19.08.2010
Broadband network could switch Australian voters
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her challenger Tony Abbott may not be "tech heads", but their starkly opposed views on a national broadband network are a key battleground in this week`s election. ... |
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18.08.2010
Verizon looking at taking TV shows to the iPad
(AP) -- Think you need another TV in the home? Maybe the iPad, Apple Inc.`s tablet computer, will do the job instead. In the latest example of the slim device attracting the attention of the TV... |
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17.08.2010
Survey of viewers shows extent of TV time shifting
(AP) -- If you`ve never time-shifted a prime-time television series - watched it later on a DVR, over the Internet or ordered it on demand - you`re now in the minority. A survey of viewers conducted on... |
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17.08.2010
Microsoft links new smart phones to Xbox Live
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is bringing its video-game expertise to the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 line, an attempt to capitalize on the success of the Xbox 360 as the software maker tries to compete with Apple Inc.`s... |
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16.08.2010
Deaf, hard-of-hearing students perform first test of sign language by cell phone
University of Washington engineers are developing the first device able to transmit American Sign Language over U.S. cellular networks. The tool is just completing its initial field test by participants in a UW summer... |
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16.08.2010
Threats of int`l BlackBerry bans echo US debate
(AP) -- Threats by the governments of India, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to shut down BlackBerry`s corporate e-mail services reflect unease about a technology that the U.S. government also took a while to... |
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14.08.2010
Company behind magicJack to banish calling costs
(AP) -- The company behind the magicJack, the Internet phone gadget heavily advertised on television, has another trick up its sleeve: free phone calls from computers, smart phones and iPads. The cost... |
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12.08.2010
Cairo`s Muslim faithful called to pray on one wavelength
Egypt on Thursday began unifying calls to prayer that ring out five times a day from thousands of minarets across the capital, but the move has been criticised by the men who make the call or azzan. ... |
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12.08.2010
India sets Aug. 31 deadline for BlackBerry info
(AP) -- India`s Home Ministry threatened Thursday to block BlackBerry corporate e-mail and messaging services unless the device`s manufacturer, Research In Motion Ltd., makes them accessible to its security agencies by... |
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12.08.2010
Cox to offer video-on-demand content through TiVo
(AP) -- Digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. and cable television provider Cox Communications Inc. are making it easier for Cox subscribers who use TiVo`s DVR boxes to watch Cox`s on-demand video content. ... |
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