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North Wales To Get Super-Fast Broadband
Nov 30, 2008 By EmmaA £30million project that will give North Wales access to super-fast broadband has been given the green light. Called Fiberspeed, the project is being funded both privately and publicly by the Welsh Assembly Government, European Regional Development Funds and Geo Networks. The CEO...
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Online Retailers Get Ready For Cyber Monday
Nov 30, 2008 By EmmaDespite the heavy duty deals for online companies during "Cyber Monday", the sales are expected to be fairly flat after years of strong growth. Things like offering free shipping, finance options and deals of $10 off $50 or more will be the strategy behind pushing online sales....
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Canon Says Digital Camera Market May Shrink In '09
Nov 30, 2008 By EmmaThe global digital camera market may contract next year, the president of industry leader Canon Inc warned, as sluggish economic conditions dampen consumer demand. Tsuneji Uchida also told Reuters that Canon was aiming to cut $1 billion in costs with a new computer system to be completed by...
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Nokia's Symbian Acquisition Reportedly On Schedule
Nov 30, 2008 By EmmaNokia this week at a meeting in London said its acquisition of Symbian, the company with the eponymous mobile operating system, is on track. That means that Nokia, the world's largest supplier of cell phones, will soon be stepping up its assault on the world's handset markets, as it turns the...
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U.S. Army Goes Bot Hunting
Nov 30, 2008 By EmmaMost people whose computers have been turned into bots and linked to a botnet have no idea that their machines have been commandeered by cybercriminals. Their PCs send spam, steal information, and participate in denial-of-service attacks without any obvious sign. But new software,...
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Panasonic, Sanyo Far Apart On Acquisition Price
Nov 30, 2008 By EmmaPanasonic's effort to acquire Sanyo Electric broke off abruptly this week with the two sides far apart in the prices they were offering for a deal. If combined, a Panasonic-Sanyo company would rival Japan's current largest corporate behemoth, Hitachi, which has some $110 billion in annual sales....
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Microsoft Warns Of Attack Exploiting Windows Vulnerability
Nov 30, 2008 By EmmaMicrosoft is warning users of a malicious Internet worm after detecting a wave of attacks exploiting a recent critical Windows security vulnerability. The worm has the potential to infect other computers across a network by exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Windows Server service....
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Nokia Starts Shipping First Touch-Screen Phone
Nov 30, 2008 By EmmaNokia has started deliveries of its first touch-screen phone, the 5800, the mobile phone maker's answer to Apple Inc's iPhone. The company said last month the model will cost $360 before operator subsidies and taxes, substantially less than the iPhone. Spurred by Apple, LG Electronics and...
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Chipmakers Squeezed as Downturn Bites Harder
Nov 30, 2008 By EmmaFresh signs of a downturn in global chip demand emerged on Friday, as STMicroelectronics cut its fourth-quarter outlook while industry sources said two leading Taiwan companies are looking to slash costs. Shipments of mobile phones are set to decline in 2009 after several years of seemingly...
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UK Bans Apple 3G IPhone Advertisement
Nov 30, 2008 By EmmaThe U.K.'s advertising regulator banned a video advertisement for Apple's 3G iPhone, saying Wednesday that the ad exaggerates the phone's speed and is misleading. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 17 complaints about the advertisement, which shows a person whizzing through tasks...
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