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" File-sharing between Windows and Sun's OpenSolaris Unix platform is being bolstered through two projects at Sun. The OpenSolaris project: CIFS Server features server software source code that implements the CIFS protocol also known as Server Message Block, the standard for Windows file-sharing services, Sun said.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Dec 2005 11:29 UTC
Microsoft is working on a significant new feature for Windows Vista, known as Restart Manager, which is designed to update parts of the operating system or applications without having to reboot the entire machine.
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Bush and Clinton cameo at wireless show COMMUNICATION Former U.S. Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton on Thursday told wireless executives at an industry event here how important their work is in shaping democracies and economies around the world.
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Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic
Internet service providers are threatening to place limits on the online activity of their most active subscribers.
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by TBPrince (2.64) on Sun 29th Jul 2007 21:34 UTC
This is a very big outcome. Microsoft being kicked out of China (and out of most EU govt agencies) was all about security. Like many other countries, China didn't want to rely on a US company which might include backdoors for NSA (like Windows had in the past).
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On the heels of announcing their plan to offer Ubuntu Linux pre-installed on selected consumer desktops and laptops, Dell will disclose today that it will team up with Novell and Microsoft to distribute Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server software along with Microsoft's Windows Server software.
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Linked by Andrew Youll on Wed 27th Jul 2005 16:58 UTC, submitted by Qwerty
Microsoft has released some official screenshots of the just released beta 1 of Windows Vista, their upcoming Windows version. Microsoft has passed a major milestone with the release of its first full test version of Windows Vista, the next generation of its flagship operating system.
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"Windows Vista Beta 2 includes a new defense against buffer overrun exploits called address space layout randomization. Not only is it in Beta 2, it's on by default too.
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Dover HS class of ’88 reunion
The Dover High School Class of 1988 is planning a 20-year reunion. For more information or to give ideas, log on to www.dhs88reunion.blogspot.com or call Russell Warhurst at 498-2277 or Vonna (Falbo) Marpel at 970-4263.
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Yahoo Customers Pan Google Ad Deal
Just one day after Yahoo's announcement of its plan to outsource some of its ad business to Google, marketers say they plan to cut their spending on Yahoo and take their business elsewhere.
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"iXsystems announced today a distribution agreement with Fry's Electronics whereby all Fry's stores nationwide will carry PC-BSD Version 1.4, Da Vinci Edition. The agreement marks the first time that the PC-BSD operating system is made available for purchase at Fry's Electronics.
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Two dozen officers disciplined for computer porn
Two dozen Louisville police officers have been reprimanded or disciplined after an investigation into inappropriate use of department computers. Most were issued written reprimands, though two were given more serious discipline because they accessed Internet sites Chief Robert White described on Friday as "lewd, obscene and unacceptable." Dwayne Reed was demoted from lieutenant to sergeant ...
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Two dozen officers disciplined for computer porn
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Two dozen Louisville police officers have been reprimanded or disciplined after an investigation into inappropriate use of department computers.
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Recent Original Stories
"When Red Hat announced its upcoming Linux desktop at its annual summit in May, the company predicted the Red Hat Global Desktop would be out by September.
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"Regardless of widespread skepticism, I was confident that Vista would dazzle me, and I looked forward to saying so in print. Ironically, playing around with Vista for more than a month has done what years of experience and exhortations from Mac-loving friends could not: it has converted me into a Mac fan ."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Sep 2005 15:50 UTC
After providing Blastwave many of its PPC-based Open Desktop Workstations to speed up the port of OpenSolaris to PPC, Genesi has announced to donate $50 to Blastwave for each ODW sold, in order to keep the Blastwave community from shutting down.
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Green genes
When Generation X started the drive for recycling in the 1980's, there was no way they could have envisioned how far this simple dream would come.
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Patient Web sites used for news, support in crisis
NEW YORK — When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later suffered brain damage.
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Copycats clone corporate Web sites to scam customers
The famously discreet Citadel Investment Group draws many of the shrewdest minds from Wall Street to Chicago. Shanghai too.
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"The next version of Windows is just around the corner, so the next time we discuss software licensing in my course, the EULA for Vista will be front and center.
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Ameren trims trees to cut risk of power outages
Whenever dark clouds start forming overhead and heavy winds kick up, it can be easy for Metro East residents to start developing flashbacks of the 2006 wind and ice storms where thousands of homes had their power knocked out.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 17th Jun 2006 17:42 UTC
"Win4Lin announced the immediate availability of their new Enterprise and SMB product, Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server. The product provides the ability to consolidate and serve multiple Windows Desktops from Linux server infrastructure.
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Yahoo! succumbs to the power of Google
The firm's advertising tie-up wounds Microsoft but hurts its own future too, says John Naughton
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 22nd Nov 2005 16:32 UTC, submitted by Anon_Poster
" TheOpenCD team is pleased to announce the release of TheOpenCD 3.1. Core applications including OpenOffice, Firefox and Gaim have been upgraded to major new versions. The popular game Battle for Wesnoth has reached 1.0 and a range familiar programs appear in minor version updates.
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Google, Yahoo, and the Elephant In the Room
CWmike writes "Linda Rosencrance reports that despite assurances from Google and Yahoo that their online advertising deal doesn't need regulatory approval, the two companies should not be too quick to dismiss Microsoft's influence on Capitol Hill. Andrew Frank, an analyst at Gartner, said both Yahoo and Google will benefit from the deal, but he also said Microsoft will do everything in its power ...
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