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British Library creates archive of defunct Web
March 2, 2010 5:48 am | CommentsThe British Library is creating an archive of the country's defunct Web sites to preserve snapshots of the ever-changing Internet for posterity. The library is already charged with keeping a copy of every published work distributed in Britain and Ireland.
Survey: 26 pct of Americans get news via phone
March 2, 2010 5:33 am | CommentsJust over a quarter of American adults now read news on their cell phones, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. The survey results being released by the group Monday offer another sign of how people are changing they way they get information.
Bug plagues PlayStation 3, Sony warns of data loss
March 2, 2010 5:30 am | CommentsSony Corp. said a glitch has knocked PlayStation 3 users off the game console's online network, and the company warned that data loss could occur if gamers continued using the machines. Sony said in a blog post Monday that the problem was likely caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system, reminiscent of the Y2K bug a decade ago.
4 charged with hacking into concert ticket sites
March 2, 2010 5:27 am | CommentsFour California men were charged on Monday with using sophisticated computer programs to fraudulently obtain more than a million tickets to concerts and sporting events and reselling them for a profit estimated at $29 million.
Apple details labor violations at its suppliers
March 2, 2010 5:24 am | CommentsApple Inc. said it found more than a dozen serious violations of labor laws or Apple's own rules at its suppliers that needed immediate correction. The findings were outlined in a company report on audits of 102 supplier facilities conducted in 2009.
Digi Launches Industry's First Foolproof Programmable ZigBee Module
March 2, 2010 5:20 am | by Digi International | CommentsIsolated wireless software makes ZigBee development easy and fast
German court overturns law on phone, e-mail data
March 2, 2010 5:17 am | CommentsGermany's highest court on Tuesday overturned a law that let anti-terror authorities retain data on telephone calls and e-mails, saying it posed a "grave intrusion" to personal privacy rights and must be revised. The court ruling was the latest to sharply criticize a major initiative by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government and one of the strongest steps yet defending citizen rights from post-Sept. 11 terror-fighting measures.
AutoZone fiscal 2Q profit rises 6 percent
March 2, 2010 4:30 am | by SAMANTHA BOMKAMP - AP Transportation Writer - Associated Press | CommentsAutomotive parts retailer AutoZone Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit rose 6 percent as it managed costs and recorded higher sales from new stores.The company earned $123.3 million, or $2.46 per share, compared with a year-ago profit of $115.9 million, or $2.03 per...
SENSIO Adopts a Shareholders Rights Plan
March 2, 2010 4:30 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSENSIO Technologies Inc. ("SENSIO" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: SIO) announced today that its Board of Directors has adopted a shareholders rights plan (the "Rights Plan") in order to promote equitable treatment of shareholders in any public offer to purchase aimed at the Company. The Rights...
Staples 4Q profit falls; issues muted outlook
March 2, 2010 3:30 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSales at Staples Inc. climbed for the second straight quarter, but the largest office supply company in the U.S. reported a decline in fourth-quarter profit Tuesday as some charges and delays in big-ticket purchases weighed on results.Staples also provided a 2010 adjusted profit outlook below...
EU: 100 million Microsoft users to choose browser
March 2, 2010 2:30 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsThe European Union says some 100 million people using Microsoft Corp. software will be asked to choose between rival Web browsers by mid-May under a deal it struck with the company to settle antitrust action.Microsoft has started this month sending updates to Windows computers in Europe so that...
e-skills: European Week 2010 underlines e-skills' potential to help Europe’s economic recovery
March 2, 2010 2:20 am | by European Commission | CommentsEuropean e-skills Week 2010, from March 1-5, aims to review the EU e-skills strategy's achievements in terms of digital literacy and boosting the e-skills of all EU citizens, to share experiences, build links and mobilise stakeholders across the EU. A broad range of activities across 35...
Solutions for Indoor Cell Coverage Will Boost 3G Services
March 1, 2010 8:24 pm | by In-Stat | CommentsFemtocells, picocells, and microcells are expected to surpass 31 million units by 2012.
Happy Halloween!
March 1, 2010 3:24 pm | by An Engineering Mind | CommentsNot to be outdone by my horrible cube-neighbor, Carl (Niels Bohr...again), I decided to descend into the darkness and become that which I fear the most...
IBM cuts hundreds of jobs, sliver of 400K workers
March 1, 2010 2:30 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsIBM Corp. has cut hundreds of jobs across a number of divisions. The cuts Monday represent a sliver of the technology company's nearly 400,000 workers worldwide.IBM wouldn't comment. Documents submitted by laid-off workers to the Alliance(at)IBM, a labor union at IBM, indicate that at least 856...
