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Dismissed township worker accused of sabotaging computers
A former employee of a Lawrence County township today was accused of sabotaging township computer records on the day she was dismissed from her job
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Computer Outlook Radio Talk Show Announces New Broadcast Schedule
Computer Outlook Radio Talk Show announced today that in preparation for upcoming syndication opportunities, the show is moving to a new weekday broadcast schedule.
Centre Daily Times |
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Authorities: Coopersburg man had kiddie porn
A Coopersburg man arrested in May during an Internet sex sting was charged with possession of child pornography after a search of his computer, the Attorney General's office announced this morning.
The Morning Call |
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Amazon turns Windows against Ballmer's cloud
Unix not the only fruit Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) will let you run applications on Microsoft's Windows Server and SQL Server database from this autumn.…
The Register |
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Data theft more common in India, China
Enterprises in emerging countries including China, India and Brazil — where IT adoption is at a nascent stage — are more prone to loss of company data and other sensitive information due to flouting of company rules by employees.
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Low-cost laptops for 3 mn children by 2009
Encouraged by its pilot project Khairat near Mumbai, the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project in India has resolved to distribute three million XO laptops among the children entering schools by the end of 2009. It has just set up its India office in New Delhi and appointed Satish Jha as the president and CEO (OLPC India).
Business Standard India |
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Games notebooks play
LG is making no mistakes with its latest P300 notebook. An impressive T8300 Penryn processor, NVIDIA 8600M GS graphics card with 256MB dedicated memory (a rarity nowadays) and high-gloss 13.3 inch backlit LCD is a formidable hardware package offered by LG.
Business Standard India |
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Former Union Twp. secretary charged with records destruction
A former secretary-treasurer for Union Township will be charged in the destruction of files stored on municipal computers after township officials dismissed from her job earlier this year.
Ellwood City Ledger |
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e-Edition makes debut; this afternoon's paper online now
The News Tribune's e-Edition, an exact digital replica of the print edition, makes its debut online at NewsTribune.com today. This afternoon's newspaper is available now.
Jefferson City News Tribune |
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Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server Coming to EC2 this Fall
Late yesterday, Amazon announced that coming this fall, developers will be able to run Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server instances on its EC2 cloud services. The implications are many, especially given the anticipated rollout of Microsoft's own cloud computing...
O'Reilly Media |
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FBI arrests Greenville County councilman
Published: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 11:05 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 11:06 a.m. GREENVILLE -- The U.S. Attorney says the FBI has arrested Greenville County Councilman Tony Trout on federal charges of unauthorized computer access.
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ECWin2k8?
In a surprise announcement just a few moments ago, Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services lead technical evangelist announced they would now be supporting Windows on EC2. This is a /HUGE/ deal, especially when you consider the fact that Microsoft is rumored to be preparing a competitor to EC2, something they will supposedly be announcing at the PDC in November.
O'Reilly Media |
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-01 19:35 IBM posts biggest drop in 3 years on profit worry
BOSTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - IBM shares tumbled 6 percent on Wednesday, their biggest drop in three years, on concern the world's biggest computer services company's results missed Wall Street targets in the quarter that ended Sept 30. "There's unconfirmed speculation that they are going to bring down their numbers for the quarter, that they are going to warn," said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment ...
Interactive Investor |
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FBI arrests Greenville County councilman
Published: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 11:05 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 11:06 a.m. GREENVILLE -- The U.S. Attorney says the FBI has arrested Greenville County Councilman Tony Trout on federal charges of unauthorized computer access.
Spartanburg Herald-Journal |
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Quad-core chip may debut ahead of schedule
The chip manufacturer AMD aims to challenge its main rival, Intel, by launching its Shanghai processor by the end of the year.
Independent Online |
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UK police probe eBay sale of MI6 camera
Britain's MI6 intelligence service is investigating how a camera holding sensitive information about al-Qaeda suspects came to be lost by one of its agents.
Independent Online |
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Denizens of the desktop survive the ages
The mouse has shown an extraordinary ability to survive the breakneck speed of technological evolution.
Independent Online |
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Pair of Polls Put Obama on Top of McCain in PA
With now less than five weeks to go until election day, a pair of polls show Democrat Barack Obama leading Republican John McCain in Pennsylvania. A poll by Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster shows a 7% gap among registered voters. Fourteen percent are undecided. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.5%. [ WEB LINKS: ( Franklin & Marshall Poll ) ( Quinnipiac Poll ) ...
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey |
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Technology helps Erykah
Desperate to record song ideas, Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Erykah Badu used to dial her own phone number and sing into the voicemail.
News 24 South Africa |
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NY victim uses remote logon to nab theft suspect
A laptop thief got caught -- after the computer owner tracked him remotely. Jose Caceres said he used a remote access program to log on every day and watch his computer being used, and then tipped off police, leading to the arrest of a 34-year-old male suspect.
Boston Globe |
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Hacker takes down Chamber Web site
The North Platte Telegraph If you attempted to see what was new with the North Platte Chamber of Commerce between late morning and early Wednesday afternoon, you were probably greeted by the images of Turkish symbolism related to one of the world's most notorious hackers.
North Platte Telegraph |
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121 arrested in Spain for child porn
Spanish police have arrested 121 men and seized millions of computer files in the country's biggest operation against child pornography on the Internet.
CNN |
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UPDATE: Former school district director sent to prison
A former Marysville Joint Unified School District official convicted of selling school computers on eBay and pocketing the money was sentenced today to 16 months in state prison for violating his probation.
Appeal-Democrat |
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AMD demos Mobility Radeon HD 4000 chip
AMD is tipping its hand early at the CEATEC technology show by showing a pre-production version of a Mobility Radeon HD 4000 chipset. Although AMD has yet to publicly discuss the hardware, the company's booth at the Japanese expo contains a clearly identified test bed with the notebook-oriented chipset demonstrating its full hardware Blu-ray video decoding....
MacNN |
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Windows Mobile 7 "delayed"
— Sep. 23, 2008 — Microsoft has reportedly delayed the release of Windows Mobile 7 until the second half of 2009. The company has informed cell phone makers and partners that the operating system update, originally expected during the first quarter, won't be ready, according to a report. ...
WindowsForDevices |
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