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VeriSign, the internet services company has announced that the cost of registering internet domain names ending in .com and .net is set to rise, the first of many such announcements expected this year. The company, which deals with the domain registering for a large number of ISPs worldwide, as well as many large enterprises, plans […]

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Seven out of ten orders for the Eee PC are going unfulfilled according to reports, as the notebook falls victim to its own popularity and a shortage of components. Asus is struggling to source batteries for the Eee PC following a fire at an LG Chem plant earlier this month claims Kevin Lin, vice president […]

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A chip that could lead to longer-lasting, self-charging mobile devices and more. 
Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have designed a new chip for portable electronics that could be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology. Given its reduced power consumption, the new chip could lead to cell phones, handheld computers, and remote sensors […]

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Windows Vista SP1 update was released for public download two days ago to eager consumers worldwide who are in need of bug fixing — after more than a year living with Vista’s irritating idiosyncrasies. Users can download it from the Microsoft Download Center or directly from your Windows Vista automatic updates. Here comes the quirks […]

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Mozilla says that the fourth beta of its Firefox 3 browser is available to download with more than 900 enhancements, better handling of memory and interface tweaks for Vista.
According to Mozilla’s developer site, Firefox 3 beta 4 includes the following (also see What’s new document). Paula Rooney notes that the latest beta brings Firefox 3 […]

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As you guys already have known, the Asus Eee PC 900 (next generation Eee PC) will come with a 8.9″ display (capable of 1024×600 resolution) and a choice of 8GB of storage space. On top of that, the next generation Eee PC will come with different coloured skins. Well, apparently, that’s not the end of […]

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The motivation for this “HOW-TO” started when I was doing some coding on my Ubuntu. Although some may prefer in-built text editors with syntax colouring like Gedit, I still prefer Vim for its ease in usage. This is just a simple how-to for those in need.
Vim had served me well before on Fedora but somehow […]

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CNN reporter dives into the world of the Chinese hacking underground
“No website is 100% safe,” says Chen Xiao, member of a team of hackers that operate from a bare apartment just off the coast of Shanghai.
“There are websites with high-level security, but there is always a weakness,” adds Chen.
Pensive about his actual identity, Chen and […]

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Researchers at the University of Bangor have developed technology that could increase the speed of home broadband one hundred times over. A device the size of a DVD player, created by Dr Jianming Tang and his team at the University’s School of Electronic Engineering, can allegedly squeeze 100 times the data transfer rate from a […]

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As promised before. Here’s the link to the IT Show 2008 brochures and price lists. Currently, there are only a few (obviously). There should be more updates and contributions tomorrow.
Credits: coldfreeze @ HWZ

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