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Apple unchains iTunes and drops song prices Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 1:40AMIn moves that will help shape the online future of the music business, Apple said Tuesday that it would remove anti-copying restrictions on all of the songs in its popular iTunes store and allow record companies to set a range of prices for them.
Cell phones allow for paperless coupons Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 1:40AMIf clipping coupons with scissors just seems so passe, use your cell phone instead.
Suspected gunman held by police Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 1:40AMArmed police are called to a block of flats in Hampshire after a report a man with a gun had threatened a resident.
CES 2009: 3D video gaming to become a reality next month Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 1:39AMOne of the most impressive product demos on the first day came from Mitsubishi. It showcased Nvidia 3D technology on one of its 3D-enabled TVs. You will be able to buy this stunning product for $200 next month (TV not included, of course).
CES 2009: Asus shows touchscreen EeePC and Keyboard PC Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 1:38AMAsus took advantage of the crowd present at the first major press conference at CES 2009 and showed off next-generation of EeePC netbooks, Windows 7 on netbooks, a multitouch EeePC as well as a 4.3” screen PC that runs inside a regular notebook.
Asus reads beyond netbook at CES Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 1:38AMAsusTek Computer Inc. rolled out a line of new notebooks, netbooks and consumer appliances at the Consumer Electronics Show and is expected to debut an Eee-branded phone using the Google Android software, probably at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona.
CES expectations muted in light of recession Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:16AMCES expectations muted in light of recession
Orange reportedly dropping the BlackBerry Bold citing bugs Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:14AMMobile telecom giant Orange is reportedly dropping the BlackBerry Bold from its handset line-up after a series of problems with the device. However, BlackBerry Bold users are still experiencing a number of issues, including call dropping and poor reception.
Local auto sales remain steady despite nationwide hardships Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:10AMThe auto industry has taken several hits recently as a result of the recession. Ford, General Motors and Daimler Chrysler have been pleading with Congress and the president for money to sustain their operations. At the same time Toyota Motor Company announced losses for the first time in 70 years.
Oracle India trims salaries with hour-based payments Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:10AMThe world’s second-largest software products company Oracle is understood to have begun linking the payment of its 20,000-odd employees in India with the productive hours they spend in the company. This has resulted in salary cuts, ranging between 10 and 50 per cent across the board.
Impact already felt Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:48PMService providers have already started feeling the effects of decreased margins and employee downsizing, while buyers are reducing IT budget allocations for outsourcing engagements. This is evidenced by drying pipelines, cancelled bookings and increased pressure to deliver value beyond cost.
2010 budget Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:48PMThe brokerage said vendors are likely to avoid comments on fiscal 2010, as calendar year 2009 budgets are still largely in discussion stages and the budgeting process is likely to be delayed again.
ICSA India (Rs 149.40): Buy Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:47PMWe recommend a buy in ICSA India from a short-term trading perspective.
Research and Markets: Series 66 Uniform Combined State Law Exam Software Covers Topics That Have Been Determined To Be ... Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:46PM Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a69e73/series_66_uniform ) has announced the addition of the " Series 66 Uniform Combined State Law Exam Software " report to their offering.
STATES Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:46PMKERALA: Malabar, Mahendra open diamond store Malabar Gold, premium retail jewellery chain in South India, and Mahendra Brothers, one of the largest manufacturers and marketeers of natural diamonds from India, launched their exclusive diamond store brand ‘Mine’ here. This is ...
Soonr and Evernote sync documents to the cloud for iPhone access Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:44PMThe big news today regarding the Apple iPhone seems to be the launch of Soonr (PDF news release). Soonr is an iPhone application that lets you access and view documents stored in the cloud. You cannot edit or create documents on the iPhone since that functionality is not yet available, but you can share them with others and print to a remote printer from your iPhone. Evernote also recently ...
Montrose County to hire animal control officer Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:23AMMONTROSE — More formalized animal control is coming to unincorporated Montrose County. Commissioners on Tuesday approved an intergovernmental agreement with Montrose Animal Services, a division of the Montrose Police Department and the city of Montrose.
TCS eyes tier-II cities for future growth Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:22AMTata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s biggest software services provider, is eyeing tier-II and tier-III cities such as Pune, Nagpur, Gandhinagar, Kochi and Chandigarh to drive its future growth in the domestic market.
Microsoft job cuts: thousands of UK staff at risk Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:21AMRumours are spreading on the web that up to 3000 staff at Microsoft UK could face redundancy. Up to 30,000 jobs worldwide could be at risk, as the company battles with the economic crisis, which has led to businesses spending less on software.
Mirics Secures Additional $7m Funding to Accelerate Worldwide Growth Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:20AM FLEET, England----Mirics Semiconductor today announced that it has secured $7m of financing from its existing investor team of Acacia Capital Partners, Intel Capital and Pond Venture Partners.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-05 10:52 Glance-UPDATE 1-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:16AM(Recasts, adds Enea, Satyam Computer and Alexandria Medical)
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-05 10:55 UPDATE 1-Innovation Group says chairman steps down Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:16AM(Adds details) Jan 5 (Reuters) - British software firm Innovation Group Plc said on Monday its Chairman Geoff Squire stepped down and it appointed David Thorpe, a non-executive director, as its interim chairman.
Bharti overtakes Tata in market cap, Mittal surprised Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:15AMOne day in July 2002, Sunil Bharti Mittal was in a rooftop meeting room at Mumbai’s Oberoi hotel, in the midst of 80 or so journalists, to celebrate Airtel’s launch in the city. He tried to light an oil lamp with a candle, but somebody had put in too much oil.
Satyam investors urge merger Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:15AMHCL, MindTree in the fray. Facing the threat of a hostile takeover by a domestic or overseas company, including private equity firms, Satyam Computer Services’ management and some of its institutional investors are exploring a merger with another software company.
Council lists banned road names Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:55AMGuidelines due to be approved in Lewes suggest avoiding street names such as "Typple Avenue".
Living Apart for the Paycheck Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:35AMAn uncertain economy leaves more families living in different time zones, depending on video chats and technology like Skype for quality time.
For the Blind, Technology Does What a Guide Dog Cant Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:35AMAt Google, a blind engineer is a pioneer in customizing technologies that were not designed with blind users in mind.
Linux Kernel 2.4 Or 2.6 In Embedded System? Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:29AMsnikulin writes "My 6-year-old embedded software happily runs on kernel v2.4 on an XScale CPU. The software gets a bunch (tens of megabytes) of data from an FPGA over a PCI-X bus and pushes it out over GigE to data-processing equipment. The tool chain is based on the somewhat outdated gcc v2.95. Now, for certain technical reasons we want to jump from the ARM-based custom board to an Atom-based ...
Profile for turbo Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:28AMI bought VA some time ago, knowing it was a protected product. I did ask Aaron why it was not sold fully working for a period of time, and then if activation was not done it would stop working, much like windows XP does. I was told this was not possible.
Bus station project due to start Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:25AMA project to refurbish a Nottinghamshire bus station will include improved shelters and timetable information.
Man in disused boiler room rescue Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:25AMA man who fell into a disused boiler room at the University of Hertfordshire is rescued by firefighters.
PANKAJ PATEL Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:23PM, CEO of Carazoo.com, started with an IBM laptop back in 1980 and maintains that old is gold.
Wkly review: New Year begins with a 7% pullback rally Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:21PMDepressed investors found relief in the opening week of the New Year 2009 as the stock markets staged a pull-back rally and the government and the financial regulator Reserve Bank announced a fresh set of fiscal and monetary measures aimed at boosting growth.
Satyam promoters’ stake falls below Aberdeen Group Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:03PMHyderabad, Jan. 3 SRSR Holdings, representing the promoters of Satyam Computer Services with a declared stake of 5.13 per cent on Friday, finds itself lower than the Canada-based Aberdeen Group’s total stake of 5.2 per cent (September 2008).
Rolta India: Buy Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:02PMA strong domestic revenue base, catering to clients which are mostly government institutions and large core engineering industries and a sound order-book position are positives for Rolta.
County, city come to agreement on public safety software Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:40PMThe city of Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County have agreed to share public safety software.
Board says goodbye to King Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:39PMElected county officials were sworn in Friday at the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors meeting. The board welcomed newcomer Lynn Grobe to his position as supervisor. Grobe was elected in November after former board chairman Delbert King decided not to seek reelection.
Downtown Sarasota gets new eatery Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:17PMSARASOTA — Downtown Sarasota welcomed a new restaurant to Main Street.
Stanford looks ahead to work as treasurer in Poinsett Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:08PMHARRISBURG — For the past 12 years, Tammie Stanford has worked in the Poinsett County Clerk’s office. This week she began a 2-year term as county treasurer.
Novel ways to solve crime Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:06PMA good detective can find a clue anywhere … even when, ah, answering the call of nature.
Emergency medical dispatch program is goal in Stark County Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:50PMPhoto By Kevin Graff/The Review Sheila Strawser, an Alliance police dispatcher, takes a call. Alliance dispatchers are trained and certified as emergency medical dispatchers, which will now be the case countywide.
The deregulation of interest rates paid for external commercial borrowings (ECBs) may not bring much cheer to ... Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:17PMThe Reserve Bank of India today said that it would lift the cost ceiling on ECBs till June 2009, when the policy will be reviewed.
Wikipedia meets $6 million fundraising goal Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:15PMThe nonprofit foundation that runs Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia of user-contributed articles, said Friday it has met its $6 million fundraising goal for fiscal 2008.
Area news in brief Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:12PMFlu shots at the mallSocial Services launches new siteCouncilman set to be sworn in Conquerors hold tryouts Jan. 10Services set for Thibodaux officer
Will Jobs take a bow at Macworld? Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:12PMThe 25th Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco kicks into gear Tuesday morning without an appearance by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Or maybe he will be there. Macworld, CES start off new year
DataCore SMB SAN Software Solutions for Server Virtualization Environments Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:12PMDataCore Software has announced an expanded line of SAN software starter packages priced for small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs). The high cost and complexity of traditional SAN storage required to support virtual servers and desktops typically puts it out of reach for many SMBs. DataCore’s new business continuity solutions provide true auto failover/failback high-availability and fault ...
Tough times give libraries a needed boost Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:10PMThanks to the Internet, libraries across the nation have seen a rise in patrons. But that’s not the only reason library business is booming these days.
Wikipedia reaches 6-million-dollar fundraising target Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:08PM Online encyclopedia Wikipedia announced on Friday that it had attained its fundraising goal of six million dollars, enough to cover operating expenses for the current fiscal year.
Teja Raju is CEO of Maytas Infra Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:05PMTeja Raju, the eldest son of B Ramalinga Raju, founder and Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, has taken additional charge as chief executive officer (CEO) of the 23-year-old Maytas Infra, one of the company in which the software maker had proposed to buy a 51 per cent stake.
Bar badly damaged following fire Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:25AMA bar in the Scottish Borders is badly damaged following a fire during the early hours of Friday.