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GBI Fights Cybercrime
The FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigation set up a new training center for police officers investigating computer-related crimes.
CBS 46 News Atlanta |
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Lenovo Links Into International Growth
The world's fourth-largest PC maker said earnings more than doubled on strong demand for notebooks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Forbes |
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FBI Warns of China Earthquake E-mail Scams
It's become a familiar pattern: after the tragedy, the spam. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning computer users to be wary of unsolicited e-mail messages trying to raise money to help victims of last week's massive earthquake in China's Sichuan province.
Muzi |
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Top Comments
I have just finished reading INTERPOL’s report on the computers that the government of Colombia says it found in an encampment of the FARC-EP on March 1. Reading the report I am once again fascinated with what experts can do with computers.
The Narco News Bulletin |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Oct 2005 11:34 UTC
Microsoft is slashing the number of licenses it will use for its Shared Source Initiative from now on, while at the same time radically shortening and simplifying the text of those licenses.
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Jan 2006 17:59 UTC
"With Opera recently releasing their web browser completely free of Ads, it is a good time to let the truth be told. Not only is Opera faster then Firefox in all performance areas, it is much more secure and more compliant."
OS News |
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Company to Pay $4.5 Million to Settle Software Piracy Suit
A Fairfax County technology company has agreed to pay a rival $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of stealing computer software.
GigaLaw.com |
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Blizzard Denies Rumored StarCraft 2 System Specs
Leaked PC requirements are speculation. Recommended Requirements Graphics: GeForce 8000 or Radeon 2000 series with 512 MB RAM CPU: Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2.
IGN PC |
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EU To Investigate Microsoft on Open-Source Claims
The EU executive will investigate if steps announced by Microsoft Corp. to make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office would give consumers greater choice.
GigaLaw.com |
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Hanover Area shows off classroom tech
Amy Hummer admits it: “I love my toys.” The Hanover Jr./Sr. High School science teacher eagerly showed off the motion sensor that hooks up to the laptop that graphs how fast or slow she’s walking. She touches the “Polyvision” whiteboard - a giant interactive computer screen – and calls up quizzes her students take. She draws on it without ink or chalk, erases without touch.
Times Leader |
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Yahoo postpones shareholder meeting again, director resigns
Yahoo Inc. is postponing its shareholder meeting for a second time, now that billionaire investor Carl Icahn has nominated alternate candidates to Yahoo's existing board of directors.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Wall Street Beat: Salesforce, HP Weigh in as Tech Steadies
Solid earnings from Salesforce.com and Hewlett-Packard helped investor confidence in the tech arena this week.
PC World |
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UPI NewsTrack Business
U.S. markets post small gains Thursday ... Ford revises pledge of profits ... Canadian home renovations climbed in 2007 ... Microsoft announces ad rebate plan ... News from United Press International.
UPI |
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Yahoo director Edward Kozel resigns
Yahoo Inc. said Thursday one of its board members, Edward Kozel, has resigned. (YHOO) (MSFT) (CSCO)
BizJournals |
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Students Awarded Laptop Computers
Seventy post-graduate students at AUT University have been awarded Lenovo laptop computers through a new scholarship programme.
Scoop.co.nz |
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'Forever' doesn't mean it, after all
A study by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says movies shot digitally – the future of Hollywood camerawork – and stored digitally aren't going to last for all time. As Film Journal magazine reports, the hardware on which digital film is encoded is less durable than film. If you don't operate the hard drives occasionally, they'll freeze up in as little as two years. Even if you ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Microsoft exec: survival is all about research
Rich Rashid, the founding member of Microsoft Research, talks about how the 18-year-old group has contributed to everything from Microsoft's streaming media to Xbox 360.
CNET |
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Google Datacenter Opens in Tar Heal State
Google played politics to build its latest data center - 100,000 square feet - in North Carolina's Catawba River Valley.... Attend WINDOWS EMBEDDED ACCELERATION WORKSHOPS Are you ready to learn how you can bring your next-generation embedded device to market faster?
eWeek |
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Blue Pushes Green With Carbon Offset Modeler
Seeking to capitalize on the rapidly growing interest in sustainability and green business practices, IBM has launched a software tool that will help companies analyze the impact of their supply chains on the environment. IBM's Carbon Tradeoff Modeler will enable companies to manage their carbon footprint by giving them insight into how different decisions along their supply chains affect the ...
E-Commerce Times |
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Customer Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Officials from around the world agree they must co-operate better to fight the threat of cyberterrorism at facilities such as nuclear power plants.
Brandon Sun |
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Customer Service
TOKYO - A student who allegedly spread a computer virus has been convicted of copyright infringement in a case that has highlighted the lack of laws in Japan to police cyberspace.
Brandon Sun |
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FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick teacher has been charged with luring a child over the Internet in a joint operation involving a special police investigative unit in Halifax.
Brandon Sun |
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Small LCDs prove most popular
TOKYO - Predicting what fickle consumers will buy has never been an exact science. Liquid crystal display (LCD) makers had predicted shoppers would snap up the biggest flat TVs as prices came down.
The New Zealand Herald |
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QB: Photo on web was him having fun with Texas friends
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee quarterback Vince Young is defending himself from a photo that appeared on the Internet showing him shirtless and drinking from a bottle.
KSLA-TV Shreveport |
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Yahoo director resigns, board cut to nine members
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Thursday that Edward Kozel, one of its 10 directors, has resigned from the board.
Reuters |
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