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Software to locate stolen laptops launched
Mumbai based Micro technologies have launched India's first laptop tracking system to locate stolen laptops. Micro Lost Notebook Tracking System (LNTS) is a software product that is embedded on notebook hard drives and is tracked as soon as they are connected to the Internet.
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How to Identify Genealogy Scams
The Ancestry blog posted a notice today about several apparently fraudulent genealogy Web sites that claim to have "the largest online genealogical search tool" and Besides the three sites...
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Tibetan government-in-exile website crashes
The Tibetan government-in-exile's official website crashed Friday. Some suspect it has been hacked. The site tibet.net is a major source of news about Tibet and Tibetan diaspora through the eyes of the Tibetan government-in-exile based here.
Calcutta News |
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Yahoo Board Weighs Options; Microsoft Bid May Be Likely Outcome
April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc. directors meet today to consider Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion bid for the Internet company, a person familiar with the talks said.
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Recent Original Stories
" BlueIllusion 0.06 is out for downloading and testing.
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Pro-Suicide Sites Push People Over Edge
Study concludes that pro-suicide Web sites may push people over the edge.
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Google gains from Yahoo-Microsoft takeover drama: analysts
Microsoft's unwanted courtship of Yahoo is spinning into a dramatic soap opera that analysts say is playing into the hands of Internet search king Google.
TurkishPress.com |
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Murdoch's 2-Pronged Bid May Boost Yahoo
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is working both sides of the fence in an effort to acquire Yahoo -- negotiating directly with the Internet portal while also attempting to join Microsoft's two-month-old bid for the company, according to sources close to the deal.
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Recent Original Stories
Just over a year ago, Tim Butler wrote an article which outlined why he thought the GNOME Project was clearly the free software desktop project with the best vision of the future.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-04-11 15:17 GMT: Nasstar sells web hosting contracts for 120,000 pounds cash
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Nasstar Plc. said it has disposed of its web hosting contracts for 120,000 pounds cash, and added these proceeds will be used to continue the growth of the company's hosted desktop core service.
Interactive Investor |
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How Flash Can Be Search Engine Friendly
For a long time there has been a tug of war between developers and designers who love to use Flash and SEOs who know how bad Flash can be from a search engine crawler perspective. The designer wants the beauty of an all Flash site. The SEO wants to bring the site traffic. It's a tough situation, but there are ways to implement Flash and still provide something for the crawlers to chew on. ...
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PHOTO OF CHENEY CREATES WEB CHATTER
A photo that has the blogosphere buzzing that Dick Cheney might be cavorting with naked women while fly fishing is simply a "hand casting a rod," according to his spokeswoman. The image, posted on the White House's Web site, shows the vice...
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th Apr 2008 22:15
"Linux, long the laggard to the Windows desktop, is pushing into emerging markets, onto mobile devices and other client form factors, and is poised to give Microsoft something to really compete against , according to attendees at the annual Linux Foundation Summit.
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Reports of Windows` Demise Greatly Exaggerated
Gartner analysts are predicting doom and gloom for Microsoft Windows, but it doesn't seem likely.... SOLVE MORE ISSUES on the first call. Try WebEx FREE ZAP REMOTE SUPPORT ISSUES! Crush Support Log Jams! BLAST THROUGH FIREWALLS! Try WebEx REMOTE SUPPORT
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Television on the Internet taking off for real
It's been a long time coming but television on the Internet appears finally to be taking off, opening up a new viewing experience for free and helping to fight online piracy.
The Manila Times |
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Wi-Fi TV To Demo Its Latest Internet TV Platform At Broadband TV Summit At NAB Show
LAS VEGAS----Wi-Fi TV Inc. will be prominently featured at the Broadband TV Summit, a presentation of iHollywoodForum.com, which is co-located at the NAB Show. From Hollywood to Bollywood, Beijing to Buenos Aires, Cannes to Cape Town, Montreal to Mexico City, and Sydney to St.
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Wikipedia founder's next target: Google
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales built the fifth most-popular Web site by having volunteers post and edit encyclopedia entries. Now, he's using the same approach to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of the Internet search market.
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St Albans & Harpenden Review: News: Latest News
A FORMER Tory borough councillor has been charged with making and possessing child pornography on his laptop computer. PILOT instructor Jaysukh Madhavani was way over the legal alcohol limit for flying on the day of his fatal crash, an official investigation has concluded.
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Laptop batteries get more reliable, safer and 30% energy boost
Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, IL, have managed to improve lithium-ion batteries to make them last longer, be more reliable and safer. The improvements come from a change in the materials used to manufacture the battery. First of all, safety has been improved. Today’s lithium-ion batteries contain cobalt oxide electrodes, which when overheating [...]
Geek.com |
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ThinkPad Line Revealed? X300 in three new sizes
Gizmodo dropped a major bomb on notebook users yesterday–they somehow got their hands on details about the entire upcoming Lenovo line. They did break the news of the X300 launch back in January, though this does not appear to be from the same source. Everything is still unconfirmed, but a lot of the details make [...]
Geek.com |
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Shannon Matthews' stepfather appears in court on child porn charghes
The partner of Shannon Matthews' mother was refused bail by magistrates today on charges of possessing child pornography. Craig Meehan, 22, appeared before magistrates in Dewsbury, accused of possessing 140 indecent images of children which were allegedly found on two computers at his home address.
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Thompson Middle to get equipment, landscaping for fall opening
Saginaw Board of Education members approved spending more than a half-million dollars on landscaping, computers and furniture for the new Thompson Middle School.
The Saginaw News |
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Never Heard of Botnets? Join the Club
If you know what a "botnet" is, you're in the minority: Seven out of 10 computer users have never heard of these bot armies that can hijack unsecured computers. So while the quote from The Art of War, "Know your enemy," is frequently used to exhort security professionals to understand the mind-set of the malicious attacker, a more appropriate sentiment for Web surfers is, "Know the threats."
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Ivy Tech strikes statewide deal with Dell
INDIANAPOLIS -- Ivy Tech Community College has entered into a three-year partnership with Dell Inc.
South Bend Tribune |
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How Google could Win the OS Wars
The gOS release suggests that Google could succeed if it entered the market with a variation of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution.
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