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HIV/AIDS Epidemic In Sub-Saharan Africa Should Be Classified As Disaster, Red Cross Report Says
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is so severe that it should be classified as a disaster comparable to famine or floods, according to a report released Thursday by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, AFP/Google.com reports.
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Web doesn't make you dumb
As industry and society become more Web-enabled, there is growing backlash among those who feel the medium is negatively impacting our collective intelligence.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Microsoft stops selling Windows XP
Microsoft stops selling Windows XP
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Baltimore Sun Examines Google, Microsoft Personal Health Record Systems
The Baltimore Sun on Thursday examined "two of the most-likely-to-be-huge" personal health records services: Google Health and Microsoft's Health Vault. According to the Sun, some experts believe that within four years PHRs "will be ubiquitous," and people will be able to "store information in one digital location, and then share it with whomever [they] choose.
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Free wireless Internet service for 3 months
SHAH ALAM: For the next three months, the people of Shah Alam can enjoy free wireless broadband Internet access. After that, they will have to pay a minimal fee.
The New Straits Times |
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Could old Macs be left behind by new operating system?
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple's Leopard operating system isn't even a year old, but its offspring, Snow Leopard, is already preparing to prowl.
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Recent Original Stories
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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Studes make Net cafes float
Cebu City, Philippines - In this modern age, it is easier to search and find information with the wide array of tools – computers and books – present for everybody to use.
Cebu Daily News |
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'The Bell Jar' brings fresh insight for today
Title: "The Bell Jar" Author: Sylvia Plath Pages: 244 Available: Online and booksellers It was with some trepidation that I began reading "The Bell Jar," for a blurb on the cover warned me that it was "a heartbreaking story of a talented young woman who descends into madness."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Jul 2007 09:41 UTC, submitted by Kerk
"This article briefly goes over six mini systems that you don't have to build yourself. They are an ideal platform for a project or for a silent system for simple tasks like checking your email.
New Mobile Computing |
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This summer's trilogy of truth
The future of the media is cloudy. In this brave new world of YouTube, Facebook and 400 cable channels, book publishers are fretting about...
Seattle Times |
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OpenV Obtains License Covering the Most Comprehensive Web TV Business Operation
BEIJING , June 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- OpenV ( http://www.openv.com ), China's largest Chinese-language Internet TV and Video content provider today announced that it has obtained from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television the License for Publishing Online Audio-Visual Programs (Video License).
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Turbans perceived as a threat, computer game study reveals
A Muslim-style turban is perceived as a threat, according to a new study, even by people who don't realize they hold the prejudice, dubbed "the turban effect" by researchers.
Vancouver Sun |
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Will Desktop Virtualization Be Huge?
I have been spending a lot of time over the past several months looking at issues around desktop virtualization. While a lot of the focus in the market has been around server based virtualization, I'd put my money behind desktop virtualization.
IT-Analysis |
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What's Google doing to our minds?
CHICAGO - The words are almost absurdly provocative: "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?" reads the title Atlantic Monthly has used to draw attention - successfully - to Nicholas Carr's new article.
San Jose Mercury News |
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vnunet.com comment: Bill Gates powers down
Like it or loath it Microsoft has been pivotal in computing history, and it will be generations before the company becomes a footnote in history.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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VASCO Ranks 5th in FORTUNE Small Business' Top 100 for Fast Growing Smaller Public Businesses.
VASCO Data Security International, Inc. , a leading software security company specializing in authentication products, today announced that it ranks 5th in FORTUNE Small Business' Top 100 list of America's fastest-growing small public companies.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Blue Coat Systems embark on Better Together Road Show WAN Application Delivery Leader Welcomes Packeteer Customers and ...
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in WAN Application Delivery and Secure Web Gateway, today announced its planned 56 city “Better Together” Road Show, where customers and partners wor
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Sun sponsors social networking project
Going all trembly over zembly. Sun Microsystems is sponsoring a project for building and hosting social applications that would run on social network sites like Facebook and OpenSocial.
TechWorld |
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Rudd called to admit computers program flawed
The Federal Opposition says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd must admit his election promise to give a computer to every senior high school student is flawed.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Online Journalism News
The previous website Ireland.com , full access to which was limited to only fee-paying readers, has been relaunched as an events, listings and information destination for the Republic.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 9th Sep 2007 21:06 UTC
Technologists and investors gather at the two-day Singularity Summit in San Francisco to discuss the benefits and risks of advancing artificial intelligence--and what to do in the event that machines one day out-think humans.
New Mobile Computing |
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Hope for Syafawati to walk again
KUALA LUMPUR: Syafawati Abdul Hamid is a step closer to getting back to her active sports life. The plight of the 25-year-old computer programmer was noticed by Ritz Club, a Subang Jaya leisure and recreational company, when it was highlighted in the New Straits Times on June 13.
The New Straits Times |
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Search for digital contraband hit
Terrorist suspects and child pornographers have been caught upon entering the U.S. when their laptops were searched by authorities, but some Senate Democrats want to restrict routine "suspicionless" digital intrusions.
The Washington Times |
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Recent Original Stories
"Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, SUSE, and Linspire are making headway in the desktop market, but if you want to try something really different, you can find other, less-well-known alternative operating systems.
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