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Times of Oman
Business Wire
The University of Bath is to head an international consortium aiming to prepare OLEDs for lighting and other consumer applications. The £850,000 project, dubbed Modecom, will last until October 2009.
Electronics Weekly
Joost, the internet-TV service set up by the technology gurus behind Skype and Kazaa, unveiled content agreements with Turner Broadcasting and Sony as it heads towards a full-blown launch later in the spring.
Times Online
Dell formally announced that it will begin offering the Ubuntu 7.04 distribution of Linux in the coming weeks.
Newsfactor
Two Italian hackers have worked out how to send fake traffic data to car navigation systems.
The Inquirer
US cable television leader Comcast and Internet media company Yahoo said on Monday they had agreed to a multi-year partnership for Yahoo to supply Web advertising to Comcast.
Reuters
By the end of 2010, the Indian online gaming market is estimated will reach US$446 million, growing at a CAGR of 220%. This growth is expected to be made possible by factors like increasing internet penetration and entry of industry house into online gaming business.
PRNewswire
Apple said recently it has discovered that some batteries used in its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks may have performance issues and is offering a software update that is designed to improve performance.
Apple Insider
Google has removed paid links that advertised seemingly legitimate websites but actually tried to install nefarious programs on PCs.
ZDNet UK News
The Inquirer
The Inquirer
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Company release
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) group recently said that it raised the price for its hundred-dollar laptop to US$175, but were still confident they would collect enough orders to begin volume production by September.
Computerworld
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