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The LA Times is speculating
the arrival of a Google PC running an OS also made by Google.
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Abandoned merger try may benefit Google
Microsoft Corp.'s abandoned takeover bid for Yahoo Inc. appears to have culminated with a disheartening thud for those two companies — but might be yet another coup for online search leader Google Inc. What began in January as Microsoft's most audacious attack on Google instead paved the way for the Internet's most powerful company to gain even more clout — through a deal that gives Google ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Aug 2007 16:53 UTC, submitted by Franz Netell
Adobe may launch its own office-application suite , taking it into direct competition with Microsoft. In an interview, Mike Downey, group manager for platform evangelism at Adobe, said that, although he could not reveal any plans at the moment, the possibility should not be dismissed.
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Computers, other items stolen from vehicles
PARSIPPANY -- A night out at a local restaurant ended on a sour note for the occupants of two burglarized vehicles, police said Friday.
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Recent Original Stories
"I was thinking about all the cool stuff Google has done when I realized that none of it was original. The folks at Microsoft, long known for being copycats, must be furious, since nobody has ever accused Google of the same thing.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 15th Dec 2006 21:12 UTC
"The FSF today launched a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 20th Jun 2006 09:59 UTC, submitted by anonymous
According to a Novell confidential memo dated June 14, Novell is delaying its next release of both the server and desktop versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 "to address final issues with our new package management, registration, and update system and also fix the remaining blocker defects."
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How 2 . . . Only print the portions of a web page you want
Even with more Web sites offering printer-friendly buttons, it's still easy to waste a lot of ink trying to print from the Web. Hewlett-Packard's free Smart Web Printing software lets you print only the parts of a Web page you want. You don't need an HP printer and the software works with both Internet Explorer (6.0 or higher) and Firefox (version 2 only). The software only works on Windows ...
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Security fears for utilities
Attackers could gain control of countries' water treatment plants, natural gas pipelines and other critical utilities because of a vulnerability in the software that runs such facilities, security researchers have reported.
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Local Beat 6/14/08
For a complete listing of local beat items, view the Daily Sun Web site at www.corsicanadailysun.com.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 11th Jan 2006 18:06 UTC
"Today Apple announced the MacBook Pro. It has quite a few changes compared to the previous PowerBook. For one, it uses an Intel Core Duo (formally known as Yonah) chip. This is a dual core processor and no, unlike what Steve Jobs stated, this does not have two processors.
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Micki Bare
Steaming, salty, drippy snack still a delicious bargain An e-mail that is making its way around the Internet lists the countries in which items many Americans purchase originate.
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by rayiner (3.72) on Sat 10th Feb 2007 21:25 UTC
I'm having a hard time figuring out how this is good news for Vista.
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Microsoft seeks support against Google-Yahoo! deal
Microsoft sought on Friday to enlist support for its opposition to a new advertising collaboration deal between Google and Yahoo!, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 28th Jan 2006 17:34 UTC
Customers and partners who've been holding their breath waiting for Beta 2 of Windows Vista before getting serious about testing Microsoft's next-generation operating system can exhale.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Feb 2006 20:43 UTC
IBM has carved out a renegade path for the upcoming Power6 processor, opting to crank the chip's GHz much higher while rivals shy away from major clock speed boosts with their products.
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Linksys introduces its next generation of the WRT54G Router
Linksys, a Division of Cisco, the leading provider of VoIP, wireless and networking hardware for consumers and small business environments, announced the new Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54G2 - the successor of the globally recognized Linksys by CiscoWRT54G router.
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Orgoo To Offer True Webmail To Existing Social Networks
Social networks are, first and foremost, vehicles for personal expression and interaction. But for all the wall posts, direct messages and pokes, one means of communication is conspicuously missing: email (Yahoo understands this, if little else). Apart possibly from the phone numbers you keep on your mobile phone, there is no better electronic indication of [...]
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New Opera browser addresses portability
A new web browser from Norway's Opera Software ASA addresses Internet users' growing tendency to use multiple computers and devices.
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Mercy Health System Receives Dell Equipment Donation
ROGERS - Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas announced Dell donated more than $75,000 worth of personal computers as the latest contribution in the final phase of the system's capital campaign.
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Recent Original Stories
Here's a quick guide on how to install applications using various types of package formats in Linux. It is aimed at people new to Linux. "Installing software in GNU/Linux looks quite different to the way you're probably used to from Microsoft Windows. This is due to philosophical reasons.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th Nov 2005 15:27 UTC
"Simplifying software installation is a popular pastime for Linux developers. It has given us useful tools like Synaptic, YUM, checkinstall, and autopackage.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 25th Oct 2006 08:41 UTC
A few months ago we ran a poll about the most important non-free Linux apps. We had over 8,000 votes in that poll and we consider the results pretty interesting. Interesting enough to push Linux's market share if a distro capitalized on them?
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Toshiba Qosmio G55 features SpursEngine, visual gesture controls
Filed under: Laptops Looks like Toshiba's not too far out from a new Qosmio called the G55, which LAPTOP says is on sale next month for $1,550. Listed among the specs are an 18.4-inch (1680 x 945) display, Centrino 2 CPU, GeForce 9600M GT, 4GB of RAM, dual drives, and the "Quad Core HD processor" (probably the commercial name for the Cell-based SpursEngine ), which powers many of ...
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Yahoo makes Google ad deal, Microsoft talks fail
Microsoft's plan to establish a strong footing in online advertising suffered a big blow on Thursday as merger talks with Yahoo finally, formally failed and Yahoo said it would let Google sell search ads on its site.
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