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A generous dash of sugar in your sweet potato mash Praise be - Mozilla has spun out yet another beta for Firefox 3.6, the next iteration of the outfit's popular browser, just in time for Thanksgiving.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Probably not so popular without copyright torrents Popular BitTorrent site Mininova has been forced to delist virtually all its trackers, after a legal defeat by a Dutch rights holder organisation.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
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Send in the snow plough Struggling software vendor Corel Corporation has been bailed out by Corel Holdings, a limited partnership controlled by the company's majority investor Vector Capital.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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'Muffled slapshots' echo across leafy valley Sun boss Scott McNealy has installed a giant, blimp-like inflatable dome in his garden, where he entertains companions. Angry neighbours have complained about loud cries and the noise of muffled "slapshots" which "ring out across the valley".… The ...
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What could possibly go wrong? A study by an EU cybersecurity agency into the use of electronic identity cards for online banking has highlighted seven types of vulnerability and 15 possible threats.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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Kerching! - for the moment Apple accounted for just under half - 48 per cent - of all the money spent on desktop computers in US retailers during October 2009, market watcher NPD has revealed.…
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Flipper fights predatory paedophiles Salvation for children who feel threatened, harassed or bullied on the internet may be close at hand, in the shape of a user-friendly dolphin-shaped "panic button".… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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January sales may see growth return IT spending will likely return to growth next year, although it will be modest - about four per cent worldwide for the whole year.…
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Switch hitters SC09 There was plenty of noise coming out of the networking vendors, who glue supercomputing nodes and their storage to each other at last week's SC09 supercomputing trade show in Portland, Oregon.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Homeless giant repaid hospitality with fridge invasion Police in Michigan are hunting an enormous homeless burglar who swiped a family's Thanksgiving turkey.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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Symbol of sturdy Britishness mustn't be bred any more Animal-rights protesters in Georgia, America have asked a local football* team - the "Georgia Bulldogs" - to replace their recently-deceased bulldog mascot with a robot. The protesters say that far from being tough, bulldogs are actually ...
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It's just a slice here and there... Exclusive SpinVox insiders say the controversial voice-to-text company has made layoffs at its Marlow office today.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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We'd love to help, but just can't Mobile operators have kicked off the PR war against identifying those sharing files by revealing themselves as the ideal conduit for any kind of online crime.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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I am not a number, I am a squaresheep! Or not Analysis Facebook's recently introduced vanity URLs may be a handy function for many, but the offer to distinguish users' profiles with names rather than numbers is not unconditional.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Everyone else will have to wait a little longer for the smartphone Nokia fans hoping to pick up one of its N900 Linux-based smartphone-cum-tablets on the high street may finally be able to do so on 4 December.…
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'Because we can' is not proper grounds for an arrest Police in Kent have at last acknowledged that arresting people for being too tall might not be a very good idea.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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Worth its Jobsian price tag? Review Yes, the iPhone incarnation of TomTom's GPS navigation system is a bit on the pricey side. But if you're a fan, you're used to paying a pretty penny for flashy tech. And this TomTom actually gets the job done.…
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Christmas Savings at Reg Books Welcome to the first part of our trilogy of Christmas 2009 goodies! If he hasn't made too many elves redundant, St Nick should be with us in four weeks' time, and for those of you who have yet to begin shopping we'll have 40 per cent savings each week on a range ...
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Mountain View in hot water over 'defamation' video Italian prosecutors are pushing for Google execs to be jailed in a case over an internet video that showed the bullying of a teenager with Down's Syndrome.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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Say we must stop global warming, unnatural insemination A boffin at the Bulgarian national Space Research Institute has stated that not only are aliens living among us, but that they object strongly to "immoral behaviour" by humanity - such as causing global warming. "Unnatural" acts such as ...
