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15/07/2006 - Asus P525 il nuovo smartphone di Asus - Asus annuncia un nuovo smartphone quad-band |
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15/07/2006 - Le novità di Half-Life: Episode Two e i lavori in corso su Team Fortress 2 - All'EA Summer Showcase Valve tiene banco con diverse rivelazioni sulla prossima espansione di Half-Life 2. Confermato anche Team Fortress 2. |
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15/07/2006 - RS700: il futuro chipset ATI per il 2007 - Il produttore canadese inizia a predisporre la futura soluzione chipset integrata con supporto DirectX 10 |
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15/07/2006 - Project Gray Company diventa The White Council - Il misterioso gioco di ruolo in produzione presso Electronic Arts fino ad oggi conosciuto come Projet Gray Company viene adesso annunciato ufficialmente. |
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15/07/2006 - Due nuove cpu Core Duo per notebook entry level - Non solo Conroe per Intel; rese disponibili ai produttori OEM due nuove versioni di processore Core Duo, per sistemi notebook a basso costo |
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14/07/2006 - Microsoft Windows Fundamentals per riutilizzare pc vecchi - Microsoft Windows Fundamentals permette di utilizzare i vecchi pc beneficiando di alcune caratteristiche di sicurezza tipiche di Windows XP |
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14/07/2006 - IBM: Cell ha problemi di resa produttiva? - Il processore di IBM, Sony e Toshiba potrebbe incontrare problemi di produzione a causa della propria complessità. Difficile assicurare alti volumi? |
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14/07/2006 - Sei giochi Electronic Arts per Nintendo Wii - Electronic Arts annuncia di essere al lavoro su sei giochi destinati alla nuova console di Nintendo. |
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14/07/2006 - Splash Damage posticipa Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - Attraverso un diario di sviluppo pubblicato da GameSpy, Splash Damage annuncia di dover posticipare il rilascio di Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. |
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14/07/2006 - Taglio di organico per Intel - L'operazione di revisione interna di Intel passa attraverso una nuova fase: tagliato il posto a 1.000 manager |
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14/07/2006 - Microsoft Power Point nel mirino - Sono passati solo pochi giorni dal "patch day" di luglio e Symantec comunica un nuovo bug di Microsoft PowerPoint |
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14/07/2006 - Storage organico, una prospettiva futuribile? - Una proteina organica modificata geneticamente potrebbe permettere la realizzazione di dischi ad alta capacità in grado di immagazzinare fino a 50TB di dati |
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14/07/2006 - Nuova console di gioco da Envizions - Envizions Computer Entertainment svela che immetterà sul mercato una nuova console di gioco. Uscita prevista entro il 2006. |
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14/07/2006 - Una scheda di rete per i videogiocatori - BigFoot Networks propone una scheda di rete dedicata, specificatamente pensata per il pubblico dei videogiocatori incalliti |
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14/07/2006 - Grim Fandango con Burton, Halo con Washington, World of Warcraft senza Spielberg - Emergono contemporaneamente diverse indiscrezioni riguardo i progetti cinematografici tratti da importanti successi videoludici. Coinvolti i film di Grim Fandango, Halo e World of Warcraft. |
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14/07/2006 - MPC-9000: il Golia dei sistemi portatili - Chi avrebbe mai pensato di realizzare un sistema portatile in formato ATX standard? Del resto è facile: bastano un paio di rotelle... |
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14/07/2006 - Al debutto le cpu Core 2 Duo - Disponibili le prime informazioni ufficiali, oltre che le analisi prestazionali comparate, delle nuove generazioni di processore Intel per sistemi desktop |
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14/07/2006 - America's Army si prepara al co-op - Un aggiornamento immetterà un'inedita modalità co-operativa in America's Army, lo sparatutto 3D distribuito gratuitamente e sostenuto economicamente dall'esercito degli Stati Uniti. |
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13/07/2006 - Rilasciato VMware Server - VMware Server è stato recentemente rilasciato. E' disponibile gratuitamente mentre alcune forme di supporto tecnico sono fornite a pagamento |
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13/07/2006 - Toshiba e SanDisk: piani di investimento per joint-venture - I due colossi hanno annunciato ufficialmente i piani di investimento necessari per la realizzazione della nuova joint venture Flash Alliance per la produzione di memorie flash |
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13/07/2006 - Anche Mark Rein polemizza sui videogiochi ad episodi - In un intervento al Develop Conference, il vice presidente di Epic Games si schiera dalla parte di coloro che criticano fermamente la distribuzione ad episodi dei videogiochi. |
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13/07/2006 - Chartered consegna i primi processori AMD - La fonderia di Singapore, in linea con i tempi, da il via alle prime consegne di processori AMD a 90 nanometri |
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13/07/2006 - Annunciato Havok 4.0 - Havok ha annunciato i tool di sviluppo Havok 4.0 per la programmazione della simulazione fisica all'interno delle scene 3D |
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13/07/2006 - I segreti di Call of Duty 3 - Activision e Treyarch svelano diversi elementi del gameplay del terzo episodio dello sparatutto 3D ambientato nella seconda guerra mondiale. |
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16/07/2006 - Firefox 2, ecco la prima Beta - Dopo mesi di aplha testing, Firefox 2.0 e' giunto alla prima beta ufficiale. Questa release contiene praticamente tutte le funzionalita' che saranno presenti nella release finale, e puo' essere provata subito |
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16/07/2006 - Microsoft: ecco perche` abbracciamo OpenDocument - Ha sorpreso molti la scelta del big di Redmond di lavorare in modalita' open source su un tool di conversione per il supporto ODF in Office. L'azienda ora spiega: una scelta che rispetta i clienti. L'intervista di PI |
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16/07/2006 - Vodafone chiede i danni a Telecom Italia - L'operatore anglo-italiano accusa la rivale di abuso di posizione dominante e in tribunale chiede un risarcimento di oltre mezzo miliardo di euro. I dettagli |
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16/07/2006 - Download/ Giffe`, Expose`, GimpShoppe` - 14 luglio, la Revolution! Gimp diventa come Photoshop, le gif si ottimizzano, le foto di gruppo si migliorano, le finestre diventano di vetro e si organizzano |
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16/07/2006 - I messenger di Yahoo! e MS si parlano - L'alleanza tra Microsoft e Yahoo! nel settore ha dato il suo primo frutto: la possibilita', per gli utenti dei rispettivi servizi di instant messaging, di chattare tra loro. In futuro potranno anche parlarsi via VoIP |
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16/07/2006 - Microsoft ora Virtual PC lo regala - In attesa del nuovo Virtual PC 2007, BigM rende gratuita l'edizione 2004 del proprio famoso software di virtualizzazione. Nel frattempo VMware ha rilasciato la versione 1.0 del proprio server entry-level |
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16/07/2006 - Symbian OS 9.3 parla anche Wi-Fi - Symbian ha aggiornato l'omonimo sistema operativo per smartphone, e tra le caratteristiche di maggior rilievo vi e' il supporto nativo alla connettivita' Wi-Fi. Strada spianata agli smartphone ibridi |
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16/07/2006 - DVD da 50 terabyte? Basta una proteina - Dischi ottici coperti da strati sottili di uno speciale materiale organico saranno in grado d'immagazzinare montagne di dati. Lo promettono alcuni ricercatori. Ma quale Blu-ray? |
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16/07/2006 - Quasi pronto un acceleratore del pensiero - Un nuovo strumento che associa cervello umano e computer e' studiato per consentire l'elaborazione di immagini ad una velocita' di dieci volte superiore a quanto avviene normalmente. Il Pentagono si interessa e finanzia |
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16/07/2006 - I batteri elettroconduttori ci circondano - Uno scienziato statunitense ha scoperto che la Terra e'... cablata da batteri che sfruttano le proprie membrane come nanoconduttori di elettricita'. Da qui l'idea: costruire colonie di batteri da usare come celle d'energia |
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16/07/2006 - Chip cerebrale sconfigge la tetraplegia - Nuova sperimentazione di BrainGate: un successo strepitoso. Un 25enne tetraplegico e' riuscito ad usare il computer con la sola forza del pensiero. Si accendono le speranze per molti portatori di handicap |
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16/07/2006 - Sony prepara il funerale del formato UMD - Prezzi alti, blindatura DRM e scarsa compatibilita' determinano la fine del formato che avrebbe dovuto essere lanciato dalla PSP dell'azienda. Che ora spera in Memory Stick agli steroidi |
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16/07/2006 - Social network, brevetto indigeribile - Adam Seifer, tra i fondatori della comunita' virtuale SixDegrees, sostiene che il brevetto sui social network di Friendster non tiene conto della prior art. Scoppia la polemica tra i blogger. Intanto MySpace supera Yahoo! |
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16/07/2006 - Jukebox indipendente per indipendenti - Pump Audio consente di acquistare canzoni, effetti sonori e musiche d'accompagnamento a basso costo. Uno strumento in piu' per le produzioni dal basso. Ecco come funziona |
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16/07/2006 - Craccato un server di Debian.org - Gli sviluppatori del celebre progetto open source stanno investigando su un attacco che ha compromesso uno dei server dell'organizzazione. La macchina e' stata messa off-line insieme ad altri computer della rete |
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16/07/2006 - Phishing, l'attacco ora e` real-time - I password-token forniti dagli istituti di credito per i servizi di e-banking salvano dai phisher? Non sempre: girano le prime aggressioni che neutralizzano questo fattore di sicurezza aggiuntiva |
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16/07/2006 - Parigi, un PC invece del caffe` - Un euro al giorno: questo potrebbero pagare per un computer in buone condizioni le famiglie meno abbienti della Francia, quelle che ancora non siano riuscite a mettere le mani su un PC |
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16/07/2006 - Apple abbandona la causa contro i blogger - La Mela rinuncia a perseguire i blogger californiani a cui attribuisce una fuga di notizie su un prodotto ancora in sviluppo. Per la California i blog, come i giornali, non sono tenuti a rivelare le fonti |
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16/07/2006 - Pechino, scarcerazione per Hao Wu - Il blogger e' rimasto in carcere per molti mesi a causa della sua triste patologia: documentava le storture del regime pechinese. RSF avverte: decine i cyberdissidenti ancora in carcere |
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16/07/2006 - Corso Linux per Open System Engineer - A Bolzano |
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15/07/2006 - Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App - Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders.
The feature was introduced as a free download last week. Almost immediately, people raised questions over how businesses would grapple with the ability of individual workers to encrypt their data.
"Private Folder 1.0 was designed as a benefit for customers running genuine Windows," Microsoft said in a statement to CNET News.com on Friday. "However, we received feedback about concerns around manageability, data recovery and encryption, and based on that feedback, we are removing the application today. This change will take effect shortly."
At the time of this writing, you can still download Private Folder 1.0 from Microsoft's website here.
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15/07/2006 - Xen leads Novell's turnaround effort in Linux - On Monday, Novell will release major updates to its Linux product lineup by adding Xen virtualization software to its enterprise server product and new eye candy to the desktop counterpart.
The biggest change will arrive with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, which will be the first major Linux distribution to incorporate the Xen virtualization technology. Xen is designed to boost a computer's efficiency by allowing the user to run multiple operating systems simultaneously. SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10 will gain a new fancy graphics interface called Xgl. Novell hopes Xgl will help showcase its innovations.
"SLED is going to be the sizzle, and SLES is going to be the steak," Justin Steinman, Novell's director of product marketing for Linux, said.
But it will take more than just good technology make inroads against Linux market leader Red Hat, said Ideas International analyst Tony Iams. "Products have never been a problem for Novell. It's been on marketing and execution," he said.
SLES 10 should turn the Waltham, Mass.-based company's Linux results around, Novell's Steinman believes. "We are first to market with a next-generation platform. We are the only one to deliver a broad platform from the desktop to the data center. We will have much more aggressive marketing and be much easier to do business with," he said.
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15/07/2006 - 'Image Spam' and VoIP Scam Attacks on Rise - So-called "image spam" is on the rise once again -- as clever hackers try to sneak by spam screening software that tests messages for spam based on keywords. After declining steadily throughout 2005 -- from about 12 percent ofall spam at the beginning of the year, down to about 5 percent inNovember -- the use of image spam jumped dramatically in December 2005,to 25 percent of all spam. It has remained at that level fairlyconsistently for the last six months, according to Postini, a messagingmanagement company based in San Carlos, Calif. To be sure, up-to-date spam filters, like the patented PTIN technology,can detect and block image spam based on other attributes of thesending computer, message envelope and headers.There are other, emerging threats too -- like VoIP spam scams.Scammers pretending to be banks e-mail people and ask them to dial atelephone number, then enter the personal information needed to gainaccess to their finances. These fake VoIP services are reducing thecosts associated with conducting such attacks, providing theperpetrators with a lower risk of discovery. "Postini attributes this increase to spammerstesting the deliverability of image spam in early 2005 and realizingthat many older spam filters are helpless when messages contain text toanalyze, so the use of images helps get their spam delivered," saidPostini spokesperson Catherine Leahy. "Upon seeing the positiveresults, they converted much of their spam to image spam." These attacks are "highly sophisticated,targeted, transient and dynamic, thereby making it far more difficultto uncover and capture the perpetrators," according to Dr. JoseNazario, a senior security engineer and member of the Arbor SecurityEngineering & Response Team (ASERT) at Arbor Networks, a networksecurity leader for global business networks.
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15/07/2006 - The Pirate Bay making over €20,000 a day - The file sharing site The Pirate Bay are set to be making over $25328 a day, with single day advertisements costing €20,000.
The past four months the Swedish company Eastpoint Media have sold ads for The Pirate Bay for an average of €60,000 per month, according to sales manager Luar Busó. The police raid on 31 May resulted in even more visitors to the site and prices for ads went up accordingly.
'The biggest ads today cost €20,000 and so far we've sold four', says Luar Busó.
Eastpoint sell ads for The Pirate Bay in the Scandinavian market. File sharing is most widespread in Sweden where many people have broadband. But The Pirate Bay runs in twenty five different languages and gets visitors from all corners of the planet.
News source: Rixstep
Link: The Pirate Bay
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15/07/2006 - UK regulator warms to legalisation of FM transmitters - Ofcom - the UK's regulating body for the media and telecommunications - is holding a public consultation over the legalisation of FM transmitters designed for use with MP3 players.
Europe has strict guidelines over the use of low-power FM transmitters, due to their potential to interfere with legal radio stations. Devices like the iPod's iTrip are mostly used in cars, as an alternative way of delivering music to an in-built radio tuner.
Currently the devices do not adhere to the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1949 which prohibits the use of radio transmitters without a permit. That is not to say everyone follows the rules, as many sellers on sites such as eBay provide the transmitters which are in hot demand due to their taboo status.
It is expected that the devices will be legalised by 2007.
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15/07/2006 - Intel Set to Go Another Round With AMD - The summer is heating up for Intel as it prepares to propel three new products into the market in upcoming weeks. Intel's latest offerings include the Core 2 Duo chip for desktopPCs, Montecito chip for high-end servers and Merom chip for mobilenotebooks. Shipment of the processors has already begun, and Intel ispreparing to release several other chips, Bill Kircos, communicationsmanager for Intel, told TechNewsWorld. "There's a lot of excitement about how stunning the performance ison these chips. It's about us putting out a revolutionary type ofprocessor. It's a winner," Kircos said, noting several positive techreviews. "This is a really big launch because a whole new crop of PCsand laptops will be hitting the stores with these processors in timefor back to school and before the holidays."
The menu is one that analysts say will keep Advanced Micro Devices alert on the battlefield. Intel has sustained an innovative advantage in the mobile market,though AMD has flexed its muscles in the desktop and server chip areas,according to Jim McGregor, principal analyst at In-Stat. Now, Intel ismaking a push there, he told TechNewsWorld. "Desktop servers and the PCmarket is the new battleground. It's going to be a very competitivelandscape for at least the next year." For Intel, the multiple product launches seem like a significantshift from desktops to mobile technology. "Eventually, AMD is going tohave to come up with a new architecture to go from the ground up,"McGregor said, noting that the company told analysts at a recentconference that a new mobile architecture would be in production in2007 but would not provide further details. AMD is developing a new platform for the "PC enthusiast" market,according to Mike Field, desktop division market manager for AMD. "It'sa decidedly multicore processor, multithreaded application technologyfor the PC industry, and AMD believes it will have the best solutionsfor the market in 2006," he told TechNewsWorld. The company also is "planning an aggressive desktop price movement," Field noted. News source: TechNewsWorld
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15/07/2006 - Newspapers, Yahoo looking at partnership - In a world where the Internet provides news and advertising on demand, newspapers are struggling to attract readers and revenues. In particular, the rise of classified advertising sites like Craigslist has led to a corresponding slide in ad revenues for the tabloids and broadsheets.
Yahoo, the most-trafficked nonpornographic website in the world, and a number of newspapers are in discussions about working together on news, classified ads, and "content packages" focused on certain topics. Local newspapers would "feed" their news to Yahoo, which would then aggregate it for readers based on their location or other factors.
The low-hanging fruit is classified ads, especially jobs. "Help-wanted is the quick cash," according to a source close to the negotiations. By partnering with Yahoo to host help-wanted and other classified ads, the newspapers would be able to make their classified offerings more attractive as they would be hosted in an easily searchable and high-profile location and could be readily targeted to readers all over the country.
Online help-wanted ads are nothing new. Craigslist has a "help wanted" section, and other jobs sites already exist, including CareerBuilder, a joint venture of the Tribune, Gannet, and Knight Ridder newspaper companies.
Newspapers have been struggling to figure out a way to embrace the Internet while continuing to remain profitable. Paid subscriptions for online content have failed for all but truly high-profile publications like the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. For the rest, paying for content online has proven to be a turn-off for readers, and some newspapers are even doing away with registrations, choosing instead to offer up their content unencumbered.
The Internet has irrevocably changed the game for newspapers, and at this point, it's a matter of their figuring out a way to keep readers interested both offline and on. A tie-in to a major portal like Yahoo! may boost the fortunes of some local papers, but it won't replace 50¢ dropped in the newspaper box on the corner.
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14/07/2006 - $300 Linux Computers - AMD64-based desktop systems will be offered for $300 to consumers. How? It is because of a partnership between Britt Systems and Technalign. To keep the price so low, BrittSystems will ship the computers with a version of the Linux operating system. The machines will features an AMD Athlon 64 2800+ processor,256MB of memory, 80GB SATA hard drive, CD-RW drive. 400W power supply and afloppy drive. The machine will run on TaFusion MEPISLinux which is also known as Frontier. Also included is OpenOffice.org which is a rather competent competitor to Microsoft Office alongwith the Thunderbird email client.
"This new offering will allowindividuals and companies to get a powerful entry level system at the lowestpossible investment. Most companies offering an entry level system under $300usually provide much less processing power, smaller hard drives, a standardCD-ROM, and no floppy drive," said the CEO of Technalign. The lack of a Microsoft-based operating system is crucial tothe low-price of the desktops, but some other compromises had to be made. The systems only come with a 90-day factory warranty although the separate components still retain their respective warranties which range from one tothree years. First shipments will go out on July 31.
News source: DailyTech
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14/07/2006 - Google Checkout Gains Rapid Adoption - Early this month Google launched Google Checkout - online payment system. This system is focused on providing security to users and vendors. Surprisingly Google announced that its Checkout system would not attempt to compete with Ebay or Paypal. Since the launch on June 29th, Google CheckOut has been receiving rapid adoption by online vendors. Some notable companies include:
| Buy.com | eCosts
| Shop PBS
| Starbucks Store
| Timberland
| Fossil
| Zales
| Dockers
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eBay announced that it will not support Google CheckOut. Earlier this month eBay added Google CheckOut to its list of non-accepted payment options because they felt CheckOut was too new and not trustworthy for handling online transactions. eBay informed its members that it may exercise account suspensions and loss of premium statuses if sellers are found to be using Google CheckOut.
Numerous reports claimed that users were outraged by eBay's decision and thatthey were generally unhappy with PayPal's services over the lastseveral years. Google stated that its service is highly secure and its experience with handling transactions for its AdSense and AdWordsservices indicated that CheckOut is a trustworthy service.
Despite the lack of support by eBay, Google CheckOut is gaining popularity. Support from companies like StarBucks, Fossil, PBS, uBid.com and othersindicate that Google CheckOut is on its way to becoming one of the few trusted forms of online payment.
News source: DailyTech
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14/07/2006 - UK to outlaw "stand-by" buttons - Readers in the UK will be well aware of the government's recent focus on energy consumption and now they're going one step further and imposing an outright ban on stand-by buttons on remote controls in a bit to save energy.
The country is hoping to switch off fossil-fuels and turn on environment-friendly methods of generating power, but shows an equal interest in saving energy around the house. According to a report, the average British household uses 8% of its total energy usage by leaving electrical devices on stand-by.
TVs, DVD players and video recorders will no longer be left in electronic-purgatory, as the government imposes harsh-but-fair tactics on electronics manufacturers. Other devices that found their way onto the end of the government's hitlist included lighting, set-top boxes, chargers, fridges, freezers, washing machines and PCs.
The government insisted that all of these devices must be re-designed with energy efficiency in mind.
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