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In plain sight, thefts are plain easy
Within mere seconds on Thursday, a car and minivan both parked in a busy Vacaville parking lot. Both vehicles contained laptops left in full view of passersby. And both fell victim to an afternoon smash-and-grab in which the suspect managed to saunter away unapprehended.
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Education, government institutions becoming hacker targets: Symantec
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC ) has released results from its latest Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), which found most malicious activity to be Web-based and primarily occurring in the government and education sectors.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 17th Jan 2006 14:24 UTC
"Your friend the traditional hard drive may be undergoing changes soon. No, we're not talking about the threat that flash storage poses to the dominant storage medium, though that's an emerging player on the scene. No, our favorite plattered friend may be reorienting itself in a literal sense.
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Recent Original Stories
Linux Format has an interview with Bruce Perens . Having founded the Open Source Initiative and Linux Standards Base, Perens is a well-known spokesperson for the Free software community, and in this interview he discusses the problems with his UserLinux project, the rise of Ubuntu, and why figureheads are still important in the open source world.
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Petro Vista Energy Corp. (Formerly, Texada Capital Corp.) Completes Qualifying Transaction and Financing
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Petro Vista Energy Corp. is pleased to announce the closing of its Qualifying Transaction, consisting of the acquisition of all of the issued quotas in the capital of Petro Vista Energy Petroleo do Brasil Ltda. that owns working interests in 14 oil and gas exploration and development concessions in Brazil.
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3K Computers Unveils the PowerSharp 2150 Business Server
3K Computers, LLC, a U.S.-manufacturer of Built-to-Order desktops, laptops, workstations, servers, and storage equipment, has unveiled the Intel®-based 3K PowerSharp 2150 dual processor server, featuring advanced security, high performance, reliability and expansion features.
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Microsoft's Chris Satchell Interview by
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced plans to allow small independent developers - even individuals - to put homemade games on Xbox 360 using a new version of XNA Game Studio and the subscription-based XNA Creator's Club. The idea is simple: make a game with XNA, submit it to peer-review, release it on Xbox Live. At the time we were told that a beta test would go on behind the scenes in ...
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Microsoft vs. Yahoo: Winner Is Google?
The seesaw takeover battle has become so tortured it may help Google.
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Tibetan government-in-exile website crashes
Dharamsala, April 11 (IANS) The Tibetan government-in-exile's official website crashed Friday. Some suspect it has been hacked.
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HOPEWELL — While it may not be every student’s favorite Web site, parents are crazy about Parent Connection, which allows parents to check grades in real time online.
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VIDEO: The Google guide to global causes
Source: AlertNet Apr. 10 - Google's three-dimensional mapping service is being adapted to help charities raise awareness about issues in remote regions of the world. After working with non-governmental ...
AlertNet |
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Study: Search Engines Encourage Suicide Attempts
People searching the Internet for information about suicide are more likely to find sites encouraging suicide than those offering help or support, according to a new study.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Oct 2006 19:10 UTC
The Vista Team Blog has an interesting article on Vista's installation routine, more specifically on how long it takes to install Vista . "PC World got the conversation going on installation times in Windows Vista.
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Analysis: Is the ST, NXP wireless JV the start of IDM break-up?
The move by STMicroelectronics and NXP to merge their wireless businesses, giving ST an 80 percent ownership of the resulting JV while NXP, left with 20 percent stake, is enriched to the tune of $1.55 billion, is a radical step. But it is likely not be the last. Creating fine-grained, fabless, niche-market champions has become the name of the semiconductor game.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 12th Aug 2006 07:13 UTC
Between the full desktop version, the subscriber's ad-free version, the normal mobile version (via autodetection), the very lite mobile version and the WAP version of OSNews, here is one more: http://osnews.com/pda . This version is built around our RSS feed and it's geared towards cellphones (like the Motorola RaZR line) that can't quite manage to render our normal mobile front page (28 KB ...
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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 Microsoft's products for vertical industries in India.
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Price cuts for Windows Home editions
KUALA LUMPUR: Microsoft Malaysia Sdn Bhd is cutting the prices for its Windows Home Basic and Home Premium editions, effective immediately.
The Star |
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Microsoft says made fair offer to Yahoo
MUMBAI - Microsoft Corp believes it has made a fair offer to acquire Yahoo and is committed to bolstering its digital advertising capabilities irrespective of the outcome, its chief operating officer said.
Khaleej Times |
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Yahoo again rebuffs Microsoft in letter
Yahoo called Microsoft's threat of a hostile takeover "counterproductive" on Monday, while also saying it is open to a deal but only at a higher price.
ITBusiness.ca |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 25th Jan 2007 00:43 UTC
"Once upon a time, when DOS walked the earth, the command line was the primary user interface for most of our computers. Then, Windows came along, and Microsoft seemed set on leaving the command prompt to dry up and wither into obscurity.
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Yahoo-Microsoft battle bolsters Google
Microsoft Corp.'s attempt to take over Yahoo Inc. has become so tortured it may help Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc. grow stronger, undermining Microsoft's main reason for pursing the deal in the first place.
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Asian chip makers jump on DRAM recovery hopes
Shares of leading Asian chip makers jumped after recent price hikes convinced investors that the computer memory chip market is finally recovering from a brutal downturn dating back to the end of 2006.
EETimes |
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Ferret out Windows' system-info hiding places
Discover all the locations where Windows stores information about your PC.
CNET |
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Ferret out Windows' system-info hiding places
Discover all the locations where Windows stores information about your PC.
CNET |
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Apple Releases MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0
Apple released MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0 on Thursday evening. The company didn't offer any information on what Bluetooth-related items the update improves or fixes. Like other firmware updates, this one is installed in Applications/Utilities and must be launched by the user to complete the firmware update process
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