Poor weather a concern for Endeavour launch
Washington - Poor weather could hamper the planned launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on Saturday. NASA forecasters predicted a 40-per-cent chance that the shuttle will be able to lift off as planned with thunderstorms threatening the launch, even...
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The computer helper: Can Chrome OS threaten Windows? - Feature
Washington - Search giant Google's recent announcement that it was would enter the operating system arena with its newly unveiled Chrome operating system (OS) caused quite a buzz in the tech world. That's not surprising: when Google announces a new p...
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US suspects North Korea was behind cyber attacks
Washington - The United States believes North Korea was responsible for a massive cyber attack on government and other websites during the past week, Fox News reported Wednesday. An unnamed US defence official told Fox the attack targeted dozens of w...
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2009-07-08 ] Category : [
Internet (Technology) ]
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Text message campaign ahead of Obama visit to Ghana
Nairobi - US President Barack Obama is to broadcast core sentences from his anticipated speech on his government's Africa policy live via text message from the Ghanian capital Accra to Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa as well as Ghana, Kenyan media repor...
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South Korea issues warning after cyberattacks
Seoul - South Korean authorities issued a warning Wednesday against malicious computer software believed to have attacked about 8,000 personal computers and disabled government and private websites. An official of South Korea's Communications Commiss...
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2009-07-08 ] Category : [
Internet (Technology) ]
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Web radio reaches deal on music royalties
San Francisco - Internet radio stations on Tuesday reached an agreement with the music industry for royalty payments for streaming music, both sides said. The agreement came after two years of wrangling and requires large ad-supported radio services,...
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2009-07-07 ] Category : [
Internet (Technology) ]
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Fuel-cell plane makes first public flight
Hamburg - The only piloted plane in the world to be powered by a fuel-cell engine made its first public flight over the German city of Hamburg Tuesday. During its 10-minute flight, the Antares DLR-H2 was steered by Axel Lange, 46, chief of one of the...
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2009-07-07 ] Category : [
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'Stolen' Goldman Sachs computer code could be worth millions
New York - A computer programmer with Goldman Sachs is being held on bail Tuesday, accused of the stealing secret code which helps the Wall Street banking giant execute transactions, according to New York court papers. Sergey Aleynikov, 38, who was a...
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2009-07-07 ] Category : [
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