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Facebook jumps then slumps in first few minutes day's trade

Posted by Droner 21 hours ago General
http://go.theregister.com — Round and round she goes, where she stops.... Facebook's shares debuted on the Nasdaq today at $42 and immediately skidded downwards to the original IPO price of $38.… Read More
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Governments may hit social networks with cyber attacks

Posted by Droner 1 day 21 hours ago General
http://go.theregister.com — Arab Spring alerted governments to power of Facebook, Twitter et al Social networking operators like Facebook and Twitter need to consider themselves much more vulnerable to attacks – not because they are more vulnerable or more attractive to criminals than previously, but because states are now actors in security threats.… Read More
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Pano Logic Expands VDI with PC Client

Posted by Droner 1 day 21 hours ago General
http://www.internetnews.com — Got an old PC lying around? It may yet have a second life. Read More
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Gates' Corbis busted again for fraud

Posted by Droner 2 days ago General
http://go.theregister.com — Infoflows wins US$12m in damages, Gates still mad Corbis, the digital stock photo company founded by Bill Gates in 1989, remains embroiled in a protracted fraud case instigated by Seattle based Infoflows.… Read More
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Vixie warns: DNS Changer ‘blackouts’ inevitable

Posted by Droner 2 days ago General
http://go.theregister.com — Father of BIND fears ISP crisis in July Ridding the world of the DNS Changer is proving a long, slow process that won’t be accomplished by July 9, when the court orders granted to the FBI expire and infected users suffer their inevitable blackout.… Read More
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Baidu touts mobe with 100GB web drive

Posted by Droner 3 days ago General
http://go.theregister.com — $158 cloud-backed smartphone from 'China's Google' Baidu, the company which dominates China's search business as Google dominates elsewhere, has launched a smartphone using the company's cloud platform to reduce the price and keep the users loyal.… Read More
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Button batteries BURN KIDS FROM INSIDE

Posted by Droner 3 days ago General
http://go.theregister.com — Where’s that dead CMOS battery you replaced last week? The next time you replace a button battery, do take care to dispose of it thoughtfully lest your kids swallow it and end up subjecting their innards to a damaging electrical current.… Read More
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Solving traffic jams with maths

Posted by Droner 4 days ago General
http://go.theregister.com — Make the traffic control the lights, instead of the other way around A Swiss traffic management and transport economics expert believes a combination of queue management and computing can help solve the gridlock that plagues the modern city.… Read More
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