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TECH CHRONICLES
Walmart.com shoppers beware If you've been shopping at Walmart.com this week, better scan your computer for possible infections and make sure your software patches are up to date. Scansafe reported Wednesday that it is blocking access to at least one Wal-Mart...
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Arts + Entertainment
2008 Cannes Film Festival The stars arrive up for the 2008 annual Cannes film festival. Ads from Yahoo! Search Marketing:
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Multi-threaded development joins Gates as yesterday's man
Knuth and Bray call time When he wasn’t ruminating at this week’s TechEd on the “millions” of servers running Microsoft’s planned on-demand services, Bill Gates was talking about how to architect software to take advantage of powerful “transistors” in massive server farms.…
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Gadgets, software can make plane tripgo smoothly
I'm preparing for my annual trip out to San Francisco next week for Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference. Being a geek, I carry a lot of gadgets and gear with me when I travel. I'm sure my bag is a real treat for TSA agents.
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OCZ does 3GB memory kits
OCZ HAD ONE product at Computex that made me sit up and scratch my head, a 3GB memory kit. On top of that was the usual unusual assortment of memory and toys.
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AVG makes it tough to find free anti-virus program
I have been bombarded with questions about AVG's free anti-virus program, which periodically expires in an effort to sell the commercial (non-free) version to unsuspecting consumers.
The Gleaner |
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Wisconsin / Man apologizes for NFL hoax
NEWARK, N.J. — A former Wisconsin grocery clerk must serve six months in federal prison for making bogus Internet postings warning of terrorist attacks against NFL stadiums, a judge ruled Thursday in Newark, N.J.
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Wireless Oakland faces continued challenges
Sprint and Clearwire cooperating on national wireless project. Development of Oakland County's Wireless Oakland program, already on hold from a struggling economy, now has a new challenge.
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Moisture in sensors led to stealth bomber crash, Air Force report says
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. Sensors on the B-2 stealth bomber that crashed on Guam in February told the plane's computers it was diving dangerously when it was climbing, according to an Air Force report released Thursday.
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Datalogics Announces Distribution of Adobe PDF JobReady v3.0: New Release Includes Support for MSI-Based Installation ...
Datalogics, Incorporated today announced the availability of Adobe® PDF JobReady v3.0 through its distribution channels. Adobe PDF JobReady v3.0 enables print providers to offer more secure Adobe Portable Document Format print workflows that begin at their customers' desktops and extend across the Internet to the final output device.
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Computer games as liberal arts?
Though many adults imagine the frightening Grand Theft Auto when they think of video games, kids appear to be subtler thinkers on the subject. Not only do many of them intuitively realize that games can embody any values and be on any subject, many want to make games themselves.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 29th Dec 2005 16:13 UTC
"A year ago, Linux seemed poised to take on the living room, in the form of home media center PCs and systems. But last year's product announcements have not materialized into this year's Linux-based consumer systems.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 31st Aug 2007 19:24 UTC, submitted by Anonymous
The latest issue of the FreeBSD newsletter contains a letter from the Vice President of the FreeBSD Foundation about the GPLv3. "On June 29th, the Free Software Foundation unveiled version 3 of the GNU General Public license.
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Eye of the Panda
The star of "Kung Fu Panda" is not Jack Black. It's not even Po, the martial arts-obsessed animated panda for whom Black provides dude-acious line readings. Rather, the movie's stars are production designer Raymond Zibach, art director Tang Heng, visual effects supervisor Markus Manninen, and the 4,000-processor Linux cluster at the heart of DreamWorks Animation's computer rendering farm.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 17th Jul 2005 14:21 UTC
Except you are wrong again. Look at the numbers. Just because you wish something doesn't mean its true. Last time I looked at the numbers, Microsoft increased their market share more than Linux in terms of money.
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Networking on the Net
Not willing to accept the loss of 17 teachers, chorus and 24 courses at Franklin High School, students have launched an online campaign on Facebook to rally behind a $2.8 million tax override.
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Man's 'sick hoax' nets six months in prison
A Wisconsin man whose internet posting boasted that a series of dirty bombs were set to be detonated at pro football stadiums throughout the country in 2006 was sentenced by a federal judge in Newark yesterday to six months in prison and six months of house arrest.
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Avery unveils DesignPro for Mac, free download
Avery on Wednesday unveiled the finalized version to its DesignPro software, its label and stationery designing and printing application. Being an avery product, the company includes over 1300 pre-designed layouts for their paper products, allowing users to quickly create business labels, CD labels, and more. The final version also includes over 20...
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Paul McCartney Invites You To Dinner
Paul McCartney has invited you to a very special dinner where Jamie Oliver is the head chef, and it'll only cost you $US25. This "night of a thousand dinners", as it's called, is an open invitation to anyone with an internet connection who is willing to donate $25 to adopt-a-minefield.
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BenQ Unleashes S6 Mobile Internet Device at Computex
While everyone else is clamoring to get in on the subnotebook market currently dominated by the Asus Eee PC, fellow Taiwanese manufacturer BenQ is taking a slightly different approach to the mobile computing world.
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Now, software solution for SMEs in 3 minutes
For long, technology has been the biggest constraint for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) wanting to bring about a faster turnaround rate considering they are usually cash-strapped. But this could soon change.
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PM: Computers, internet for all primary schools
Prime Minister Patrick Manning has announced that there would be a revision in school curricula with a focus on numeracy and literacy development to meet the changing needs of science.
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Schools in the US are eyeing virtual campuses
AN INTERNET fantasy universe teeming with faux worlds devoted to socialising and video games is expanding to include virtual classrooms and universities.
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High-tech visionary still looking ahead
Steve Jurvetson has already proven himself in Silicon Valley as an alpha venture capitalist. Among his many successful bets was Hotmail, the e-mail service acquired by Microsoft back in 1997, making e-mail free for the masses and cementing Jurvetson's...
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