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Net speed rules come into force
Rules that try to ensure consumers get better information when buying broadband come into force on 5 December.
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Python update makes break with past
Python 3.0 is a major change from the Python 2 series, and the first release that is intentionally backwards-incompatible. Python developers on Wednesday released the final version of Python 3.0, a major reworking of the programming language that is incompatible with the Python 2 series. Python...
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Second Google Android Phone Revealed
KrispyDroid writes "The world's second Google Android phone has been unveiled — by an Australian-based electronics company called Kogan. It will ship worldwide on Jan 29. It looks like a surprisingly nice form factor, not unlike a Blackberry Bold. The phones will be sold without a contract at low prices — $A299 ($US192)."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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A step closer to self-powered kit
Efficiency increases in materials that turn vibration into energy could make for devices powered by the sound of your voice.
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The weirdest computing disasters of 2008
Roasted laptops, panthers savaging memory sticks and angry fishermen throwing computers overboard top the list of the year's weirdest computing disasters. Roasted laptops, panthers savaging memory sticks and angry fishermen throwing computers overboard top the list of the year's weirdest computing disasters. The top 10...
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'Greasemonkey' Malware Targets Firefox
snydeq writes "Researchers have discovered a new type of malware that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox. The malware, dubbed 'Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A,' sits in Firefox's add-ons folder, registering itself as 'Greasemonkey,' the well-known collection of scripts that add functionality to Web pages rendered by Firefox. The malware uses JavaScript to identify more than 100 financial and money transfer Web sites, including PayPal, collecting logins and passwords, which it forwards to a server in Russia. Trojan infection can occur via drive-by download or download duping."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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On-demand video 'not competitive'
Plans by the BBC and other TV companies for an on-demand video service "hurts competition", a government watchdog says.
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Roadmap: Open source to take over mainstream IT
Open source-based IT jobs will grow and the cloud will be ubiquitous, as long as the community takes certain steps, according to a roadmap from the Open World Forum. Within the next 12 years, 40 percent of IT jobs will be related to open source, and open-source-based cloud computing...
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Apple Believes Someone Is Behind Psystar
rgraham writes "From the article on Growler, "Apple apparently believes that somebody else is behind Psystar, which might help to explain why a major law firm would take on what seems like a fly-by-night's case; also why Psystar has been so bold in continuing to sell its products. I knew this thing felt funny. As Alice in Wonderland might put it, 'It gets interestinger and interestinger.'""Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Firm makes one billionth mouse
Amid claims the computer mouse will soon be history, the world's biggest manufacturer of the device rolls the billionth one off the production line.
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Oracle adds data-integrity code to Linux kernel
The enterprise-software company has collaborated with networking-hardware company Emulex to produce Linux kernel data-integrity code. Oracle has announced that it has contributed data-integrity code to the Linux kernel. The open-source code, which has been accepted into the Linux 2.6.27 kernel, is designed to reduce data corruption...
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Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2008
krou writes "The Big Picture blog is running a Hubble Space Telescope imagery Advent Calendar, where for the 25 days (it started on the 1st of December), a new photo will be revealed from the Hubble Space Telescope."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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