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Recent Original Stories
" PuppyLinux is one of the most popular 'flavors' of Linux, I have used it on several old P-II and P-III machines that I donated and it got them to work when the original OS (95 and 98) would not even so much as boot up.
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Protection against system failure
A force's entire communications system can now be run from a single laptop in the event of a network failure.
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KVM backer takes virtual desktops on the road
Have branch office. Will ship code Qumranet, the well-moneyed entity behind KVM, is asking folks to help it test out some new desktop virtualization code that sends applications out from headquarters to remote offices.…
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Armed with common sense, restraint
A few years ago – before desktop computers but after the Comanche war bands were driven into Oklahoma – I grew up south of Midlothian. Those were dangerous times. By age 9, I was trusted with a firearm. Our old family place has, of course, since been annexed.
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Meteor creates superman in Wales
In Wales in the 1940s a meteor landed next to a man and gave him super powers. At least, that is the story of a new computer game created by a Welsh student.
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Hey Enterprise: Here Comes the 3G iPhone
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) claims this latest iPhone, due out July 11, is chock full of features enterprise customers have been asking for. Heading the list is support for Microsoft's Exchange server and a remote "kill" feature, letting an IT manager wipe an iPhone clean once it's reported lost or stolen.
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Lo-Jack For Laptops?
The problem with laptops seeming to grow legs and walk away from their owners dominates the minds of IT administrators and the public alike.
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802.11n shipments increase 'dramatically'
Shipments of consumer 802.11n Wi-Fi access points are expected to see a dramatic increase over the next five years, rising from six million this year to 88 million in 2013.
Infomatics |
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Adobe Joins with Google, Yahoo to Search Flash Files
Adobe Systems on Tuesday announced a new initiative with Google and Yahoo to improve search results for dynamic Web content and rich Internet applications (RIAs).
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Web threats hit 12-month high
The number of new malicious websites rose by 58 per cent in June to its highest level since April 2007, security experts warned today. The latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report attributed the rise to a jump in the number of spyware and adware sites being blocked.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-01 17:05 T3 Technologies ready to lodge complaint with EU over IBM conduct - source
BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - T3 Technologies Inc. is ready to lodge a formal antitrust complaint with the European Commission against U.S. technology company IBM over alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the European computer mainframe market, a source close to the matter said.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-01 17:05 T3 Technologies ready to lodge complaint with EU over IBM conduct - source
BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - T3 Technologies Inc. is ready to lodge a formal antitrust complaint with the European Commission against U.S. technology company IBM over alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the European computer mainframe market, a source close to the matter said.
Interactive Investor |
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Study: Unpatched Web Browsers Prevalent on the Internet
Only 59.1 percent of people use up-to-date, fully patched Web browsers, putting the remainder at risk of attacks from hackers...
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Forrester on Microsoft's new Select Plus licensing
Analysis firm says the new option is generally an improvement over the existing program, but says there are a few things to keep an eye on.
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Recent Original Stories
"Linux has proven amazingly flexible: after nearly 10 years of use, I'm still impressed by how the Linux operating system does exactly what I want on any type of hardware.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jun 2008 21:28 UTC
We've already said quite a few words on this one already, so we are going to leave it at a short announcement today. Today, Monday 30 June 2008, marks the last day of sales for Windows XP , the seven year old operating system a lot of people really don't want to let go.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 6th Feb 2006 22:03 UTC
"Windows Vista will eventually sport what has been called a 'sidebar' - a kind of taskbar-like user interface element designed to sit on the right or left side of a display and offer 'heads-up' information on a customizable basis.
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Recent Original Stories
"I've been looking at the 'My desktop OS'-articles, and found that I'll have to be the one writing one for Windows XP . To be honest, Windowx XP is very close to being usable on the desktop. I say very close, because it's not so out of the box.
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Experts say state overspent on canceled contract
Technology analysts say the Patrick administration overspent by millions when it signed a computer software contract that's since been canceled.
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Government Computer News
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is rewriting one of the agency’s best-sellers, Abramowitz and Stegun's “Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs and Mathematical Tables,” and putting it into an interactive digital format.
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Unison™ Announces Pricing and Partner Program
Challenger to Microsoft unified communications to offer aggressive pricing and margins for VARs. Solution will bring significant revenues to resellers who install email server and PBX systems.
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For the record 1 July
Forty percent of internet users surf the web with 'outdated' browsers Digicom signs EUR480k deal with 3G
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One-Quarter Of Viewing Takes Place On Computers: CTAM Study
Video consumers now view an estimated 24% of their content on computers, according to a behavioral study released June 30 by CTAM, but the TV set remains the king of viewing destinations.
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Stay in Sync: Set up file sharing
Before you can sync files between to computers, they must be able to see each other. OS X's file sharing features make it relatively easy to mount one Mac's hard drive on another's.
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Threshers renews payroll outsourcing contract
Angelica Mari, Computing , Tuesday 1 July 2008 at 17:05:00 The off-licence chain will use the Atos Origin service for a further three years Off-licence group Threshers has renewed its contract with Atos Origin for the delivery of a managed payroll system supporting 9,000 staff....
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