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Online librarian from S.F. wins his fight with the FBI
Brewster Kahle, who runs an online library in San Francisco, was appalled when his volunteer lawyers told him in November that the FBI was demanding records of all communications with one of his patrons as part of an investigation of "international terrorism...
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WiMAX promises to transform wireless Internet world
SAN FRANCISCO -- As US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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RP has highest percentage of social network users -- study
MANILA, Philippines -- A recent global study ranks the Philippines among countries with the highest percentage of Internet users using social networks.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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PLDT launches VoIP offering for OFWs
MANILA, Philippines -- Testing the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) market for Filipinos working and living abroad, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has launched its own VoIP offering.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Current Newswire:
"Nathan's basic question, however, can be paraphrased as something that's both serious and interesting: why do so many MCSEs have such a hard time learning to use Linux? and, as a corollary, why do they think there's no effective help available to them?
Linux Today |
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Microsoft Now Gunning for Facebook?
With Yahoo in its rearview mirror, Microsoft reportedly eyed Facebook.
InternetNews.com |
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Your Chance to Finish a Movie Microsoft Started
Microsoft Corporation is underwriting an online movie-making contest to stimulate sales and burnish the reputation of its Windows Vista operating system.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Life’s Tougher on Avenue Q
Remember the wholesome, feel-good warmth of Sesame Street ? This isn’t it. Sure, Avenue Q has puppets, but they’re more the racist and Internet porn-loving type, jaded and yet eternally optimistic about life’s promises.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th Sep 2006 15:12 UTC, submitted by Subhush
"It has hardly been a few weeks since the release of KDE v3.5.4, one of the most popular desktop environments for Unix/Linux/FreeBSD operating systems, and the KDE development team is already hard at work.
New Mobile Computing |
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Recent Original Stories
Mark Miller, director of the Microsoft Security Response Center, shares his opinions about the wisdom of sharing vulnerabilities with customers.
New Mobile Computing |
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'Nanny state' row as £44million scheme will tell parents how to raise children by text messages
Parents will be text-messaged with advice on bringing up children and solving relationship crises under a £44million programme unveiled by ministers yesterday. They will be able to text queries to counselling services and log onto special social networking sites as part of a Government initiative to improve the nation's parenting skills
Daily Mail |
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Customer Service
SAN FRANCISCO - In another step in the worldwide march of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America said Wednesday that it has inked a deal to bring the multimedia gadget to more than a dozen countries starting later this year.
Brandon Sun |
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Recent Original Stories
The first snapshot release of Komodo , a next-generation Linux/.NET-based operating system, is now available. "A new desktop environment codenamed Dagon is now being developed with [D-Bus, Composite, Linux 2.6] to bring a new face of Linux to users.
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 21st Sep 2005 11:41 UTC
KDE 3.5 Beta 1 can be downloaded over the Internet by visiting KDE's download page . Source code and vendor supplied binary packages are available. For additional information on package availability and to read further release notes, please visit the KDE 3.5 Beta 1 information page .
OS News |
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Your Chance to Finish a Movie Microsoft Started
Microsoft Corporation is underwriting an online movie-making contest to stimulate sales and burnish the reputation of its Windows Vista operating system.
New York Times |
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Author: Microsoft is Still Here, Dammit!
Even though Microsoft's Steve Ballmer bungled Yahoo and Vista is sticking to store shelves, the company he runs is as dangerous as ever, says the author of a new book about the future of Microsoft post-Bill Gates. While Gates will remain as Microsoft's chairman, he will no longer be involved in day-to-day decisions , leaving Microsoft's showy, sometimes sweaty CEO Steve Ballmer to his own ...
Wired News |
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News Corp not in talks with Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo
By Kenneth Li
Reuters via Yahoo! India News |
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Microsoft’s Automated Agent: Can We Talk?
The latest version of Microsoft's automated help agent for companies, adds support for SharePoint searches.
InternetNews.com |
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Hackers' posts on epilepsy forum cause migraines, seizures
SAN FRANCISCO - Computer attacks typically do not inflict physical pain on their victims.
The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News |
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Apple inks Latin American deal for iPhone with America Movil SAB
SAN FRANCISCO - In another step in the worldwide march of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America said Wednesday that it has inked a deal to bring the multimedia gadget to more than a dozen countries starting later this year. America Movil SAB, controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, said it plans to bring the iPhone to all of its Latin American operations but ...
The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Oct 2005 17:43 UTC
Microsoft has rejected porting its Office productivity suite to Linux anytime soon, despite the growing popularity of open source on the desktop. Speaking at the LinuxWorld conference in London on Wednesday, Microsoft's head of platform strategy, Nick McGrath, said that the software maker had no intention of porting Office to any of the Linux desktop distributions.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 17th Mar 2007 00:26 UTC
During my 8 years of Linux on and off usage I have tried more distros than I have chocolate bars. Each one of my previous encounters meant that I had to spend at least 2 days configuring before I have a desktop that I was somewhat comfortable with.
New Mobile Computing |
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Sun signs collaboration agreement with Neil Young and Warner Bros
Sun claims that Java technology, which is the underlying platform for the new BD-Live capabilities of the Blu-ray format, enables interactive components as well as the ability to update all aspects of a Blu-ray Disc via BD-Live internet connectivity.
Computer Business Review |
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'Tremendous effort' went into Clearwire deal
What does it take to bring together Comcast, Google, Intel and other technology titans to create a new wireless juggernaut? "A tremendous amount of time and effort," said Clearwire Chief Executive Ben Wolff.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Augusta introduces new version of middleware software
The middleware features data from edge assets - including sensors, actuators, wireless sensor networks, RFID systems, imagery devices and other edge systems and devices.
Computer Business Review |
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