AP – Amazon’s Kindle might soon be getting new competitors in the market for electronic-book…
Month: April 2009
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Conficker worm reaches go time, to no effect (AP)
AP – The Conficker Internet worm’s feared April Fools’ Day throwdown for control of millions…
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Verizon Wireless downplays Linux phones (AP)
AP – Verizon Wireless considers Linux-based software a possible long-term contender for use on its…
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Ex-CEO of BetOnSports pleads guilty (AP)
AP – The former chief executive of BetOnSports pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal racketeering conspiracy,…
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Fallen star SGI to sell most assets for $25M (AP)
AP – Silicon Graphics Inc. will sell the remaining shreds of its fraying franchise to…
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Server Vendors Jump on Intel Xeon 5500 Bandwagon (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – A record number of server and workstation vendors are enthusiastically backing Intel’s Xeon…
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Hewlett-Packard Evaluating Android for Future Products (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – Hewlett-Packard is embracing Android, sort of. The computer maker is considering the open-source…
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Neural Networks Help Unravel Complexity Of Self-awareness
Computer scientists in Spain have applied neural networks to model cognitive functions associated with awareness…
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Silicon Micro-Islands And Nano-Spikes Channel Water On Glass Slides
Working at the nanoscale level, engineering researchers have created stable superhydrophilic surfaces on a glass…
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Too Much Oxygen Not A Good Thing For Tumors
As tumors grow, some regions lack a blood supply adequate to maintain good levels of…