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Garnaut target thwarts experts
THE cost of cuts in carbon emissions proposed by climate adviser Ross Garnaut can't be reliably predicted by existing computer models.
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Metro police get mobile computers
Police patrolling the Tyne and Wear Metro system on Wearside are given hand-held computers.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 12th Jul 2006 17:44 UTC, submitted by Steven Norwagger
Intel's Core 2 Duo will be unveiled at an event scheduled for July 27 at Intel's headquarters. The desktop version of the Core 2 Duo, formerly code-named Conroe, will be the focus of the July 27 event. A notebook version, known as Merom, will follow in August.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 27th Aug 2007 22:21 UTC
The most recent pre-release build of Apple's Mac OS X Leopard operating system began making its way into developers' hands this past weekend, carrying with it a number of interface tweaks and a lengthy list of recommended testing suggestions.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jan 2006 18:33 UTC
Microsoft will omit anti-virus protection in Vista, the next version of Windows, which it plans to ship late this year. As with previous versions of Windows dating back to Windows 2000 at least, Redmond is promoting Vista as a landmark improvement in Windows security.
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West African rental scam targets Juneau residents
For a month and a half, Amyanna Bryan said her daily routine involved checking the Internet for a reasonable place to rent in town.
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Linked by Xavier Calbet on Thu 10th Nov 2005 19:15 UTC
At the end of October I attended the Alantejo Linux congress and LAN party, which was held in the city of Évora . Évora is a marvelous UNESCO World Heritage city which has from Roman ruins to 18th century buildings, not to mention the superb food.
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Recent Original Stories
"If you want to run Windows applications on your Intel powered Mac, you will be happy to learn that there are three different ways. The first method is by using Crossover for Mac, the second is using Parallels, and the third method is using Boot Camp. Each has their own advantages and disadvantages.
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Recent Original Stories
This paper tries to compare Linux vs. Solaris . Its author comes to many conclusions, among which this is one of the more interesting: "All-in-all Solaris is a powerful, stable, conformant-to-standards OS that can run many open source applications as well as Linux, and some (mainly multithreaded applications) better than Linux.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 20th Feb 2007 22:01 UTC
"Microsoft has gone out on a limb to promote Vista not merely as 'the most secure version of Windows ever' (every recent version is marketed with that tired slogan), but for the first time as an adequately secure version of Windows.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 7th Oct 2006 22:42 UTC
A lot has been said about the new user interface for Windows Vista. In this chapter from his latest book, Paul McFedries runs through the foundation, functions, and eye candy for Vista's latest UI.
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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 1, 2008
Last week was Memorial Day and I showed off the logos, minus Googles'. I discussed a Yahoo update, which went unnoticed. I explained how Google dropped .info TLDs and Blogspot blogs. I begged you to take my nofollow poll. Did you know that embedding YouTube videos can help your Google rankings. Google doesn't recommend using keyword inserting in your display URL. Google changed their ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Oct 2005 11:16 UTC
When Microsoft releases its SQL Server 2005 database on Nov. 7, it will have been five years since the last version debuted. If Windows Vista arrives as scheduled next fall, it too will follow its predecessor by five years.
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Elonex ONE Subnotebook Shows Right Path For Linux
davidmwilliams writes "Whether it was to your taste or not, there's no denying the ASUS Eee Linux subnotebook was a massive sales success. Demand far exceeded initial production so it's not surprising competitor models are on their way. Just like the Eee, the Elonex achieves cost savings by bundling freely redistributable open source software including, of course, the Linux operating system ...
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Qatar - TECHtalks
Qatar Science & Technology Park held their second TECHtalk Conference with keynote speakers Steve Wozniack, Co-founder Apple Computer and Alan MacCormack, Harvard Business School. Phil Blizzard reports on this strategic Qatar Foundation event.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 3rd Dec 2005 07:06 UTC
ToothMote is an application to control Linux computers using a BlueTooth-enabled cell phone. It provides a basis for communicating with a connected cell phone, and then uses a plugin architecture to easily expand the amount of functionality it provides.
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Fear of China Highlighted by Possible Stolen Laptop Data
U.S. laptop may have falled into the hands of Chinese officials....
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 15th Apr 2007 20:11 UTC
"We're now more than a decade later than the moment when I judged the open source to have gained a decisive momentum - 1996-1997, when Slackware was the reference, Red Hat was 'the other choice', KDE and GNOME were just emerging, Walnut Creek was selling CD-ROMs, and SunSITE mirrors were the home of most of the relevant software.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Nov 2005 16:45 UTC
"Firefox 1.5 is finally out the door, and Thunderbird 1.5 won't be far behind. The new releases sport some interesting new features, including faster page navigation, redesigned preferences dialogs, a new update system, and much more.
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Hawaii "Indy" footage gets visual depth
In the biggest action sequence of the biggest film of the summer (so far), Indiana Jones and company battle Russian soldiers and play hot potato with the Crystal Skull, all while careening through a fertile Amazonian jungle riding atop military vehicles.
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Canada launches Facebook probe
Canadian authorities have launched an investigation into Facebook after four students complained the site breaches the law.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 12th Feb 2007 18:15 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Novell and Intel Corporation today announced the availability of paravirtualized network and block device drivers that will allow Windows 2000/2003/XP to run unmodified in Xen on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell, operating on Intel-based server platforms featuring Intel Virtualization Technology.
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News Roundup: Tales of delegates, house hunters and literary fallout
It's Sunday, June 1 Everybody is giving big play to the Democratic presidential candidates today. Google News and Yahoo News are leading with the primary in Puerto Rico. The Chicago Tribune is among outlets leading with Barack Obama's split from...
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"The OSDL's Desktop Linux Working Group has published its first year-end report on the state of the overall desktop ...
. The report provides insight into the year's key accomplishments in terms of functionality, standards, applications, distributions, market penetration, and more."
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by ple_mono (2.36) on Sat 14th Jul 2007 21:54 UTC
This is what i've been thinking of for years now... Yet, when i bring this up people always tend to miss the point, and rather see the problems, or fail to understand what this possibly could be good for. I bet lot's of people said the same thing about the computer mouse back in the days.
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