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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Jun 2006 21:33 UTC
The popularity of Apple Computer's iPod digital music players is helping it sell more Macs, but so far it hasn't been enough to spark a rise in the company's share of the personal computer market.
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InternetNZ congratulates Hector’s World Ltd on UK
InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) congratulates NetSafe subsidiary Hector’s World Limited on the UK launch of its online cyber-safety resource Hector’s World.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Facebook allows users' profiles to be used in other sites
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc. is loosening its grip on millions of personal profiles to allow inhabitants of its popular Internet hangout to transplant the information and applications to other Web sites.
GMA News |
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Ebay's PayPal rule draws antitrust scrutiny
SAN JOSE, Calif. — EBay Inc. is exploring whether to require customers to use its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and prompted antitrust scrutiny
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Chávez aided Colombia rebels, captured computer fles show
A cache of controversial computer files closely tying Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez to communist rebels seeking to topple Colombia's government appear to be authentic, U.S. intelligence officials say. They are likely to ratchet up pressure for the U.S. to impose sanctions on one of its most important oil suppliers.The files that have been made public so far have
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NSA Attacks West Point! Relax, It's a Cyberwar Game
Five hours into their assault on West Point, the hackers got serious. The SQL [structured query language] inserts that came earlier were just pablum intended to lull the Army cadets into a false sense of security. But then the bad guys unleashed a stealthy kernel-level rootkit that burrowed into one workstation, started scraping data and "calling home." It was a highly sophisticated ...
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Recent Original Stories
Faster than you can count to five, the OpenSUSE team has released beta 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and now 5 . The OpenSUSE team still refuses to put the release notes somewhere for all to see prior to downloading, so I have little to tell you about this new release, apart from the usual bug-fix and overall smoothening between beta releases, which they probably have done.
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Microsoft appeals against European fine
The Microsoft Corporation says it has appealed against a €9 million fine imposed on it in February by the European Commission for failing to comply with a 2004 anti-trust order.
Deutsche Welle |
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Verizon upgrades existing cell sites in Bloomington, Indiana
According to the company, cell site upgrade will enable more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; download music, games and ringtones; view high-quality videos and browse the internet.
Computer Business Review |
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Lafayette 19Yr Old Arrested for Internet Solicitation
A 19-year-old Lafayette Parish man has been arrested on charges of using the Internet to solicit a detective who was posing as an underage girl.
KATC 3 Lafayette |
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Microsoft appealing EU's $1.39 billion antitrust fine
Microsoft Corp. said Friday that it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Computers, Equipment Stolen from Evangeline Classrooms
The Evangeline Parish School Board is hoping police can solve a pair of recent school burglaries.
KATC 3 Lafayette |
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Teacher on leave after nude photos seen during class
WESTMINSTER - A Westminster High School teacher and coach is on leave after photographs of nude girls appeared on a school computer during class.
9 News Denver |
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Casting a web on the internet
The poll process in India may be very different from that in the US. But our candidates seem to be picking up tips from the candidates there.
The Times of India |
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Mutilated tiger carcass found
The tiger's carcass bore 18 bullets. Its limbs were hacked, and its claws, lower jaw and canines were missing.
The Times of India |
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Sales 1,706mn Yen YY+34.3% / Ordinary Income 41mn Yen YY+210.6% QTR Results of ValueCommerce Co., Ltd. (eol News)
ValueCommerce Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:2491) News:
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Texas probing Amazon's failure to collect state sales taxes
Texans who shop Amazon.com to avoid paying sales taxes might not have that luxury for long.
Austin American-Statesman |
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Three former Dell employees sentenced to prison for stealing, selling parts
Three former Dell Inc. employees were sentenced to federal prison Friday for a 2005 conspiracy that involved stealing about $500,000 worth of computer processors from the company's Round Rock plant and reselling them.
Austin American-Statesman |
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George Cressman Dies at 88; Led Weather Service
Mr. Cressman, a pioneer in the use of computers to predict the weather was a former director of the National Weather Service.
New York Times |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 13th May 2006 22:03 UTC
Apple's security update train rumbled into the station late May 11 with fixes for a whopping 43 Mac OS X and QuickTime vulnerabilities . The company's Security Update 2006-003 patches 31 flaws in the Mac OS X, most of them serious enough to cause 'arbitrary code execution attacks'.
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Recent Original Stories
Longtime Windows development chief James Allchin wrote in a January 2004 e-mail to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and company co-founder Bill Gates that the software vendor had "lost sight" of customers' needs and said he would buy a Mac if he wasn't working for Microsoft . "In my view, we lost our way," Allchin, the co-president of Microsoft's platform and services division, wrote in an e-mail ...
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Will Vista in the Enterprise Ever Take Off?
Wondering whether Vista will ever catch on with enterprise customers? The answer may be 'Yes, but not quite yet.'
InternetNews.com |
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A 'SaaSy' Approach to Wireless Security
AirTight is wagering that its software-as-a-service approach can help enterprises lock down their Wi-Fi.
InternetNews.com |
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Microsoft to Limit Capabilities of Cheap Laptops
Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs, one effect of which will be to...
PC World |
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Gears of War 2 Gameplay Footage Available Tonight
Hurry back from your weekend party: Microsoft will reveal the first gameplay footage for Gears of War 2 over Xbox Live.
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