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Dell introduced green dekstop: Studio Hybrid

Posted on Tuesday, 29th July 2008 by Indus

With its ovoid-cylindrical design, the Dell Studio Hybrid is a new twist on the small-form-factor PC. Its size, though, is reminiscent of others in that space, including the Apple Mac mini, and HP’s Slimline PCs like the s3330f. The Dell Studio Hybrid costs $874 direct, and $1,064 with a 19-inch widescreen monitor. It’s an energy-efficient [...]

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China now #1 web users country

Posted on Sunday, 27th July 2008 by Indus

China has overtaken the United States in online presence as more Chinese citizens use the worldwide web. The largest country in terms of population is now also world’s largest Internet population. The China Internet Network Information Centre reported Friday that the country had 253 million netizens as of end of June, up by 56 percent [...]

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Yahoo Music ends, paying customers screwed up

Posted on Sunday, 27th July 2008 by Indus

You have one more reason to be a warez user now: In a move reminiscent of MSN Music, Yahoo is warning folks who purchased tunes through Yahoo Music to burn them to CD by Sept. 30…or lose’em forever. In a move eerily reminiscent of MSN Music’s recent decision to shut down its DRM authorization servers—only [...]

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Dangerous DNS exploit spread, attacks expected

Posted on Saturday, 26th July 2008 by Indus

One day after a security company accidentally posted details of a serious flaw in the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS), hackers are saying that software that exploits this flaw is sure to pop up soon. Several hackers are almost certainly already developing attack code for the bug, and it will most likely crop up within [...]

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Study: girls have same math knowledge as boys

Posted on Saturday, 26th July 2008 by Indus

A U.S. study found that girls have closed the gender gap in math performance.Researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and University of California, Berkeley, studied SAT results and math scores from 7 million students and found that girls are just as good at math as boys. “There just aren’t gender differences anymore in [...]

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AOL shuts down Xdrive and other free services

Posted on Friday, 25th July 2008 by Indus

AOL will phase out several online services as the Time Warner unit continues to struggle in its transition from a business model based on subscription fees to one based on advertising revenue. AOL will put out to pasture Xdrive, a hosted-storage service for individuals; AOL Pictures, a photo sharing and management site; and Bluestring, designed [...]

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Scrabble clone: Hasbro sues Facebook

Posted on Friday, 25th July 2008 by Indus

Hasbro, the owner of Scrabble filed suit Thursday against the developers of Scrabulous, a word game played by millions of Facebook users each month. “We view the Scrabulous application as clear and blatant infringement of our Scrabble intellectual property,” said Barry Nagler, Hasbro’s general counsel. Hasbro also sent a letter to Facebook asking the social [...]

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UK: tougher piracy laws, blacklists of pirates

Posted on Thursday, 24th July 2008 by Indus

Six of the UK’s biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online. The deal, negotiated by the government, will see hundreds of thousands of letters sent to net users suspected of illegally sharing music. Hard core file-sharers could see their broadband connections slowed, under measures proposed by the [...]

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