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“We understand that each photographer has his or her own way of sharing memories”

Eye-Fi Unveils Family of Products BURLINGAME, Calif., May 12, 2008 Today Eye-Fi , makers of the world's first wireless SD memory card, announced an extended product line-up designed to make photo sharing easier ... via Cameratown.com Digital Imaging News

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“In terms of pushing the envelope, this really pushes the envelope.”

A free program launched today will effectively turn every computer that downloads it into a mini-planetarium capable of displaying high resolution images of millions of stars, planets and other celestial ... via The Age

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Facebook gets $100m to expand This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Monday May 12 2008. via Guardian Unlimited

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Hewlett-Packard is negotiating to buy Plano-based information technology services provider Electronic Data Systems in a deal that would expand the world's largest personal computer maker's reach in the corporate consulting market.

Palo Alto-based HP confirmed the discussions Monday after The Wall Street Journal's Web site reported a deal is in the works. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, The Journal said the sales price is expected to range between $12 billion and $13 billion. Read more

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About 500 elementary and pre-kindergarten students in one of South Carolina's poorest areas will begin receiving free laptop computers this week. via WACH-TV Columbia

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Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu on Monday reported nearly a 40 percent plunge in profit for the January-March quarter, largely on costs to restructure its computer chips operations.

Declining prices of its stock holdings, slightly weaker sales and an absence of cash that had inflated profits a year earlier from the selling of shares it held in Fanuc Ltd., a robot-maker, also contributed to the drop, Fujitsu Ltd. said.

Net profit in the fiscal fourth quarter totaled 51.92 billion yen ($502.1 million), down 39.9 percent from 86.41 billion yen the same period the previous year. Read more

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Even as Microsoft tries to shove Windows Vista down the collective and unwilling throat of computer users worldwide, the company is still perfecting the well-aged and well-loved Windows XP. via ExtremeTech

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“This unclassified briefing was never intended for broad distribution or posting to the Internet”

The FBI announced Friday that an investigation into counterfeit network components made in China and sold to the U.S. government has recovered about 3,500 fake devices with a value of $3.5 million. via CNET News.com

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“Digital power has been this buzzword for a bunch of years, where it equals state of the art, which equals high cost, which equals we can't really use it”

In June, a startup plans to revamp the way PCs handle power, saving cost, improving their efficiency and offering more fine-grained control for overclocking the PC's components. via PC Magazine

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“Those kinds of things make you forget there's an interface mediating you and the other people at all”

Once upon a time, people bonded with their co-workers on office softball teams and traded gossip at the watercooler. via Denver Post

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