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Mobile Phones Damage Heart And Kidneys
Dec 31, 2008 By EmmaIf the threat of possible brain tumours and premature aging weren't scary enough, a new study on the effects of mobile phone use on human health claims that overexposure to mobiles can cause red blood cells to leak haemoglobin which may lead to kidney stones and even heart disease. The...
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Facebook Sets UK Christmas Traffic Record
Dec 31, 2008 By EmmaChristmas Day was Facebook's busiest day ever in the UK, according to Hitwise, up 69% on Christmas 2007, presumably a result of family and friends using the tool to contact each other on the big day. Social network sites as a whole accounted for 1 in 10 of all...
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Cracks Emerge In A Web Security Scheme
Dec 31, 2008 By EmmaLike many computer security threats, a new weakness in Web commerce emerged today from the grass roots. Researchers said Dec. 30 they’d used 200 PlayStation 3 video game consoles to defeat a Web security mechanism in three days of computing time. A team...
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Serco Completes SI International Deal
Dec 31, 2008 By EmmaSerco Group, a British-based international IT service firm, has completed its $524 million purchase of SI International, a provider of IT services, technology and network support solutions to the U.S. government. Serco plans to combine SI International's operations with Serco's existing North...
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Digital TV Converter Coupons in Short Supply
Dec 31, 2008 By EmmaU.S. consumers who wait too long to request government coupons to subsidize converter boxes for the digital television transition in February may come up empty-handed, a regulator has warned. Due to a last-minute rush of coupon requests, demand may exceed supply in the coming month, said the...
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IT Firms May Court India's Satyam Computer Services
Dec 31, 2008 By EmmaA host of private equity firms and global information technology majors are likely to vie for a stake in Satyam Computer Services, as angry investors look for an exit or a change in the Indian outsourcer's management team. The company has said it will hold...
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DataCore Launches New $2K SAN Starter Packages
Dec 31, 2008 By EmmaDataCore became the latest provider to announce new products along with pricing incentives on Dec. 30 when it launched a new line of full-featured SAN (storage area network) software starter packages aimed at the small-to-midsize business market. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based...
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Samsung Building Its Own 4G Chips
Dec 31, 2008 By EmmaIn a move to reduce the costs of next-generation handsets, Samsung Electronics will be making its own WiMax and LTE baseband chips. Samsung is one of the largest handset manufacturers in the world, and it currently uses chips from the likes of Broadcom, Infineon,...
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Home Networking: Next Big Thing For Consumer Devices
Dec 31, 2008 By EmmaConsumer electronics purchases will get a new push in the coming months from increased consumer demand for networking among imaging and mobile devices, according to a survey announced Tuesday by Parks Associates. The new demand, which Parks described as the "next wave of...
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SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Prepped For Storage
Dec 31, 2008 By EmmaSymwave claims that next month it will become the first to demonstrate the use of the new SuperSpeedUSB 3.0 specification for transferring data to and from external storage devices. Symwave plans to showcase the new spec at the Consumer Electronics Show, which runs Jan....
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