AFP - Global retail giant Wal-Mart said Thursday its US sales chilled in July as bargain-hunting consumers focused on food and entertainment items like flat-screen televisions and video games.
Archive for August 7th, 2008
Aug7
Wal-Mart’s US sales chill in July (AFP)
Filed in: Internet
Aug7
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 To Manufacturing (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft announced Wednesday that the 2008 version of SQL Server, its data-management and business-intelligence platform, has been released to manufacturing.
Filed in: Internet
Aug7
Looking inside the Storm worm botnet (CNET)
CNET - On Wednesday, Joe Stewart, Director of Malware Research for SecureWorks, presented his work on protocols and encryption used by the Storm worm botnet at Black Hat 2008.
Filed in: Security
Aug7
IBM Urges Better Linux Design, More Business Focus (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Years ago, the Linux open-source operating system seemed ready to offer a nonproprietary alternative to Microsoft Windows. But “Linux on the desktop” never took off.
Filed in: Software
Aug7
Kaminsky provides the why of attacking DNS (CNET)
CNET - LAS VEGAS–Speaking before a packed audience, researcher Dan Kaminsky explained the urgency in having everyone patch their systems: virtually everything we do on the Internet involves a Domain Name System request and therefore is vulnerable.
Filed in: Internet
Aug7
Athletes play video games as Olympics go virtual (Reuters)
Reuters - If 24-hour coverage of
the Olympic Games in China isn’t enough for fans, Sega has
rolled out the official video game of the 2008 events in
Beijing for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and mobile phones.
Filed in: Cell Phones
Aug7
TiVo filling up? DVR expanders provide more room to record (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Beijing’s Olympics provide a reminder why many of us love our digital video recorders. By automatically recording shows onto a hard drive, we can take in sporting events, movies and other programs when we want, without worrying about time differences or schedules determined by TV honchos. But as with any other hard-drive-based contraption, DVRs have limited storage.
Filed in: Internet
Aug7
Google launches free music search service in China (AP)
AP - Google Inc. said Wednesday that it has launched a music search service in China that allows users to access music legally online in a forum backed by some record labels and supported by advertising revenue.
Filed in: Digital Music
Aug7
Product review: Parallels Server for Mac underwhelms (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - No 1U, two-socket rack server bests Apple’s Xserve in its price range. No two-socket Intel desktop can touch the MacBook Pro for its combination of durability, efficiency, expandability, and quiet operation.
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Aug7
Mozilla Announces Snowl Messaging Project (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The developers of Firefox have unveiled an experimental project, Snowl, designed to gather all your inbound communications, whether they’re in the form of email, RSS, Twitter, or social network updates.
Filed in: RSS & Blogging
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