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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 26th May 2007 22:16 UTC
After years of delivering faster and faster chips that can easily boost the performance of most desktop software, Intel says the free ride is over. Already, chipmakers like Intel and AMD are delivering processors that have multiple brains, or cores, rather than single brains that run ever faster.
New Mobile Computing |
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Paris, France: Over 1,550 delegates have gathered in Paris to discuss some of most important issues facing the evolution of the Internet, as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened its 32nd International Public Meeting here yesterday.
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Ricky Blue — Time for the bubble to burst
The Leno joke goes like this. Scientists have discovered the largest number in the Universe. And they did it without using a computer. They did it by using a gas pump and a Cadillac Escalade.
The Suburban |
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Computer predicts who dies on death row: study
A computer program designed by U.S. researchers can predict with chilling accuracy the very few men among the thousands on America's Death Row who will actually be executed, according to a new study.
Regina Leader-Post |
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Lancaster Recycling Facility To Accept TVs
LANCASTER, Pa. -- If you live in Lancaster County and have an old television you are looking to get rid of instead of throwing it away, you can now recycle it.
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Symantec spent $170,000 to lobby government in 1Q
Symantec Corp. , which makes network security software and services, spent $170,000 in the first quarter to lobby on identity theft, data security legislation and more, according to a recent disclosure form.
Boston Globe |
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Dell says it is simplifying services offering
Dell Inc. says it will offer more services to help companies manage data storage and protection.
Boston Globe |
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Chrysler to turn vehicles into wireless hotspots
The company on Thursday is to announce that the feature will be available as part of its "uconnect" system that will debut in most 2009 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models.
Crain's Detroit Business |
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Gates Lab offering courses in Yarmouth for July
The Gates Computer Lab at the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Library in Yarmouth has computer courses in July including a series of introductory courses on handheld global positioning systems...
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Body Armor for Your PC
(ARA) - We take the good with the bad: The same technologies that gave us the Internet and unprecedented opportunities have also brought us adware, spyware, viruses, phishing and a growing host of online threats. Malware - malicious software - is more than a nuisance.
Carteret County News-Times |
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Chrysler to turn vehicles into wireless hotspots
People who buy Chrysler LLC vehicles next year will have the option of turning their cars and trucks into wireless Internet hotspots. The company plans to announce Thursday that the feature will be available as part of its "uconnect" system that will debut in most 2009 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models. The wireless Internet will come as a dealer-installed option and will work over cellular ...
The State |
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17:00 (BST), 25/06/2008 Spore Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Guildford, UK – June 25, 2008 – The internet has ...
Guildford, UK – June 25, 2008 – The internet has been invaded by walking pears, giant dragons, impossible-to-describe aliens and everything in between!
gamesindustry.biz |
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17:24 (BST), 25/06/2008 Roogoo Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS SouthPeak Games today announced that its puzzle ...
SouthPeak Games today announced that its puzzle game Roogoo is now available for Windows PC. Roogoo, which was previously released on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft, features 45 levels as well as two-player split screen.
gamesindustry.biz |
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Quark Tour Launch Bodes Well for QuarkXPress 8
Quark is ready to start showing off the newest version of its professional desktop publishing application, QuarkXPress 8, and kicked off the occasion with special event at its headquarters in Denver on Tuesday. The event included product demonstrations along with a promise to stay in the...
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Histadrut lets employers peek at workers' computers
Israel is one of the first countries where unions and employers have signed such an agreement.
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Linked by alcibiades on Wed 10th May 2006 19:40 UTC
I started out as a Mac user in about 1985 in a world which will be totally unfamiliar to almost all readers of OSNews. You wrote out your stuff by longhand, and a secretary typed it on a word processor. If you were lucky and able to manage it, you could dictate it.
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Recent Original Stories
"The thing I find most interesting in [the] battle of silicon supremacy is just how unbelievably thick (or perhaps slow) AMD has been lately. For the entire life cycle of the Pentium 4 family, AMD was far ahead.
OS News |
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Computer program predicts fate of death row
A COMPUTER program designed by US researchers can predict with chilling accuracy the very few men among the thousands on America's Death Row who will actually be executed, according to a new study.
The Mercury |
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Computer program predicts executions
A COMPUTER program designed by US researchers can predict with chilling accuracy the very few men among the thousands on America's Death Row who will actually be executed, according to a new study.
Perth Now |
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Durable goods orders unchanged after 2 declines
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Orders to factories for big-ticket manufactured goods were basically flat in May as strength in demand for aircraft and computers was offset by widespread weakness elsewhere.
SouthtownStar |
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Churches sponsor free Christian rock concert
Social bookmarking allows users to save and categorise a personal collection of bookmarks and share them with others. This is different to using your own browser bookmarks which are available using the menus within your web browser.
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Workplaces to see more spats over after-hours
Should an employee get paid for reading a BlackBerry at the dinner table, sending an office e-mail or posting a job-related blog at home?
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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Wireless Silicon Valley Set to Move Ahead
Two years after its initial RFP, the trial deployment in San Carlos, CA this week received city approval to begin moving forward. If completed, the project will cover 1,500 square miles with wireless.
Wi-Fi Planet |
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Verizon increases cell coverage in Raymond area
RAYMOND - In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Rockingham County, Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site. The new site increases wireless voice and data coverage and capacity along Routes 101, 107,...
Portsmouth Herald |
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Automatic Backup Gets Bundled on PCs
Packard Bell now including four months' worth of Carbonite online backup service on all its new desktops....
eWeek |
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