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Google Wave Rival Novell Pulse Launching to Preview March 21

March 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Novell plans to roll out its Pulse collaboration platform as a preview for all 3,000 attendees of its Novell Brainshare conference March 21. Pulse, built on the Google Wave Federation Protocol Google made available to open source, lets users create and upload content, including documents, photos and videos. Users can also upload office documents from Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF and OpenOffice. Novell Pulse is a serious enterprise platform, placing a greater emphasis on security and management settings than Wave.
– Novell plans to roll out its Pulse collaboration platform
as a preview for all 3,000 attendees of its Novell
Brainshare conference March 21, company officials told eWEEK.
Pulse, like Google Wave, lets users author and
upload content,
including documents, photos and videos, share them, and co-ed…


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Tymoshenko slams rival, no comment on elections

February 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has accused her apparently victorious rival Viktor Yanukovych of deceiving voters with campaign promises. The comments were Prime Minister Tymoshenko’s first in public since the February 7 runoff vote.

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Tymoshenko slams rival, no comment on elections

February 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has accused her apparently victorious rival Viktor Yanukovych of deceiving voters with campaign promises. The comments were Prime Minister Tymoshenko’s first in public since the February 7 runoff vote.

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VoxOx Sprinkles Remote Access into Google Voice, Ribbit Rival

January 7th, 2010 | No Comments

VoxOx upgraded the software’s personal assistant feature with new remote management features, some of which Google Voice and BT’s Ribbit don’t have. From their mobile phones, users can now check their voicemail, dial any number, make outbound conference calls, change their greeting and their PIN numbers, transfer to free directory assistance, and change their SMS Callback settings. VoxOx parent company TelCentris Communications made the announcement Jan. 7 at the Consumer Electronics Show.
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VoxOx, the free Web phone platform that lets users make
calls from PC to PC and from PCs to landlines and mobile phones, upgraded the
software’s personal assistant feature with new remote management features.
Officials from VoxOx parent company TelCentris
Communications made the an…


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Drunk loser in Taiwan vote shoots, injures rival’s sister

December 7th, 2009 | No Comments

A defeated candidate in Taiwan’s local elections turned up drunk and armed with a handgun at his opponent’s camp before shooting and injuring his rival’s sister, police said Monday. Chen Chen-hui, 56, who lost his seat as head of Huwei township in the south of the island, arrived with a

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Rival Scientist Calls IBM Cat Brain Simulation a ‘Scam`

November 24th, 2009 | No Comments

A rival scientist is disputing a claim by an IBM researcher that he and other scientists were able to simulate a cats brain using a new algorithm running on an IBM supercomputer. Henry Markham, heading up another project called Blue Brain, called the claims by IBM scientist Dharmendra Modha a “scam” and a “hoax,” and argued that what Modhas group accomplished only proved that it had access to a massive supercomputer.
– Not everyone is impressed with the claim by IBM researchers that they are on track in developing a supercomputer that can simulate the human brain.
At the Supercomputing 2009 show Nov. 18, IBM scientists said they had reached two milestones by simulating a brain similar to that of a cat. In their p…


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Rival Scientist Calls IBM Cat Brain Simulation a Scam

November 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Claims by an IBM researcher that he and other scientists were able to simulate a cat’s brain using a new algorithm running on an IBM supercomputer are being disputed. Henry Markram, heading up another project called Blue Brain, calls the claims by IBM scientist Dharmendra Modha a scam and a hoax and argues that what Modha’s group accomplished only proved that it had access to a massive supercomputer.
– Not everyone is impressed by IBM
researchers’ claim that they are on track to develop a supercomputer that can
simulate the human brain.
At the Supercomputing show Nov. 18, IBM
scientists said they had reached two milestones by simulating
a brain similar to that of a cat. In their presentation,…


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Google Voice Now a Viable Skype Rival with Gizmo5 Buy

November 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Google Nov. 12 confirmed that it had acquired Gizmo5 for an undisclosed sum. Gizmo5 makes Web-based calling software for mobile phones and computers. Specifically, it provides a Web-based VOIP client that lets users make phone calls over the Internet, similar to programs such as Skype. Some speculate Gizmo5 will evolve into a new version of the Google Talk voice and video chat application, supporting Google Voice and its many voicemail management features, including automatic voicemail transcription. Many industry watchers agree this deal puts Google Voice and Skype, which Google reportedly tried to acquire earlier this year, on a collision course.
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Google Nov. 12 confirmed that it had acquired Gizmo5 for
an undisclosed sum, giving the search engine technology that could help Google contend with PC-to-PC calling giant Skype.
Gizmo5 makes Web-based calling software for mobile phones and computers. Specifically,
it provides a W…


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Rival Sons: Before The Fire

October 28th, 2009 | No Comments

By: Dennis Cook

There’s a ton-wad of “When The Levee Breaks”/”When you get to the bottom, you go back to the top of the slide” blues-rock goodness inside Rival Sons‘ 39-minute opening salvo, Before The Fire (Front Line Music). This is rock so un-ironic that the singer screams, “Whooo!” before the intro to marvelously Zeppelin-y opener “Tell Me Something,” and they retain that high energy, just-barely-on-the-rails mojo throughout.

Lead singer Jay Buchanan tears into every syllable with laughter and lust, the sort of sound that makes young girls damp and grown men spill their drinks. Buchanan strongly recalls the Freddie Mercury of Queen’s raunchy early work, and the rest of the band is messy-tight, flexing and strutting with utter confidence but little care for the jagged edges they leave behind. Rival Sons echo the best of their ’70s ancestors (the spark scattering pairings of Bowie/Ronson and Page/Plant come readily to mind, with interestingly a small sprinkling of The Monkees to boot) and do the tradition of thumping, hormonal rock ‘n’ roll proud by simply embracing its most appealing traits and presenting them with fresh enthusiasm.

JamBase | Misty Mountain
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Afghan president’s political rival accepts runoff

October 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

President Hamid Karzai’s chief political rival on Wednesday agreed to take part in the 7th November runoff election, setting the stage for a high-stakes showdown in the face of Taliban threats and approaching winter snows.
Ex-Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah made his comment to reporters one day after Karzai bowed to intense US and international pressure [...]

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Rival demonstrators clash in British city

September 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Right-wing nationalists and anti-fascist protesters have clashed in the British city of Birmingham. A group calling itself the English Defence League had met to rally against Islamic extremism. Their protest was met by a counter demonstration in the city centre and fighting soon broke out.

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70 dead as rival militants clash

August 12th, 2009 | No Comments



PESHAWAR – Dozens of gun-totting militants were killed and more than 40 houses destroyed as a result of clashes between Taliban of Baitullah Mehsud group and those loyal to the pro-government tribal leader Malik Turkistan Betani.
As per details, the clashes started when scores of Taliban militants from Baitullah Mehsud attacked the supporters of Malik Turikistan Betani in village Shoza in Soor Ghar area in Frontier regions connecting South Waziristan Agency and Tank district of NWFP late on Wednesday night.
The Taliban militants used modern and sophisticated weapons against the Betani tribesmen and their supporters. As per unconfirmed reports, around 70 persons from both the sides were killed. Around 40 houses owned by supporters of Malik Turikistan Betani were also destroyed. The killed and the injured included women and children.
Malik Turikistan Betani when contacted confirmed the clashes, saying Baitullah Mehsud group militants had attacked the houses of his relatives in Soor Ghar area. He claimed that the attack was so far repulsed but a large number of people from both the sides were killed. He, however, was unable to give exact figures in this respect.
The local people informed that security situation in the area was tightened whereas gunship helicopters were also used to bring the situation under control.
Malik Turikistani Betani has shown disappointment over the role of security forces. He said that amidst presence of two brigades of the armed forces, frequent attacks against him and his supporters is surprising. It was the second attack against Malik Turikistan Betani in a period of one week by militants from Baitullah Mehsud.

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Do Hyper-V’s Improvements Make It a Stronger VMware Rival?

August 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Hyper-V, part of the Windows Server 2008 R2 platform, provides some improvements that were absolutely necessary for Microsoft to even think of competing with VMware’s latest offerings. Are they enough? eWEEK Labs’ early look at the new Hyper-V shows that Microsoft still has a lot of ground to cover.
– Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 R2 with a newly improved version of
Hyper-V. Even so, VMware is still miles ahead in terms of the features and
innovation that lay the foundation for sustainable virtualization for midsize and
large enterprises.
In fact, I think VMware with its just-release…



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Quinn Plans To Run For Governor, Fires Shot At Emerging Rival Hynes (VIDEO)

July 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Illinois’ accidental governor made his strongest statement yet about his future plans Friday.

Gov. Pat Quinn told Fox Chicago’s Jeff Goldblatt that he plans to run for governor in 2010, though he would not say when he would make an official a…

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Apple blocks rival smart phones

July 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Palm Pre (AP)

The latest update of Apple’s iTunes has included a fix to block devices such as the Palm Pre that use the program for synchronising music and content.

The Palm Pre smartphone is seen by many as a direct rival to Apple’s iPhone because of its innovative interface and web based software.

Marketing for the new Palm Pre touted "seamless" synchronisation with iTunes, because it appeared as an Apple device.

Palm called the move a "direct blow" to Apple’s users.

While many devices can, through intermediary software, connect and synchronise with iTunes, the Pre was able to do so because it identified itself as an iPod.

In June, Apple issued a note stressing that it "does not provide support for, or test for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players" and warned that "newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality" with them.

Options

Now, the latest version of iTunes, 8.2.1, has patched the hole through which devices could masquerade as Apple products.

Apple said in a statement that the update, in addition to other bug fixes, "also disables devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre".

Palm said that the Pre would work with previous versions of iTunes.

"If Apple chooses to disable media sync in iTunes, it will be a direct blow to their users who will be deprived of a seamless synchronization experience," the firm said in a statement.

The statement added that "there are other third-party applications we can consider" and that users could simply choose not to update iTunes or could use a USB cable to directly transfer files.</p

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

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Apple blocks rival smart phones

July 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Palm Pre (AP)

The latest update of Apple’s iTunes has included a fix to block devices such as the Palm Pre that use the program for synchronising music and content.

The Palm Pre smartphone is seen by many as a direct rival to Apple’s iPhone because of its innovative interface and web based software.

Marketing for the new Palm Pre touted "seamless" synchronisation with iTunes, because it appeared as an Apple device.

Palm called the move a "direct blow" to Apple’s users.

While many devices can, through intermediary software, connect and synchronise with iTunes, the Pre was able to do so because it identified itself as an iPod.

In June, Apple issued a note stressing that it "does not provide support for, or test for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players" and warned that "newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality" with them.

Options

Now, the latest version of iTunes, 8.2.1, has patched the hole through which devices could masquerade as Apple products.

Apple said in a statement that the update, in addition to other bug fixes, "also disables devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre".

Palm said that the Pre would work with previous versions of iTunes.

"If Apple chooses to disable media sync in iTunes, it will be a direct blow to their users who will be deprived of a seamless synchronization experience," the firm said in a statement.

The statement added that "there are other third-party applications we can consider" and that users could simply choose not to update iTunes or could use a USB cable to directly transfer files.</p

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

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Rita Joshi: Indian Female Politician Arrested For Suggesting Rival Should Be Raped

July 16th, 2009 | No Comments

NEW DELHI — A leading politician of India’s ruling Congress party was arrested Thursday and her house set on fire by activists after she suggested that a rival leader be raped so she can better understand the plight of rape victims.

Rit…

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