To all of my readers and friends:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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HotRecorder allows you to easily record and convert iTunes* and Yahoo! Music Unlimited** files into universal formats that are now playable on an iPod and on any other MP3 players.
A JAPANESE outfit is claiming it has broken a record for data transmission after stuffing a two hour movie down a fibre optic cable in 0.5 seconds.
Kansai Electric used fibre-optic cables on power-transmitting steel towers to achieve the speed of one terabit per second.
Microsoft claims to have tracked down those responsible for using vast botnets to send forth torrents of spam hoping to turn the tide on spam zombies, Microsoft has filed suit against entities it said used compromised PCs to send millions of junk email messages.
Intel Corporation and Motorola have teamed up, to help accelerate the standardization of the proposed IEEE 802.16e specification for mobile WiMax.
Microsoft has been trying to control its own destiny in the critical Internet search business, crafting its own technologies to replace those it has licensed from a rival. But in announcing a new book-search initiative last week, the company took a different approach.
IBM and Google have teamed up in the search field, with the computer manufacturer integrating its WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition Enterprise search system with the search engine’s Desktop search tool.
The European Space Agency’s first mission to Venus will be launched on Nov. 9, Russia has announced.
According to the Russian Space Agency’s announcement, quoted by the RIA-Novosti news agency, Venus Express will be launched on Nov. 9 at 3:33 GMT from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on the Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket.
Samsung is hoping to take a bite out of Apple’s iPod sales in Asia by launching a music downloads store to complement its own range of MP3 players.
Apple’s iTunes Music Store had a successful launch in Japan earlier this year but has yet to open elsewhere, leaving a gap that Samsung hopes to fill.
