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Mix of murderous jihad and streetwise hip-hop opens terror trial
In his two-hour opening statement Monday, Crown attorney David McKercher walked Ontario Superior Court Judge Douglas Rutherford through an exhaustive outline of the multi-faceted case against Momin Khawaja, the 29-year-old software developer who pleaded not guilty to seven terrorism-related criminal charges.
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SBC reduces cost, improves appearance of digital signage deployments
Chicago—NEC Display Solutions of America announced its MPD-SBC single board computer, which is compatible with the expansion slots found on most NEC large-format LCD displays.
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SOFTWARE TOOLS: Researchers push open-source smartcard project to increase security
LONDON — A Dutch philanthropic foundation, NLnet, has given Euros 150,000 ($230,0000) to fund a project that will devise open-source smart card software that offers stronger protection of personal data in light of security vulnerabilities found with cards used today.
Embedded Systems Programming Magazine |
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VIDEO: USB extender delivers video up to 165 ft
Newburyport, Mass.—Adder launched the AdderLink X50, a link transparent USB and high performance video extender that delivers bright, sharp, high-quality video at up to 1920 x 1200 together with 44.1kHz digital stereo audio over a single CATx cable.
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HSC Edit 1.2 updated for Aperture 2
HumanSoftware has announced an update to HSC Edit 1.2 for Apple's Aperture 2. The plug-in suite of twelve modules now includes Edit Multiple Curves for Aperture, which adds a curves feature similar to Photoshop's Curves tool. The company claims to have improved on Photoshop's curves by adding multiple layers of curves, with each layer linking to a ...
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Accused terror plotter pleads not guilty
A Canadian-born software developer accused of participating in an al-Qaida-inspired cell that plotted bombings in Britain pleaded not guilty
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Create Foundation Hands Out More Than $100 Thousand In Grants
LEE CO., Miss. - The Create Foundation has awarded $110,000 in grants. $70,000 was given to the Lee County Schools to help expand and renovate the Career Center at Mooreville and Shannon High Schools. The funds will purchase 30 computers for each center, plus some additional equipment.
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Free computer training at city of Miami sites
The city of Miami's Elevate Miami program, in partnership with Miami Dade College, is offering free computer training classes geared to working-age adults and senior citizens at Technology Learning Centers.
Miami Herald |
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Canada terror accused trial begins
A Canadian software developer designed a remote bomb detonator he called the hi-fi digimonster to be used in planned attacks in the United Kingdom, an Ottawa court heard.
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RSS Bandit Syncs RSS Feeds Between Desktop and Google Reader [Featured Windows Download]
Windows only: Free, open source application RSS Bandit is desktop RSS newsreader that syncs directly with Google Reader. There are a lot of reasons for and against picking desktop over web-based...
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Recent Original Stories
"August 12, 1981 marks the birth of the IBM PC, the computer that single-handedly turned personal computing to the business market . IBM's success forced Apple and others to change their focus, and most personal computer companies from the pre-IBM era have become historical footnotes.
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CNet compares Acer's TravelMate 8200 to apple's MacBook Pro
, and concludes the Acer wins; but only by a small margin. "The Acer pulled ahead with ample features and superior performance and battery life, then sealed the deal with its lower sticker price.
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Philly newscaster fired in alleged e-mail scandal
A longtime newscaster embroiled in an alleged e-mail scandal involving his former co-anchor was fired Monday, nearly a month after FBI agents searched his home and seized his computer.
Centre Daily Times |
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Is Microsoft Better Off Without Gates?
The software giant's co-founder started focusing away from the company years ago. What the company needs now is fresh talent.
Forbes |
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Canadian accused of UK plot pleads not guilty
A Canadian-born software developer accused of participating in an al-Qaida-inspired cell that plotted bombings in Britain pleaded not guilty Monday as his trial began under heavy security.
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Google's goliath
Google’s Richard Whitt was lobbying for the Internet before it was cool, and way before people Googled each other prior to dates and job interviews. Whitt represented Internet mavericks like CompuServe and Prodigy in the early 1990s before moving to MCI, where he handled Web and telecom issues.
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Family's Dog Shot To Death During Burglary
Frankfort police say after killing the dog, the burglar only stole a computer from the home. So far, no arrests have been made.
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Is Microsoft Better Off Without Gates?
The software giant's co-founder started focusing away from the company years ago. What the company needs now is fresh talent.
Forbes |
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New hi-tech computer set to fuel TAMUQ research
By Bonnie James A NEW High Performance Computing cluster, expected to be commissioned at Texas A&M University at Qatar by October, would augment cutting-edge research in a variety of fields in the country, chief information officer Khalid Warraich told Gulf Times.
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Larry Mendte fired
CBS3 today announced that anchor Larry Mendte was released from his contract, nearly four weeks after the FBI seized his personal computer and showed up the station to inform management that Mendte was being investigated for allegedly reading former coanchor Alycia Lane's e-mail and feeding gossip to reporters.
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Ideal employer survey yields surprising career preferences of US undergraduate students
Undergrads desire for Google grows; Ernst & Young makes big jump; work-life balance and job security are top concerns.
Consultant News |
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Apple putting Snow Leopard on crash diet?
The next version of Mac OS X could take up a lot less room on your hard drive if a report about the sizes of applications on Mac OS X Snow Leopard, due next year, is accurate.
CNET |
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Recent Original Stories
"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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Recent Original Stories
Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report.
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Further information
To obtain the AIM for Windows Mobile or AOL MyMobile betas, visit the AOL website here and here . To obtain the latest Yahoo! Go 3.0 beta, go to the Yahoo! website here . All the betas are free, but the vendors strongly recommend that users have unlimited data plans.
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