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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Apr 2006 21:17 UTC
Sun May 11 20:58:41 2008
Virus researchers at Kaspersky Lab have found proof-of-concept code for a cross-platform virus capable of infecting both Windows and Linux systems.
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Recycling grows here
Sun May 11 20:58:10 2008
Muskogee’s recycling center isn’t paying for itself yet, but officials say its benefits are bountiful and continue to grow. An example, they say, is the disposal recently of hundreds of worn out, plastic garbage cans.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Oct 2005 19:10 UTC
Sun May 11 20:58:01 2008
"Today, I want to take you on a journey. A journey that starts back into the cold recesses of the mid-1980s, back into the days of EGA and serial port mice and the MS-DOS Executive . Microsoft Word 1.0 for Windows shipped in 1989 after a long development cycle and was designed to run on Windows 386. There's not much more to the program than what you see here, but it gives you an idea of how far ...
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Hacker splashes data from six million Chileans on Internet: report
Sun May 11 20:52:31 2008
File photo shows the view from the San Cristobal hill overlooking the Chilean capital, Santiago. A hacker broke into Chile's government sites mining data from six million people which he then posted on the Internet
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4 Indian programmers working in Mich., 2 wives die in crash
Sun May 11 20:43:09 2008
A minivan carrying a group of Indian computer programmers and their wives on the way to a Niagara Falls vacation flipped and crashed in western Pennsylvania, killing six of seven people on board, officials say.
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Linked by Joost van der Sluis on Mon 10th Sep 2007 16:03 UTC
Sun May 11 20:42:59 2008
Recently, Free Pascal (FPC) version 2.2.0 was released. This open source Pascal compiler has - since its initial release in 1993 - grown to be one of the most sophisticated open source compilers available today. Daily, more programmers discover FPC and develop their applications in Object Pascal.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Jan 2007 21:09 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Sun May 11 20:42:08 2008
"Today, you can do everything you want with a Linux desktop, except play the latest games. Even there, Linux is catching up. So, why do only a handful of people run Linux instead of Windows? Here are my top-four reasons why Windows wins and Linux loses."
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Laptop links Obama, Chavez, Colombian revolutionaries
Sun May 11 20:42:01 2008
WASHINGTON – A laptop computer captured in the possession of a slain Colombian revolutionary provides tangible evidence Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is aiding the narco-rebels and that they see more help coming next year if Barack Obama becomes president.
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Lib campaigner's anti-Semitic email
Sun May 11 20:37:26 2008
A sacked Victorian Liberal staffer at the centre of an internet blog storm says the party's state campaign manager should also lose her job for an anti-Semitic email she sent him during last year's federal election.
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Craig (of the List) Looks Beyond the Web
Sun May 11 20:37:20 2008
In the face of the expansion of the classified ads Web site Craigslist, its founder, Craig Newman, is capitalizing on his success to promote causes he holds dear.
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In the Age of TiVo and Web Video, What Is Prime Time?
Sun May 11 20:37:19 2008
The missing six million viewers who were watching prime television last May and have disappeared this year are still watching, but on their own terms.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Real Estate Lists Grow Comfortable With the Web
Sun May 11 20:37:16 2008
The triple threat of a weak market, legal pressure and increasing competition has compelled real estate professionals to offer their information more freely online.
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New office software may draw ideas from social networking sites
Sun May 11 20:37:00 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Now technology researchers are trying to replicate old-fashioned office interactions by transforming everyday business software for the new era of work. The historically dry-as-sawdust products are borrowing elements from video games and social networking Web sites.
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Vint Cerf supports municipal broadband networks
Sun May 11 20:35:05 2008
Municipal broadband networks could help boost the availability of high-speed Internet access and even help to ensure Net neutrality in the U.S., said Vint Cerf, vice president and chief Internet evangelist at Google.
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Hacker splashes data from six million Chileans on Internet: report
Sun May 11 20:29:56 2008
A hacker broke into Chile's government sites mining data from six million people which he then posted on the Internet on two popular servers for several hours, the El Mercurio daily have said.
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Braille Converter Bridges The Information Gap
Sun May 11 20:29:47 2008
A free, e-mail-based service that translates text into Braille and audio recordings is helping to bridge the information gap for blind and visually impaired people, giving them quick and easy access to books, news articles and web pages. Developed by European researchers, the RoboBraille service offers a unique solution to the problem of converting text into Braille and audio without the need ...
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Hacker splashes data from six million Chileans on Internet: report
Sun May 11 20:29:00 2008
A hacker broke into Chile's government sites mining data from six million people which he then posted on the Internet on two popular servers for several hours, the El Mercurio daily have said.
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Recent Original Stories
Sun May 11 20:28:18 2008
Microsoft appears to be in a state of panic, ordering 60 per cent of its new operating system to be re-written amidst a major shake-up of its troubled Windows division.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 31st Aug 2006 23:07 UTC
Sun May 11 20:27:48 2008
Improvements : "New 3D desktop support (both with AIGLX and Xgl) and a new tool to configure it (drak3d); new 'One' CD with 3D desktop support (AIGLX and Xgl, both on KDE and GNOME, autodetection of the best 3D solution); new rpmdrake; more applications migrated to XDG menus; GNOME 2.16 RC1; kernel 2.6.17 (based on 2.6.17.8 with ALSA 1.0.12 rc2); KDE 3.5.4; new 'Ia Ora' Mandriva theme (still ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 5th Jun 2007 19:05 UTC
Sun May 11 20:26:48 2008
FreeSoftwareMagazine takes a look at Debian as a desktop system , and they conclude: "I feel that Debian Etch is as good on the desktop as it is on the server. It has a long rich history, a strong community, is amazingly stable and is a great fit for both my servers and my laptop.
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May 12, 1941: Fog of War Shrouds Computer Advance
Sun May 11 20:26:01 2008
1941: German engineer Konrad Zuse unveils the Z3, now generally recognized as the first fully functional, programmable computer. Because Zuse designed and built his computer inside Nazi Germany, which was already at war, his achievement went unnoticed outside Germany until after the Third Reich's collapse. In the meantime, the Harvard Mark 1 , a computer produced by an American team, ...
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city.com
Sun May 11 20:22:52 2008
Gukurahundi{hacked by r4b00f} PREPARATIONS for this year’s culture week are in full swing with organisers of a musical jamboree slated for May 17 indicating that they are close to sealing performance contracts with some of the country’s leading artistes.
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Upgraders to XP SP3 warned over IE downgrades
Sun May 11 20:20:37 2008
Microsoft says XP users who install Service Pack 3 will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com
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THE HORN OF MOSES
Sun May 11 20:19:37 2008
Author: Brandin, David H. Computer scientist Brandin (The Technology War: A Case for Competitiveness, 1987, etc.) invites the reader into the world of David Green, a semi-retired entrepreneur who plots revenge on Arab terrorists for the murder of his son.
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by pravda (0.04) on Sat 6th Aug 2005 09:08 UTC
Sun May 11 20:12:47 2008
Eric has many good points when you consider everything from a Trolltech-centric little picture viewpoint. Tim has many good points when you consider everything from a Linux-centric big picture viewpoint.
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