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Archive for June 2007

Gateway Recalls Faulty Battery Packs

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 22, 2007

Gateway, Inc. launched a voluntary recall of approximately 14,000 lithium ion battery packs. Under certain conditions, these battery packs can overheat and create a potential fire hazard. The company is cooperating with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to act in the interest of customer safety.
The affected battery packs were shipped as the primary [...]

Creative Introduces Zen Stone Plus

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 22, 2007

Creative introduced an exciting new choice in MP3 players to complement the recent introduction of the ZEN Stone MP3 player. The new Creative ZEN Stone Plus is a featherweight 2GB MP3 player with a rich selection of features, including FM radio, voice recording and more.  Like the ZEN Stone, the Creative ZEN Stone Plus comes in [...]

Trojans Lurking In Fake Video Postings On YouTube

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 21, 2007

Watching or downloading YouTube video clips could put you at risk from identity and data theft, according to Secure Computing and ComSentry Network. They warn that the recent expansion by YouTube into Europe could put users of the video sharing network at risk. Peer to peer networks are also blamed.
The chief YouTube culprit [...]

Yahoo signs deals with 6 Asian mobile firms

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 21, 2007

Yahoo! announced that it has signed partnership agreements with six major mobile operators across Asia, representing a combined subscriber base of nearly 100 million. These new partnerships focus on distribution of Yahoo!’s popular mobile search service, Yahoo! oneSearch, which launched in Asia in May of this year.
The six mobile operators are Globe Telecom [...]

Computer Failure Grounds United Flights

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 21, 2007

A computer malfunction at United Airlines halted all departures systemwide for two hours Wednesday, forcing the delay or cancellation of nearly 300 flights, the carrier said.  Spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said the airline did not know the cause of the problem, which affected the systems United uses to dispatch flights for departure.
United said about 268 domestic [...]

Yahoo co-founder Yang to replace Semel as CEO

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 19, 2007

Yahoo! Inc. announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder and long-time board member, as Chief Executive Officer. Terry Semel, current Yahoo! Chairman and CEO, will assume the position of non-executive Chairman and serve as an advisor and important resource for the company’s senior management team, while also working closely with [...]

INTEL Delivers Classmate PCs to Public Schools

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 9, 2007

Intel Microelectronic Philippines advanced its 1:1 e-Learning project with the delivery of 50 units of Intel-powered classmate PCs to the Muntinlupa Elementary School.  Muntinlupa is one of two public schools identified by the Department of Education (DepEd) to receive Intel-powered classmate PCs, Intel’s specially designed laptop for students in graqdes Kindergarten through 12.
Other groups supporting this intiative are Gearing Up Internet [...]

988 Billion Gigabytes of Digital Info by 2010

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 9, 2007

EMC Corporation announced the results of an EMC sponsored research from IDC entitled “The Expanding Universe: A Forecast of Worldwide Information Growth Through 2010″. The report reveals that the 2006 digital universe was 161 billion gigabytes (161 exabytes) in size.
Other key findings: IDC projects a six fold annual information growth from 2006 to 2010, [...]

Dell Parades New Latitude Notebook Models

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 9, 2007

Dell recently announced new Latitude notebook models designed to enhance battery life, connectivitym, performance, energy efficiency – Latitude D630, D830 both using Intel Core 2 Duo processor and D531 notebook models which is based on AMD Turion 64 and Sempron processors.
Dell also said it will offer Latitude D430 ultra-mobile notebook and Dell Precision M4300 and [...]

New Technologies Announced by Intel

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 9, 2007

Intel Corporation announced a host of new technologies, including faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, for its latest-generation Intel Centrino Processor technology used in notebook PCs for consumers and businesses.
At the heart of the new Intel Centrino Duo and Intel Centrino Pro processor technology-based notebooks is the next generation of Intel’s highly acclaimed Intel Core [...]


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