Spin-down Copan spins itself down someOpen in New Window
Chris Mellor writes "Persistent data storage supplier Copan is downsizing with staff layoffs, unpaid leave and staff paycuts." read more »
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Did "Lazy Sunday" make YouTube's $1.5 billion sale possible?Open in New Window
Nate Anderson comments on the recent sale of YouTube to Google for $1.5 billion. read more »
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Why Did Google Discontinue SearchMash?Open in New Window
Robin Wauters comments "It’s a bit of a surprise that while everyone was focused on SearchWiki and what it means for the company, Google next to Lively also decided to kill its search sandbox Search read more »
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DoD Protects U.S. but Who Protects the DoD?Open in New Window
According to Wired's Noah Shachtman a rapidly spreading network worm, known as Agent BTZ, has prompted the U.S. army to put the use of USB drives and all removable data storage devices on hold tempo read more »
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Review: Touch-Screen Blackberry Storm Gets Mixed VerdictOpen in New Window
According to Eric Zeman "Research In Motion's first touch-screen Blackberry, from Verizon Wireless, boasts an ultra-fast Web browser and great multimedia. But the SurePress keypad takes some gettin read more »
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Symantec Estimates Cybercrime Economy At $276 MillionOpen in New Window
While much of the economy is in trouble it seems cybercrime is thriving. According to Symantec more than $276 million worth of cybercrime goods and services were advertised online between July 1, 20 read more »
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New MacBook Pro performance degrades with the battery removedOpen in New Window
Jason D. O'Grady writes "Gearlog has discovered a weird issue with the latest generation (Late 2008) MacBook Pros – they run like dogs when the battery is removed. To the tune of a 37-percent drop read more »
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Shipping news: Globalization halted by credit crisisOpen in New Window
Tom Foremski of ZDNet writes "DK Matai, chairman of the ATCA Open has written a very interesting article about global shipping of bulk cargo and how it has come to a halt because of the lack of lett read more »
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