Computerworld-If there's a brush fire or earthquake in California's Ventura County,city officials could be getting critical information from Twitter and residents could be receiving warnings on their smartphones. For emergency ...
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Infoworld-Google this week is extending an invitation to developers to try out its new Google Play Developer Console,which is centered on developing and publishing applications to the Google Play online store for Android applications. The ...
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British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US after the move was blocked by Home Secretary Theresa May. McKinnon admits accessing American government computers in 2002, but says he just was looking for evidence ...
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Debenhams continues its international expansion with its first ever store in the small former Soviet republic of Georgia. As the population digests the results of their recent election, which saw both the ruling party and the opposition ...
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Envirocon Technologies Inc. today announced the launch of its new Lemi Shine Original Refill Pack, a 24 oz. package designed to refill the company's best-selling 12 oz. bottles of Lemi Shine Original. The refill pack was created as a ...
While the vice presidential debate Thursday night heated up Twitter,it didn't rock the micro-blogging site like last week's presidential debate did. Twitter continued its new role as the modern debate spin room during last night's debate ...
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The UK's Draft Data Communications Bill–aimed at making it easier for authorities to spy on electronic communications–will be useless and quite dangerous if enacted,says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. "It will force many ...
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CERN,home of the Large Hadron Collider(LHC),has seen a tenfold surge in candidates applying for hard-to-fill vacancies,after turning to social media. CERN,based in Geneva,says it has seen the number of applicants for typical jobs grow ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft today disavowed comments made by its Czech subsidiary that the company will roll out iOS and Android apps of its Office suite early next year. "The information shared by our Czech subsidiary is not accurate. We ...
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Hack in the Box will host its 10th security conference this week in Kuala Lumpur featuring an all-star cast of hacking luminaries and a cutting-edge program. The lengthy speakers list includes John Draper aka"Captain Crunch,"who famously ...
Electronics manufacturer Foxconn maintains that workers making iPhones at a Chinese factory did not strike on Friday and that production wasn't affected,according to published reports. Foxconn's statement contradicts a labor rights ...
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WiMax broadband provider Clearwire said an email problem caused it to send out numerous messages about subscribers'account status in error on Friday. Various emails told subscribers that they had to update their payment details,that their ...
Some Lloyds TSB customers have been unable to get money from ATMs or use online customer services as a result of a system problem. Twitter account said: "We're sorry that customers are experiencing problems with some of our services, ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook remembered Steve Jobs in a short letter posted on the front page of the company's website Friday,saying the company will continue to create products that people love,much like the maverick technology icon who was ...
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In the 2012 presidential campaign,Twitter has become the new spin room. The popular social network stepped up to its new role during Wednesday night's debate between President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney. Twitter counted ...
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