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Cisco sends employees home to work
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IBM security software masks confidential info
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France creates new national IT security agency
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The botnet world is booming
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China iPhone deal faces trademark conflict
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Happy birthday! The Walkman turns 30
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FTC opens all out assault on economic cyber-scammers
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Trapeze WLAN location appliance adds firewall
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Apple reports iPhone 3GS shortages
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Toyota research achieves brain control of wheelchair
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Europe moves to develop standard mobile phone chargers
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How NASA connects with its latest moon orbiters
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48% of Americans would slash mobile data use to save money
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Star Trek-like universal translator a step closer
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IBM, Qwest team on managed services
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Casio's latest Exilim snaps 1,000 pictures before a recharge
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Air Force responds to GPS outage concerns
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Microsoft adds Netflix to Windows Media Center
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Pioneer sets out plan to return to profitability
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3D LCD TVs that don't require glasses coming soon
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Wii console sales hit 8 million in Japan as growth slows
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EarthLink suffers Earth Day crash
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Dell expands managed service for SMBs
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Nokia Siemens opens network management center in India
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French gov't will train SMEs to use Google, Microsoft tools
Microsoft and Google recruited a new sales force of sorts on Thursday: a network of business counsellors and IT trainers partly funded by the French government.
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Canon unveils entry-level DSLR with high-def video
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H20 rolls out sewer broadband to Sheffield
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Anyone Want to Buy Twitter?
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Oracle mysteriously halts work on green data center
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Facebook attracting more users with gray hair, wrinkles
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Sony Adds Netflix Streaming Video
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Boxee: On beyond Hulu
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Porn row won't slow Google in China, analysts say
Google is likely to continue gaining market share in China despite a recent row with the government over pornographic search results, analysts said Wednesday.
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PayPal to open platform to third-party developers
PayPal will soon open up its platform to third-party developers, allowing them to build applications with a range of money transfer options.
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Three Reasons to Travel With a Kindle
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TalkTalk follows BT and dumps Phorm
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Gigabit Ethernet goes to war
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Google drops beta tag from key apps and tweaks availability
Google is finally taking off the 'beta' tags from key online programs in an attempt to rid itself of a reputation for consumer-grade programs.
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CompuServe closes after 30 years
The granddaddy of the ISP industry, CompuServe, has been closed down by its parent AOL as of 1 July, after 30 years in operation. 8
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Consumer Generated Media gains trust
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Google lists HP, Acer among Chrome OS partners
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Sharp to increase LCD panel production on higher demand
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iPhone 3GS limited to 384 Kbps upstream
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Microsoft takes aim at white MacBook in latest ads
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Crime lab saves energy costs by turning up heat in the data center
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Recruiter flags IT opportunities amid downturn
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Vizioncore ships virtual backup and recovery tool
The new version of Vizioncore's flagship backup package for virtual machines has exited its beta programme and is now available on general release.
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Organisations face rising disaster recovery pressures
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HK hiring expectations rise
Hiring expectations have risen for the first time since the first quarter of 2008, according to The Hudson Report.
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EMC Heats Up Competition with Data Center Big Four
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Third State Department snooper sentenced
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Worst Idea Ever: Another Mortal Kombat Movie
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IBM to cancel final salary pensions
IBM is set to close its final salary pension plan, affecting around 5,600 staff.
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Emulex rejects Broadcom's $925M revised buyout offer
Network components manufacturer Emulex Corp. today announced that its board of directors had unanimously rejected Broadcom Corp.'s revised cash offer to acquire it for $11...
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First iPhone 3GS augmented reality app awaiting approval
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Google OS could put squeeze on other flavors of Linux
Much of the discussion around Google's new PC operating system has focused on a looming battle with Windows, but the biggest losers could be other Linux OSes that have been...
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Resellers reveal Windows 7 Family Pack price
Microsoft will price a multi-license "family pack" for Windows 7 at $149.99, according to at least one online retailer that has posted pricing details prematurely. 1
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Google Native Client provides hints on Chrome OS gambit
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Semantic Web technology to get update
SPARQL, the query technology for the Semantic Web, is set for improvements for application development via a proposal before the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
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New Spam Trick: Shortened URLs
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LaCie intros Rugged HD multimedia drive
LaCie has introduced the Rugged HD, a hard disk drive operating as a "High-Definition Multimedia Player." It's priced at $350.
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Microsoft to Offer Family Discount on Windows 7?
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IT spending will fall by 6 per cent in 2009 say Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is expected to decline by a further six percent this year, according to analyst firm Gartner.
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How Google Chrome OS Could Beat Windows
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Monster data centre heads for Scotland
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Overland shows SMB disaster recovery box
Overland Storage has released a disaster recovery appliance aimed particularly at small and medium businesses.
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Google announced yesterday that it has an open-source operating system for PCs in development that shares the same name as the company's browser: Chrome.
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Instant-on Linux vendors put on a brave face against Chrome
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BUZZBLOG
4chan hellraisers finding fame brings heat? by Paul McNamara
Another DDoS attack flattens popular image site/message board 18
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LAYER 8 BLOG
IBM researchers build security software to mask confidential info by Michael CooneyIBM MAGEN system is designed to prevent data leakage and allow safer data sharing.
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'NET INSIDER
Broadband subsidy: too much money, but mostly well targetedA few weeks ago I aired my worries about how the broadband funding in the Federal stimulus package was going to be spent. The government has now released documentation on that part of... 4
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BACKSPIN
Irrational rightsHappy July Fourth! This is the day we celebrate the United States declaring itself free from the tyranny of British rule and that "all men are created equal" and have... 4
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BRAD REESE ON CISCO
Why HP ProCurve is dismantling Cisco's market share on a deal-by-deal basis by Brad ReeseIt's my opinion that Cisco's loss of share has in itself become the networking industry's newest market...
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MICROSOFT SUBNET
Microsoft admits it knew of the IE, zero-day ActiveX hole for months by Microsoft SubnetPatch is "on track" for next Tuesday but MS recommends you don't wait for it
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CISCO SUBNET
Cisco, VMware, NetApp testing multi-tenant cloud by Cisco SubnetThe three are likely creating a service to sell to colo data centers, but this puts Cisco closer to a cloud... 1
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IONAPPLE
New iPod Touch data strings found in online logs suggest an iPod Touch refresh is coming soon by Yoni HeislerRecent data strings found in online logs by the analytics firm Pinch Media is just the latest evidence that a...
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ALPHA DOGGS
Dartmouth security researchers: PKI's not so hard by Alpha DoggsResearchers working to make public key infrastructure even easier to use though 1
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GOOGLE SUBNET BLOG
Ex-Googler says Chrome OS will be a vastly different OS but wonât displace Windows by Google SubnetIf successful, Google OS could spawn a whole new class of faster, cheaper, diskless PCs 2
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