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Friday, September 01, 2006
Apple launches new site for open source projects
Apple has launched Mac OS Forge, a new community development site hosted designed to support Web Kit and other open source projects focused on Mac OS X.
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HDTV projector in a cell phone could be possible.
A cell phone that can project a high-definition television image could soon be possible, say researchers at Cornell University. The projector will be about the size of dime and project a meter wide image. The researchers say what sets their device apart is the high scanning speed of the mirror, combined with its ability to scan over a wide angle.
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Four countries order 4 million OLPC laptops
Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, and Thailand have EACH ordered a million Linux laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, DesktopLinux.com reports.
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AMD nabs 25 percent of server market
Advanced Micro Devices is still making strides in the server market at Intel's expense as the larger company waits to see if a new processor can reverse its slide.
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YouTube Overtakes MySpace
YouTube has established itself at the top of the league of the new generation of community websites by becoming even more popular than MySpace, according to research. According to Nielsen/NetRatings, YouTube's American user base grew by 297% in the first half of the year.
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These six companies won't buy YouTube for a billion dollars.
Does tech site ZDNet just exist to give daft writers a place to blog? A half-baked entry from ZDNet blogger Russell Shaw lists six companies he thinks will buy YouTube appeared on digg today. Now someone might accidentally believe him. But here's why Shaw's six companies won't buy YouTube.
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Friday, July 28, 2006
The 100 Most Valuable Brands
The 100 Most Valuable Brands in the World with percentage changes over last year's valuation. The biggest winner? Google.
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Thursday, July 27, 2006
Microsoft tags IE 7 'high priority' update
"The justification, of course, is the significant security enhancements in IE 7," Schare said. Microsoft recommends that all Windows users install the new browser when it ships, he added.
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US government sues Missouri officials to squash state's subpoena of AT&T.
The federal government wants to be able to know everything you do, but they don't want anyone to know about their actions. They are willing to argue both sides of a case to prevent citizens and states from finding out what AT&T has been doing in those secret rooms.
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A Look Back At Firefox (Phoenix) 0.1
As Web browsers start to control the usefulness of a computer it is important to look back on how far we have come. Firefox, a Web browser that is quickly gaining popularity, has almost been out for 4-years but how many of you have been using it that long?
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U.S. Broadband Adoption Jumps 33% In 2005
U.S. high-speed Internet subscriptions soared 33 percent last year to 50.2 million lines, according to the latest data released by the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Microsoft.com redesign preview that doesn't work with Firefox
Microsoft released a preview of their redesigned site. Lots of AJAX, looks good, but doesn't work with Firefox. You can scream bloody murder now.
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Motorola RIZR announced, slide style RAZR
Motorola kept with its 4-letter naming scheme and announced the RIZR. It's a slider (hence the name) and is packed with a 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth and a memory card slot.
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Monday, July 24, 2006
Intel pulls ATI chipset license
There is a lot of news surrounding ATI at the moment, especially with the AMD buy out confirmed earlier today. Intel has pulled ATI's chipset license, meaning that there will be no more ATI (or rather, AMD) chipsets for Intel processors after the end of the year.
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Official: AMD Buys ATI, Shafts NVIDIA
Straight from the horses mouth, AMD press release announces $5.4 bn acquisition of ATI. Where does this leave AMD-NVIDIA??
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