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Accidental Discovery Could Enable Development Of Faster Computers
Physicists have made an accidental discovery in the lab that has potential to change how information in computers can be transported or stored. Dependent on the "spin" of electrons, a property electrons possess that makes them behave like tiny magnets, the discovery could help in the development of spin-based semiconductor technology such as ultrahigh-speed computers.
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Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. With the impending retirement of Bill Gates from Microsoft comes an obvious question: How will history view him?
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NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is back in talks to buy out Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), technology blog TechCrunch reported on Tuesday, citing multiple unnamed sources at both companies.
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Dell cuts 80 local jobs
WEST CHESTER TWP. — Dell Inc., the computer maker, has cut 80 employee jobs at its distribution facility here. The full-time positions terminated were in boxing and shipping operations, effective immediately as of June 19, said Ken Bissell, communications manager for Dell.
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Is Google Suckling from the Government Teet?
I caught something today over at the Technology Liberation Front by Jim Harper regarding Google and their calls for “ubiquitous and open broadband access for every American” today. “ He was somewhat critical of Google, saying: Really, it’s a bunch of pap that Google will use in Washington, D.C. to insulate itself from competition and drive [...]
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Italy, Truckers To Resume Talks Wed As Strike Looms -Report
The Italian government and the country's associations representing truckers threatening to go on strike next week will resume talks Wednesday as they couldn't reach an agreement late Tuesday, reports La Repubblica in its Wednesday Internet edition.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 11th Sep 2006 04:34 UTC
Computer people are great at coming up with clever quips and phrases. One of Paul Kimmel's favorites is the term "syntactic sugar" meaning something that, like sweets, isn't necessary, but tastes good . That's what the My feature is -- syntactic sugar.
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The Story Next Door: Former Iowan blogs back to his flooded homeland
While he’s lived in Corvallis for nearly four years, Eric Stoller will always identify himself as an Iowan.
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Recent Original Stories
ExtremeTech takes a look at the six different versions of Vista and has devised a way in helping people choose which one is best for them. The article outlines several key features and differences between versions in a comparison chart.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 12th Aug 2006 19:07 UTC
OpenBSD strives to be the most secure UNIX derivation. Design principles, such as code auditing, extensive use of encryption, and careful configuration choices, combine to ensure OpenBSD's secure by default philosophy holds true . This article gives you a close look at the operating system so secure that it was once banned for use in a DEF CON competition, where crackers go after each other's ...
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Study Mixes Home Tests With Online Help To Drop Blood Pressure
According to a new study, home blood pressure tests along with the Internet can make a positive difference in one's health, KNBC's Dr. Bruce Hensel reports.
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Microsoft go Pacific with new name
Fiji's military regime is expressing outrage after learning today that Bill Gates' giant Microsoft Corp has named its next operating system "Windows Fiji".
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Air guitarists jam in Seattle
Costumed performers, including an undercover Microsoft employee, gathered sans instruments in Seattle to compete in the U.S. Air Guitar Championships tour.The Jose Cuervo-sponsored event at Chop Suey involved air guitar devotees strumming along to music without actual guitars as part of the 24-stop tour aimed at creating a Team USA air guitar team to compete in Finland in August, the Seattle ...
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Youths Urged To Use IT To Educate, Develop Themselves
Bandar Seri Begawan - The youth as the country's future leaders should use information technology facilities in gathering information that would assist their education and self development.
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Brunei Software Piracy Rate At 67%, Says IDC
Bandar Seri Begawan - A study conducted by IDC, leading global market research and forecasting firm in the information technology industry, uncovered that software piracy in personal computers in the country hit 67 per cent in 2007, while industry losses due to the piracy was valued at US$12 million.
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Italy, Truckers To Resume Talks Wed As Strike Looms -Report
The Italian government and the country's associations representing truckers threatening to go on strike next week will resume talks Wednesday as they couldn't reach an agreement late Tuesday, reports La Repubblica in its Wednesday Internet edition.
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Google's Gmail Chosen by New South Wales for 1.3 Mln Students
June 25 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's New South Wales government will supply some 1.3 million users with Google Inc. 's Gmail e-mail services following the awarding of a contract to SMS Management & Technology.
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Group says Google a top source of badware
SAN FRANCISCO, 24 JUNE 2008 - Internet consumer advocacy group Stopbadware.org released data on "badware" Web sites on Tuesday, saying that Google was one of the top five networks responsible for hosting these dangerous Web sites.
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New iPhone will cost US$173 to make, firm estimates
The cheapest model of Apple Inc.'s new iPhone, which is about to go on sale for US$199 in the United States, costs about $173 to make, according to an estimate by research firm iSuppli Corp.
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Can Board Software Meet Its Promises?
Board software promises to revolutionize communications with members. The software hosts meeting information on secure servers and board members can access it from anywhere. While electronic delivery sounds good when it works, making an orderly transition from paper can take time.
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Software by rescue team officer helped find autistic man in northern Wisconsin
DULUTH, Minn. — Computer software written by a member of the St. Louis County (Minn.) Sheriff's Rescue Squad played an important role in helping searchers find an autistic man who wandered off from a camp for developmentally disabled adults in northern Wisconsin. Lt. Rick Slatten's program, called Search Tracker, used the laws of probability to guide searchers who found Keith Kennedy late Sunday ...
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Why Google should buy the Associated Press
Wired poses an interesting idea: What if AP re-organized as a cooperative, not of newspapers, but of online content providers such as Google and Yahoo!? The end of the story notes that the idea is unrealistic, but it’s intriguing. The story, btw, compares AP’s current business model as selling drugs to late-stage cancer patients. Ouch. [...]
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FBI Visits Leaker of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy
A blogger who goes by the name "Skwerl" says two "Mulder and Scully" types from the FBI questioned him in the lobby of his workplace about the nine songs he leaked from Guns N' Roses "Chinese Democracy" album, which fans have been anticipating for over 14 years. He says he's not worried, even though distributing an unreleased album is punishable by fines, jail time or both. ...
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