Canonical is adding a new feature to its Ubuntu operating system that will allow desktop users to access popular Internet services without opening a browser window. Instead, a Web page can be accessed as a desktop application. Using this ...
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NIKE, Inc. reported financial results for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended November 30, 2012. For continuing operations, strong demand for NIKE, Inc. brands propelled double-digit revenue growth on a currency neutral basis, and diluted ...
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Three U.S.-based service providers that use equipment from Huawei Technologies said on Tuesday they take strong precautions to ensure the security of their networks, responding to a congressional report on Monday that said carriers should ...
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Cornell pumps have helped in flooding events such as Mt. St. Helens eruption and Hurricane Katrina, as well as dewatering Ground Zero after the September 11th attacks. Oregon-based pump manufacturer has pumps ready to ship to disaster areas ...
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U.S.Sen.Ron Wyden(D-Ore.)has introduced legislation that limits the ability of broadband providers to impose data caps on customers. The Data Measurement Integrity Act,which Wyden introduced Thursday,would require ISPs to first accurately ...
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A perplexing risk has emerged for parents, as kids are drawn into chat rooms, online commerce, and submitting private data to join groups of "friends" they have never met, undermining traditional safety precautions of American families. ...
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Apple and Facebook this week each filed plans to expand data center operations in Prineville, Ore., a little community that's on its way to becoming one of the largest data center locations in U.S. Once their data centers are completed, ...
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Affordable Wood Patio Furniture with an Ethical Twist Eucalyptus Patio Furniture is growing in popularity as the wood of choice for outdoor patio furniture. In the past, teak reigned supreme over most other choices of wood because of its ...
IGEL Technology, a leading worldwide thin client manufacturer, announced today its partnership with international IT and data security specialist, CenterTools. The partnership strengthens IGEL's commitment to providing the highest level of ...
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The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to approve the extension by five years of a controversial law, that its critics claim allows for the warrantless surveillance of electronic communications like email and phone calls of not only ...
A group of activists have banded together to protect the Internet from what they see as bad legislation, with a focus initially on copyright enforcement proposals. Members of the new Internet Defense League hope they can harness the ...
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Three service providers that use equipment from Huawei have said they will take strong precautions to ensure the security of their networks in response to a congressional report on this week that said carriers should not buy from Huawei or ...
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Paving the way for more server-side use of JavaScript, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider Engine Yard has added the Node.js library to its collection of hosted Web application tools. The service, which Engine Yard first offered as a ...
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Nike Inc. reported financial results for its fiscal 2013 first quarter ended August 31, 2012. Strong demand for Nike, Inc. brands propelled first quarter revenue to new record highs. As expected, diluted earnings per share were lower due to ...
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The New York Court of Appeals carved out a rather large exception when it ruled that a man could not be accused of certain child pornography charges because he did not "possess" the images - he'd viewed them online. And in early 2011, the ...
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