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Former Somerset man faces restrictions for Packer ticket sales
A former Somerset man illegally selling Green Bay Packers Tickets on the Internet as www.lambeau-tickets.com has agreed to comply with an order issued by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).
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Through the eyes of a teenager: Norwell students fare well in Congressional art show
This year at Congressman Bill Delahunt’s 10 th CD Congressional Art Competition held at the Duxbury Art Complex Museum, the computer was not only one of the largest categories of art entered, it also inspired the Best in Show winner.....
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Playstation and Nissan Come Together for GT Academy Competition
The competition is called the GT Academy, and participants will first partake in a preliminary round playing GT5 prologue , the pre-released incomplete version of Gran Turismo 5 , in an online tournament hosted on the Playstation Network.
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Interpol: Suspected Pedophile Captured In N.J.
A Union City man accused of sexually abusing young boys from Southeast Asia was arrested Wednesday night, two days after the international police agency Interpol called for public help to catch him. Authorities say they found Corliss after tips poured into Interpol when it posted pictures of him on its Web site on Monday.
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Apple inks Latin American deal for iPhone
America Movil SAB, controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, boasts 159.2 million subscribers in 16 countries
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Government Computer News
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking comment on its draft guidelines for securing servers, released this week. NIST Special Publication 800-123 , “Guide to General Server Security,” makes recommendations for securing server operating systems and softwarein addition to maintaining a secure configuration with patches and software upgrades, security testing, log monitoring ...
Government Computer News |
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Hackers' posts on epilepsy forum cause seizures
In an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than money, hackers bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's website with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images.
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Geek Olympics to be held in Scotland
TEAM BUILDING EXERCISE is a phrase guaranteed to bring any INQ staffer out in a bilious attack and a terminal case of prickly heat, but the thought of spending a week competing in sporting events with the cream of the UK's IT departments has made us need a bit of a lie down in a darkened room.
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America Movil to Hawk iPhone in Latin America
In another step in the worldwide march of Apple'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 said it plans to bring the iPhone to all of its Latin American operations but didn't offer more details about the arrangement.
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Cablevision to launch wireless broadband network
NEW YORK - Cablevision Systems Corp said on Thursday it plans to spend $350 million to build a wireless broadband network to serve its subscribers in the New York area.
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Microsoft Tries For Residual Buzz With Online Video Contest
With Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) getting its most positive presentation from the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) ads starring comedian John Hodgman as the hapless "PC," the company is going the user-gen route to woo possible users of high-end Windows Vista Ultimate. Microsoft is starting the Ultimate Video Relay today, a contest where presumptive online video auteurs complete a story entitled The Cube described ...
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The Right Defragmenter Prevents Unnecessary Hardware Upgrades
Today, companies conduct most or all of their internal and external business on computer. Hence the computer system is a major portion of a company's budget, and a hefty portion of that computer budget is dedicated to hardware.
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Horizon Media Partners with Backchannelmedia to Use First Ever TV-to-Internet Click Through Advertising Platform For ...
BOSTON----Horizon Media, the largest independent media services agency in America and the fastest growing in the industry, is partnering with Backchannelmedia, an innovative technology that unites the engaging experience of watching high-definition TV with instantaneous access to the information only the Internet can provide.
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Meridian's SaaS Strategy Includes Building Large, Online Training Library; Safety Education Comes First
Meridian Knowledge Solutions LLC has signed the first of several planned agreements that will help the company build a large, online library of training content to complement its software-as-a-service (SaaS) product for managing learning and knowledge. The SaaS version of Meridian's product is based on the company's flagship learning management system (LMS) - Meridian Global LMS, which delivers, ...
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IT Distribution Industry Organization Hosts 5th Annual Investors Conference
The Global Technology Distribution Council , is today hosting its fifth annual Investor Relations Conference in New York City, bringing together the chief executive officers of the world's leading IT distributors and the top financial analysts covering the technology industry.
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Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards
Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, will add more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday. The changes include banning convicted sex offenders from the site, limiting older users' ability to search online for subscribers under 18 and building a task force seeking ways to ...
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Rock Group goes under
Notebook vendor Rock Group has gone into administration, according to a statement on its website. The statement blames the failure on 'cash flow difficulties" as a result of "stock misappropriation by a former employee."
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Tennessee AG announces Facebook agreement to make kids safer
The Attorneys General of 49 states and the District of Columbia today announced that Facebook has agreed to make changes to its social networking website to better protect children from predators and inappropriate content. Facebook, in an agreement similar to one that MySpace reached in January with these Attorneys General, will join the task force headed by MySpace which will explore and ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 18th Oct 2007 13:56 UTC, submitted by Witek Wasilewski
Ubuntu 7.10 has been released. " Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Edition adds an enhanced user interface, improved hardware support, multiple monitor support and integrated desktop search.
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The Royal Wii: Prince William Tries His Hand At Virtual Tennis
Prince William has been showing off his tennis skills after being challenged to a game of Wii during an official visit. The Prince's competitive side came out as he told his opponent on the popular computer game "you know you're not allowed to beat me".
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Linked by Jeff Rollin on Thu 31st Aug 2006 18:44 UTC
I downloaded a few VMware images for use in VMware player. The mouse (a PS/2 type) did not work either in ReactOS or in Syllable, but did work in PC-BSD (all in VMware Player).
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Samba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward Microsoft
Samba's forthcoming version 3.2 release capitalizes on Microsoft's interoperability commitments while also guarding against patent covenants that threaten the GPL. Samba 3.2, which is expected to be released in roughly one month's time, offers improved integration with the Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 and recently released...
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Recent Original Stories
"The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the first alpha release of the KDE Desktop Environment, version 4.0. The release is a basis for the integration of powerful new technologies that will be included in KDE 4. It has been given the codename 'Knut'."
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Dell Inspirons leaked, promise slick design
Dell's next design change for its Inspiron lineup will involve a radical overhaul meant to lure customers from fashion-conscious brands, according to a leak published today by Engadget. The 14-inch Inspiron 1435, 15.4-inch 1535, and 17-inch 1735 will all take their visual cues from the tapered, more upscale XPS line and will be the first to have a...
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Gomez files to go public with $80M IPO
Web application monitoring and management software maker Gomez Inc. has registered to file a $80.5 million initial public offering.
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