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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 4th Jun 2007 23:12 UTC
As a BeOS zealot (yes, that is the only zealotry you can accuse me of), I had a big smile on my face when I read Daniel Sandler 's latest blog entry. "As I am no doubt the last person to point out, Google Maps has added a street level view to (a few) urban areas.
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Linked by Andrew Youll on Thu 20th Oct 2005 19:19 UTC, submitted by anonymous
This article describes features of a future version of Sun's HotSpot JVM implementation. It introduces some of the synchronization optimizations slated for Mustang , the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE), version 6.0, which has been on the "to-do" list for many JVMs for quite some time.
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T-Mobile sues Starbucks over Wi-Fi deal
T-Mobile says the coffee giant "secretly" developed a plan with AT&T to provide Wi-Fi at its cafes, despite an exclusive partnership with T-Mobile.
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San Mateo Daily Journal
SAN JOSE — Escalating the world’s largest computer chip maker’s legal woes, the Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal probe into Intel Corp.’s sales tactics, a victory for its much smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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SCC Offers Virtual Tour of Campus
Studies continue to show that one of the most effective methods a college can use to reach prospective students is the Internet. But that Web site must be interesting, fresh, informative and easily navigable. Sandhills Community College continually looks for ways to update and improve its Web site.
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Crime in Garland rises in '07, but computer glitch prevents look at how much
Crime was up in Garland in 2007, but police aren't sure by how much because of a glitch in the department's computerized records-management system.
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Amazon.com Web site has problems for more than 2 hours
Amazon.com's Web site experienced problems in North America for more than two hours in the middle of the day Friday because of system issues, the online retailer said. Shortly after 10 a.m. PDT, the company's retail Web site shut down, giving an error code to...
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Recent Original Stories
Normally Linux systems can only read from Windows NTFS partitions, but not write to them which can be very annoying if you have to work with Linux and Windows systems.
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Pulling on the web for the perfect pint
Three beer lovers are hoping the pulling power of the internet will lead them to the perfect pint - Danis Roberts, 24, Dan Phillips, 29, and Tim Tregonning, 24, have used social networking sites to recruit 400 thirsty Kiwis for their "Our Brew" experiment.
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Smartphones: Riskier than Laptops?
Poor security measures on smartphones raise their risk to corporate data, survey shows.
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Mattingly: Another trip down memory lane
In this Internet age, things can happen very quickly, nearly at the speed of light. Feedback of one kind or another can now be instantaneous, with opinions being equivalent to noses. Everybody has one.
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Hundreds of students still stranded in Gaza because of blockade
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - They squander their days watching TV and surfing the web instead of studying, but it's not for lack of discipline: Gaza students accepted at foreign universities are stuck at home because Israel and Egypt won't let them leave the blockaded territory.
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U.S. looks to solar as energy costs soar
BOSTON — Apple Inc. is considering harnessing the sun to power its iPod music players. California's Ironwood prison is installing more than 6,000 solar panels, and Boston's Fenway Park is tapping solar power for Red Sox baseball games.
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Stealth iPhones: Stockpiled at Quanta's Fremont warehouse?
Forbes Brian Caulfield, who's been tracking the mystery phones' progress from China to the U.S., has posted some pictures of piles of unmarked boxes sitting alongside boxes of iMacs in the parking lot of a Quanta distribution facility in Fremont, CA., located between Apple's Cupertino HQ and the...
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Second Strike Planned for Calgary
With a second round of strike action planned by support workers with the Calgary School Board, there's now word that student exams could be in jeopardy. Graduating students need their marks in the computer ...
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Recent Original Stories
I've been suffering trying to use FreeBSD as a desktop system for years.
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Three arrested in Deepda Darwaja case of Mehsana district
Three people have been arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the Deepda Darwaja case of Visnagar taluka in Mehsana where 11 people, including five children, were hacked to death and burnt in their houses during the post-Godhra riots of 2002.
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Big Brother 9 - The Blog
Barack Obama: Radical Measn Racism - ANDY Ostroy thinks radical measn racist. If you don't like Obama are you just a racist? The Republicans are great at framing ...
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Curtis and John?s Excellent Adventure
In one cramped and dank little space on Ingraham Street, two young Bushwick residents have commandeered the Internet to make it do their satirical bidding.
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Stolen Stanford laptop has sensitive information
Stanford University determined Friday that a laptop computer with confidential personnel information was stolen on Thursday and university officials have sent e-mails to current and former employees whose personal data may be at risk, according to university spokesman Jonathan Rabinovitz.
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Linked by Andrew Youll on Sat 3rd Sep 2005 09:56 UTC
This may not be news for the experienced Linux users here, but for those who are new to Linux, someone sent me a link to this new online Linux magazine geared towards new Linux users.
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Big Brother 9 - The Blog
John McCain's Changey - ON THE JOHN McCain website: "Obama's Positions Are So Changey." Changey? Michelle Obama Video: The Non Denial Denial - MORE on rumours of a Michelle Obama video of her saying things that must not be said. See the video here. And: The ...
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Hundreds of students still stranded in Gaza
Sat, Jun 7, 2008 (9:27 a.m.) They squander their days watching TV and surfing the Web instead of studying, but it's not for lack of discipline: Gaza students accepted at foreign universities are stuck at home because Israel and Egypt won't let them leave the blockaded territory.
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Vaughn Trial Delayed Almost 1 Year After Massacre
An attorney for Christopher Vaughn, who is accused of killing his family last year, is waiting for information from the state about computers seized from the man's former home in Oswego. But the analysis has been delayed, a state prosecutor explained Friday.
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SPARKLE GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB graphics card is for mainstream market
SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., the professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, has introduced SPARKLE GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB Graphics Card for the mainstream market.
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