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Blunt or aides erased e-mails, lawsuit contends
JEFFERSON CITY Independent investigators on Monday alleged that Gov. Matt Blunt or his top aides ordered state computer technicians to destroy copies of e-mail messages that might have been politically damaging.
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Recent Original Stories
" 'What Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away' . Such has been the conventional wisdom surrounding the Windows/Intel duopoly since the early days of Windows 95. In practical terms, it means that performance advancements on the hardware side are quickly consumed by the ever-increasing complexity of the Windows/Office code base.
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The head of PC maker Acer, Gianfranco Lanci, has hit out at Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, saying that the 'entire industry' was disappointed by it . Few buyers have purchased new PCs specifically for Vista, Acer's chief says "The entire industry is disappointed by Windows Vista," the head of the world's fourth-biggest PC maker told the Financial Times Deutschland in its online ...
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Yahoo teams with McAfee on secure search
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. and McAfee Inc. are combining forces to offer alerts about potentially dangerous Web sites alongside search results generated at Yahoo.com.
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Hail to the e-mail thief
Late last month a story appeared that was sure to warm the cockles of every IT professional's heart - the White House (yes, that White House) has been backing up its e-mails manually since 2002.
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Man who tried to meet teen gets 15 years
A 57-year-old La Crosse man convicted of attempting to meet who he believed was a 13-year-old girl he had connected with online was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison.
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Yahoo! Adds Alerts to "Risky" Search Results
Yahoo! Search has begun a partnership with McAfee, Inc. to provide SearchScan, which uses McAfee's SiteAdvisor technology to flag URLs it deems "risky" in the search results. Results are flagged with the type of danger below the title in the search results and is primarily aimed at preventing spyware and other malicious software from being downloaded on searchers' computers as well as at ...
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Pressure mounts on Yahoo as Microsoft walks away from takeover offer
The news that Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft had withdrawn its offer to buy Yahoo brought a swift and harsh response from investors, who drove Yahoo's ...
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Maid in HK court after sex with boss's teenage son
HONG KONG - A 45-YEAR-OLD Indonesian maid admitted having sex with her Hong Kong employer's 14-year-old son after watching Internet porn together, a newspaper reported.
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UNH students sued over illegal downloads
On October 18, 30 UNH students received notice that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) planned to file legal action against them because the students illegally shared copyrighted material over peer-to-peer networks. The 30 UNH students are among 411 from 19 higher-education institutions nationwide that were targeted in the newest wave of the RIAA's campaign against online ...
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S. Korea under pressure over scrapping of US beef ban
SEOUL - SOUTH Korea's government came under new pressure on Tuesday over its agreement to lift a ban on US beef imports, with the opposition party pressing it to scrap the deal and thousands planning a new street protest.
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Microsoft, chasing Apple, adds TV shows to Zune Marketplace
Microsoft Corp. said late Monday it will now sell TV shows, including popular NBC series, on the Zune Marketplace, a move that brings its selection of content for the digital media player a step closer to what Apple Inc.'s iTunes offers for Apple's much more popular iPod.
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Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. It's funny that Acer has decided to release this desktop replacement notebook with the TravelMate name, because, unless you're Yao Ming 's size, this thing is far from a 'mate' when you travel.
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Microsoft, chasing Apple, adds TV shows to Zune Marketplace
Microsoft Corp. said late Monday it will now sell TV shows, including popular NBC series, on the Zune Marketplace, a move that brings its selection of content for the digital media player a step closer to what Apple Inc.'s iTunes offers for Apple's much more popular iPod. Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft said it also planned to send out software updates overnight that add new features to the Zune ...
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Yahoo teams with McAfee on secure search
Yahoo Inc. and McAfee Inc. are joining to offer alerts about potentially dangerous Web sites alongside search results generated at Yahoo.com. With the new security feature - slated to take effect Tuesday - people who search the Internet using Yahoo will see a red exclamation point and a warning next to links McAfee has identified as serving dangerous downloads or using visitors' e-mail addresses ...
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Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: Microsoft was smart to walk away from deal
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Very often during a courtship dance, the intended tells the wooer that his attentions are unwanted. Sometimes, the intended is playing hard to get. But other times, no just means no.
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Object of Desire: Matias Folding Keyboard & iFold Notebook Stand
We don't know about you but we've always preferred a full-sized keyboard to anything that comes on a laptop. The problem is that carrying around a clunky full-size keyboard and a laptop kind of defeats the purpose of having a portable computer in the first place.
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HP to Premiere YouTube Service on Its Connected Entertainment Products
HP (7496;NYSE:HPQ) today announced it is making the video content of YouTube available for people to enjoy
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EarthBrowser 3.0: Doppler, browser, Northern Lights
Lunar Software has released EarthBrowser 3.0, an update to the real-time three dimensional model of the earth that offers continuously updated global information. The software renders a virtual representation of the earth along with a large variety of current data, including new Doppler Radar and Northern Lights overlays, animated weather model for...
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Recent Original Stories
"Buried in a Knowledge Base article that Microsoft published to the Web on November 14 are details of Microsoft's plans to combat Office 2007 piracy via new Office Genuine Advantage lockdowns.
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The European Commission said on Wednesday it told Microsoft that it had competition worries about the firm's new ...
, Vista, another antitrust concern that the software giant must answer in Europe. "We are concerned about the possibility that the next Vista operating system will include various elements which are currently available separately from Microsoft or other companies," Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd said.
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Quick hits: Outdoors online
For an informational look at outdoor resources on the Web, check out “Outdoors Online: An Internet Guide to Everything Wild & Green” by Erika Dillman ($14.95, Mountaineers Books). The hook is hundreds of Web sites, arranged in 11 categories that include the outdoors on foot and on water, gear, safety, wildlife, places to go and the like. Spend an hour between www.weather.com and ...
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Council OKs Tech Pact With County
BROOKSVILLE - The City Council wants the county to help bring the city's computer technology into the 21st century. The council on Monday unanimously agreed to pay the county $60,000 for a full range of computer and network support services.
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Telemedicine could eradicate many expensive ED visits
A community-wide study in upstate New York found that nearly 28 percent of all visits to the pediatric emergency department could have been replaced with a more cost-effective Internet doctor’s “visit,” or telemedicine, according to investigators from the University of Rochester Medical Center.
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HP to Premiere YouTube Service on Its Connected Entertainment Products
HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced it is making the video content of YouTube available for people to enjoy through its HP MediaSmart connected entertainment products, including the soon-to-be-released MediaSmart Connect digital media receiver ...
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