Sunday | 15 April, 2007 (ARNnet)
Companies large and small routinely set their expectations of computer systems according to the capabilities of Intel-based x86 computers and 32-bit Windows. We?re due for a shift in standards.
Remote lab checks Arctic pollution
A laboratory perched on a windswept ridge in the Arctic should reveal vital clues about our changing planet.
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Small Business Web and Technology Solutions Provider, The Launch Pad, Continues Web Services Expansi
New hosting series targets gap faced by growing number of small businesses in need of affordable managed web hosting services. Livehost™ series roll out is accompanied by the introduction of SMB WebPacs™, fixed-price website design packages offering a turnkey small business web services solution. (PRWeb Jun 12, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SW5zZS1Qcm9mLUZhbHUtU2luZy1UaGlyLVplcm8=
CMP cuts 200 jobs in shuffle
It said it would fold some of its publications into others and reduce the number of times that some of its magazines will be printed. The company has about 500 employees on Long Island, and some 1,125 worldwide. (Read on Source)
Google's search lead grows
Blog: The company now has 56 percent search market share in the U.S., according to Nielsen/NetRatings.
LSE to buy Borsa Italiana
LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange is to buy its Italian counterpart for 1.6 billion euros ($2.15 billion), a statement from the two confirmed on Saturday, the latest step in a global consolidation of exchanges.
The risk of ignoring e-discovery obligations
Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says failing to keep your electronic data house in order could put you in a tight legal spot.
UK embarks on largest ever Alzheimer?s gene study
Cardiff University, Wales and Wellcome Trust, the UK’s largest medical research charity have embarked on a project to scan the entire human genome in search of genes that pre-dispose people to, or protect them from developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The team led by Professor Julie Williams will use a technique known as ‘ ... (Read on Source)
Hulu, an NBC-Fox Stab at Online Video, Begins Testing
Site will run programming from the two networks and hope to compete with YouTube.
See Live Images NOW! The Comet of the Century, Comet Holmes, C/2007 17P as Captured from the RAS Ob
View the live images, free of charge, as they download from the telescopes of the RAS Observatory, New Mexico. (PRWeb Nov 18, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SGFsZi1UaGlyLVNxdWEtSG9yci1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Drobo gets networking add-on
Data Robotics today announced the launch of DroboShare, a companion product for its Drobo storage robot that enables users to share files over a Local Area Network. DroboShare allows clients to access...
At the Mozilla Labs
Mozilla wants to put Firefox in the cloud and your pocket By Ryan Paul, Ars Technica (Mar 31) Mozilla is not resting on browser laurels. "Mozilla Labs is experimenting with several emerging technologies that fill important niches in the Firefox... (Read on Source)
Theory concerning quasars vindicated by new observations
A physical theory of accretion disks around black holes has multiple experimental observations that suggested it was incorrect. New observations show that it was, indeed, correct. Read More... (Read on Source)
Disqus Revamps its Look and Improves Integration
We've mentioned Disqus here on ReadWriteWeb numerous times. You can even preview Disqus' popular commenting system across numerous personal and major blogs. It's been taking off since it hit the scene with advocates such as Steven Hodson and Louis Gray . Now, they're taking their platform to the next level with a new look and improved integration. (Read on Source)
Selling poker software as an affiliate
Selling poker software as an affiliate is becoming one of the home-based businesses these days. For selling one poker software the affiliate is paid a said amount of commission on the price of the CD...
Porn mode comes to IE8
... is adding a private browsing mode in the next version of its web browser Internet Explorer 8. Popularly called porn browsing mode (as one of the most obvious advantage of ...
With "Innovation" Like This, No Wonder Political Reporting Is So Stupid
Recently, I wrote about the staggering stupidity of the national political press corps. Eric Alterman provides another example, the LA Times "chief innovation officer" (italics mine): Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Political Conservatives Fear Chaos; Liberals Fear Emptiness
Political conservatives operate out of a fear of chaos and absence of order while political liberals operate out of a fear of emptiness, a new study finds. Social scientists long have assumed that liberals are more rational and less fearful than conservatives, but new research finds that both groups view the world as "a dangerous place." To better understand the differences, researchers asked 128 socially active churchgoers: what if there were no God?
One User's Experience with Linux In Regards to Windows
... Mandrake 10, Slackware 10, Fedora Core 2, Debian Sarge and Gentoo. They were all nice ... I haven't tried it, but I guess Xandros and Linspire are just as easy as the three ...
Ex-UBS top lawyer settles insider trading case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former top lawyer at UBS AG has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle accusations that he sold his personal holdings of auction-rate securities after acquiring insider information about the collapsing market for the debt, New York's attorney general said.
Sunken treasure
Glittering maritime hoard gives glimpse of ancient past
Free CodeWeavers CrossOver for Linux and Mac
CodeWeavers offers free downloads and registrations for programs that will enable you to run many popular Windows programs.
To save a mockingbird
When Charles Darwin set foot on the Galapagos in 1835, he noted that mockingbirds on two of the islands were different. It was an observation that would change the course of scientific thought. Now those birds are under threat. Steve Connor reports (Read on Source)
Hurricane Paloma batters Cuba, weakens
HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Paloma toppled trees, damaged homes and knocked over a communications tower when it ripped through Cuba on Sunday after striking the coast with 120-mph (195-kph) winds. (Read on Source)
Gas Selling Below 1.70 in Texas
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Bank stocks tumble again as gloom deepens
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. bank stocks tumbled on Monday on expectations that a deepening global economic slump will reduce employment, crimp borrowers' access to credit and spur more writedowns.
Mobile Handset Market to Shrink in 2009, Says ISuppli
The global cell phone handset will contract next year as consumers hang on to their handsets for longer, market-research...
12-27-2008: Colorado Plateau Four Corners
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah are the only four states of the United States that meet at a single point. This random geographic feature is a remote location within the Navajo Indian Reservation on the vast Colorado Plateau. The photo above was taken in October of 2005 along U.S. Route 160, about 2 miles (3 km) east of the Four Corners. ... (Read on Source)
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