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CANCEL THIS ONE, POSTHASTE
AT last: Uwe Boll has made his first intentionally funny film. Boll, the German director of shlocktastic video-game-themed movies, seems to be relishing the current Internet campaign to get him to cease and desist. He earns more votes with a War on...
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IBM, Cognos to refund state $13m
IBM , the corporate parent of Cognos ULC, agreed yesterday to refund Massachusetts $13 million from a software contract that the state Inspector General found was awarded last year in violation of basic bidding rules.
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Postville counselor receives grand jury summons
Postville, Ia. — A person connected to this month’s immigration raid at Agriprocessors Inc. has been summoned to appear in June before a grand jury. Ron Wahls, a guidance counselor in the Postville school district, said he received the summons during the school day today.
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Job vacancy: Web Support and Development Officer
(Ref: 045115/ZW/6114) This is an exciting time to be joining the Web Operations team at Surrey County Council. We are currently working through a full review of our website and are looking for someone who has the technical skills and vision to help us deliver an exceptional web presence.
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Hotter than the Sun - petawatt lasers heat solid density matter to 10 million degrees
A milestone in high energy density science has been reached by an international team of physicists from Japan, the EU and the US. They have heated significant volumes of solid density matter to temperatures of 10 million degrees Kelvin using intense laser pulses from the Vulcan petawatt laser facility at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK.
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Fight for Yahoo board postponed
Yahoo postpones its annual meeting after investor Carl Icahn threatened to launch a battle to oust the board.
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Open Destinations strengthens its management team
Open Destinations, a software and services provider to the travel sector, has appointed Naveed Younus as its CTO & Product Director.
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Task force considers adding Web access to health care
If a pivotal piece of proposed legislation now being reviewed by a special task force is adopted, Utah would become the first state in the country to make getting health insurance similar to booking a flight online.
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It's a computer-generated jungle out there
S AN FRANCISCO -- In these hallowed halls, Indiana Jones almost seems out of place. A banner with a two-dimensional cutout of the swashbuckling archaeologist swings through the lobby of Industrial Light and Magic, where life-size replicas of Darth Vader and Bobba Fett from "Star Wars" stand guard. The home of George Lucas' visual effects company is a high-tech temple to everything from the ...
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Secret online world of ID thieves
By Matt Grant Posted: Friday, May 23, 2008 at 1:01 a.m. CALIFORNIA, MO -- Identity theft is a global problem costing Americans billions of dollars every year.
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Recent Original Stories
A declaration by SCO's backer, BayStar has revealed that the software Giant Microsoft had more links to the anti-Linux bad-boy . The declaration made by from BayStar general partner Larry Goldfarb has turned up as part of IBM's evidence to the court.
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Airtel to push HTC, iPhone under its umbrella
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Following the agreement to introduce Apple's iPhone in the country later this year, Bharti Airtel will also be pushing iPhone rival, HTC Touch Diamond exclusively on its network.
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ISRO takes on Google, to launch satellite mapping service
Taking the global geo-mapping service Google-Earth head on, the ISRO plans to launch its own satellite imaging system on its website within six months.
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In brief
Citizens Communications Co. will change its name to Frontier Communications Corp. on July 31. That day the company’s stock symbol on the New York Stock Exchange will become FTR, replacing the present CZN. The company offers telephone, television and internet services in 24 states. Citizens purchased the former Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises in March 2007 in a deal worth $1.29 billion.
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Yahoo Japan sets 60 bln yen share buyback
TOKYO, May 23 - Yahoo Japan Corp said on Friday it would buy back up to 60 billion yen worth of own shares between June 2 and September 24.
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Current Newswire:
"All of the Catalyst Linux driver releases this year have been... well, boring. There have been a few bug fixes in each release and new product support for the latest ATI/AMD GPUs, but no major features have been introduced in several months.
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Engineers collaborate with rivals in 'new Silicon Valley'
Collaboration has trumped competition as Microsoft researchers shows peers from rivals such as Google the innovations being developed in their labs.
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High school junior targets Web site at fitness community
A junior at Jefferson High School has combined his interests in physical fitness and technology into an Internet-based company that provides people with assistance in fitness and overall health.
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iMergent Inc, Wisconsin settle lawsuit over workshops
E-commerce software company iMergent Inc. said Thursday it has settled a legal dispute with the state of Wisconsin.
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Opera Mobile 9.5 launched but only for HTC
May 23, 2008 [Pocket PC phone] By Edward J. R. It is a pity that Opera Mobile 9.5 (see also: our video interview with CEO of Opera about this browser) is not yet widely available... but at least owners of HTC phones will be able to enjoy it - the most mobile browser of all times, superior even to Apple's Safari!
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Mobiles for social networking changes the security ballgame for business
WorkLight, the Web 2.0 security specialist, says that the fact that UK mobile phone users are taking their online social networking beyond their home and office environment changes the security paradigm for most firms.
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France Recognizes Gemalto's Innovation with R&D Funding
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands----Gemalto , the world leader in digital security, today announces that the European Commission has authorized the financial grant by the French government to the MaXSSIMM development program through OSEO.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 6th Nov 2006 18:26 UTC
"Someone just asked me whether, now that Novell's become buddies with Microsoft, I'll be turning away from Novell/SUSE as one of my favorite Linux distributions. My answer is no. I'm sticking with SUSE Linux on both my desktops and servers.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th Jan 2007 23:40 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"As World+Dog gets its head around Windows Vista, lets look back at an operating system that might have been a contender, very nearly becoming Apple's next-generation OS and, but for Linux, almost certainly the key alternative to Windows on x86.
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Feversham Arms Hotel in U.K. Selects Visual One Suite by Agilysys
Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, announced today that Feversham Arms Hotel in Helmsley, North Yorkshire has selected a comprehensive Visual One suite of products by Agilysys to streamline operations at the property, which is adding a high-end spa this summer.
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