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Over-50s leap into finding cyber loveOver-50s are turning to online dating services in ever-increasing numbers, finding the internet offers a second (or third or fourth) chance at true love. Or at least a coffee date.
The Sydney Morning Herald Monday, September 14, 2009World's most notorious identity thief pleads guiltyA former federal informant who was a driving force behind one of the largest cases of identity theft pleads guilty in a deal that will lock him up for 25 years.
TheAge.com.au Monday, September 14, 2009New Water-Measurement Tool Relies on Satellites to Track ConsumptionWater management is serious business in the American West, where precipitation is scarce, irrigated agriculture is a major industry, new housing subdivisions spread across arid landscapes and water rights are allocated in a complicated seniority system.
Washington Post Monday, September 14, 2009Gelsinger Moving from Intel to EMC: ReportsPat Gelsinger, who has been in charge of Intels core chip businesses, will leave Intel for storage giant EMC, according to reports in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. The move will result in an executive shuffle at Intel a week before the chip makers annual Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. - Intel reportedly will announce Sept. 14 that Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of its Digital Enterprise Group, is leaving the company. The New York Times is reporting that Gelsingers departure will put in motion a number of other executive moves, all coming a week before Int...
eWEEK Monday, September 14, 2009?Jasper Forest,` 32-nm ?Westmere` on Intel Agenda for IDFDuring Intels three-day Intel Developer Forum, key agenda items will be the new ?Nehalem?-based chips for the embedded and storage sectors, code-named ?Jasper Forest.? Also on tap will be reports on ?Westmere,? Intels processors built via the 32-nm manufacturing process. Westmere chips are on schedule for revenue production starting in the fourth quarter, giving Intel a lead over rival AMD, which isnt expected to roll out its firs 32-nm chips until 2010. - ?Jasper Forest? and ?Westmere? will be among the technologies Intel officials will talk about during the chip makers upcoming annual Intel Developer Forum. Jasper Forest is the processor technology that will bring Intels ?Nehalem? microarchitecture to the embedded, storage and communications sector...
eWEEK Monday, September 14, 2009Young Bloggers Have Ear of Fashion HeavyweightsFashion blogs and blog networks are helping to give young entrepreneurs an early entry into journalism and winning some of them a place in the notoriously competitive fashion industry.
International Herald Tribune Monday, September 14, 2009T-Mobile said eyeing buyout of Sprint againT-Mobile's root company Deutsche Telekom is more seriously considering buying Sprint in what could be a major shakeup of the US cellphone industry, according to sources. The two have been rumored in talks for such a deal for over a year, but tips to the Telegraph now have the German firm bringing in financial advisers from Deutsche Bank to evaluate the possibility of making a bid for the ailing but still larger American provider. An offer could be made as soon as within a few weeks, the insiders said, though the likely terms of the deal haven't been mentioned....
macnn.com Monday, September 14, 2009The computer helper: Getting serious about SSDs - FeatureWashington - SSDs - short for solid state drives - are the future of storage. And they are available now, in capacities that are sufficient and at prices that are within reach. So what's stopping their widespread adoption? The main problem is that t...
Earth Times Monday, September 14, 2009British PM says sorry for computer pioneer's castrationBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised for the treatment of World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing who committed suicide after being convicted and chemically castrated for being a homosexual.
TheAge.com.au Monday, September 14, 2009Miley Cyrus Is on the Line Just for YouSayNow connects stars and their fans through voice mail and is gaining traction, particularly among teenage audiences.
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