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Samsung introduces Mondi, first WiMax Mobile Internet Device
[PICS] Called the Mondi, the touchscreen, pocket-sized device is designed for use on the Clear mobile WiMax network from Clearwire, Samsung officials announced on Tuesday evening.
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Linux : Fedora: Chronicle of a Server Break-in.
In August 2008, the Fedora team noticed irregularities on its server. Project leader Paul W. Frields has now released a detailed report of the break-in. Paul Frields's Update and Report on Fedora August 2008 Intrusion on the fedora-announce-list reads like a detective novel. It all started on August 12, 2008, when a cron job on a Fedora host repo
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Microsoft's Negative Brand Image Gets Worse
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Microsoft announces single-version Windows 7
Microsoft today announced that the forthcoming Windows 7 would come in just one single version, despite rumors that there would be five versions of the software. The operating system will simply be called "Windows 7." The decision was reached after customer surveys revealed that Vista's multiple versions confused customers.
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Flight 1549 Passenger Grateful for Life -- and Data
Moments after Paul Jorgensen realized the commercial jet he was aboard was about to land in the Hudson River, he turned to the passenger next to him, grabbed his arm and asked him, "Are we going to die?"
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Hulu Begins Encrypting Content to Thwart Non-Browser Apps
It looks like Hulu's trying yet another ill-fated tactic to keep its content restricted to traditional browsers and off things like Boxxee -- TunerFreeMCE's Martin Millmore says Hulu's HTML is now encrypted at the source and then decrypted using Javascript on the client...
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Facebook Takes a Dive: Why Social Networks Are Bad Business
There has been turmoil at Facebook and MySpace.That may be because neither one of them will ever make a cent of profit.
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Linux Foundation says it's time to ditch Microsoft's FAT
Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin says that Microsoft is hostile to open technologies and that product makers should ditch the company's patent-encumbered FAT filesystem.
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Super Talent's 2TB PCIe RAIDDrive
These PCIe SSD drives can't arrive fast enough for our needs... ok, wants considering the thousands they cost. The latest announcement comes by way of Super Talent Technology with its new 2TB RAIDDrive. The card slips into a PCIe x8 slot and ships in Enterprise (battery backed), Workstation, and Gamer (I hope this isn't an april fools post)
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My painfully poky week with IE 8
There are plenty of good things about the new version of Microsoft's browser. But I found its interface sluggish.
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Apple Seeds Second iPhone 3.0 Beta to Developers
After only two weeks from its initial release, Apple has released a second beta version of their iPhone 3.0 operating system. The new seed is available only to registered iPhone developers. The iPhone 3.0 beta was first introduced earlier this month and includes a number of enhancements.
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Where Are They Now? 25 Computer Products That Refuse to Die
These tech products and services may be forgotten, but they're far from gone. How have these geezers managed to hang on for so long?
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EU to play sheriff on Internet's "world wild west"
The European Commissioner for Consumers today called out Facebook, Web advertisers, and Internet companies of all kinds to get better about transparency, privacy, and data protection—or regulators will step in.
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Firefox 3 market share crawls past IE 7 in Europe
According to Web analytics firm StatCounter, Firefox 3 has finally surpassed the popularity of Internet Explorer 7 in Europe. Internet Explorer's total marketshare across all versions, however, still exceeds that of Firefox.
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One giant step closer to the Google Linux desktop
According to the Wall Street Journal, HP and other major PC builders are considering building netbooks using the Google Linux-based Android operating system.
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Why You Hate Your Cable, Cellular, and Internet Provider
There is a general feeling among consumers in the U.S. that we are “trapped” with the cellular, cable and internet providers we have due to a general lack of competition in the marketplace. Will this always be the case?
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April Fools' May Be No Joke For Computer Users
Computer experts waited early Wednesday to see what impact -- if any -- the worm known as Conficker.c will have on the world's computers."As long as you've patched or at least brought your antivirus software up to speed, you should be fine," said Chris Pirillo, a tech expert for CNN.com.
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Twitter To Kill Off The Auto-Follow
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone sent out an Email earlier this afternoon to a number of users who had previously enabled ‘autofollowing’, stating that the company is planning to shut the feature down. ‘Autofollowing’ allows users to automatically reciprocate whenever another Twitter user follows them.
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Twitter fails the uptime test
Micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter experienced more downtime than any other social networking site last year, clocking up over 80 hours, according to new research from application delivery firm Akamai
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How-To: Install Ubuntu and Linux Apps on Your PlayStation 3
If you're only using your $500 PlayStation 3 for console gaming, you're missing out on half of its hidden versatility: the ability to upgrade into a fully functional PC!
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