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Dutch want banks help to fight illegal Web casinos
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch authorities intend to crack down on illegal online casinos and are calling on banks to stop providing financial services to them, a Justice Ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday.
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The Weathermen Who Aren't on TV
If you spend most of your day in front of a computer, you don't really worry about the weather. If you have a job that doesn't require much computer work, you might think about the weather a lot.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 11th Dec 2005 13:51 UTC
Mandriva has long had its Linux fans, but it's recently been turning its efforts toward the business and desktop markets and, if CEO François Bancilhon has anything to do with it, Mandriva will become as big a Linux name as Red Hat and Novell in the enterprise.
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Recent Original Stories
Robert Love, a famous Linux kernel hacker, has written a blog entry with his thoughs on the recently posted Vista's network slowdown issue and the explanation given by Mark Russinovich: "Unlike DPCs, however, the Linux parallel does not consume nearly half of your CPU. There is no excusable reason why processing IP packets should so damagingly affect the system.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th May 2007 22:13 UTC
"Even while at the top of its game, Apple Inc. can seemingly find faults with just about anything, including a bit of itself. The Mac maker is constantly evaluating the market segments in which it wishes to participate and those which it does not.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Jul 2007 09:11 UTC, submitted by Tim Alson
Dell has taken the unusual step - for a PC vendor of its size - of toning down its sales pitch for Microsoft's Vista operating system and warning businesses of the migration challenges that lie ahead for them.
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Recent Original Stories
"DirectX 10 would not work with XP, and that was fine and dandy. It was an honest technical reason why you could not backport DX10 to XP without a major rip and replace operation. Microsoft wasn't going to bend on this one at all."
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Microsoft Prefers Flash To Silverlight
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft still has not adopted Silverlight, and uses Flash all over it's websites. "Despite all the controversy over Microsoft using Silverlight to take over the rich internet market from Adobe Flash, the software giant seems to be not even trying. In fact, even most Microsoft web sites are using Flash instead of Silverlight." Read more of this story at ...
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Baseball Opens Three-Game Atlantic 10 Series with Xavier with Doubleheader on Saturday at 1:00 PM
Bronx, N.Y. - Follow today's Atlantic 10 baseball doubleheader from Houlihan Park on your computer either by listening to the WFUV.org broadcast or by following the game via Live Stats. Simply click on the links below.
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The advice chicks weigh in on online dating
This week, Anjl and Marilynn answer two readers' questions about dating and the Web. The questions aren't pretty, but the answers are frank.
OnMilwaukee.com |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th Jul 2005 13:37 UTC
Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering.
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Aug 2007 22:36 UTC
"Details about the first OEM systems equipped with Windows Home Server are leaking out on to the 'net , and it looks like HP is going to get the ball rolling with its MediaSmart Home Server.
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Amazon may owe Texas sales taxes
The state is investigating whether the online merchant owes it millions.
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My Experience on the Thyroid Disease Chat Center
In this article, I share about my experience in being a moderator for the "Thyroid Disease Chat Center" and how that experience will be greatly helpful to me as Editor and Moderator of the "Bellaonline Thyroid Health" website! What makes a quality and helpful thyroid disease forum?
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Recent Original Stories
After 5 years of development, Windows Vista is finally finished . Jim Allchin, the co-president of Microsoft's Platforms & Services Division has put together a video about the announcement where he announces the General Availability date of 30 January 2007 for Vista.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 18th Aug 2006 05:43 UTC, submitted by Ravi
There is a general dissent growing at the popularity that Ubuntu enjoys among the Linux users. Considering that Ubuntu has maintained the number one slot at distrowatch.com for a whole year now, the feeling is a bit expected.
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Vista Security Beats XP, Tests Find
The newer version of Windows is more secure -- but not as solid as it should be, a security vendor reports.
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The Mag: Surfing with Bobby - Hi... I'm a Mac and I'm a PC - column by Bob Vaillancourt
Now you can view The MAG in PDF format. Just clock on “Special Sections” in the blue menu bar, then click on “The Mag.” The logo is Page 1. Marc Robichaud runs an independent computer retail and repair shop in the city's south end called Retone, 2055 [...]
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 28th Nov 2005 22:54 UTC, submitted by Jari
The Xbox-Linux team have got to work on trying to port Linux to the Xbox 360, in a project named ' Free 60 '. The Free60 Project aims to port open source operating systems like GNU/Linux and Darwin to the Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console.
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Another review of Ubuntu 6.10 :
"While using Edgy Eft during the RC series and now the final version, I can say that Edgy Eft is a sweet little operating system that gets the job done. Unfortunately there isn't anything in the standard install of Edgy Eft that will make people drool with delight or think it is truly 'Edgy'.
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Dell procurement exec retires
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Dell says an executive who led the slumping computer maker's procurement efforts and managed its relationships with suppliers has left the company.
KXAN 36 Austin |
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Dell procurement exec retires
Associated Press - May 10, 2008 10:15 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Dell says an executive who led the slumping computer maker's procurement efforts and managed its relationships with suppliers...
News West 9 Midland |
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Blog attack: Libs sack two
Website devoted to attacking Ted Baillieu traced to Victorian Liberal headquarters.
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There are currently at least five popular ways of installing software in GNU/Linux. None of them are widely accepted throughout the popular distributions. This situation is not a problem for experienced users - they can make decisions for themselves.
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Reporter's Notebook: Paul Silvester
Another interesting story by Laura del Castillo Matamoros. Some of the articles that appear here are just the same old anti US/imperialist/colonial rhetoric repeated again and again. But this one caught my attention, it seemed to offer more .........
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