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Opinion: Dynamic contrast ratio is the new evil in displays
Consumer digital displays (oh alright, LCD TVs and some LCD computer monitors) are getting steadily better across the board. But in an attempt to lure customers, the companies that make them have resorted to adding crap to their displays that reduces the overall picture quality.
iTNews |
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Workshop tackles staff shortage in IT sector
HCM CITY — The information technology (IT) sector is facing a serious shortage of workers with professional skills and foreign language competence, a recent workshop in HCM City has heard.
Việt Nam News |
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Chinese snooping on some Skype conversations
A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of eBay Inc.'s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including "democracy." The revelation is not only of interest to rights groups that monitor Internet...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Keep your e-mail account safe from hackers
What would you lose if your e-mail were hacked? Your personal messages and contacts would be compromised. And your messages could include personal photos or financial details.
USA Today |
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Mobile-broadband push may be slow to bear fruit
An Ovum analyst says the efforts of an alliance of tech giants, aimed at promoting embedded mobile broadband in devices, may take time to pay off
ZDNet UK |
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Google will put methane to work
Project to offset carbon in Caldwell.
The News & Observer |
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NLR CrimeWatch
Address: 2700 Poplar St. Summary: Argenta Academy reported that the school had been robbed. Missing was $1,735 worth of electronics from the computer lab. The theft also caused damage from when the electronics were ripped from mounts. A window valued at $100 was broken.
Maumelle Monitor |
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NLR CrimeWatch
Address: 2700 Poplar St. Summary: Argenta Academy reported that the school had been robbed. Missing was $1,735 worth of electronics from the computer lab. The theft also caused damage from when the electronics were ripped from mounts. A window valued at $100 was broken.
Jacksonville Patriot |
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Computer will help port collect Clean Trucks fee
Fee is supposed to bring in about $1.6 billion to both ports.
Daily Breeze |
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Strategies: Google's got a great price -- free -- on office apps
To run any business, you need a few critical tools: email, word processing, a calendar, probably a spreadsheet and presentation program. The standard of all these office programs comes from Microsoft. But even buying it at a discount, the Microsoft Office Small Business program costs nearly $400.
USA Today |
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Paedophile used library to distribute child porn
A paedophile used public computers in Preston libraries to download and distribute sickening images. (03/10/2008 07:57:51)
prestontoday.net |
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Aldine ISD honors long-term member
From segregation to integration and from books and pencils to computers and other high-tech equipment, A.W. Jones, current chairman of the board for the Three H Service Center in Humble, has seen many things change and improve over his lifetime.
Humble Observer |
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China's version of Skype spies on text chats
Finding that messages with certain words are flagged and stored raises privacy worries. A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of EBay Inc.'s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including "democracy."
Los Angeles Times |
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Marist gets grant for computer curriculum
POUGHKEEPSIE - Marist College has been awarded a two-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new undergraduate curriculum intended to produce graduates with the skills necessary for the operation of large-scale "enterprise" computing systems.
Kingston Daily Freeman |
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School shows off its new look
Students work in a new computer room. SAUGERTIES - Renovations and improvements included in the Saugerties school district's nearly $28 million capital project will be on display during an open house on Saturday.
Kingston Daily Freeman |
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El Segundo gamers want blood for Red Cross
Encore software offers a chance to win their latest game in exchange for participation in today's blood drive.
Daily Breeze |
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Free Hmong library programs offered
Mai Yang's children have no problem using the computer, but for Yang, it's a different story. A recent immigrant to the United States with limited English skills, she feels left behind and somewhat isolated.
Brooklyn Park Sun-Post |
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California Based Timeaus Inc. – Innovator in Communication and Collaboration Software -- Secures Distribution ...
Agreement Announces Launch of YourWorldOffice.com in Japan. [PR.com - October 03, 2008]
PR.com |
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DV8 demands 'simultaneous multiple intelligences'
'm stumped. How could DV8's U.S. premiere at Dartmouth's Hopkins Center -- a powerhouse full-length work, laced with first-hand, verbatim, explicit accounts and vociferous judgments of people directly affected by and involved in issues of homosexuality, with an overriding message of social/gender/religious equality (a viewpoint I'm in complete accord with), performed by exquisitely strong ...
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus |
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Guest commentary: MacNexus provides triage for computers
They're not exactly what you might expect when discussing computer geeks. Karen Watson Marjorie Wade, a professor at CSUS, gets some advice from David Badovinac of the MacNexus computer club.
The Sacramento Bee |
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Richmond Hill H.S. Happenings
NEW SCHOOL WEB SITE!
Queens Chronicle |
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The Apple of modern cars
Long before Apple Macintosh created the iPod, Macs were the undisputed preferred computers over the run-of-the-mill IBMs and Dells, especially for those in the publishing industry.
Mail and Guardian |
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Bring household waste to roundup
As part of "No Drugs Down the Drain Week," Oct. 4-11, the city will hold a household hazardous waste and e-waste roundup from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 11 at the City of Hope Buena Vista parking lot, 2144 Buena Vista St.
Pasadena Star-News |
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Events & Networking
Linda Wagner of NewTeq Computer Services in Frederick shares a laugh with Louis E. Wiser III of TelData Communications of Gaithersburg at the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce Expo on Tuesday at the Francis Scott Key Mall Holiday Inn.
Gazette.net |
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Europeans indicted in US hack attack
A US COURT has indicted two Europeans for allegedly launching Internet attacks against a number of retail sites.
The Inquirer |
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