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Web access, if you can pay
What should people do if they can't afford high-speed Internet connections? "There isn't a good answer to that question. There's only the bad answer," said Michael Weinberg, president of the Personal Telco Project, a Portland volunteer group that evangelizes for cheap Web access.
The Oregonian |
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Draft of cybercrime bill ready by end-June--CICT
MANILA, Philippines--The Commission on Information and Communications Technology expects to finish work on a draft cybercrime bill by end-June, its chairman told INQUIRER.net Monday. "We're still finalizing the draft," said CICT chairman Ray Anthony Roxas Chua III.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-06-16 08:10 Cryptologic agrees exclusive deal with new Irish online gaming site Betjacks
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Cryptologic Ltd. said its unit WagerLogic Ltd. has acquired the exclusive rights to be the sole provider of internet casino and poker software to Betjacks, a new online gaming site in Ireland.
Interactive Investor |
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Web is choice over sound bites
Americans dissatisfied with political sound bites are turning to the Internet for a more complete picture, a new study finds. In a report Sunday...
Seattle Times |
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Firefox 3 to be released Tuesday
A new version of the Firefox Web browser is scheduled for release Tuesday with improved security, speed and design. Many improvements in Firefox...
Seattle Times |
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Execs join the blogosphere
DETROIT - By all accounts, General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz's blog is doing its job. It's short, snappy, has frequent posts and is interactive, just what experts say a blog should be.
Colorado Springs Gazette |
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176566. A very nice article I read by John Peterson
Family business forced a baseball sabbatical, and I spent nearly a week sans Internet, radio and television coverage of the Mets. Not that I wanted to see my favorite team, though; rooting for the Mets these days is an unhealthy obsession.
NJ.com |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 18th Aug 2006 04:48 UTC
Were you to walk around LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week, for almost every person you'd see sitting, you'd see a laptop in front of them. And, if you're a snoopy person, like me, you'd also see that about half of those laptops were running Linux. That doesn't sound like that much? Think again.
New Mobile Computing |
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Spy gadgets make us smart
The shoe phone on TV's "Get Smart" wasn't just a sneaky spy gadget, it was a technological marvel: a wireless, portable telephone that could be used anywhere -- though it did require a dime to make a call.
Erie Times-News |
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Uganda: Nsibambi Commissions Computer Recycling Plant
UGANDANS can now look forward to acquiring cheaper computers following the launch of a refurbishment company, the first of its kind in Africa.
AllAfrica.com |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 19th Feb 2006 16:26 UTC
This week, one of the most-commented stories on OSNews was the story about how 'Maxxus' cracked/hacked (take your pick) the Intel version of Apple's OSX once again. This sparked a lively debate over whether we should encourage Maxxus, or condemn his actions.
New Mobile Computing |
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Yahoo-Google ad deal has merit: Icahn
Billionare financier Carl Icahn, who launched a proxy battle in May to replace the board of Yahoo Inc, said the subsequent deal Yahoo forged with Google "might have some merit."
The Times of India |
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IBM summer camp pitches science, engineering to girls
Katie Dreeland went to IBM's EXITE camp six years ago, when she was in middle school.
Tucson Citizen |
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Small business help available
SCORE big — for you Grab a towel, suntan lotion, flip-flops — and your laptop.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Nov 2006 18:16 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Novell and Microsoft recently entered into an agreement regarding software patents (really?) that betrays the rest of the Free Software community, including the very people who wrote Novell's own system, for Novell's sole financial beneift, according to Bruce Perens.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th May 2006 16:25 UTC, submitted by Michael Zandstra
Apple has released the long-awaited and seriously overdue replacement for its iBook consumer laptop product line. Dubbed the MacBook , it comes with an Intel Core Duo processor (1.83 or 2.0Ghz), 13.3" widescreen display, 512MB RAM, and an Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics card.
OS News |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 8th Jun 2006 16:32 UTC
Most computer users interact with their workstations primarily through some form of graphical user interface (GUI). In the world of Microsoft Windows, this interface is tightly controlled.
OS News |
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Yahoo-Google ad deal has merit: Icahn 16 Jun 2008, 1213 hrs IST,REUTERS
NEW YORK: Billionare financier Carl Icahn, who launched a proxy battle in May to replace the board of Yahoo Inc in the wake of its failed deal to be acquired by Microsoft Corp, said on Sunday the subsequent deal Yahoo forged with Google "might have some merit."
The Times of India |
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SNOOP DOGG'S WIFE BUSTED FOR DUI: Shante Broadus jailed early Saturday in Orange County, Calif.
*A mug shot of Snoop Dogg's wife Shante Broadus is not something one would expect to ever see, but there it was all over the Internet Saturday night after she was popped hours earlier for suspicion of DUI.
Eurweb |
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Your digital frame, pictures preloaded
If you wish you could skip the technical hurdle of loading your photos from a computer or memory card onto a digital picture frame, Kodak will happily do it for you.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Classes
The Central Kentucky Computer Society will offer the following classes beginning June 23: Beyond Basics, Computer Basics, Access, Beginning Digital Imaging, Excel and Word. Classes consist of six two-hour sessions with a limit of eight students a class. Registration: (859) 373-1000 or visit www.ckcs.org . IEC of the Bluegrass will present the following six-hour Kentucky- and Ohio-approved ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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State computer breakdown forces two-day gun-sale halt
Thu, Jun 17, 1999 (11:04 a.m.) CARSON CITY -- A glitch in the state's computer system kept Nevada gun dealers cooling their heels for two days before they could sell their firearms.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Vodafone to get consumers using mobile internet
Following their move last month to include email and unlimited mobile internet usage on their monthly consumer price plans Vodafone are now going further. Beginning today in King’s Cross station, London they will launch an intensive marketing to push consumer usage of the mobile internet.
eyefortravel.com |
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Northwest computer detectives dig up digital clues
Once the evidence arrives at the heavily secured lab, it is bagged in bright pink plastic bags, sealed and assigned to a forensic examiner. The examiners aren't looking for fingerprints, blood patterns or DNA profiles.
The Oregonian |
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Intel demos self-aware cars in research expo
Intel has shown off some of the latest fruits of its $6 billion research budget in a presentation at the Computer History Museum in California.
ITP.net |
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