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Files Saved in a Flash
If solid-state hard drives and flash memory sticks have no moving parts, how do they record data?
New York Times |
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Stealth Mode for Web Surfers
How is using a private browsing mode in a Web browser any different than just clearing out the temporary Internet files in a computer?
New York Times |
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Fujitsu, Western Digital talking on hard drives-source
(Adds background, company comment, share price)
Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News |
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For the Car With Everything, a Computer of Its Own
The Clarion mini PC has an 800-megahertz Intel Atom processor and 512 megabytes of memory.
New York Times |
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Dell?s Portable Projector Fits in the Palm of Your Hand
Dell?s new M109S On-the-Go pocket-size projector weighs in at a vertebrae-friendly 0.8 pounds.
New York Times |
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Urban Dare takes you on an adventure
Editor's note: Bee staff writer Felicia Cousart Matlosz has entered Urban Dare with another Bee reporter, Anne Dudley Ellis. Matlosz will blog at fresnobeehive.com on how they did ... They hope they don't finish last. Read comments
The Fresno Bee |
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Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Algeria bombing
Al Qaeda's north Africa wing said it was behind a deadly suicide bombing in Algeria, according to a statement posted on the internet.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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It Comes in Beige or Black, but You Make It Green
Ways to run your PC more efficiently, make ecologically intelligent purchasing decisions and dispose of an old computer properly.
New York Times |
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New worry for mobile phones: malware
You've been battling malware - viruses, worms, spyware and the like - on your PC for years.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Esther Dyson fails to factcheck her startups [Bad Ideas]
The Valley's pundits believe that partisan bias is damage, and that the Internet can route around it. That's the conclusion I arrived at after hearing about Ameritocracy.com, a new startup aiming to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
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121 arrested in Net porn clamp
MADRID: Spanish police have staged their biggest ever operation against Internet child pornography, arresting 121 people suspected of involvement in a network that reached 75 countries.
Gulf Daily News |
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The Clanton Advertiser
The advent of the internet brought about lots of changes for newspaper writers. In the past, it was newspaper subscribers who read our work. Now, our stories and columns are posted on the internet and therefore available to millions of people.
Clanton Advertiser |
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How can I make my computer run faster, for free?
Q. My computer has gotten slower and slower at doing basic things like booting up and running multiple programs at once. How do I improve its performance without spending any money?
Belleville News-Democrat |
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COAG urged to reboot computers-in-schools scheme
The New South Wales Opposition wants the Federal Government to pick up a funding shortfall in the state associated with its computers-in-schools program.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Download of the day: Find out where a username is already registered
When you think up that perfect new handle for storming social networks and other registration-only sites across the Web, run it through UserNameCheck.com first. This webapp's purpose is simple: to tell you whether or not that name is already in use at a pretty impressive list of sites, from Delicious and Digg to eBay and Xbox Live. The developer explains:
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Surveillance of Skype Messages Found in China
A Canadian human rights group has uncovered a system that tracks politically charged text messages sent by customers of Tom-Skype, a joint venture of which eBay?s Skype is a partner.
New York Times |
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Computers help docs spot breast cancer on X-rays
NEW YORK - A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided...
Boston Herald |
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Flagstaff high teacher guilty of sex with student
A former Flagstaff High School teacher accused of having sex with teenage boys has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual conduct with a minor. Tawni Wimberley faces up to 18 months in prison on each count but could receive probation under terms of a plea agreement. The 30-year-old computer and technology teacher was on a leave of absence when she had improper relationships with 16-year-old and ...
FOX 10 Phoenix |
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IE and Firefox surrender market share in September
Both Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as well as Mozilla’s Firefox browsers lost market share during September, a new report from Net Applications indicates. The combined drop is greater than the gain posted by Google’s Chrome web browser that was released on September 2.
TG Daily |
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Internet picture confirms Kate's nine-to-five role in family firm
1 OCTOBER 2008 A black and white picture, discreetly tucked away at the bottom of her family business' website, confirms a recent HELLO! report about Kate Middleton 's working life.
Hello! |
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Company owner surprised by software licensing probe that led to $50,000 fine
The head of Nels Consulting Services Inc. was surprised by a Business Software Alliance investigation over unlicensed software copies on its company computers. [...]
St. Catharines Standard |
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Take charge of your cell phone battery
As more of us gravitate to smartphones with features such as Web surfing, e-mail and video, we're putting more demands on cell phone batteries. While cell phones are evolving, batteries really aren't, experts say.
MSNBC |
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Lehigh County Man Facing Child Porn Charges
var nopreviewimage = ""; if (nopreviewimage == ""){ document.write(' '); document.write(' '); document.write(' '); } A Lehigh County man is facing child pornography charges. Investigators say they found the porn on a computer belonging to 40-year-old Michael Gates of Coopersburg. That computer was seized back in May. Officials say Gates also posed as an 18-year-old boy to solicit girls ...
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey |
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Microsoft Expected to Announce 'Windows Cloud'
Microsoft representatives backed multiple European reports quoting Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, who reportedly said that the software giant would introduce a "Windows Cloud" OS later this month.
PC Magazine |
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Pending Yahoo-Google deal will stifle choice, competition
YOU may be one of the dwindling number of Americans who prefer newspapers to the Internet. But regardless of your information source, you...
Seattle Times |
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