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Boy Scouts Ask Open Source Community For Help
Lucas123 writes "The Boy Scouts of America are looking to the open-source community for help in building software, to use for fundraisers, special events, and other functions, for their more than 121,000 local scout troops. Some open source advocates, who are former Boy Scouts, support the idea, despite a few reservations. According to the article, there are no plans for a scout merit badge in ...
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Philadelphia in talks with group to take over Wi-Fi network
(AP:PHILADELPHIA) Philadelphia is in talks with a group to take over its wireless Internet network. A spokesman for Mayor Michael Nutter says negotiations are under way. But he would not say whether they involved a community organization or a company.
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Search Throughout Books at www.Informit.com
INDIANAPOLIS----Pearson Education's technology imprints, in partnership with Safari Books Online, now offer a "Search This Book" widget on www.informit.com, for every Pearson title already available on Safari's digital library.
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HP launches broad array of redesigned notebooks, displays
In one of its largest product releases, HP unveiled a bevy of PCs and displays, zeroing in on key trends such as touch-screen technology and compact laptops for business and consumer users.
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Library
For information on any Plymouth library program or service listed (unless otherwise noted), call the main library, 132 South St., at 508-830-4250, TTY 508-747-5882, or the Manomet branch, 12 Strand Ave., at 508-830-4185, or go to the Web site www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org . Registration, when required, may be conducted by phone. The hours for the Plymouth Public Library are: Monday to ...
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RightScale CTO To Present at SYS-CON's "Cloud Computing Summit" November 20-21, 2008, San Jose, California
Cloud Computing offers significant benefits over traditional solutions for deploying production systems as well as for conducting development and testing activities. Dr Thorsten von Eicken, CTO of RightScale, Inc., will be giving a session at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Summit' (November 20-21, 2008) - an adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont ...
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Stratus Brings HA to x86 Computing
Stratus offers Avance software based on XenServer virtualization....
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BUFFETT FINDS RIVAL IN A 'PROTÉGÉ'
It took awhile, but someone's finally stepped up to Warren Buffett's challenge that investors are better off in funds based on the S&P 500 index than pricey hedge funds. The Oracle of Omaha first threw down the gauntlet in May 2006 at the annual...
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Dream vacation game was fun short time it lasted
Story created Jun 03, 2008 - 12:06:40 CDT. I've began writing this column a good three, four, 50 times and come to the same conclusion on all of them: Thank God this computer has a both a select-all function and a delete button.
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Yahoo! Shareholders Seek Early Trial
Validity of the company's employee severance plan is being challenged.
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Microsoft's 'Essential' Solution
Podcast. In this week's podcast, Microsoft's Steven VanRoekel talks about Windows Essential Business Server 2008....
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Mag Rates Best Places To Work In Boston
Treeline Inc., Google Inc. and Winchester Hospital were ranked as the best places to work in the Boston-area, according to the Boston Business Journal's annual list.
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France to block child pornography websites
France plans to use the help of Internet service providers to block websites which disseminate child pornography, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on Tuesday.
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Introducing the Web Experience Forum 2008 - a Fresh Perspective on the Complete Web Experience
Your website is not just the face of your company but, rather, it's the entire essence for customers who transact with you online. An inferior web experience puts brand and revenue at risk.
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Canadian court rules Paul Bernardo interview can be played
TORONTO, Canada (WIVB) - A Canadian court has ruled that a 31 minute videotaped interview between police and convicted killer Paul Bernardo can be played on both television and the Internet.
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Yahoo Shareholders Want Courts To Strike Down Severance Plan; Claimed Invalid Under Delaware Law
As Carl Icahn has honed in on Yahoo's severance plan as a key vulnerability, so too have the shareholders suing the company. In a motion filed yesterday , the same Detroit pension fund that's been going after the company demanded a trial be held on the validity of the severance plan.
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Apple Plans Office Invasion With OS X Snow Leopard
It’s as though we’re entering stage two of Apple's world-domination plan. The company revealed a handful of details about the next revision of its Mac OS X desktop operating system, dubbed 'Snow Leopard.' Here's what we know: Apple is making it much easier to integrate Macs into corporate environments.
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Mac security gets a business boost
As Macs enter the business world in increasing numbers, lack of good Mac encryption is becoming an issue for more and more IT departments.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 30th Sep 2005 21:47 UTC
The Bluetooth protocol stack lets you use several methods, including RFCOMM and Object Exchange (OBEX), to send and receive files between devices. Become familiar with the Java language library used to control a Bluetooth device and learn how to use JSR-82 API . OBEX is great way to send object data, context, and metadata about the payload.
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HP launches touch-screen PCs
Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest computer maker, launched a new generation of PCs on Tuesday that respond to users tapping or stroking the screen, potentially bringing user-friendly computing to the masses.
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Viacom Begins Distributing 'Daily Show,' 'Colbert' on Hulu.com
Viacom has struck its first deal with Hulu to distribute content from its family of cable networks, specifically Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report--as the company continues to steer clear of delivering any of its top series to YouTube, the reigning leader in the online video category.
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Red Panda
Was there ever any doubt? Did we think a lot of thought went into this ? Republican presidential candidate John McCain joked on Monday that Google, the popular Internet search engine, had made investigating his list of potential candidates a little bit easier.
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Viacom Begins Distributing 'Daily Show,' 'Colbert' on Hulu.com
Viacom has struck its first deal with Hulu to distribute content from its family of cable networks, specifically Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report--as the company continues to steer clear of delivering any of its top series to YouTube, the reigning leader in the online video category.
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Disney hopes ‘Camp Rock’ can be next ‘HSM’
Only time will tell whether the Disney Channel can capture lightning in a bottle twice in the same decade. Disney is banking on it, rolling out the movie buzz on the Internet for months.
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Feds: Lehigh student threatened to expose co-ed
A Lehigh University student stole a co-ed's underwear and laptop. Then, after discovering nude photos of her on her computer, he threatened to post them online -- unless she e-mailed him more.
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