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Today's Technology News:
Computer attacks linked to wealthy group or nation
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:17 pm PDT
AP - A powerful computer code attacking industrial facilities around the world, but mainly in Iran, probably was created by experts working for a country or a well-funded private group, according to an analysis by a leading computer security company. Full Story
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Air Force rebuts gov't auditor concerns about GPS
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:44 pm PDT
AP - A government report raising questions about the future reliability of the Global Positioning System satellite network is "overly pessimistic," Air Force commanders said Friday. Full Story
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Rights groups denounce arrest of Thai webmaster
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:52 pm PDT
AP - Human rights and free speech groups protested Saturday the arrest of a Thai webmaster as she returned from an Internet freedom conference on charges of insulting the monarchy and violating the Computer Crime Act. Full Story
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Network execs balk at 99-cent TV rentals on iTunes
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:16 pm PDT
Ben Patterson - ABC and Fox are in as far as Apple’s new 99-cent rentals for TV shows go, while NBC, Viacom, and Warner Brothers are out, for now. On the fence: CBS. Full Story
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Netflix CEO floats streaming-only option for U.S. — plus an apology
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:32 am PDT
Ben Patterson - To say that Netflix is having a pretty bad week is, well, putting it mildly. Full Story
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iPhone 4 orders exceed 200,000 in China
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:31 pm PDT
Reuters - Pre-orders for Apple Inc's iPhone 4 in China have exceeded 200,000 units since the handsets went on sale on Saturday, China Unicom said, adding that it has stopped taking online orders because of strong demand. Full Story
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Traders: China halts rare earth exports to Japan
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:25 pm PDT
AP - China has halted exports to Japan of rare earth elements — which are crucial for advanced manufacturing — trading company officials said Friday amid tensions between the rival Asian powers over a territorial dispute. Full Story
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Demi Moore settles Australia magazine case: lawyer
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:05 pm PDT
AFP - Hollywood actress Demi Moore has reached an out-of-court settlement with an Australian gossip magazine which printed photos of celebrities at a party she threw in 2008, her lawyer said Monday. Full Story
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French police dismantle mobile phone hacking ring
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 02:16 pm PDT
AFP - French police have busted a network of mobile phone hackers, a fraud worth millions of euros, and arrested nine people, including employees of cellular phone companies, investigators said Sunday. Full Story
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Asians muscling into social media world
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 03:48 pm PDT
AFP - Asians are muscling their way into traditionally Western-dominated social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Internet blogs, prompting major players to sit up and take notice. Full Story
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Malaysia rapper's anti-racism rant causes storm
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:01 pm PDT
AFP - An ethnic Chinese rapper who enraged authorities with a profanity-strewn anti-racism rant on YouTube says he was only trying to speak out against discrimination in multiracial Malaysia. Full Story
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Windows Phone 7 Launches October 21 [RUMOR]
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:35 am PDT
Mashable - Two web publications have independently reported that Windows Phone 7 will launch in Europe on October 21. They both cite sources "familiar" with Microsoft and its plans. Full Story
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SkyFire Browser ready for battle
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:26 pm PDT
Appolicious - Web browser competition is a good thing; competing browsers mean companies are challenging their rivals with new and exciting features, a better user experience, and faster browsing. On the Android phone, we’ve only had the passable Android and Opera browsers – until now. The 2.0 version of the free SkyFire browser means war. Full Story
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HP Offers Path From HP 9000 to New Hardware
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:20 pm PDT
PC World - Hewlett-Packard has released new software to help customers move off of their aging HP 9000 servers and onto its newer Integrity systems. Full Story
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KKR buys Norway's Visma from HgCapital
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:35 am PDT
Reuters - Buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR.N) has bought Norway software company Visma for an enterprise value of 1.2 billion pounds ($1.88 billion) from private equity firm HgCapital, the companies said on Sunday. Full Story
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Worm hits computers of staff at Iran nuclear plant
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:15 am PDT
AP - A complex computer worm capable of seizing control of industrial plants has affected the personal computers of staff working at Iran's first nuclear power station weeks before the facility is to go online, the official news agency reported Sunday. Full Story
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Facebook and Twitter Fails, MineCraft and Ubuntu Wins - PCWorld Podcast #92
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:02 pm PDT
PC World - This week on the PCWorld Podcast, we take a look at Facebook's big outage and the odd Twitter hack that disrupted the social media world briefly. Then we dive into news from Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference to see how the coming wave of graphics upgrades will speed up everyday computing. Full Story
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New poll smiles on California Democrats
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:39 pm PDT
Reuters - Democrat Jerry Brown, criticized for a slow start in his campaign for California governor, has opened a narrow lead over Republican nominee and former eBay chief Meg Whitman, according to a poll released on Sunday. Full Story
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