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RSA 2008: US government to cut internet access points
The US Federal Government is to cut its access points to the internet from more than 4,000 to 50 in an effort to reduce its exposure to malware attacks,...
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With the Eskom power crisis,
Motorola's P790, which people might have disregarded, could suddenly prove very popular indeed. The P790, you see, is a portable charger for cellphones and other devices that draw their power through a USB port.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Dec 2005 22:07 UTC
The December CTP of Windows Vista has been released . ActiveWin has published screenshots, and a list of features, of the latest CTP of Windows Vista.
New Mobile Computing |
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Learn The Online Safety Rules
Next Tuesday night at Potomac Falls High School in Cascades Loudoun residents will have access to some of the nation's leading experts in the field of Internet safety. It is a forum that all parents who are concerned about their children's online activities should attend with their children.
Leesburg Today |
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Pop forum: Talk amongst yourselves
It's Friday in the forum. If you get a chance, say hello to our featured friend of the Candy, who loves John Cusack, "laptop-closing" comedy and singing along with Alicia Keys songs: Reader of the day: gret Real name: Gretchen...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Nov 2007 19:38 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"This in-depth, hands-on article introduces Android , Google's Linux/Java mobile phone SDK. After a tour of Android's tools, documentation, and code samples, it suggests a path for further exploration and concludes with a simple applet showing the power and simplicity of the Android environment."
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Recent Original Stories
"There are several possible reasons why you might choose to use the command line interface as your desktop environment . For one thing, it uses less electricity, so you could maximize battery life on your laptop computer.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 29th Sep 2005 10:32 UTC
The $100 (E 83,-) laptop computers that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers want to get into the hands of the world's children would be durable, flexible and self-reliant. Among the key specs: A 500-megahertz processor by AMD and flash memory instead of a hard drive with moving parts.
OS News |
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The Internet Runs on Ad Billions
Consumers enjoy a vast range of Web services, from e-mail to e-commerce, all funded by advertisers. Regulators tinker with this at their peril
BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance |
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S&P Picks and Pans: Apple, Yahoo, Lehman Brothers, Rite Aid, WD-40, Millennium
Analysts' opinions on stocks in the news Thursday
BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance |
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B.C. residents to gain access to electronic health records
Victoria - British Columbia residents will soon be able to use their computers to view their health records, thanks to a new provincial legislation. B.C. health minister George Abbott has introduced a bill governing access and privacy for electronic health information databases.
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Web scam adds 25% to price of theatre tickets
Theatregoers are being hit with 25 per cent ticket mark-ups by misleading internet sites. Thousands are logging on to new sites which imitate theatre names but resell tickets at vastly inflated prices.
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Improving the Safety of Lithium-ion Batteries
Lithium-ion batteries supply the power for cell phones and PDAs, and larger devices such as laptops are becoming increasingly dependent on this power source. The advantage of these power storage devices lies in their high energy density and voltage (up to four volts).
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Techgage reviews Sabayon Linux , and conclcudes:
"After taking an initial look at Sabayon, I have mixed feelings. Though, I feel more joy when using it than anything negative. One reason this distro may stand out above others is because it takes a difficult base distro, and opens its arms for new users who want to experiment.
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Google plans for bigger role in Microhoo scrum
Google has hired Frank Quattrone, a long-time Silicon Valley investment banker, and his firm Qatalyst as an adviser. Hiring Quattrone indicates that Google has no plans to let go quietly as Microsoft makes its play for Yahoo. According to the New York Times' DealBook blog, Google has retained Quattrone's...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 19th Jan 2006 22:35 UTC
Today, the Dutch headquarters of Apple held a press conference concerning the announcements made by Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, last week during MacWorld in San Fransisco.
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Recent Original Stories
Normally Linux systems can only read from Windows NTFS partitions, but not write to them which can be very annoying if you have to work with Linux and Windows systems.
New Mobile Computing |
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Malware filters bad for business
Up to 80 percent of Web sites flagged as malicious by anti-virus and search engine indexes are legitimate businesses, according to security experts. Experts said while the security industry is on top of conventional spam and phishing attacks, more effort needs to be put into preventing and eliminating so-called drive-by-downloads. The attacks allow hackers to redirect massive amounts of ...
InfoWorld |
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Anti-virus software not working says Panda
Three in four companies and one in three home PCs are infected. Check your machine out for chance of a prize
Personal Computer World |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 12th Aug 2006 23:42 UTC
"Debian and Ubuntu. Ubuntu and Debian. How are they different? How are they the same? Well, most of the differences lie in the target userbase of the OSes. Debian is attempting the unattemptable by making a distro that's right for almost every use imaginable.
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Microsoft, HCL Team on Training and Software Development
Microsoft will work with Indian IT company HCL Infosystems to develop system integration frameworks for the deployment of...
PC World |
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Latin still grows in the garden
By DEAN FOSDICK For The Associated Press Anyone buying into that line about Latin being a dead language hasn't spent much time aro ...
The Bryan-College Station Eagle |
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New Terrorism Threat: Zombie Computers
Possessed PCs can cripple the nation's infrastructure, say officials.
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Mac Bloggers Fantasize Over Fresh MacBooks, Bicker Over Apple TV Resolution
In Mac- and Apple-focused activity this week, bloggers and commenters have been beating up on allegations of premature iPods deaths as well as speculating on the next generation of redesigned MacBooks and MacBook Pros. Also in the air is a mysterious MacBook firmware update and the supposed upcoming downfall of Apple TV.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Yahoo Does Exclamation Point Yodeling Again
I covered this years ago, with Yahoo!'s Logo Surprise (Yahoo! Easter Egg) . Basically, if you go to Yahoo.com and click on the exclamation point in the logo at the top, it will Yodel for you. The Yahoooooo yodel. I am pretty sure Yahoo took this down for a while and probably recently added it when they launched the new logo placement a couple weeks ago. Here is a video of it in action: ...
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