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Southern belt cops connect
Eleven police stations on the city’s southern fringes are going online and are being armed with closed-circuit cameras and systems to preserve the thumb impressions of criminals.
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A degree of deception
A flashy university website shows gowned professors and joyful graduations. Shame it's all a fake. There was a time when a backstreet education meant sending off a coupon in a magazine and getting back a certificate from the University of Nowhere.
Deccan Herald |
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Apple plugs Pwn2Own winning vulnerability
Apple plugged the winning vulnerability in the Pwn2own contest on Wednesday in a Safari update. In an update for Safari (3.1.1), Apple fixed the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2008-1026, also known as the flaw that won hacker Charlie Miller $10,000.in the Pwn2Own contest at CanSecWest. This...
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Authorities: Internet sites used in child prostitution rings
DETROIT -- A federal grand jury in Detroit has returned indictments charging five people in connection with Internet child prostitution rings.
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Community News: McAfee Inc. founder to speak at Roanoke College commencement
John D. McAfee, the founder of McAfee, Inc. which developed the world’s first computer virus scanner, will be the keynote speaker at Roanoke College’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 3rd.
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My Account
BOSTON - Quarterly profits at IBM Corp. leaped 26 per cent and blew past analysts' forecasts Wednesday, with U.S. operations showing surprising strength given the faltering economy. The technology company also increased its earnings forecast for the year.
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Penchant For PEN
Whoever said writing by hand is dead? The growing brands of flashy pens in the market say otherwise. Even those who swear that its been years since they last penned something, have a chic pen peeking out of their pockets
Deccan Herald |
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Alexander Interactive Appoints Director of Strategy
Alexander Interactive, a leading ecommerce strategy, design and development agency, today announced
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Recent Original Stories
"Before installing a new shared Linux database- and webserver I wanted to get an idea of the real world performance of various filesystems combined with the noatime and atime flags. This article contains a brief analysis of the results of my testing.
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Recent Original Stories
"In continuation of our previous piece entitled 'Ati: a Year in Review 2005' , where we looked at ATI's features implemented this year into their Linux drivers as well as thoroughly examining the frame-rate performance, today we have turned the tables yet again and are taking another look at NVIDIA's gains this year.
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ARM9-based chip gets Windows CE 6.0 BSP
— Apr. 08, 2008 — Adeneo has announced a Windows CE 6.0 board support package (BSP) for NXP's ARM9-based LH7A404 SoC (system-on-chip).
WindowsForDevices |
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Singles and Doubles - How do you Connect?
If you are widowed, divorced or single how do you connect with other seniors, or others who share your interests? Is the Internet replacing one-on-one relationships?
BellaOnline |
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Keith and Koep
Meanwhile, the German company Keith and Koep offers a bundle combining the company's Trizeps IV CPU module with the uConXS carrier board. The 2.6 x 1.5 x 0.2-inch Trizeps comes with a 312MHz Marvell PXA270 processor, and uses an SO-DIMM connector to mate with the uConXS.
WindowsForDevices |
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Survey: 12 Percent of Consumers 'borrow' Free Wi-Fi
Although it is illegal in some parts of the world, 12 percent of U.S. and U.K. respondents to an Accenture survey have logged...
PC World |
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Google's Urchin 6 Arrives After Years-long Delay
A major upgrade to Google's Urchin Web analytics server software has finally shipped after a delay of about three-and-a-half...
PC World |
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Computer Aid Boosts Nigeria With 8,000 PCs
Nigeria has received 8,000 PCs from Computer Aid International (CAI), a U.K.-based charity organization and provider of...
PC World |
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Hardy Heron Making Linux Ready for the Masses?
desmondhaynes writes "Is Linux ready for the masses? Is Linux really being targeted towards the 'casual computer user'? Computerworld thinks we're getting there, talking of Linux 'going mainstream 'with Ubuntu. 'If there is a single complaint that is laid at the feet of Linux time and time again, it's that the operating system is too complicated and arcane for casual computer users to tolerate. ...
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Hirers try to test, not fool, IT contractors
Clients often don’t know the answers to their own wacky test questions they ask at interview, yet that doesn’t stop them wanting to hear your stab in the logical direction.
Contractor UK |
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EarthLink Returns Wi-Fi Networks to Two Cities
EarthLink's bid to link U.S. cities to the Internet with Wi-Fi came closer to an end on Tuesday as both Corpus Christi, Texas...
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Kerio Technologies opens Moscow office
Internet security and messaging software company Kerio Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it opened an office in Moscow.
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Novell Announces Suse Appliance Program for ISVs
In line with its strategy to focus on a few parts of enterprise software and work with partners on other software and...
PC World |
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Microsoft to Offer SQL Server 2005 SP3
Microsoft will release a third service pack for SQL Server 2005, just before the next version of the server software comes...
PC World |
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Kansas State signs Martin to five-year contract
Kansas State basketball coach Frank Martin signed a five-year contract Wednesday that will keep him with the Wildcats through the 2011-12 season. Martin will get a base salary of $180,000 with a total compensation package of $760,000, which includes TV, radio and internet appearances, shoe and apparel sponsorships, and other services.
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Interviewing In-House SEO Candidates
With many in-house SEM teams ramping up, and in-house efforts in general growing, I thought it might be useful to scope out the basics for an SEO-centric interview. It's tough enough to find good talent these days, and those with experience are commanding higher and higher salaries, so many companies may be looking to those with fewer years of experience to fill critical in-house roles. ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th Nov 2005 20:04 UTC
A major UK retail store and three of the largest PC vendors worldwide still have no plans to sell the version of Microsoft Windows that does not contain its media player, five months after the version was released.
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