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Most U.S. Stocks Gain as Technology Rally Offset Consumer Slump

by Erik on June 9, 2009

in Recession,Stock Market,Technology

“We experienced in the last three months one of the nicest rallies in Wall Street history, and now we’re seeing the reasons why,” said Robert Lutts, president of Cabot Money Management in Salem, Massachusetts. “Texas Instruments and others are bumping up guidance nicely, and many companies that reported very negative consumer reactions are pulling that [...]

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The Bar Code Is Taking a Leap Forward

by Erik on June 9, 2009

in Barcodes,New Tech,Retail,RFID

LOOK closely at recent supermarket coupons, and you may see some markings on them near the traditional bar code: sets of neat black bars stacked in two rows. The new symbols, called GS1 DataBars, can store more data than traditional bar codes, promising new ways for stores to monitor inventory and for customers to save [...]

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Most firms unaware of Web domain changes: survey

by Erik on June 9, 2009

in Domain Names,Net Neutrality

LONDON (Reuters) – Two thirds of businesses are unaware they will be able to use their own name in place of domain extensions such as .com, .org, or .net when Internet domains are liberalized next year, according to a survey. The change would let the likes of Nike or Microsoft control their own domain and [...]

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Small wind turbine works at low wind speeds

by Erik on June 9, 2009

in Alternative Energy,ROI

Homeowners this fall will be able to buy a wind turbine at hardware stores that tackles the small wind industry’s bete noire: slow wind. WindTronics, based in Muskegon, Mich., has developed a wind turbine sized for individual homes that it says can operate at speeds as low as 2 miles an hour. It will be [...]

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T-Mobile Investigates Alleged Data Breach

by Erik on June 8, 2009

in Corporate Security,Information

T-Mobile is investigating a claim that a massive amount of internal data has been stolen from the telecommunication operator’s servers, a company spokesman said Monday. On Saturday, a message about T-Mobile was posted to the Full Disclosure mailing list by people who wrote they’d unsuccessfully tried to sell the data to T-Mobile’s competitors. They wrote [...]

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China Requires Censoring Software on New PCs

by Erik on June 8, 2009

in Asia,Censorship,Markets

BEIJING — China has issued a sweeping directive requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include sophisticated software that can filter out pornography and other “unhealthy information” from the Internet. Called “Green Dam” — green being a foil to the yellow smut of pornography — the software is designed to filter out sexually [...]

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