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Pre-sales of Apple's OS Snow Leopard take the software to the top spot on the online retailing site Amazon. - An avalanche of pre-orders for Apples operating system Snow Leopard has catapulted the product to the top of Amazons bestseller list days after the e-tailer listed the operating system, officially called Mac OS X 10.6 on its Web site. Amazon is offering five versions of the softw...

Make Your Own Linux! Category: Linux Technology Posted on: August 3, 2009 1:15 PM, by Greg Laden There is now a very simple way to make your own GNU/Linux distribution, called a 'linux appliance,' at SUSE.

Microsoft has updated Office Communicator Mobile with new features, including one-button access to join conference calls, the ability to automatically avoid expensive roaming charges, and from-office calling on-the-go. Read the full story here.

Google offers Google Voice to U.S. military service members to help them connect with family and friends while overseas in Iraq. Service members can conduct their business during the day and check voicemail messages at night from any Web-enabled device with a browser, helping them stay connected back home. The move comes after Google Voice was rejected by Apple's iphone App Store, leading to a headache for Apple. - Google Voice, the Web calling management application currently rolling out slowly to the general population, is being extended to active U.S. service members August 4. Starting today, any active U.S. service member with a .mil e-mail address can sign up for a Google Voice account ...

Mobile text-to-speech startup Spinvox will demo its technology to sceptical journalists, but I should have left my Flip at home - no filming allowedEmbattled mobile speech-to-text company Spinvox will demonstrate its technology to journalists in the latest effort to counter allegations that it relies heavily on call centres. As Charles wrote over on the Technology blog, Spinvox tried to put the allegations to rest with a post on its blog. It was a rebuttal to the BBC's allegations that the speech-to-text service was using humans to do the conversion, and that some of the data involved was being transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA) - which would breach the Data Protection Act for any British calls.But the accusations continue to rumble, not just from sceptics of the technology but also from unpaid contractors. Spinvox told paidContent.co.uk:CEO Christina Domecq, in a two-part interview with paidContent:UK, said company finances are being pressured by its suppliers paying

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