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News and views on Linux on the desktop ...
IBM pushes "Microsoft-free" desktops — Aug. 08, 2008 — IBM announced a partnership with Canonical, Novell, and Red Hat to sell "Microsoft-free desktops," says an eWeek story by Chris Preimesberger.
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Movers roundup: MEMC, JoS. A. Bank
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., which supplies silicon wafers used in making computer chips and solar cells, jumped Wednesday after several analysts reiterated bullish positions despite the company's revised sales forecast.
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Program highlights potential Internet threats
Riverside and Ellwood City Area school districts are combining efforts on a three-part series for parents and children on the positive and negative impact of the Internet.
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Government Computer News
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee yesterday approved a Senate bill that would update the Federal Information Security Management Act.
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gOS 3.0 goes gold
Good OS (gOS) has achieved a new major release of its Ubuntu-based operating system. Targeting low-powered netbooks, gOS 3.0 integrates closely with Google Gadgets, as well as with Google Mail, Calendar, Reader, News, Applications, and so on.
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Cost-effective HIV monitoring system found
STANFORD, Calif., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say early initiation of anti-retroviral therapy and immune system monitoring provides cost-effective human immunodeficiency virus monitoring.
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A Computer That Looks At Your Face And Tells You Your Age
People who hope to keep their age a secret won't want to go near a computer running this software. Like an age-guesser at a carnival, computer software being developed at the University of Illinois can fairly accurately estimate a person's age. But, unlike age-guessers, who can view a person's body, the software works by examining only the person's face.
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RHAM teacher accused of enticing a student on the Internet suspended
Questions remain at RHAM High School after one of its teachers was arrested this week and charged with sexually enticing a student on the Internet.
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RHAM teacher accused of enticing a student on the Internet suspended
Questions remain at RHAM High School after one of its teachers was arrested this week and charged with sexually enticing a student on the Internet.
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The IGP Chronicles Part 1: Intel's G45 & Motherboard Roundup
Today we have the first part of a three part series on the current state of chipsets with integrated graphics. This first part looks closely at Intel's G45, presently the only LGA-775 chipset with full Blu-ray decode acceleration, as well as a quick comparison of the first G45 boards. ...
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Yahoo! Takes AOL Road to Nowhere
The Internet company has few options, but this isn't a great one, analysts say.
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Movers roundup: MEMC, JoS. A. Bank
Shares of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., which supplies silicon wafers used in making computer chips and solar cells, jumped Wednesday after several analysts reiterated bullish positions despite the company's revised sales forecast.
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VCs shovel another $28.7 million into Digg Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO - Digg Inc., an Internet startup that specializes in rating news stories, is making a little news of its own with a $28.7 million round of financing. The investment announced Wednesday should squelch recurring rumors of a sale to Google Inc. or Microsoft Corp.
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Google guys announce Android OS for cell phones
Google is giving away Android, the software that underlies the G1 cell phone, for free, and opening the operating system to third-party developers who can create their own programs.
KATU Portland |
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Sony's BWU-300S Blu-ray Recorder Burns 50GB in 30 Minutes [Blu-Ray]
Not to be outdone by the folks at Buffalo, Sony's latest internal SATA BD recorder can achieve 8x writing speeds on the latest 6x BD-R media, for zapping 25GB in 15 minutes and 50Gb in 30. DVDs are...
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Some communities suffer another day without power
HOMEWOOD — Timothy McGuire had five computers running and a freezer full of groceries when he lost power Sunday at his Main Street, Homewood, residence.
The Beaver County Times |
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Uniquely FUZE
Jeff Cavins, President and CEO of CallWave says the company's goal is to provide collaboration, real time communication, community and presence tools for every mobile phone and desktop platform.
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Hudson Library events
The Hudson Public Library, located at 3 Washington St., Wood Square at the rotary in downtown Hudson, is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 978-568-9644 or see the library’s Web site at www.hudsonpubliclibrary.com.
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New Android Phone May Take Six Months to Translate
It may take six months to translate Android software into most languages around the world.
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Greg Sterling to Present Results from Survey of National Advertisers on Local Online Advertising
SEATTLE----Greg Sterling, Principal of Sterling Market Intelligence will present surprising results and analysis from his recent survey of national advertisers and their local online advertising efforts in a Webcast to be held on Oct. 1 at 11 a.m.
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Google and HTC Spent 3 Years on Android, Handsets
HTC and Google worked for three years to bring Android phones to market.
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Hands on With HTC's Google Phone
A quick session with T-Mobile's G1 Dream finds it fun and cool, and still under construction.
PC World |
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The kids like Vista
While the reviews are mixed from teachers as I finish up the rollout of new Vista-running PCs, the reviews from students are almost universally positive. Maybe it's their fascination with shiny objects (most people will agree that Vista is, at least, pretty), but I think it says a lot...
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Lenovo S10s start shipping out
Filed under: Laptops Well, it looks like anyone that ordered a Lenovo S10 netbook may be able to rest a bit easier, as at least some of 'em are now finally shipping out, making that supposed two-month delay look increasingly like a false alarm. Judging from the discussion on Slickdeals.net, it seems that both white and black models are shipping, although a few folks are also ...
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VCs shovel another $28.7 million into Digg
SAN FRANCISCO - Digg Inc., an Internet startup that specializes in rating news stories, is making a little news of its own with a $28.7 million round of financing. The investment announced Wednesday should squelch recurring rumors of a sale to Google Inc. or Microsoft Corp.
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