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IT work is 'boring,' students
IT jobs in the UK have the worst label possible--they're "boring" according 63 percent of students who took part in a careers survey. Plus, the study that the gender divide will worsen. The majority of non-computing students perceive that information technology as a career would...
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Kohl to FCC: Tighten Program-Access Rules
The chairman of the Senate Antitrust Committee wants the FCC to toughen up its program-access rules to make sure that independent programmers don't get squeezed out of the marketplace.
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Ward: Waste management
Wow, what an amazing era we live in today. The other day I was playing with my computer at home in Milroy Indiana, USA, Earth. And what did I find? The weather forecast for the polar region on Mars, Milky Way, some gobs and gobs of miles from here.
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Todd Edward Ballard
Todd Edward Ballard, born July 29, 1965, left us to begin his next journey on May 20, 2008. Todd lived life to the fullest and had a zest for whatever life had to give. He loved his family, friends, baseball and computers. He was a plumber by trade.
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Salem Web Network Acquires Intercristo.com
Site further strengthens Salem's position as Christian employment services leader. (PRWeb Jun 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Intercristo/Salem/prweb1046334.htm
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A COMPUTER shop in Hollinwood, Oldham has been forced to pay compensation to Microsoft after admitting to illegally selling its products.
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Cloud Computing - After Dizzying 15 Years, Wine Called "Stable"
It only took 15 years but Wine, the open source Windows rewrite, so to speak, that lets Linux run Windows applications natively, has reached its first stable release, Wine 1.0. Compatibility isn't perfect, the Wine folk say, and not everything will run (particularly newer apps) but thousands of programs appear to be working just fine. There's a list of tested program that's heavy on games. Both ...
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Information Card Foundation launched
A weighty group of industry leaders coalesces around new standards for online authentication.
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Voice-to-Text, Voice-to-Email Technology
U.S. News and World Report says 66% of young people send text messages while they're driving. And one survey found it was highest in South Carolina. Those can be scary numbers on the roads.
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"Two of the most popular Linux browsers were unveiled this month after years of development--the open source Firefox 3 and the proprietary Opera 9.5. Opera's launch a week before Firefox was like any other launch, unlike Firefox's much publicized world record attempt.
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Kenya: Loop Operators to Launch Tool for Cheaper Phone Calls
Internet Service Providers and local loop operators are mapping out strategies for uploading a new technology to offer services at local rates to subscribers outside the country.
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The real iPhone 3G rip-off: Text messages
Editor’s note: MG Siegler is a writer for VentureBeat, a Silicon Valley-based news service that covers the high tech industry. SILICON VALLEY - While everyone throws a fit over Apple and AT&T’s tricky pricing for the iPhone 3G, the real travesty in pricing is slipping by largely unnoticed: AT&T is including no text messages in its iPhone 3G monthly plans.
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Kansas cyber survey finds extensive child porn
Child-exploitation investigators found something unsettling when they recently took a 30-day snapshot of files being shared through computers in Missouri.
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Investors put $11 million into ImageSpan
SAUSALITO – Investors have shown their approval of ImageSpan Inc.’s Web content licensing and billing solutions with an infusion of $11 million.
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Gates' historical legacy may focus more on philanthropy
With the impending retirement of Bill Gates from Microsoft Corp. comes an obvious question: How will history view him? As a founder of the world's most influential software vendor and one of the biggest creators of wealth ever? Or as a monopolist and digital robber baron? In fact, Gates may be remembered less for any of that than he is for his philanthropic work -- perhaps even as ...
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Should IT pros be thinking about Android?
It's hard to determine whether IT departments should start thinking hard about Google's open source mobile Android platform, mostly because no Android devices or enterprise applications actually exist yet. In contrast to the Apple iPhone , which recently added a plethora of new corporate applications and capabilities, Google isn't aiming to make Android an enterprise fixture ...
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Microsoft braces for Gates' departure
A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on June 27.
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Salesforce offers toolkit for Google APIs
Taking its nascent relationship with Google one step closer, Salesforce announced Monday that it has released a toolkit for working with Google's data services APIs (application programming interfaces). The move is a natural progression from Salesforce's April announcement that it had integrated Google Docs into its CRM (customer relationship management) platform. The new toolkit lets ...
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Recent Original Stories
Rumors circulating that Novell is going to kill off its popular Linux desktop lines are completely false. [However,] Novell is making one large strategic change . The GNOME interface is going to become the default interface on both the SLES and Novell Linux Desktop line.
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Dozens take part in third downtown Cape golf tournament
Stan Smee isn't a golfer; he plays only about once a year. His son, Tony, slowed down after their daughter was born. Tony Smee's own son, Hayden, plays baseball and is a "computer whiz," Stan Smee said.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Jun 2006 12:17 UTC, submitted by fish
Google has released a beta version of Google Earth 4, which runs on all the three major platforms . "We got so excited around here about the first anniversary of Google Earth that we decided to celebrate a bit early.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 31st Jul 2005 11:47 UTC
Industry watchers have noticed a "halo" surrounding Apple's iPod: The popular music player is helping to bring new users to the company's Macintosh line of computers.
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ImpreMedia Launches Spanish Language Mobile Services
ImpreMedia, the No.1 Hispanic news and information company in the United States in Online and Print, announced today that it has joined forces with 4INFO, the leader in text messaging services, to bring free mobile services to U.S.
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Help celebrate OCMoms.com
The Orange County Register's newest online resource for moms, OCMoms.com , is in full swing, offering a variety of tips, news, personal commentary and other info on being a mom in Orange County.
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TechRestore offers 500GB notebook drive upgrade
TechRestore on Monday announced a 500GB overnight hard drive upgrade for MacBooks and MacBook Pros. Door-to-door nationwide service is available for the overnight turnaround. The installation includes data transfer (an exact clone) of the old drive's info and the option of having the old drive installed into a USB 2.0 enclosure for $40. The 500GB ...
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