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From The Folk Who Brought You Unskilled Labor

Monday, June 30, 2008

For years at airport security checkpoints, passengers have heard the refrain, almost a dirge: “Laptops must be removed from their cases and placed on the belt.” Get ready for a change. The Transportation Security Administration has given the go-ahead for passengers to use newly designed carry-on bags that will let them pass through security without [...]

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eBay, Selling Fakes? Non!

Monday, June 30, 2008

eBay said it would appeal a French court’s order that it pay 38.6 million euros ($60.8 million) in damages to the French luxury goods company LVMH, the latest round in a long-running legal battle over the sale of counterfeit goods on the Internet. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, a maker of high-end goods and fashion [...]

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AOL: Get Gun, Aim at Foot, Fire

Monday, June 30, 2008

AOL is raising the subscription fee by 20 percent for its low-cost dial-up service plan, a move that illuminates an awkward phase of its transition from an Internet service provider to an online media and advertising company. The Time Warner division told subscribers last week that beginning July 27, it’s raising its monthly dial-up rate [...]

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Fool Me Once, Shame on You

Monday, June 30, 2008

Cathy Campbell did a double-take and tapped the brakes when she spotted what appeared to be a pointy-edged box lying in the road just ahead. She got fooled. It was a fake speed bump, a flat piece of blue, white and orange plastic that is designed to look like a 3-D pyramid from afar when [...]

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It’s Like Claiming a Native America Bloodline Now

Monday, June 30, 2008

Rhapsody launched its own MP3 store today, joining the ranks of Amazon MP3, Napster, and a slew of others competing in the unprotected digital music market. Rhapsody’s MP3 store is available in public beta form today, and sells music from the Big Four (Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, and EMI) in addition [...]

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And If You Sawed a Camera in Half You’d See…

Monday, June 30, 2008

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16GB Flash Voyager GT

Monday, June 30, 2008

When you’re traveling, it’s important to protect your bags, passport, and valuables. Corsair can do the same for your data. That’s why the USB flash drives in its Flash Voyager line are encased in a rugged, rubberized enclosure that guards against moisture and shock. It works, but the protection makes the drive a little too [...]

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Antec Super Premium Power Supply

Monday, June 30, 2008

Antec today announced the Signature Series, its newest and most advanced family of power supply units. Available in 850 Watts and 650 Watts, the Signature Series features several cutting-edge innovations that set it above the competition, several of which have never been offered in a consumer power supply. The Signature 650 and Signature 850 are [...]

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Apple Patch Monday

Monday, June 30, 2008

On Monday, Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.4. In addition to enhancements to existing features, Apple bundled in 13 specific security updates, including one for Safari 3.2.1. The Security Update APPLE-SA-2008-004 and Mac OS X 10.5.4 can be downloaded and installed from Apple Downloads. More

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This Is Two Inches

Monday, June 30, 2008

Digital audio fans around the world have been waiting for an inexpensive, flash-based video-capable player to come along that wasn’t so painful to use that they’d serious consider seeing how many hops it could make before sinking beneath the surface of the nearest lake. For many, the iRiver Lplayer has been a bit of a [...]

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CnetBS

Monday, June 30, 2008

CBS announced Monday it completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of CNET Networks, setting the stage for expanding its CBS Interactive division into five categories. Under the acquisition, CBS Interactive will include such categories as technology, entertainment, sports, news, and business. The division will be headed up by Quincy Smith, former CBS Interactive president, who will [...]

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I Just Want TV!

Monday, June 30, 2008

New research finds that broadband users are increasingly turning to the web for their video content fix, but almost everyone still prefers the comforting blue glow of a television screen. Nielsen conducted the study on behalf of the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM), which obviously worries that the rise of online TV shows [...]

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Pompeii’s Revenge

Monday, June 30, 2008

Late last week, Alaskan officials announced that they would be funding an exploration and surveying of Alaska’s largest volcanoes, which are estimated to be able to provide at least 25 percent of Alaska’s energy needs, according to experts. The government is pushing utilities to lease land on Mount Spurr. The mountain is an 11,070-foot active [...]

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To Keyboard or Not to Keyboard, That Is the iQuestion!

Monday, June 30, 2008

It is an article of faith, of course, that whatever Steve Jobs does is right. And so, since the iPhone currently has no keyboard on it, it must logically follow that it is wrong to have a keyboard, and therefore that Steve Jobs will never produce a version that does have a keyboard. Rumours from [...]

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Lenovo IdeaCenter K210

Monday, June 30, 2008

Lenovo is known outside of China for its business-oriented laptop and desktop computer systems. Inside China, however, Lenovo has been selling consumer-oriented systems as well as business systems for a while. Today Lenovo has announced its first consumer aimed desktop computer for markets other than China. The desktop is called the IdeaCenter K210 and has [...]

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