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HP offers recycling for old servers
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(sunstar) -- AS if coming out with energy-saving servers is not enough, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched another environmental program: getting back old HP servers and planting 10 trees for every new one sold.
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UK homes to get super-fast fibre
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(bbc.co.uk) -- Fibre firm H2O provides super-fast broadband via the sewers and either Bournemouth, Northampton or Dundee will be offered the service first.
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EA pushes ad-backed video games - (news.bbc.co.uk) -- Electronic Arts is to release a free online version of the popular Battlefield game to be supported by adverts and micro payments. ...
Americans Abroad Can Now Vote Online
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MEXICO CITY (AP)
-- This year, for the first time, expatriate Democrats can cast their ballots on the Internet in a presidential primary for people living outside the United States....
The MacBook Air: What you need to know - Ever since the MacBook and MacBook Pro arrived in 2006 and brought about the end of the cult-favorite 12-inch PowerBook G4 model, fans of small, light laptops have been hoping that Apple would come out with a Mac that was smaller than the 13-inch Mac...
Updates for iPhone, iPod touch - Changes to the iPhone software include a reworked Maps application that automatically estimates the user's location - a feature announced by Google last November. At that time, iTWire noted My Location "does not work on the iPhone, but given the coll...
High Expectations Await Macworld Expo Keynote
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(pcworld) -- A year ago, Steve Jobs strode onto the stage at Macworld Expo, pulled an iPhone out of his pocket, and set the tone in the tech industry for the next 12 months.
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Toshiba Refuses To Wave The White Flag In HD DVD-Blu-Ray War - (informationweek) -- Toshiba, which recently suffered a major setback in its fight to dominate the high-definition movie format for DVDs, on Monday dropped the prices of its HD DVD players and said it would beef up its marketing campaign again...
Microsoft Hit With European Antitrust Probes
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(informationweek) -- Europe's competition watchdog has launched two new antitrust investigations into Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s business practices.
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Slim Apple laptop expected at Macworld - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas winds down to lackluster reviews, Apple is expected to grab the spotlight with an ultra-slim laptop computer and online movie rentals at its biggest annual show nex...
Americans turn to online videos
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(bbc.co.uk) -- Online video sharing sites are reaping the benefits of the ongoing writers' strike in the US.
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Federal Grand Jury Issues Subpoenas in Teen Cyberbullying Case - (wired.com) -- When news came out a few months ago that a middle-aged adult named Lori Drew might have played a role in cyberbullying that led to the suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier in Missouri (shown at right), the public was outraged -- e...
Gates says 100M copies of Vista sold
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(Computerworld) -- Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., said Sunday that the company has sold more than 100 million licenses of Windows Vista since its launch 13 months ago.
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Warner Bros. Goes Blu-ray Exclusively - (wired.com) -- As one of the only studios supporting both Blu-ray and HD DVD, Warner Bros. has remained on the high definition fence for some time now. That's about to change. In a move that some analysts say could be fatal for Toshiba's HD DV...
Lawsuit charges IBM with pollution around one-time N.Y. plant - (Computerworld) -- A group of more than 90 current and former residents of Endicott, N.Y., on Thursday sued IBM, alleging that the company's manufacturing operations in the area caused environmental contamination for decades that made them sic...
