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Microsoft to sponsor Open Source Census
Sceptics prepare to flock. Microsoft has become a sponsor of The Open Source Census, a project started earlier this year that aims to track and catalogue the use of open-source software in enterprises worldwide.
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Untangling your name from the Web is tough
I don't like seeing lots of entries pop up when I plug my name into online search engines. Can I privatize my name?
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Calypso Wireless, Inc. Announces European Patents for its ASNAP(TM) Technology in Twenty-Five Countries
Calypso Wireless, Inc. , a leading innovator in advanced wireless telecommunications technologies announced today that the company has received news that its patent applications for its ASNAP technology have been accepted in twenty-five European countries.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 6th Nov 2005 11:45 UTC
The Ubuntu Below Zero conference is in full momentum this week and Kubuntu has been prominent throughout. In his opening remarks at the start of the conference Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth announced that he was now using Kubuntu on his desktop machine and said he wanted Kubuntu to move to a first class distribution within the Ubuntu community.
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BATM trading better than expected
Shares in Internet networking products group BATM Advanced Communications made headway on news that it expects sales and profits this year to "significantly exceed company expectations."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 25th Jul 2005 16:55 UTC
The Indigo and Avalon Beta1 "RC" enables developers to continue experimenting with early builds of these technologies, get acquainted with the development experience, and provide Microsoft with feedback.
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Recent Original Stories
Comparisons, conjecture, and controversy. Microsoft's new operating system is here, but is it ready for primetime? We spent 30 days with Windows Vista to see if it's worth the leap or if Microsoft should go back to the drawing board.
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Indian-American held for immigration scam 16 Jun 2008, 1254 hrs IST,IANS
NEW YORK: An Indian-American running an IT company in the US and six Indians have been arrested in an alleged immigration scam involving H1-B visas.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Sun 1st Jun 2008 21:46
Probably the most often misunderstood element of KDE4 is Plasma, the extensive widget engine that replaces the normal desktop and the Kicker panel from KDE 3.x. The entire KDE4 desktop is built up out of Plasmoids (yet another term for desk accessory ), including the panel and the desktop itself - and it is the latter that has been causing quite some confusion.
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MetroMela content to be featured on Google
HYDERABAD, INDIA: Local information services company MetroMela today tied up with Google to feature MetroMela's editorial reviews, user generated reviews, photos, contact details and category information on Google's India local search.
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DJ DGAP-PVR: PRO DV Software AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading ...
PRO DV Software AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 16.06.2008 Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
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Gay couples hope vows are forever
LONG BEACH - Braced for disappointment, Nancy Ambroff sat glued to her computer screen on May 15, waiting for a California Supreme Court decision on the legality of a state ban on same-sex marriages.
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3Com gets a new GM
Mahmoud El-Ali has been appointed as 3Com’s General Manager in the Middle East, based in Dubai, UAE. El-Ali has 20 years experience in the IT industry mainly in the Middle East. He brings to the position a vast knowledge in management, Technology Sales and Services.
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E-crime unit 'on track' despite funding delay
Police chief Charlie McMurdie claims the national UK cybercrime policing unit is still set to go ahead, despite the government not yet committing to its £1.3m start-up costs
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Recent Original Stories
Trusted Computing is generally associated with Microsoft, and, as of a short time ago, now Apple as well. On the other hand, little time is spent on the idea of integrating Trusted Platform Module support deep into GNU/Linux and other Free Software desktops.
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Avnet extends Horizon takeover deadline
US computer products and technology services company Avnet has extended the date for Horizon shareholders to accept its takeover offer. The deal has been agreed to by almost 81% of Horizon shareholders and the deadline has been extended to June 30.
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Microsoft
GamesIndustry.biz is the world's most read and influential games industry website. But don't just take our word for it!
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Recent Original Stories
Red Hat is taking a business-as-usual stance in the face of renewed rumblings from Microsoft's Steve Ballmer over the need for Red Hat Linux users to pay up. Ballmer has repeatedly claimed that Microsoft IP is found in Linux.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 18th Jul 2006 22:31 UTC, submitted by Tom Magnum
The Mono debate over on the GNOME desktop developer mailing list is heating up again. Philip Van Hoof makes a compelling argument about the need for GNOME decision makers to take into consideration future developers and the over-reliance of C and GObject in GNOME. At what point does a general-purpose, high level framework and runtime become a necessity for GNOME?
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IRS: THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL
If you've got kids and paid a tax pro to fill out your 2007 Form 1040, the IRS might have shorted you hundreds of dollars. The IRS blames the error on faulty computer software used by some paid tax preparers. The mistake could mean a big hit for...
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Web site grants one man's wish
A veteran's dream to return to Pearl Harbor becomes reality through Internet generosity M ichael K. Yuhas Sr. would occasionally tell his children about his desire to return to Pearl Harbor, expressing regret over missing an earlier opportunity to go. Talking to his daughter in March, the 89-year-old Army veteran and Howard County resident brought it up again. "He said, 'Now it's too late,'" ...
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S.F.: A one-way plea for block on Elm Street
OFF THE MAP Confusing street in S.F.: It's a San Francisco street that doesn't exist - at least not on Google or MapQuest. Those two search engines show Elm Street between Franklin and Gough streets to be a dead end. It's not. Since the demise of the Central...
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Features and Case Studies
Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix — m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone — last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.
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Features and Case Studies
Windows Mobile 6.1 has some useful new features, but is essentially a stop-gap while we wait for version 7. John Turato, Vice President of Technology for Avis-Budget Group talks about managing technical operations for a rental fleet of more than 400,000 vehicles worldwide.
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eBay may appeal ACCC PayPal deal block
With the ACCC appearing likely to stop eBay's exclusive deal with PayPal , the online auction giant has today refused to rule out appealing against an unfavourable decision.
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