|
Mobile and Landline Deals to Update Service in China
China Unicom, a cellphone service provider, agreed to sell a wireless network to the country?s largest fixed-line operator and buy a fixed-line company of its own.
New York Times |
|
UK & World News: Police quiz children over web use
More than 180 youngsters have been interviewed by police about their use of social networking websites in a large-scale operation.
icNewcastle - Sunday Sun |
|
Advertisement starts
They can also be told to attend only one mosque, live at one address and avoid using the Internet. Conservative Shadow Home Secretary David Davis described the orders as "astonishingly ineffective at protecting safety".
Tiscali |
|
Neighbor gets 15 years in slaying
A 31-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday after he admitted that he shot a neighbor in a dispute about money and a stolen laptop.
The Columbus Dispatch |
|
Police quiz children over web use
More than 180 youngsters have been interviewed by police about their use of social networking websites in a large-scale operation. Central Scotland Police officers visited the homes of 182 children after concerns that the content on some of the sites, including Bebo, raised "child safety issues".
Liverpool Echo |
|
Newcomer joins race for Virginia Beach City Council
VIRGINIA BEACH Lawrence Teator, a political newcomer, has filed to run for the at-large seat on the Virginia Beach City Council. Teator retired from computer sales and services and moved to Virginia Beach four years ago, he said. He will face incumbent Rosemary Wilson in the November election ...
The Virginian-Pilot |
|
Universities Ponder A Digital Future
"Microsoft's announcement last Friday that it would discontinue its book- and journal-scanning initiatives left its partners at university research libraries pondering the future of efforts to digitize materials in their archives."
Arts Journal |
|
Advertisement starts
to a merger. In notes from a phone conversation between Yang and Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer held the day before Microsoft made public its takeover bid for Yahoo, Yang sought to delay Microsoft, but Ballmer said he would wait no longer.
Tiscali |
|
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 15th Nov 2005 17:39 UTC
Graphics performance, which has long been an afterthought for most corporate PCs and many consumers, will move to the forefront with the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft's next Windows operating system.
OS News |
|
The LA Times is speculating
the arrival of a Google PC running an OS also made by Google.
OS News |
|
Linked by Charles Jennings on Wed 13th Jun 2007 10:38 UTC
I have so much to thank Bill Gates for: introducing me to the baffling joys of consumer computing with Windows 95; teaching me the meaning of fear and dread with Windows 98; leading me to the sunlit uplands of Windows XP; getting me out of Microsoft altogether with the arrival of Vista.
New Mobile Computing |
|
IPv6 and Airline Tickets… Tales of Two Transitions
The internet bus continues to accelerate straight into the IPv4 address depletion wall with spirited discussions continuing on how to divvy up the remnants of the address space. Obviously all five Regional Internet Registries (RIR's) want to make sure they get their fair share from IANA but what is a fair share remains the subject of interpretation. In the mean time, scenarios of a speculative ...
CircleID |
|
Global chips sales up 5.9%
KUALA LUMPUR : Global sales of semiconductors rose 5.9% to US$21.2bil (RM68.19bil) in April, up 5.9% from the US$20.1bil a year ago, driven by strong demand for personal computers and handsets.
The Star |
|
SanDisk debuts 16GB SSD for small notebooks
SanDisk has announced a line of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that it says are specifically designed for Ultra Low-Cost PCs (ULCPC) or "netbooks" priced between $250 and $350. The pSSD is available in 4-, 8- and 16-GB capacities, all of which boast a streaming read speed of 39 megabytes per second (MB/s)2 and a streaming write perfor...
MacNN |
|
Minot High graduate earns web design scholarship
Jordon Lakoduk started his lifelong love of computers as a 6-year-old, watching every move as his big brother Jon worked with a Microsoft Paint program. By the time he was 14, he’d taken some Web design classes in the Minot Public Schools and had built his own computer. He got a job as a Web master for the Minot Public School District in 2005.
Minot Daily News |
|
Retro Roundup 6/2: Ninja Combat, River City Ransom, and more
1UP's retro download ratings return!
1up.com |
|
Washington DC
TAIPEI, Taiwan , June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synaptics Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNA ), a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, today announced the general availability of its Proximity Sensing solution, a sensor for presence detection that will redefine the way users interact with their devices.
The San Francisco Examiner |
|
IVT Announces Launch of Its New BlueSoleil Linux Version for Ultra Mobile PCs
ATTENTION EDITOR, BUSINESS & HIGH TECH DESKS TAIPEI, June 3 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- IVT, the world leading Bluetooth technology specialist, announces it has ported its popular Bluetooth application software, BlueSoleil 5.0 on Windows XP/Vista onto the Linux Operating System (kernel 2.6 or above), providing Linux users with the same look and feel GUI and ...
Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News |
|
Oh, what a tangled Web
Online rumors spread quickly via forwarded e-mail, but recipients should be skeptical of the content.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
|
Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project: Yoko Ono's Injunction Against ''Expelled'' Producers Denied
The Fair Use Project of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society today announced that Yoko Ono's attempt to enjoin Premise Media's documentary, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," has been denied.
Centre Daily Times |
|
Panasonic unveils latest IP PBX phones
KUALA LUMPUR: Panasonic Malaysia has rolled out two new models of Pure IP PBX System, along with three new revolutionary IP phones. The new introductions promise increased efficiency, lower communication costs and more flexible IP applications.
The Borneo Post |
|
Web cops want more funding to hunt sex predators
Associated Press - June 2, 2008 10:05 PM ET FOREST, Va. (AP) - Across the country, investigators are stalking Internet predators -- from those who lure children they meet online into a sexual...
WRIC 8 News Richmond |
|
Atheros Demonstrates Its Expanded Communications Technology Portfolio at Computex Taipei
TAIPEI, Taiwan , June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- COMPUTEX -- Atheros Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHR), a leading developer of advanced semiconductor system solutions for wireless and wired communications, is demonstrating its greatly expanded communications portfolio at Computex 2008. This week Atheros will mark the achievement of two milestones: its recent 10- year anniversary and having ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
|
Microsoft strikes default search deal with HP
Microsoft sought to boost its dwindling position in the internet search business with a distribution deal yesterday that could wrestle market share away from rival Yahoo.
Financial Times |
|
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 9th Oct 2006 19:53 UTC
These two really interesting videos ( 1 , 2 ) at YouTube document the beginnings of NeXT Computers. We can assume that these videos were shot either late 1985 or early 1986.
New Mobile Computing |
|
|