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House OKs immunity for aiding wiretaps
Bill shields telecom companies from lawsuits The House easily approved a compromise bill yesterday setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits arising from the government's warrantless eavesdropping on phone and computer lines in this country.
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Plan to improve information security becomes law July 1
Hoosiers who have personal information on laptops or other electronic devices that are stolen will gain an extra layer of protection from the potential risks of identity theft.
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Weekly Wrapup, 16-20 June 2008
Here are some of the highlights from the week's Web Tech action on ReadWriteWeb. On the product side we explored Yahoo's ongoing troubles, reported on Firefox 3's record-setting week, covered a new "universal edit" wiki offering, and checked out some Mobile Web apps. On the trends side, we looked at what could disrupt Google search, explored the issue of 'info overload', analyzed lessons from ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th Jul 2005 13:37 UTC
Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Oct 2006 21:02 UTC
Microsoft is about to release the Windows Vista operating system, its biggest software upgrade in years. The commercial versions will be out in November and the consumer version will be ready in January.
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by deathshadow (3.16) on Mon 6th Mar 2006 20:50 UTC
>> Tell me, how do you intend to fix this 'bug'? Preventing users from using the computer? A sad truth, and one people rarely get, is the only secure server is one that doesn't serve... so I get a real laugh out of that dig as it does illustrate the point rather well.
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E-commerce in the European Union - Eurobarometer results
The European Commission on 20 June 2008 published the results of a new EU wide survey on e-commerce and cross border trade. The figures show that even though e-commerce is taking off at national level, cross-border e-commerce is failing to keep pace.
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The Hulk returns with more effects, less soul (Film Review)
Very few Hollywood action movies get it right. In this age of computer generated images in blockbusters, far too often, depth of character is sacrificed. They might thrill but fail to resonate emotionally.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 12th Sep 2005 20:04 UTC
Apple has seeded build 8B1027 to Apple Developer Platform owners. This build brings Transition Kit systems up to version 10.4.2, and in-sync with the current released version of Mac OS X for 'ordinary' Macs. This build includes new tactics to prevent piracy of Mac OS X .
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Recent Original Stories
Oracle selects the Solaris 10 Operating System as its preferred Open Source 64-bit development and deployment environment.
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Beijing to offer online registration for marriages on Olympic opening day
New Delhi, June 21 : Chinese couples hoping to wed on the opening day of the Olympic Games will now be able to register their marriage easily, as the Beijing registry authorities are offering to open a new on-line marriage booking service to benefit such couples.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 13th Dec 2005 20:21 UTC
Last week OSNews had the pleasure of meeting with three of the people behind the new Nokia S60 browser sharing with us information about the project. Dig in for more info and lots of screenshots.
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"Anyone else remember when Microsoft used to talk about making Windows Vista (or Longhorn, as it was then known) a fast-booting operating system. Fast, as in cold boots that were 50 percent faster than those possible with Windows XP?
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Microsoft Outpaddles Canoe For Navic
Microsoft swooped into interactive TV with its acquisition last week of Navic Networks, as the cable industry gears up its own advanced-advertising venture.
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Saturday police news
In recognition of June as National Internet Safety Month, the Michigan State Police is reminding parents that the Internet can be a dangerous place for children without proper supervision.
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Recent Original Stories
This paper tries to compare Linux vs. Solaris . Its author comes to many conclusions, among which this is one of the more interesting: "All-in-all Solaris is a powerful, stable, conformant-to-standards OS that can run many open source applications as well as Linux, and some (mainly multithreaded applications) better than Linux.
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"In response to the woefully misleading ZDnet article , 'Mac OS X hacked under 30 minutes', the academic Mac OS X Security Challenge has been launched.
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Linked by Smith Johnson on Thu 27th Sep 2007 15:22 UTC
Actually, this forum has posted several examples of people disagreeing with his POV, and not all of them are MS fanboys. Blogs are not typically useful articles if their sole opinion is that a recently released product is useless.
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Stolen Microchips Worth RM50 Million "Exported" - IGP
PENANG, June 21 (Bernama) -- Computer parts worth RM50 million which were stolen from a cargo complex in Batu Maung here two years ago, have gone 'international'.
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N.M. school tries to reach students via podcast
Students at a rural New Mexico school made a unique pledge last winter: Right hands raised, they promised to take care of their Zunes. This past semester, nearly every one of the roughly 100 students at Fort Sumner High School was outfitted with the Microsoft media player, similar to Apple's iPod, enabling them to watch videos and listen to recorded lectures created or recommended by teachers ...
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Britannica's Crowdsourcing Compromise
Join the experts! Soon you, your family, friends -- and even that nut case down the street -- can publish in the venerable Encyclopedia Britannica. Britannica is opening its online pages to the masses, inviting public postings. Save any trivia about SpongeBob SquarePants for Wikipedia. But if you want to contribute, by name, to the history of Queen Elizabeth I, Britannica is interested.
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How Secure are Password Fields in Forms?
JavaScript can display passwords in plain text The password fields in HTML forms display your password as asterisks but the actual value is still just plain text as this simple bookmarklet...
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The Next Generation of Sharing and Storage
(ARA) - Before Steve and Jennie Smith moved across the country, they gave Jennie's mother a computer and set up an e-mail account for weekly updates. After the couple had their first child, Jennie's mother enjoyed receiving photos and recent stories of her new granddaughter.
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Online music offers break from classics
There is a reason such acts as the Police, Santana, Bruce Springsteen and Rush continue to fill big venues this summer: Many people who formed their core audiences in the '60s, '70s and '80s are still locked into that music.
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"The eWeek headline read ' Linux Desktop Needs Major Vendor Support .' A hopeful Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols opinion piece that someday, somewhere, some company will have the guts to face down Microsoft and make it possible for anyone and everyone to easily buy a GNU/Linux desktop.
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