Picture doing a remote software upgrade. Now picture doing it when the machine you're upgrading is a robotic rover sitting 350 million miles away, on the surface of Mars. That's what a team of programmers and engineers at NASA are dealing ...
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Cloud storage provider Livedrive introduced an app for Google's Chromebook on Thursday that is designed to give Livedrive customers access to their files stored online, which can total as much as 5TB. The Chromebook is designed for online ...
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Avant Garde Information Solutions (AGIS), a leader in business software development for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012, claiming its place as the premier SMB software provider offering one ...
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Jonathan, 11, is in the school library after school on a Friday, but it isn't detention; he's playing computer games that help him think. "It's fun," he says. "It's a nice way to end the week," chimes in schoolmate Sasha, 11. The two are ...
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ALL new students who enrol at the University of Western Sydney in 2013 will receive an iPad,as part of a massive rollout announced today. The university said in a statement it would distribute 11,000 iPads to each new student and all ...
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X2 Computing, a leading provider of mobile computing solutions for the casino sector, is launching the X2 Sapphire tablet computer at the Global Gaming Expo starting in Las Vegas on 2nd October. It is compatible with all Windows operating ...
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Intel warned Tuesday that it expects to see lower-than-anticipated growth for c because consumer spending in Western Europe and North America has not recovered as predicted. The news came as the company posted mixed results for the second ...
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A piece of malware called Mahdi or Madi has been used to spy on hundreds of targets from Iran, Israel and a few other Middle Eastern countries during the past eight months, according to researchers from security vendors Seculert and ...
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Kaspersky Lab has outlined key security trends of 2012 and presented their views on the core threats of 2013. The most notable predictions for the next year include the continued rise of targeted attacks, cyber-espionage and nation-state ...
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Keepsoft, the provider of software for creating computer-based tests and managing home finances, today announces the release of Test Constructor 3.4, a computerized examination system which is designed for educational institutions and home ...
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A new Trojan horse tries to covers its tracks by crippling the victim's computer after stealing data, a security researcher said today. Dubbed "Shamoon" by most antivirus companies, the malware has been used in targeted attacks aimed at ...
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Novosoft, an international IT-consulting and software development company, today announced the plan to release a line of software products featuring integration with popular Online hosting services. The new solutions will harness the ...
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Chinese analyst firm, Research in China, warns the nation's LED industry may not live up to expectations LED manufacturers saw substantial price declines in 2011, and can expect much of the same until 2014, reports China-based business ...
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Criminals are sending malicious emails that purport to come from payroll services firms in order to infect with malware the computers of payroll administrators from various companies, according to researchers from the SANS Internet Storm ...
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Apple's personal computers remained fixed in fourth place during 2012's second quarter, a spot it's occupied most of the year, a technical support franchise said today. The cause, ironically, was the very success that Apple has had ...
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