Archive for July, 2011

HP or Apple for small business?

Hewlett-Packard is making a renewed push into the small business market. And so is Apple. Which is a better choice for a business that has dozens of employees, rather than thousands?

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Computer conducts couple’s wedding

As if more proof were needed that computers can do anything, a Texas bridegroom writes a computer program that acts as the minister at his and his bride’s wedding. The virtual minister is called Rev. Bit.

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Foxconn to replace workers with robots

Hardware maker famous for a rash of factory worker suicides plans to install more than 1 million robots to improve efficiency and combat rising labor costs.

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Notre Dame football tests smart mouthguards

Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish will test the new X2IMPACT intelligent mouthguard this season. The device records impact data for concussion research while also protecting players during games.

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Time Warner CEO: Web porn eating our profits

The CEO of Time Warner moans that free Web porn is adversely affecting the profits the company makes from porn.

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Black Hat roundup: Let the electric-shock craziness begin

Ready to power on next week, the annual Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas promises to be the high-voltage event it has been in the past where security experts tear apart any naïve hope that there’s really anything secure at all that was ever made by the high-tech industry.

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Google Ups Ante with 1,000 Patents from IBM

Google has acquired more than 1,000 patents from IBM in order to pad its portfolio. Patent litigation is a theater of the absurd in most cases, but it has evolved into a standard business practice among tech companies, and Google needs more fodder to defend itself.

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Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/31: What is this?

If you know what today’s picture is, you could be eligible to win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day contest.

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Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/31: What is this?

Outfitting Porsches for Arabian kings, American ostrich farmers

Road Trip 2011: For 25 years, Porsche has offered its customers a high degree of customization for their new cars. Buyers can choose from any number of unusual interior-leather color combinations, and can even have their ranch’s brand embossed on the seats.

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A beginner’s guide to telecom jargon, part 3

This week, CNET tackles one of the hottest words in the industry, “spectrum,” and explains the difference between selling a product and shipping one.

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