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Foiled: R15m cyber theft in Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape government is under attack from a syndicate of cyberspace hackers who have already swindled millions of rands from its provincial coffers.
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Lawmakers say computers were hacked from China
Washington - Multiple congressional computers have been hacked by people working from inside China, lawmakers said Wednesday, suggesting the Chinese were seeking lists of dissidents. Two
New London Day |
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Stars in Google co-founder's eyes
Sergey Brin, the Google co-founder and billionaire whose company's software has mapped the Earth and stars, is planning to blast off into the final frontier.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Facebook's Foreign Clones
As the social networking site becomes more international, will its foreign copycats become competitors?
Forbes |
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Red Hat settles patent suits
Red Hat has settled two patent lawsuits filed against it by Firestar Software in 2006 and DataTern earlier this year. Financial terms of the settlements were not disclosed.
Computer Business Review |
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U.S. lawyer faces more charges of Singapore judge insults
A U.S lawyer already facing a charge of insulting a Singapore judge was indicted on Thursday in a Singapore court for disparaging another member of the bench in an email he sent two years ago.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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China denies hacking US lawmakers' computers
BEIJING - CHINA on Thursday dismissed accusations from two United States lawmakers that it had hacked their office computers as alarmist and unfounded.
Straits Times |
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U.S. lawyer faces more charges of Singapore judge insults
A U.S lawyer already facing a charge of insulting a Singapore judge was indicted on Thursday in a Singapore court for disparaging another member of the bench in an email he sent two years ago.
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News |
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Former Officer Charged with Soliciting Teen
AUBURNDALE A former Auburndale police officer was arrested after an undercover sting Wednesday afternoon, and charged with soliciting a 15-year-old girl on the Internet, Polk County sheriff's officials said.
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U.S. lawyer faces more charges of Singapore judge insults
SINGAPORE, June 12 - A U.S lawyer already facing a charge of insulting a Singapore judge was indicted on Thursday in a Singapore court for disparaging another member of the bench in an email he sent two years ago.
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News |
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Enterprises embrace Web 2.0
Rosalie Marshall in Lisbon, IT Week , Thursday 12 June 2008 at 11:03:00 Senior IT chiefs enthuse over Web 2.0 business enhancements Senior IT leaders have confirmed that so-called Web 2.0 technologies are making huge strides in the enterprise, delivering some game-changing results....
vnunet.com |
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Japan looks to monitor net after knife rampage
TOKYO--Japan is seeking to develop software to scan the Internet for signs of crime after authorities failed to spot enraged postings by a young man foretelling a stabbing spree, officials said Thursday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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'Zombies,' bands a laughing matter
Late last year, when I was playing Valve’s brilliant puzzle game “Portal,” I felt a weird sensation: laughter.
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 10th Apr 2007 17:01 UTC
Palm is finally getting ready to land its users onto a modern Palm-built OS. Ed Colligan, in his Investor Day keynote today, announced that Palm will be launching a homegrown Linux-based OS by the end of the year, with Opera for a browser and the recently acquired Chattermail for messaging.
New Mobile Computing |
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Intel pledges free USB 3.0 chip spec 'early H2'
Tells grumbling chip makers to pipe down Intel has denied keeping USB 3.0 - aka SuperSpeed USB - to itself, refuting rumours circulating around the halls at Computex last week.…
The Register |
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Benefit bringing performers together
John O'Hurley is down with the creative premise of the annual Golden Rainbow benefit. Sure he's the star of "Monty Python's Spamalot," but the 22nd "Ribbon of Life" is all about stepping out of your regular job on the Strip to do something different.
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
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Thursday, 12 June, 2008
Former Anna University Vice-Chancellor M Anandakrishnan has advised the students not to opt for Computer Science or IT, as the job opportunities in these sectors are very low and it will be worse in another four years’ time.
News Today |
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Microsoft won't ever cancel games News by
Just a week after Sony called time on Eight Days and The Getaway PS3, Microsoft Game Studios Europe has pledged never to cancel any of its games. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz , business development manager Peter Zetterberg said, "Maybe we sometimes announce [games] earlier than we should, but we stick with them, we have our resources team work with them as much as we can.
EuroGamer |
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Las Vegas Harrah's bar has six Microsoft Surface tables with drinks designing application
Following hot on the heels of AT&T, casino giant Harrah's has bought six Surface tables from Microsoft, and plonked them in their Rio iBar Ultra Lounge in Las Vegas.
Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Hands on: Secrets of Fedora 8
Last time, we looked at Fedora 8 , one of the major Linux distributions currently available. We saw some of the features of this release and touched on a number of post-installation steps. This time, we’ll continue and take a closer look at some of these.
Personal Computer World |
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Workshop: Open and create portable XPS documents
Sharing documents? The Microsoft XPS format offers an alternative to using Adobe PDF files
Computer Active |
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Windows Search 4.0 morphs from monster to mild-mannered IT citizen
It's the feature everyone loves to hate. Windows Search, the busy little background service that chews up your CPU cycles and thrashes your hard disk, is alternately revered and reviled, yet it rarely gets the attention it deserves.
ITBusiness.ca |
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"Healthy Ocala" group's database aims to improve local access to medical records
Some day soon, when you go to a new doctor, you won't have to ask the old office to fax over your medical records; your information will be available in a secure online database.
The Ocala Star-Banner |
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Start-ups look to Microsoft for venture capital
Microsoft Corp. may not have the best reputation on patent issues, but in one area it appears to be friendlier and more progressive than other IT vendors.
ITBusiness.ca |
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Florence foundation helps furnish computer lab
Drayton Florence did all he could to be an Ocalan even when his career had him on the opposite side of the country. This summer, it's that much easier. The Vanguard High School graduate and recently signed cornerback of the Jacksonville Jaguars renewed his local charitable efforts on Wednesday with the unveiling of a new computer lab at the...
The Ocala Star-Banner |
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