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Carly Fiorina departs as
Hewlett-Packard's CEO and chairman, opening the door for
a new leader to guide the tech giant as it confronts
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>> Spyware takes aim at Mozilla browsers |
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Security experts are
advising that spyware that targets browsers from the
Mozilla Foundation has been spotted--a threat that could
worsen as its Firefox browser takes market share from
Microsoft. |
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Satellite radio carriers hope to
make their services the latest
must-have travel accessory with new
partnerships announced this week.
AirTran Airways, a budget regional
airline mostly serving the East
Coast, announced Wednesday that it
will become the first major airline
to offer satellite radio programming
on all of its flights under a new
partnership with
XM Satellite Radio.
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>> Tony Blair admits to being a technophobe |
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British
Prime Minister Tony Blair has
confounded critics who claim he is
unable to give a direct answer to
questions about his IT agenda by
freely admitting that he is a
technophobe.
During a session of the
Parliamentary liaison committee on
Monday, Liberal Democrat IT
spokesman Richard Allan asked if it
was true that on a "personal level"
the prime minister was something of
a technophobe. "I am afraid that is
fair actually, yes," Blair said.
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>> EarthLink fries up more spam suits |
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EarthLink said Wednesday that it has
filed four new lawsuits against
alleged spammers in California,
Florida, Nevada and Washington
state.
The
Internet service provider said that
all four claims, which were filed in
the U.S. District Court of Atlanta
during January, charge defendants
with violating the
Can-Spam Act, the federal
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,
and the
Georgia Computer Systems Protection
Act, in addition to state and
federal racketeering laws.
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>> Getting real about the Grokster case |
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Over
the next few months, the Supreme
Court and--likely--Congress will
resume a debate over rules that
could determine whether consumers
will continue to enjoy the benefits
of many of the gadgets CNET covers.
The
debate is specifically about what
kind of legal liability--if
any--technology manufacturers,
financiers, Internet service
providers, journalists and others
should have if their actions
"induce" another to commit copyright
infringement.
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>> Google finds its map service |
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In its
latest play in the ongoing search
wars, Google on Tuesday quietly
launched a beta site for a new map
service.
Google Maps offers maps, driving
directions and the ability to search
for local businesses. The search
giant appears to be working with
TeleAtlas for the mapping products.
Neither Google nor TeleAtlas could
be reached for comment.
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>> Go Daddy ad cut from second Bowl airing |
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Twice
was not the charm for Go Daddy
Software, which claims that Fox
pulled a second airing of an
advertisement previously approved
for viewers during Sunday's
broadcast of the Super Bowl.
In a
message posted to his
company blog, Go Daddy President
Bob Parsons complained that Fox
shelved a second-half airing of
its ad, which spoofed Janet
Jackson's notorious "wardrobe
malfunction" during last year's
Super Bowl halftime show.
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>> Apple upstages Microsoft at VSLive? |
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reporter's notebook
SAN FRANCISCO--The iPod is
everywhere these days, even at a
Microsoft developer conference.
The
exhibit hall at this week's
VSLive, a conference for Visual
Studio programmers, is filled with
an eclectic bunch, from
developer-training companies to
hardware makers showing off their
latest wares. Even database rival
Oracle was there to say that
choosing .Net doesn't mean that you
have to use Microsoft's database
software, too.
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>> Atomic clock could land in cell phones |
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Researchers who have built a sugar
cube-size atomic clock say their
strides in reducing power
consumption could one day land the
device in cell phones or other
machines.
Speaking at the
International Solid-State Circuits
Conference in San Francisco,
Clark Nguyen, a professor at the
University of Michigan, provided
details on an atomic clock that
loses only a millisecond a day or a
full second every 274 years.
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>> Georgia schools say Apple's peachy |
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Apple
Computer is on the verge of securing
one of its biggest education deals
ever, with a Georgia school district
leaning toward purchasing tens of
thousands of Mac laptops.
The
Cobb County School District,
located in the Atlanta suburbs, is
recommending that its school board
pursue a deal with Apple to equip
all teachers in the county, along
with all high school and middle
school students, with Apple laptops.
The school district is recommending
that the board implement the laptop
purchase in stages, with the first
phase consisting of giving laptops
to teachers and to four schools on a
test basis, according to a statement
posted on the district's Web site.
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