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  • Yahoo brings on the BOSS

    Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 15:20:00

    Anything for more money

    YAHOO BELIEVES the way to inject power into professors and grad students is by being the BOSS - or as it is more affectionately known, Build Your Own Search Service. This service enables academics and start-ups to build their very own search sites around the Yahoo search engine....



  • Mandriva Linux 2009 released

    Egan Orion the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 15:54:00

    Spiffy KDE 4.1, plus LXDE for netbooks

    THE SOPHISTICATED international Linux vendor Mandriva released several versions of its latest Mandriva Linux 2009 distribution on Thursday. The respun and updated Mandriva 2009 is the first of two anticipated releases this year, if Mandriva continues emulating Intel's "tick-tock" chip technology updates with its autumn and spring releases of Linux....



  • Shark in virgin birth shocka

    Sylvie Barak the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 15:54:00

    The second coming of Jaws

    US SCIENTISTS CLAIM to have witnessed an immaculate conception ? in a shark. The Journal of Fish Biology reported the fishy tale after boffins carried out DNA testing on a stillborn pup inside a dead female Atlantic blacktip shark from the aptly named Virginia Aquarium....



  • Laptops blamed for Qantas flight incident

    Sylvie Barak the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 10:43:00

    All electronic devices should be switched off NOW

    LAPTOPS MAY HAVE caused Qantas flight QF72 to go haywire, say Aussie air safety officials. The incident which left dozens injured as the Airbus A330-300 shot up 300 feet (91 metres) before plunging down again was originally blamed on turbulence, then on an onboard computer and now the Australian Transportation...



  • New UK speed cameras unavoidable

    Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 13:25:00

    Stop flashing me

    SPEED CAMERAS, no one really likes them, but here we are again facing another litter of cameras - and this time they say we can't possibly avoid them. This is all well and good - a pat on the back for making our roads safer places to drive - but...



  • Spammers prey on the financially confused

    Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 13:45:00

    FTC issues a warning

    A WARNING was issued yesterday by the Federal Trade Commission advising people of fake emails tied to recent bank mergers. Not everyone is losing out at this tough economic time - online scammers are having a whale of a time confusing customers into giving up valuable personal details....



  • Microsoft could pick Blackberry

    Sylvie Barak the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 14:08:00

    Sticky fingers

    BLACKBERRY MAKER Research In Motion (RIM) is in danger of being plucked by Microsoft as the firm?s market value continues to slide due to the financial crisis and pressure on margins. With shares trading at a paltry $60 ? down $88 from $148 in just four months ? RIM is...



  • Laptops blamed for Qantus flight incident

    Sylvie Barak the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 10:43:00

    All electronic devices should be switched off NOW

    LAPTOPS MAY HAVE caused Qantas flight QF72 to go haywire, say Aussie air safety officials. The incident which left dozens injured as the Airbus A330-300 shot up 300 feet (91 metres) before plunging down again was originally blamed on turbulence, then on an onboard computer and now the Australian Transportation...



  • New media reinforcements battle Taleban

    Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 11:50:00

    Government propaganda proposals

    AS TALEBAN propaganda continues to grow, the UK government is forced to come up with new counteractions - this time the plan is to bring on the mobile phones. This latest government initiative involves new forms of media such as mobile phones and the internet being used to turnaround the...



  • Bill Gates bumped off the top spot

    Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 12:15:00

    Pile of cash shrinking

    BILL GATES has been the richest American on the Forbes 400 list for 15 years - well not any more, as this crown has been handed over to none other than insurance and jewellery flogger Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett....



  • Green house uses hydrogen fuel cell

    Emma Hughes the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 10:40:00

    Stop throwing stones

    TODAY A HOUSE WILL be opened in Lye - not much news there - but this house is different, as it will be opened as the first hydrogen-powered home connected to the national grid. The house itself looks pretty normal, the only difference lies in a shed around the back,...



  • HP plans new factory in southwest China

    Egan Orion the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 11:23:00

    To open in 2010

    HP HAS SIGNED UP with Chongquing Municipality to build a PC plant to serve rapidly-growing Chinese computer markets and help boost economic development in Sichuan. The factory deal follows a joint announcement that HP will locate a Global Call Center in Chongquing and build an information-sharing system with Chongquing's University...



  • NSA listened in on sex calls

    Aharon Etengoff the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 10:17:00

    US tax dollars at work

    THE CHAIRMAN of the Senate intelligence committee is investigating allegations that the NSA eavesdropped on intimate phone calls made by US military personnel. According to Navy linguist David Murphee Faulk, intercept operators had shared a number of titillating conversations with their friends....



  • KDDI has 3D handset screen

    Tony Dennis the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 10:24:00

    No glasses required

    A REPORT from the Ceatec 2008 show in Japan recently revealed that mobile network operator KDDI had a prototype 3D OLED screen primarily aimed at mobile phones. Measuring 3.1 inches, it is capable of showing video and still images in 3D without the need for those stupid glasses....



  • Vodafone finally grasps Vodacom

    Tony Dennis the Inquirer, Friday 10 October 2008. 10:24:00

    Springbok for African safari

    FINALLY, VODAFONE appears to have gained its objective of taking control of South Africa's leading mobile phone operator, Vodacom. It looks set to raise its stake to 65 per cent ? thereby gaining a controlling interest....



 
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