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Archive for November, 2007

Unbalanced Line: (Big) easy ticket

Like the coaches in the USA Today poll and the BCS computers dismissed LSU’s 48-7 annihilation of the Hokies on Sept. 8, and Boston College’s 14-10 victory over Virginia Tech Oct. 25. After LSU’s 50-48 triple overtime loss to Arkansas, the coaches and …

Dell shares fall 10% on poor results

The advantages of that model - in which computers are sold directly to customers via the telephone and internet - have been blunted in recent years by strong price competition and a shift in consumer preferences towards retail PC purchases. Reviving …

Dell third-quarter profit rises 28 percent

ROUND ROCK, Texas - Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 28 percent, fueled by strong demand of mobility products like laptop computers and strong sales of products made for corporations. Despite the strong …

You can teach an old dog new computer tricks

They sport bejeweled chokers, lavish in bubble baths at spas and have their own leather-bag chauffeurs. And now our almost-like-human dogs might also try their paws at computers. Four dogs strutted their stuff recently by using touch-screen computers

Report: World faces ‘cyber cold war’ threat

The McAfee report also detailed the growing threat to Web surfers from increasingly sophisticated techniques to steal personal information online and install malicious code on victims’ computers to herd them into networks of compromised machines that …

More gadget shoppers look, touch, don’t buy

And gadgets like computers and big-screen TVs top this year’s holiday wish list, according to an annual survey by the Consumer Electronics Association, which also listed “peace and happiness” among the top three. Besides Apple, window shoppers also …

Medical library lets users find reputable info

All of that information is available in Banner Gateway’s library, which also includes computers with online databases of medical information and journals, about 700 medical reference textbooks and dozens of medical journals. The library is open 8 a.m …

Two oil firms suspected of Ponzi scheme

They seized documents and computers. According to Laramie’s Web site, the company has offices in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Brunei; and Jakarta, Indonesia, and has joined with various firms to provide a range of energy services, including construction …

Google rolls out mobile-phone locator

… of mining profits from the mobile Web. To help realize that goal, Google plans to introduce a new mobile software package called Android next year in an attempt to make its online services more accessible to people while they’re away from computers at …

Fed seeks to calm markets

Most of the fall in non-defence capital goods orders came from a 15.6 per cent drop in orders for computers and related products and a 22.6 per cent fall in communications equipment orders. “The drop in communications equipment orders accounts for all …