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Internet panel paves way for hundreds of new domains
Thu, Jun 26, 2008 (8:33 a.m.) The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old addressing system.
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City council approves laptop computer for fire chief
The city of Edwarsdville will have a new tool to use during disasters. The City Council voted recently to allocate an estimated $5,000 from its Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (ESDA) budget to purchase Fire Chief Brian Wilson a laptop for his vehicle. The laptop will allow Wilson to access a variety of information when he is on site during a disaster, such as a fire, hazardous materials ...
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Have Keyboard Shortcuts Always Show in Windows Menus [Windows Tip]
The Workers' Edge blog digs into Windows tweaks that one normally has to dig pretty far into nested menus to find, and comes out with a real find for hands-on-the-keys fans. To have Windows always...
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Obama Vs. McCain As Mac Vs. PC
The race between Obama and McCain can be likened to the popular Mac vs. PC commercials, with McCain representing the older PC user and Obama as the young, cool Mac guy, says National Review Online .
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Recent Original Stories
Kaj de Vos made two big announcements at SylCon 2007. The first was a new web browser, based on a port of WebKit. The second is Syllable Server, which will bring together the Syllable GUI with the Linux kernel to create a server operating system that compliments Syllable on the desktop.
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Recent Original Stories
"The KDE desktop of SUSE Linux 10.1 (and the future enterprise products built on it) will contain a KDE frontend for Beagle called Kerry . For this Beagle has been split into non-GUI and GUI parts, some backends are now in sub-packages (Evolution, Firefox) and the libbeagle API has been improved in parts.
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Government Computer News
Three months after the initial release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft has issued what it calls a "reliability update" to sweep out any glitches that may pop up in a complex stack of applications on the new OS version.
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Latest AVMA Podcast Features Fourth of July Pet Safety Tips
The sensory extravaganza of Fourth of July fireworks can be a nightmare of loud, unpredictable sounds and flashes of light for our pets, who are best left safe at home with plenty of water, soothing background noise and, if necessary, appropriate anxiety medication prescribed by a veterinarian.
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DoMedia hires ex-Northlich exec as president
Online advertising database DoMedia has tapped a former executive at Cincinnati's Northlich to lead the company's daily operations.
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Laptop Searches in Airports Draw Fire at Senate Hearing
Advocacy groups and legal experts told Congress that it was unreasonable for federal officials to search the laptops of United States citizens when they re-enter the country from traveling abroad.
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Expanding the Internet Well Beyond .com
An Internet oversight agency is considering the first sweeping changes in the network’s addressing system since its creation 25 years ago.
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Intel Won’t Embrace Microsoft’s Vista
Intel, Microsoft’s longtime partner in the development of the personal computer, has decided that it won’t upgrade most of the computers used by its employees to Microsoft’s Vista operating system.
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The Camera That Knows Where It Is
A new technology lets your digital camera detect thousands of silent wireless networking beacons, decide exactly where you are and then transmit a batch of photos wirelessly to your computer.
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Voyager Offers Android, .NET CF, Java Runtime Support
Recursion Software released a private beta version of their Voyager mobile platform, with powerful interoperability for Android, Microsoft .NET and Compact Framework (CF), all Java editions (JME CDC, JSE and JEE), and more than 15 embedded operating systems. The Voyager platform is a powerful cross-platform development environment that allows developers to write one code-set natively in either ...
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DeVry University Launches Four New Online Degree Programs
Convenience and flexibility are the cornerstones of online education. To meet the growing demand of distance learning, DeVry University, one of the largest degree-granting higher education systems in North America, is adding to its portfolio of online degree programs by offering degree programs currently taught on-site through its online platform. Beginning in July 2008, DeVry will launch its ...
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Vista Service Pack Patched
Microsoft has posted a reliability update for Windows Vista SP1, fixing bugs that stalled large apps.
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Simms signs Super Talent contract
Managing director of Simms, Alex Tatham, said he is very confident that Super Talents solid state disks (SSDs) and USB drives will be welcomed in the UK channel.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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IT staff bogged down with mundane tasks
Mundane tasks such as resetting passwords and email management are putting increasing stress on skilled IT department staff, according to new research.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Internet Regulator May Free Up More Domain Names
ICANN mulls easing rules for new suffixes, so '.sex' could take place of '.com' on some sites, for example.
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Senators Oppose Laptop Border Searches
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) have the power to search, copy contents or seize laptops or mobile devices when travelers re-enter the U.S. U.S. Senators Russell Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, and Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, are calling on the CBP to amend its policy that allows frequent searches of laptops, digital cameras and mobile devices at the borders. read more ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 24th Feb 2007 22:34 UTC
The 2007 road map for the Ubuntu Linux operating system includes continuing its focus on the desktop , paying more attention to the server and garnering additional corporate support.
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Government publishes data protection review
Dinah Greek, Computeract!ve , Thursday 26 June 2008 at 16:07:00 Civil servants to receive mandatory encryption training All Government departments will have to encrypt important information held on computers and other media, with staff undergoing annual mandatory training to ensure they comply with the new rules....
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 27th Feb 2006 18:29 UTC
Microsoft's so-called Origami Project , due to be launched on Thursday , appears to be its early version of the ultra-mobile PC concept Intel has been touting of late, if an allegedly leaked Flash version of a promo video of the product is anything to go by.
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Recent Original Stories
A Computerworld blog post reads: "You gotta love it. Microsoft has decided that it will ho ahead and kill off easy access to XP on June 30th. On behalf of desktop Linux users everywhere, and our first cousins, the Mac fans, thanks.
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Tech luminaries bid Bill Gates adieu
Technology insiders say their fond and not-so-fond farewells as Bill Gates steps down from full-time work at the software giant he founded
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