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Technology NewsR-rated games may be on shelves soon2008-02-25 05:15 - The most violent video games around could soon be sold in Australia after the Federal Government said it was considering updating the classification system for games to include an R18+ rating. ’Smart chip’ guidelines aim to protect privacy 2008-02-24 06:01 - ’Smart’ chips embedded in items ranging from pets to retail products will have to be deactivated at the point of sale to protect purchasers’ privacy under draft guidelines proposed by the European Commission. Microsoft Executive on Micro-Hoo: We Can Do It 2008-02-24 05:55 - In a letter to employees, Kevin Johnson said the challenges of integrating Microsoft and Yahoo are not insurmountable ? that is, if the two companies do indeed merge. Google to store patients’ health records 2008-02-23 06:01 - Google will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that’s likely to raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to the internet search leader. Google’s Brin: Microsoft Bid ’Unnerving’ 2008-02-23 06:01 - Google co-founder Sergey Brin called Microsoft’s takeover bid for Yahoo an ?unnerving? maneuver that threatens innovation on the Internet. RealNetworks Acquires Trymedia From Macrovision 2008-02-23 05:55 - RealNetworks said that it has acquired the assets of online game technology company TryMedia from Macrovision. EMC Acquisition Shows It Wants to be a Cloudmaster 2008-02-23 05:55 - EMC has bought Pi Corporation, a startup founded by the former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz that is working on Web-based software. EU and U.S. Vow Crackdown on Computer Counterfeits 2008-02-23 05:55 - EU and U.S. officials said they would crack down on counterfeiting of computer components after they seized over 360,000 fake items in just two weeks in a joint operation at the end of last year. U.S. Telecom Growth Seen Slower Than Global Industry 2008-02-23 05:55 - The U.S. telecom industry will grow at an average annual rate of 7.2 percent in the period 2008-2011, compared with an average rate of 10 percent for the rest of the world. Buying Movies on Flash Cards 2008-02-23 05:55 - Instead of Blu-ray discs, some wonder if movies could be sold on flash memory cards. Flash, it turns out, is still to expensive and too slow to make this cost effective. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 |
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