Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
It's a busy day for AMD, with three new processors launching in a single day. Phenom's high-end frequency gets a tap, moving up to 2.6GHz, while new energy efficient 1.8GHz and 2GHz processors slot into the company's current line up. We've tested the new 9350e's power consumption—details inside.Read More...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
A merger between the nation's sole satellite radio providers is still awaiting federal approval, but the companies have already begun touting how much money will be saved -- and how much will be made -- once they are combined.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
By shoving objects around on a table, UMan figures out how they work.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Remote cameras and software could be a boon to threatened-species monitoring.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
In Bethesda, a 15-year-old girl talks to her television set. Often, she seems more connected to the tube's ghostly embrace than to her own father, mother, brothers and sister. She flushes household items down the toilet. She has no friends outside her family. Rachel does not understand why other ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
MONTIGNAC, France -- The regal black bull painted by a Stone Age artist on a cave wall in southwestern France 17,000 years ago has survived millennia of war and pestilence just a few yards above its subterranean gallery.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
A European Union lawmaker who frequently travels to the United States is suing the U.S. government for access to her personal records, such as credit card information and travel history, that the Department of Homeland Security and other security agencies may have gathered.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
PARIS, June 30 -- A French court on Monday ordered eBay to pay more than $61 million to luxury goods group LVMH for letting counterfeit products and its branded perfumes be sold on the auction site.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Eight months ago, medical treatment firm Broncus Technologies was ready to sell its stock to the public. The company, which develops treatments for lung diseases, filed the paperwork, talked with major banks and waited for the perfect time to make its debut on the public stock market.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Businesses, governments and universities reported a 69 percent increase in data breaches in the first half of 2008 compared with a similar period in 2007, according to a study by a nonprofit group that works to prevent fraud.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
The nation's two electronic prescription networks plan to announce today that they are merging in an effort to encourage the adoption of their technology by doctors and patients.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Microsoft said ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Netflix reverses a very unpopular decision to eliminate account profiles—a feature that enabled separate rental queues to be shared in a household—due to customer feedback. Read More...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
On YouTube, anyone can be a famous chef. Actually, on YouTube anyone can be famous for doing almost anything. But cooking seems ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
A French commercial court Monday ordered eBay to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit ...
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