digital books from a variety of sources.

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Technology > Marketing/Promotion

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Microsoft retrieves lost Sidekick contacts

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 20, 2009

Microsoft Corp. says owners of T-Mobile Sidekick phones who lost their contacts and other data in a server meltdown can now at least get their contact numbers back.

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Wolfram Alpha launches $50 iPhone app

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 19, 2009

Wolfram Alpha, the "computational knowledge engine" with a name that rolls right off the tongue, has until now lived solely as a Web site that can provide cool data results to certain queries. Now, though, iPhone and iPod touch owners can avail themselves of a brand spankin' new $50 Wolfram Alpha app.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > IPhone

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SharePoint 2010 features Groove client

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 19, 2009

Microsoft is using Groove technology, which it acquired four years ago when Ray Ozzie joined the company, to create an offline client for SharePoint Server 2010 that can also read and edit data from third-party line-of-business applications.

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Technology > New Feature/Release

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MobileTechMinutes -- Android 1.6 on a Samsung UMPC

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 19, 2009

I've been admiring the ARCHOS Internet Tablet with Android from afar lately.
A current Android device is appealing, but I'm on the fence between adding a CDMA Android phone that I can swap with my Pre or simply getting a standalone Android unit. That's when it hit me "why not repurpose my Samsung Q1UP to run

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > Android

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Sell MySQL to save Sun deal, Monty Widenius urges Oracle

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 19, 2009

Open source database causes conflict of interest, says MySQL creator Oracle should resolve antitrust concerns over its acquisition of Sun Microsystems by selling open source database MySQL to a suitable third party, its cofounder and creator Michael "Monty" Widenius said in a blog post on Monday.

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Database Management Systems > MySQL

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Palm Pre Coming to Verizon "Early Next Year"

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 19, 2009

Contrary to previous rumors that Verizon Wireless wouldn't carry the Palm Pre, a simple tweet confirmed the opposite, says BGR. The official Verizon Wireless twitter account posted the update on Friday morning, stating that the Pre is coming "early next year". That info pretty much jives with the assumed six-month exclusive deal that Palm has

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Technology > New Feature/Release

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