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India Hot Stocks:Compucom hits upper circuit on new contract - Reuters India
MUMBAI, May 28 (Reuters) - The following stocks were on the move at the BSE on Wednesday. At 11:15 a.m. the benchmark 30-share BSE index was up 0.4 percent at 16,335.47 points. The 50-share National Stock Exchange Index was up 0.1 percent at 4,865.70

Ministers to close porn loophole - Guardian Unlimited
Anyone caught with drawings or computer-generated images of child sexual abuse will face up to three years in prison under new Government proposals. Ministers want to make owning the material illegal to close a loophole which allows paedophiles to

New Microsoft operating system to have touch-screen feature; Ballmer - International Herald Tribune
CARLSBAD, California : Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer unveiled the iPhone-like touch-screen

Microsoft demos future Windows with touch-screen - Forbes
Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc. Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news

Sienna Miller treats fame like a computer game - West Online
The Factory Girl actress is constantly followed by the paparazzi wherever she goes, but has learnt to live with the attention and even have fun with it. She said: You feel like it s a video game sometimes. I play these games to make it more

Radio disturbance stalls Phoenix’s prospecting on Mars - Boston Globe
LOS ANGELES - Prospecting at Mars’s north pole was set back at least a day yesterday when a communications link to NASA’s Phoenix lander, nestled into a wide, undulating expanse nicknamed Green Valley, was interrupted by what spacecraft operators

Next Microsoft operating system has touch controls - Reuters
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 27 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) plans to give users of the next version of its Windows operating system touch screen controls as one option for controlling the software, its top executives

Fiorina Buttresses McCain on Economy, Touting Tax Cuts, Trade - Bloomberg
May 28 (Bloomberg) — By John McCain ’s own admission, the economy isn’t his strong suit. The ace up his sleeve may be a polished corporate executive ranked six times as the U.S.’s most powerful businesswoman, who’s also among the most controversial

Iranian guilty of using US nuclear software - Kansas City Star
An engineer from Iran was convicted Tuesday of illegally accessing a protected computer in the United States to use training software he obtained at a former job at a nuclear power plant in Arizona. The jury deadlocked on two other counts against

Microsoft demos future Windows with touch-screen - Boston Globe
CARLSBAD, Calif. Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc. Microsoft

Chinese computer maker Lenovo says quarterly profit up 133 percent on - MSN UK News
Lenovo Group says earnings for its latest quarter rose 133 percent as strong sales in China and Europe offset slower growth in the United States. The world’s No. 4 PC maker said Thursday that quarterly profits totaled US$140 million (US$89 million

‘Indiana Jones’ and the computer-generated jungle - Times Herald-Record
SAN FRANCISCO - In these hallowed halls, Indiana Jones almost seems out of place. A banner with a two-dimensional cutout of the swashbuckling archaeologist swings through the lobby of Industrial Light and Magic, where life-size replicas of Darth

‘Indiana Jones’ and the computer-generated jungle - BusinessWeek
In these hallowed halls, Indiana Jones almost seems out of place. A banner with a two-dimensional cutout of the swashbuckling archaeologist swings through the lobby of Industrial Light and Magic, where life-size replicas of Darth Vader and Bobba Fett

GE, Satyam to workout healthcare IT solutions - MSN India
Hyderabad: Satyam Computer Services Ltd, a global consulting and information technology services provider,and GE Healthcare has announced a comprehensive agreement to support customers deploying healthcare IT solutions based on GE Centricity

Japan cracks down on virus with copyright law - BusinessWeek
A student who allegedly spread a computer virus was convicted Friday of copyright infringement in a case that has highlighted the lack of laws in Japan to police cyberspace. Masato Nakatsuji, 24, a graduate student at Osaka Electro-Communication

Moody’s Faces Scrutiny of Error, Possible `Cover-Up’ (Update2) - Bloomberg
May 22 (Bloomberg) — Moody’s Corp. , owner of the second- largest credit-rating company, faces increased government scrutiny after starting an internal probe into whether a computer error gave top rankings to securities that didn’t deserve them

Will ‘Mighty Mouse’ lawsuit save the day for tech firm? - Houston Chronicle
Apple, along with CBS, was sued for trademark infringement by a closely held computer- accessory firm over the name of its wireless “Mighty Mouse” device, whose name evokes the cartoon superhero. Apple started selling computer mice under the name

HP profit, operating margin rises - USA Today
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) , the world’s biggest computer maker, posted a rise in its quarterly operating margin Tuesday, and pointed to strength in its international business. HP also confirmed preliminary earnings figures for

EPA applauds AMD for ‘climate protection’ - MSN MoneyCentral
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Protection Award today. AMD (NYSE: AMD), the world’s No. 2 maker of computer chips–behind Intel Corp.–received the award because of its commitment to protecting

UPDATE 1-Moody’s stock suffers record plunge on rating error - Reuters
NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Shares of Moody’s Corp (MCO.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) fell more than 13 percent on Wednesday, the biggest one-day drop since becoming an independent company in 2000, after the rating agency said a computer snafu

Your E-Trash Is This Company’s Treasure - HispanicBusiness.com
DETROIT — Nathan Zack’s computer business has classic tech startup roots: his mother’s Farmington Hills, Mich., garage when he was 18 years old. This entrepreneurial success story, though, is far from the glamor of the Silicon Valley, finding its

SEC unsure of authority in reported Moody’s error - Reuters
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday it is unclear if it has jurisdiction over a reported computer coding error at Moody’s Corp (MCO.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) that may have led the rating

Murder suspect is village loner, neighbour says - Globe and Mail
RIVI RE-OUELLE, QUE. Francis Proulx spent most of his time tinkering with his pickup and playing on his computer and rarely rolled out of bed before the afternoon sun hit the small Quebec village of Rivi re-Ouelle, his neighbour says. Ren

Sector Snap: Semiconductors Down - Forbes
The chip sector fell with the wider technology market Wednesday, in part because of a disappointing outlook from major chip maker Analog Devices Inc. The chip sector, as measured by the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, fell 1.87 points or 0.4

ACS Expands State Medicaid Presence with $156 Million Tennessee - MSN MoneyCentral
DALLAS, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.’s ACS state Medicaid presence is growing to include 14 states and the District of Washington, following a contract agreement with the State of Tennessee. The engagement with

Terror raids on homes - News.com.au
COUNTER-terrorism police have swooped on two Sydney homes, seizing documents and computer equipment. No arrests were made in raids by state and federal police. Police said the coordinated raids took place this morning on houses in Glebe and Riverwood

Scientists Building Database Of Bite Marks - Channel 3000
MILWAUKEE — Researchers at Marquette University said they have developed a first-of-its kind computer program that might one day lend more scientific weight to bite-mark testimony. Controversy has raged for the last decade over how reliable bite

IRS flubs up to 350,000 tax rebate checks - MSNBC
WASHINGTON - Up to 350,000 households aren’t getting the $300 per child owed them as part of their economic stimulus rebate payments, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday. The tax agency says taxpayer human error and computer glitches were

Interpol data analysis bolsters Colombia claim - Los Angeles Times
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA — Interpol on Thursday vouched for the integrity of electronic files downloaded from a dead rebel leader’s computer equipment, data that Colombia says strongly indicates that Venezuela offered to aid this nation’s largest insurgent

SCEI Announces New President of SCE Worldwide Studios - Forbes
TOKYO, May 15 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced the appointment of Shuhei Yoshida, Senior Vice President, US Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS), as President of SCE WWS, effective

Music download case may be retried - Los Angeles Times
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation’s first music download trial may get another chance with a jury. The issue is whether record companies have to prove anyone else actually downloaded their copyrighted songs, or

Building a better cellphone - Boston Globe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them one assignment: Design a software program for cellphones that use Google Inc.’s upcoming Android

Colonel suggests using hackers’ tool against them - Miami Herald
Hackers often harness the combined power of thousands of virus-infected personal computers to pump out spam e-mail or disable targeted servers by overwhelming them with Internet traffic. Now an Air Force colonel is suggesting the U.S. military build

Recalling the artful pleasures of the mechanical typewriter. One - Philadelphia Inquirer
By John H. Kennedy Occasionally, a distinctive racket shatters the peace and quiet in my ivory tower. Oddly, I relish it. Down a hallway and around a corner from my faculty office at Rosemont College comes a burst of rhythmic taps and snaps and a

Hewlett-Packard Holders Say Hurd May Struggle to Cut EDS Costs - Bloomberg
May 14 (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. investors say Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd may struggle to squeeze enough savings out of Electronic Data Systems Corp. to make his $13.2 billion takeover of the computer-services supplier pay off. “My

MIT class project could foreshadow a mobile future - Houston Chronicle
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them one assignment: Design a software program for cell phones that use Google’s upcoming Android mobile

Business Briefs - Los Angeles Times
Tribune Co. has rejected a plan by the state of Illinois to buy Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, and instead will work on selling the baseball team together with the historic ballpark. Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney did not shut the door on a new

Ericsson HSPA Modules To Be Used In Dell Laptops From 2Q - CNN Money
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Swedish telecom equipment maker Telefon AB LM Ericsson (ERIC) said Tuesday it is teaming up with U.S computer manufacturer Dell Inc. ( DELL ) to include its built-in mobile broadband modules in laptops sometime in the second

UPDATE 1- HSBC admits to losing data of 159,000 account holders - Reuters
HONG KONG, May 8 (Reuters) - Global banking group HSBC (0005.HK: Quote , Profile , Research ) (HSBA.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) has admitted to losing a computer server with the transaction data of 159,000 account holders in Hong Kong branch

Woman helps police find suspects in her laptop theft - Newsday
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) _ A Westchester woman who had her laptop stolen was able to connect to the computer, photograph two suspects and file the photos to police. White Plains Police say they used the photos to arrest 23-year-old Edmon Shahikian of

Elgan: Your car the ultimate ‘mobile computer’ - Computerworld
Microsoft to appeal $1.3B EU fine XP SP3 cripples some PCs with endless reboots Microsoft to patch four bugs on Tuesday Leopard at six months: Does it live up to the early hype? Microsoft grows DAISY for blind computer users while Adobe wilts Global

Computer Sciences wins $413 million IT outsourcing contract from - Forbes
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Computer Sciences Corp. said on Thursday it has won a seven-year information technology applications outsourcing contract from Denmark’s TDC valued at about $413 million. As part of the new agreement, about 220 TDC

Read all posts by Steven Musil in News Blog - CNET News
A water fight announcement posted on social-networking site Facebook is being blamed for destroying an award-winning public garden in England. More than 350 people descended on the Millenium Square garden in Leeds on Monday with water guns and

Former Sultan police chief charged - Seattle Times
Former Sultan Police Chief Fred Walser has pleaded not guilty to a charge of providing false information. Walser said Thursday he’s disappointed the city is pursuing the case after his years of service to the city. He’s accused of failing to provide

Center for Computer Forensics Offers Expert to Volunteer as CFCE - Forbes
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 9 /PRNewswire/ — The Center for Computer Forensics (CCF) announced today that it will be lending Ed Moore, one of its examiners, as a volunteer coach for trainees working to become Certified Forensics Computer Examiners (CFCE

Power knocked out, computer overheats at hospital - Batavia Sun
WINFIELD — A couple of computer monitors apparently overheated, causing smoke and the evacuation of a hospital campus building just minutes after power was knocked out at Central DuPage Hospital in west suburban Winfield on Friday morning. About 10

The World’s Most Net-Repressive Regimes - Forbes
Americans tend to get annoyed when there is no free Wi-Fi signal in a favorite coffee shop. In Cuba, on the other hand, looking for an illegal Internet connection can lead to jail time. Around the world, Internet censors separate computer users from

Google Earth lets you explore the world from your computer - Seattle Times
USHUAIA, Argentina Online photo albums I had prepared for family and friends weren’t capturing the essence of my travels to the southern reaches of the world. Then a light bulb clicked as I was exploring Google Earth: Why not use that? Google