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Following weeks of anticipation, open source software fans can now buy three Dell computers preloaded with Linux The machines -- the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops, and the Inspiron E1505n notebook -- have factory-installedUbuntu 7.04 Linux operating systems....
In recognition of Memorial Day,Ancestry.com announced Thursday that it is offering the largest collection of searchable military records online at no charge to users through early June The company's U.S. military collection, featuring more than 90 million names, captures all major wars and conflicts from American history over a span more than four ...
Starting Thursday, PlayStation 3 (PS3) owners in North America will be able to add some new capabilities to their gaming console with the release of the latest PS3 firmware update. The regular system update from Sony bumps up the appearance of standard definition PlayStation (PS) and PlayStation 2 (PS2) games as well as DVDs to HD-quality. It also extends the PlayStation Portable's (PSP) Remote Play functionality...
Shifting away, at least temporarily, from its once potent direct-sales model, Dell next month will begin selling desktop personal computers in thousands of Wal-Mart stores across North America Starting June 10, two new Dell desktop models will be available for less than US$700 at Wal-Mart, the discount giant said....
More Americans are taking a carefree attitude toward the nuisance of spam clogging their e-mail in-boxes, according to a new study Better familiarity, spam filtering and a decrease in pornography-laced spam have eased users' concerns over the scourge, the study concludes....
Barracuda Networks has added advanced reporting capabilities to its Barracuda Web Filter appliance, the company announced Wednesday The new in-depth reports provide network administrators deeper visibility into corporate Web usage, enabling better management and assignment of bandwidth....
Internet advertising grew by about 35 percent in 2006, according to a new study that suggests companies and their advertising agencies are increasingly embracing the Web as a viable place to build brands and sell goods Online advertising revenue grew to US$16.9 billion last year, according to the latest version of the Interactive Advertising Bureau...
HP and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have reached a settlement on charges that HP misled investors by not disclosing that a board member had resigned over the spying tactics used by the former chairman of the board HP agreed to an SEC order that contains no penalties and admits no wrongdoing but contains a pledge that the company wil...
Intel will be eliminating a toxic heavy metal from its computer chip manufacturing process starting in the second half of this year It will begin using lead-free solder with next-generation 45nm Hi-k chips in the Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, and Xeon families, the company announced Wednesday....
Complex event processing (CEP) is a rapidly growing software sector that is creating a new generation of real-time, event-driven business applications. It is the engine behind ultra-low latency trading systems in financial services, applications that monitor and proactively manage customer interactions with Web sites or call centers, and software that tracks assets, products and people using RFID (radio frequency identification) in a number of industries...
Before orbital travel becomes commonplace, there's another type of suborbital transit that will likely help fuel the orbital market while fulfilling a critical need in its own right -- "point-to-point transportation." Part 1 of this three-part series discusses the latest advances in commercial space travel. Part 1 also includes predictions about th...
Members of the European Union approved a measure Wednesday that would scale back the roaming charges Europeans must pay when using their mobile phones to dial home during their travels across the continent A final vote has been set for June 29, said EU Secretary of State Joachim Wuermeling, who expects the regulation to pass. Carriers would have un...
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an antispyware bill that would impose specific penalties for scammers accessing computers without authorization while attempting to commit other federal crimes The bill, sponsored by both Democrats and Republicans, would make the fraudulent use of spyware a crime punishable by to up to five years in pris...
NASA has awarded HP a seven-year contract that could be worth as much as US$5.6 billion, HP announced Wednesday Under the IDIQ (indefinite delivery indefinite quantity) contract, HP will deliver desktops, workstations and blade PCs with Linux and Unix capabilities, as well as servers and printers, among other offerings. Government purchasers will i...
The recording industry appears to be changing its tune, now offering to defer hefty new royalty rates for smaller Internet radio stations that might otherwise be forced to tune out due to high costs. However, it doesn't appear the proposed new price structure has won over any fans in the opposition's corner SoundExchange, the organization responsib...
A group of semiconductor firms have opted to extend their partnership to develop high-performance, energy-efficient chips down to the 32 nanometer scale Led by IBM, the alliance works under the concept of the Common Platform model that lets the group jointly develop semiconductor technology as well as manufacture it for a variety of purposes....
China-based PC maker Lenovo, which altered the personal computer landscape with its purchase of IBM's personal computer line, returned all of its operations worldwide to profitability in the fourth quarter, including the first-ever profit for its U.S.-based business, the company said Lenovo earned US$161 million for the fiscal year that ended March...
Cisco Systems said Tuesday it will purchase privately heldBroadWare Technologies, a provider of IP-based video surveillance software, for an undisclosed amount Although Cisco is much better known as a leading maker of routers and switches that provide the backbone for directing traffic over Internet, the San Jose, Calif., networking equipment compa...
Despite their denials, newspapers all over the world are simply dying The gravity of the problem is not the result of competition from TV or the Internet. Rather, it's due to the fact that people all over the world prefer moving pictures in the palms of their hands over deciphering or reading between the lines of nicely arranged words spread out on...
A miracle year comes along very rarely, though any single year could be one depending on the subject matter. For example, as a member of Red Sox nation, 2004 will always be a miracle year for me, because my team won the World Series after 86 years of futility -- the Cubs are still waiting for theirs The idea of a miracle year, or what highbrows re...
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