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2010-09-02 9:33
Memristor revolution backed by HP
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
2010-09-02 9:30
Dell cedes data-storage maker 3Par to HP (AP)

FILE - In this file photograph taken Feb. 16, 2010, the exterior of Hewlett Packard headquarters is shown in Palo Alto, Calif. The bidding is heating up between computer makers Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. for the data storage company 3Par Inc., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Even before Dell could make its latest offer public, HP has come back with a higher bid. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc.


2010-09-02 6:45
Global broadband divide revealed
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.
2010-09-02 4:40
Botnet Takedown May Yield Valuable Data (PC World)
PC World - Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam.
2010-09-02 4:15
Samsung releases iPad competitor
Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab.
2010-09-02 3:34
US seeks input on net data rules
US net users are being asked for their opinions about what ISPs should be allowed to do with web traffic flowing through their networks.
2010-09-02 3:07
Tatung reports net loss for 1H10
The Tatung Group has posted net loss of NT$721 million (US$22.53 million) for the first half of 2010 with an EPS of negative NT$0.13.
2010-09-02 3:06
TW-Airnet to launch 5TV Chinese-language video/audio services at App Store
Chunghwa Wideband Best Network (TW-Airnet), a Taiwan-based ISP and IPTV operator, has filed an application with App Store for launch of its 5TV Chinese-language integrated video/audio services including TV content, movies, music and TV shopping, at the online store for iPhone and iPad users at US$9.99, according to the company.
2010-09-02 3:03
HP may not see 2010 notebook shipments surpass 40 million units, says Digitimes Research
Due to a strong nosedive in global consumer notebook demand, all the first-tier notebook vendors except Apple, reduced their notebook orders significantly in July with Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) volume dropping back to the levels of April and May, a monthly low for HP in 2010, while Acer also saw its shipments drop to less than two million units, the company's lowest monthly volume in 2010, according Digitimes Research senior analyst Joanne Chien.
2010-09-02 3:01
TI expects shipments of DLP 3D Ready chips to reach 2-3 million units in 2011
Texas Instruments (TI) vice president of DLP business Kent Novak at a conference has commented that the company's shipments of DLP 3D Ready chips will increase to 2-3 million units in 2011, and the company already shipped over 300,000 from the fourth quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2010.
2010-09-02 2:59
PC replacement trend for enterprise market to appear in 1Q11, says Asustek
Asustek Computer vice president Kevin Lin has commented that most enterprises recently started to finish their budget planning for PC replacements, and are expected to start in the first quarter of 2011.
2010-09-02 12:20
Microsoft Uses Bing Home Page to Push IE8
Microsoft on Thursday started featuring a small banner ad on the Bing home page for Internet Explorer 8.

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Microsoft - Bing - Google - Search - Browsers
2010-09-02 12:20
Toshiba Joins IFA Tablet Race With Folio 100
Toshiba's tablet, the Folio 100, comes with Android version 2.2 and a 10.1-inch capacitive screen.

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Android - Toshiba - Folio 100 - tablet - Nvidia Tegra
2010-09-02 12:20
Facebook Connect Mysteriously Disappears From Apple's Ping
Apple has mentioned Facebook Connect support for new social network Ping in Wednesday's keynote, the iTunes 10 how-to video, on the Ping Website, and even in a...

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Apple - iTunes - Social network - Facebook Connect - Facebook
2010-09-02 12:20
SAS Rolls out Predictive Analytics for Business Users
SAS has unveiled a new tool aimed at giving business users the ability to use predictive analytics.

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SAS - Predictive analytics - Programming - Languages - Databases
2010-09-02 12:08
New AOL search deal with Google includes mobile (AP)

FILE - In this file photo made Jan. 11, 2010, a Google logo is displayed at the National Retail Federation convention in New York. Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week.


2010-09-02 11:20
CourseNotes for IPad Gains Sharing, Premium Content
Taking class notes is going digital in a big way with the iPad, and a major CourseNotes upgrade aims to make the process more social and flexible.

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Education - CourseNotes - United States - Content Management - Apple
2010-09-02 10:40
AP Interview: UN telecoms chief urges data sharing (AP)

Hamadoun Toure, chief of the U.N.'s telecommunication agency talks to Associated Press in London, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The chief of the U.N.'s telecommunications agency urged the Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry to allow law enforcement agencies access to customer data, saying that governments all over the world had legitimate security concerns which should not be ignored. The International Telecommunication Union agency's Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure said that all governments engaged in the fight against terrorism had the right to demand access to users' information from the maker of the BlackBerry  Research in Motion Ltd. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - BlackBerry's Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. telecommunications chief said, adding that governments have legitimate security concerns that should not be ignored.


2010-09-01 13:48
Apple creates a social network
Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.
2010-08-31 9:40
Huge Spamming Botnet Injured but Still Alive (PC World)
PC World - A botnet responsible for a significant amount of spam has been crippled but may reconstitute itself in a matter of weeks, according to vendor M86 Security.
2010-08-31 7:20
Symantec 'Black Market' Event Highlights Perils of Cybercrime (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On September 1, New Yorkers will have a chance to peer inside the sleazy world of cybercrime when the "Norton Black Market Experience" rolls in to Times Square via a converted semi truck.
2010-08-30 9:58
Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research.
2010-08-30 13:19
Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation? (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.
2010-08-29 11:49
Jordan amends cyber crimes law after media outcry (AFP)

Jordan's King Abdullah II, pictured in March 2010. Jordan on Sunday approved a temporary law on cyber crimes after amending it to appease the fury of journalists who said the legislation was a means to control local news websites.(AFP/File/Joseph Eid)AFP - Jordan on Sunday approved a temporary law on cyber crimes after amending it to appease the fury of journalists who said the legislation was a means to control local news websites.


2010-08-29 10:15
Hackers attack Philippine government website (AFP)

A woman browses the offical website of Philippine President Benigno Aquino with a header AFP - The Philippines on Sunday ordered all government offices to tighten Internet security after its main information website was brought down by hackers.