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    AOL to let others customize its AIM software

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>AOL said on Monday it planned to let software and service developers create their own versions of its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), which analysts said was a significant move for a company that has traditionally cordoned off its services. The...
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    Microsoft: Vista won't get a backdoor

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Windows Vista won't have a backdoor that could be used by police forces to get into encrypted files, Microsoft has stressed. In February, a BBC News story suggested that the British government was in discussions with Microsoft over backdoor...
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    Funny Linux Games against MS.

    <div class='quotetop'>(Call For Help Notes)</div><div class='quotemain'>Our Linux guru, Marcel, wants to talk about security today. Forgive us for poking a little fun at Microsoft and Microsoft security. We all know that Linux, by design and by its nature, is a far more secure operating...
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    Router Tips.

    <div class='quotetop'>(Call For Help show notes)</div><div class='quotemain'>You can use a combination of hardware, software and router placement to improve your wireless networking signal. Wi-Fi routers have a reach of about 300 feet line of sight (100 metres), but put walls and floors in...
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    Gartner: Wait 'til '08 for Vista

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Companies shouldn't rush to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista, according to analysts at Gartner, who believe most firms could safely hold back until 2008. The majority of improvements in Vista will be security-related and most of this...
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    The Bungie XBLA game that never was

    <div class='quotetop'>(Xbox360fanboy.com)</div><div class='quotemain'>I love the Bungie Weekly Update. How else would we know the staff spends their weekends snowboarding in Tahoe and playing Halo against the Tampa Bay Bucaneers? Besides thrilling us with the details of their geek-hero lives...
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    Why the Xbox 360 Supports HD DVD

    <div class='quotetop'>(Xbox360Fanboy.com)</div><div class='quotemain'>After reading Sunday?s New York Times (requires registration), I really wanted to find out a bit more around HD DVD. So I sat down with some folks working on Xbox 360?s upcoming HD DVD drive*, and asked: Why HD DVD? Why not...
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    G4TechTV Canada launches new show dedicated to internet culture

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>March 3, 2006, Toronto ? G4techTV Canada is pleased to announce the launch of Torrent, a weekly one-hour Internet culture show for tech-savvy audiences looking for unique first-person pop-tech stories from around the world starting Thursday...
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    Rockstar presents Grand Theft... Ping Pong?

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>March 3, 2006 - Earlier this week I spoke with Rockstar's COO Terry Donovan about Rockstar Games' newest endeavor. He had hinted earlier in the summer that Rockstar was working on something new and that I wouldn't believe it when I heard it...
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    Nintendo France Marketing Director Predicts Launch Plans

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>In a recent interview with gaming site Jeux-France, Nintendo of France's Marketing Director Mathieu Minel discussed the company's launch plans for its next-generation console, code-named the Nintendo Revolution. First, Minuel stated that the...
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    Strike three for Intel

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>The giant is taking a nap. Intel warned on Friday that its revenue for the first quarter would come in at between $8.7 and $9.1 billion, roughly $500 million lower than estimates the company issued in January. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based...
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    AOL to pay e-mail tab for nonprofits

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>America Online intends to pick up the costs for nonprofit groups that wish to send e-mails to AOL members, a move that comes less than a week after a consortium spoke out against the company's plan to charge for a new bulk e-mail service...
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    Testing cell phone radiation on human skin

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Finland's radiation watchdog is to study the effects of mobile phones on human proteins by direct tests on people's skin, to see if handset transmissions affect their health. A pilot study, to be conducted next week, will expose a small area of...
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    Apple patches serious Mac OS flaws

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Apple Computer on Wednesday released a security update for Mac OS X that fixes 20 vulnerabilities, including a high-profile Web browser and Mail flaw disclosed last week. The set of patches addresses a variety of security flaws, including...