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Report offers tips to University of Wisconsin
Associated Press - September 26, 2008 2:15 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - When searching for top officials at the University of Wisconsin, don't forget to Google them.
WBAY Green Bay |
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ISPs Ask Lawmakers to Let Them Police Themselves
Three major Internet service providers have promised Congress that they do not monitor their customers' activities online. However, in an argument worthy of the political venue in which it was made, executives from these companies went on to equivocate about what they were actually doing and whether they had a right to do it.
E-Commerce Times |
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Congress takes up online threats to children
Even with an economic crisis to deal with, Congress is finding time to address online threats to children like child pornography and prescription drugs.
CNET |
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ISPs Ask Lawmakers to Let Them Police Themselves
Three major Internet service providers have promised Congress that they do not monitor their customers' activities online. However, in an argument worthy of the political venue in which it was made, executives from these companies went on to equivocate about what they were actually doing and whether they had a right to do it.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Hospital to grandpa: You're pregnant
The hospital's computer spit out the wrong discharge instructions for the Gold Beach man, telling him he was pregnant.
KMTR Eugene |
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Congress takes up online threats to children
Even with an economic crisis to deal with, Congress is finding time to address online threats to children like child pornography and prescription drugs.
CNET |
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Software salvation
Wouldn't it be nice if organizations needing assistance could produce an entire database of eager volunteers with the click of a mouse?
Park Record |
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Waiting on the wild man on Yahoo's board
If the DOJ puts the kibosh on the proposed Google deal, is Carl Icahn ready to go to the mattresses again--this time as a board member?
CNET |
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Appeals court sides with Microsoft in MP3 case
Microsoft Corp. convinced a federal appeals court Thursday that it shouldn't have to pay $1.5 billion in damages to Alcatel-Lucent SA, after a lower court threw out the jury's record verdict over the MP3 digital-music standard.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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A Kitten-shaped hole
Kitten is a gray tabby, a rescue cat adopted from Animal Rescue New Orleans. Aside from being the best cat in the world, she lived with me in Aron until two weeks ago. That was when two RAs came around, asked to search the apartment and walked into my room to find her sitting on my laptop.
Tulane Hullabaloo |
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User Friendly Blog by Ted Landau - What's in a (Sony vs. Apple) Name?
You?re ready to ditch your old pre-digital TV. You?ve decided to go for a Sony LCD television, but that's when you realize that Sony's naming structure seems almost deliberately obfuscated. In contrast, Apple has gone down markedly different road..
The Mac Observer |
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TCC computer labs
TCC student Casey Dunlap concentrates on the computer screen inside of TCC's new learning commons on Friday, September 26, 2008. TCC administrators have approved a $3.5 million budget cut for the 2008-09 school year and one of the items on that list are computer purchases.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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Google susceptible to continued economic slowdown, analyst says
A research analyst at Kaufman Bros. scales back Google's expected sales and profit through next year, citing concerns about a continuing economic slowdown.
Market Watch |
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Google susceptible to continued economic slowdown, analyst says
A research analyst at Kaufman Bros. scales back Google's expected sales and profit through next year, citing concerns about a continuing economic slowdown.
Market Watch |
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Bartolina checks in from China
Editor's Note: Hammond resident Erica Bartolina, who is in China with her coach/husband Mike to compete in the Summer Olympics, has been sending email updates to her fans from time to time. Here is a synopsis of her recent activities as she prepares for the Opening Ceremonies on Thursday and the pole vault competition a week from Friday.)
Hammond Daily Star |
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SKP Resources riding on strong demand for LCD TVs
KUALA LUMPUR: SKP Resources Bhd sees revenue growth of 10% for its financial year ending March 31, 2009 (FY09) on continuous strong demand for its plastic components in high-end electronic products such as liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs.
The Star |
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Average Issue Readership General Public PARC Media Index 1997, Saudi Arabia
With technology opening the new doors of communication and the distribution of news and information, ArabNews Online is not bound by physical limitations. ArabNews Online is published by ArabNews from its offices located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and is now available to readers around the globe.
Arab News |
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Debugging Obama-McCain
Anyone who has ever argued with friends about technology knows how an element of a computer system can be either a feature or a bug, depending on your point of view.
Forbes |
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Fox Interactive Media Selects Level 3 for Online Delivery of the 2008 Presidential Election Debates
BROOMFIELD, Colo. , Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Level 3 Communications' Content Markets Group today announced that the company has been selected by Fox Interactive Media, Inc. (FIM) to provide video acquisition, transport, encoding and streaming services to support live online viewing of for all four of the 2008 Presidential Debates, which begin tonight in Oxford, Mississippi .
Broadcast Newsroom |
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How would you change Dell's Inspiron Mini 9?
Filed under: Laptops Once we all understood that the netbook was more than just a craze to be dominated by ASUS and its Eee brand, it was inevitable that Dell would join in. Sure enough, out popped the Inspiron Mini 9 , priced competitively and loaded with hardware good enough to satisfy most in the market. Now that the first wave of machines have hit doorsteps (and ...
Engadget |
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Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads
NEW YORK - A security hole in Adobe Systems Inc software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com Inc's video streaming service.
China Daily |
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Complete Story
"If I have an option of giving a brief description about firewall I would say 'a program or hardware device that filters the information coming through the Internet connection into your private network or computer system.
Linux Today |
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Talking Websites could Improve Sales and Accessibility
An IT Analysis report says that making websites talk improves accessibility and sales.
Usability News |
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A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now
When I spoke to Pandora founder Tim Westergren last week he told me that there would be a time when the Internet radio site would need to issue a call to arms to its listeners -- that time is now. Westergren sent a pleading message to his network and listener base this afternoon in which he explains that on the eve of making progress that might save Pandora, the National Association of ...
ZDNet |
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10 Alternative Operating Systems
"This post is about the desktop operating systems that fly under the radar of most people. We are definitely not talking about Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, or even BSD or Solaris. There are much less mainstream options out there for the OS-curious." Though the article doesn't go into much detail about the OSes, it is a good round up of some of the interesting candidates.
OSNews |
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