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New features for IT pros coming in next IE8 beta
Microsoft is making some improvements to Internet Explorer that it hopes will make deploying and managing the browser easier for IT professionals. The second beta version of IE8, expected in August, will have new capabilities for IT staff, including an easier way to deploy the browser with Vista. IT staff will be able to add IE8 to a Vista image more quickly in order to deploy the two ...
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Google debuts Gears for Firefox 3
Gears, Google's project to make Web browsers a better foundation for elaborate online applications, now supports Firefox 3, the company plans to announce soon.
ZDNet Australia |
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A Home for Household Surplus
There has been a growing interest in the "freecycling" process: repurposing potential landfill material by putting it into the hands of needy individuals or organizations. There are a number of services that can help you recycle.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 9th Feb 2006 18:07 UTC, submitted by Peter Parker
"Microsoft may not make flawless software, but its proprietary strategy is hard to fault. In particular, Microsoft has mastered desktop lock-in, undermining users' confidence in any alternatives and creating a slew of minor difficulties that irritate those who do switch.
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Comcast Center, Pennsylvania's Tallest Building, Comes Online
Philadelphia's Comcast Center officially opened for business this week, concluding a more than three-year effort to develop the tallest building in all of Pennsylvania. The 58-story tower with 1.25 million square feet delivered Friday at a ceremony...
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New specialty search engine dispenses how-to advice
A new specialty search engine is trying to become the Internet's go-to spot for finding how-to advice. Founded by Rhode Island entrepreneur Ted Ives, FindHow Corp. has assembled an index spanning nearly about 30,000 Web pages with written, photographic and...
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Raw video of Port Huron City Council meetings
Click the links below to view the broadcast video of Port Huron City Council meetings. Windows Media Player is required to view the files. Depending on your browser and computer, the video will play as streaming video in your browser window or Windows Media Player will launch to show the video.
Times Herald |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Apr 2006 21:17 UTC
"Intel invented the first microprocessor, the 4-bit 4004, in 1971. Since then the company has gone on to become a corporate powerhouse, growing almost as fast as the transistor count in their CPUs.
OS News |
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Expect crash recovery features in new IE8 builds
Late Wednesday, a Microsoft spokesperson told BetaNews that a TechEd session in Orlando today summarized some of Internet Explorer 8's key new features for administrators, one of them being crash recovery.
BetaNews |
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Code to tackle online sex gets backing
Science & environment: Culture secretary wants online content to meet same standards required for television
Guardian Unlimited |
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A Battle of Good Vs. Dont Be Evil
Now that Google has demonstrated that you can, in fact, make money without doing evil, it's apparently willing to admit you can make even more without lending much credence to silly informal corporate mottos.
AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance |
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Google founder puts $5m deposit on space ticket
Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants to go to space and has made a $US5 million ($5.27 million) down payment to book a seat on a future private space flight with Space Adventures, the space tourism company said.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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New row over Yahoo! severance package
The bitter battle for Yahoo! has taken a fresh twist with the board of the search engine operator saying that a "$2.4bn change of control" severance package would fall due if activist investor Carl Icahn wins control of the board.
Daily Telegraph |
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Nortel Outlines Push Into Fast-Growth Markets
Nortel has made bets in seven key areas where it expects double-digit growth, including 4G networks driven by such tools as smartphones and embedded laptops.
InformationWeek |
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China hacked us again, accuses US politician
WASHINGTON - Two US politicians active in human rights affairs said they believe their office computers were hacked from China and urged greater security for congressional computers.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Free Wi-Fi Expected In All Of SF By End Of Year
Free wireless Internet may be available to all San Francisco residents by the end of the year, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
CBS 5 Bay Area |
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New Features for IT Pros Coming in Next IE8 Beta
Microsoft described some improvements aimed at IT professionals that will come with the second beta of IE8 in August.
PC World |
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Managing Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Deployments
How to assess and manage rogue SharePoint deployments in the enterprise....
eWeek |
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Online site needs retooling
A few months ago, a friend of mine introduced me to Topix, the online forum for Lebanon Daily News readers at http://www.topix.net/forum/source/lebanon-daily-news . After wallowing through hundreds of posted comments, I have concluded that Topix is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.
Lebanon Daily News |
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Intelligence official suspended over al-Qaeda file left on train
Secret files on the al-Qaeda threat and the Iraqi security forces were left on a train by a senior intelligence official, the Cabinet Office said yesterday. Last night the department said that the man at the centre of the investigation into the loss of the documents had been suspended from his job.
Times Online |
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New specialty search engine dispense how-to advice
A new specialty search engine is trying to become the Internet's go-to spot for finding how-to advice.
The Washington Times |
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Google menaces blog over publishing YouTube contract [Great Moments In Pr]
Google's lawyers usually busy themselves trying to defend their right to keep content online — so Google's search engine can index it, of course. Odd, then, to see Stacey Wexler, litigation... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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‘Show And Tell’ Offers Glimpse Of Computing Future
RESEARCH@INTEL DAY, Mountain View, California,– At the Computer History Museum today, Intel Corporation unveiled more than 70 futuristic projects and concepts underway in its labs in the areas of the environment, healthcare, visual computing, wireless mobility and more, reflecting areas where the company is investing some of its annual US$6 billion in research.
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Space tourism firm plans private flight to space station
NEW YORK - A company that sends wealthy tourists into space aboard Russian rockets announced Wednesday that it has a new client, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and a new plan for the first entirely private flight to the international space station.
GMA News |
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Trailer Hitch
Welcome to Trailer Hitch, BOP's look at the latest movie trailers to hit the Internet.
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