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Together in harmony: Mac and PC

February 12th, 2009 | Category: ZDNet

Rather than trying to jam my new Mac into my well-established workflow and have it replace my Windows laptop, I’m now trying to use it alongside my PC. Shortly after I bought a MacBook, I posted an unpopular article in which I vented about learning and using the new…

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Linux Silverlight implementation goes live

February 12th, 2009 | Category: ZDNet

Lead developer Miguel de Icaza has announced the full release of Moonlight 1.0, the first open-source implementation of Microsoft’s Silverlight rich media technology. Moonlight 1.0, the first open-source implementation of Microsoft’s Silverlight rich media technology, has gone live. Moonlight forms part of the Novell-led Mono…

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U.S. and Russian satellites collide

February 12th, 2009 | Category: ZDNet

A U.S. commercial communications satellite and a defunct Russian satellite ran into each other Tuesday above northern Siberia, creating a cloud of wreckage. In an unprecedented space collision, a commercial Iridium communications satellite and a defunct Russian satellite ran into each other Tuesday above northern Siberia, creating a cloud…

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Kaspersky denies leaks after SQL hack

February 11th, 2009 | Category: ZDNet

The U.S. website of the Russian antivirus vendor was hacked and the company’s customer database exposed, but Kaspersky denies data was compromised. Russian antivirus vendor Kaspersky Labs’s US website was hacked over the weekend, exposing the company’s customer database, but Kaspersky has denied data was compromised and says the…

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OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design

February 11th, 2009 | Category: ZDNet

At the TED 2009 conference, Nicholas Negroponte says that OLPC’s open-source hardware design will result 5 to 6 million new machines every month within three years. The One Laptop per Child initiative seems to have found that imitation isn’t simply a form of flattery, it’s grounds for a new…

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HP services go ala-carte to beat downturn

February 11th, 2009 | Category: ZDNet

Hewlett-Packard unveiled Proactive Select, a new component in its strategy to help midsize and large businesses keep their systems and technology running in a tough economic climate. SINGAPORE–Hewlett-Packard has announced a new service initiative that it claims provides flexibility to customers during the current economic climate. …

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Large Hadron Collider delayed again

February 11th, 2009 | Category: ZDNet

The latest postponement means the world’s largest particle accelerator will be back online a year after an electrical malfunction forced its shutdown. The Large Hadron Collider could be restarted at the end of September — a year after the world’s largest particle accelerator was knocked off line…

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Gmail sets up multiple inboxes

February 11th, 2009 | Category: ZDNet

Google has unveiled a new Gmail Labs feature that allows users to have more than one inbox in their default Gmail view. Google has unveiled a new Gmail Labs feature that allows users to have more than one inbox in their default Gmail view. …

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Intel cuts its prices of solid-state drives

February 11th, 2009 | Category: ZDNet

Intel says the price cuts are the result of Intel’s solid-state drive production now being fully operational. Intel has cut the prices of many of its solid-state drives by around a third, claiming that its SSD production is now fully up and running. In the…

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Intel delays next Itanium server chip again

February 11th, 2009 | Category: ZDNet

The new server chip, codenamed Tukwila, has had its release date pushed back to around the middle of this year. Intel has again delayed the latest version of its Itanium server chip, codenamed Tukwila, which was originally supposed to appear towards the end of last…

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