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UK scientists demo graphic passwords
Doodles on touch screens could replace numbers and letters as online passwords. According to their creators, doodles are easier to remember and harder to crack.
ZDNet Asia |
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Dainippon Screen Acquires Silicon Light Machines From Cypress
Silicon Light Machines, which makes laser components for printing, imaging and computer applications, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Dainippon, the two companies said in a statement distributed by Business Wire late yesterday.
Bloomberg.com |
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Video of baby thrown in air gets teen in trouble
A shocking video posted on the internet has landed a Georgia teenager in a lot of trouble.
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul |
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Microsoft Buys Online Concern
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would buy Powerset Inc., an Internet search company, the latest in a string of acquisitions aimed at bolstering its position online.
New York Times |
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Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords
SAN FRANCISCO, 1 JULY 2008 - Writers of a password-stealing Trojan horse programme have found that a little patience can lead to a lot of infections.
Computerworld Singapore |
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Study: Unpatched Web browsers prevalent on the Internet
LONDON, 1 JULY 2008 - Only 59.1 percent of people use up-to-date, fully patched Web browsers, putting the remainder at risk from growing threats from diligent hackers, according to a new study published by researchers in Switzerland.
Computerworld Singapore |
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Microsoft, Powerset confirm deal
NEW YORK, 1 JULY 2008 - Microsoft and Powerset confirmed Tuesday that Microsoft will purchase the search-engine startup. The news comes several days after a rumor about the deal circulated on the Web.
Computerworld Singapore |
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Smethport enters new domain
SMETHPORT — Smethport, the first Route 6 Heritage Community, is now actively promoted on a multi-media Web site.
The Bradford Era |
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Recent Original Stories
"The Fedora Project attracts a lot of interest from the Linux faithful. While there are perhaps more newbie-friendly, corporate-friendly, or special-interest-focused distributions, Fedora continues to wear the innovation hat.
OS News |
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How Well Does Software Work as a Service?
You might be tired of the phrase "think outside the box," but that's what Software as a Service does -- the "box" being your computer. Though many are leery of having their critical software served up over the Internet, Web 2.0 advances are making SaaS more practical, and desirable.
Law.com |
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11th Circuit Sides With National Geographic in Copyright Case
After more than a decade of litigation, back-to-back rulings by the 2nd Circuit and the 11th Circuit favoring the National Geographic Society will allow magazine and newspaper publishers to transfer their published archives to computer discs and sell them commercially without infringing on freelance contributors' copyrights. The ruling turns on what constitutes an acceptable revision and what ...
Law.com |
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Board gives nod to laptop purchase plan
Goose Creek trustees approved only part of a $2.12 million technology purchase on Monday night, awaiting receipt of a written plan before approving the purchase of small laptop computers for junior school students.
Baytown Sun |
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Lightning Review: Kangaroom Bamboo Laptop Stand and Charging Station [Review]
The Gadget: Kangaroom's laptop stand and charging station, which offers a ventilated laptop stand as well as two phone/iPod holders so you can have a place to charge your gear without cluttering up...
Gizmodo |
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Michael Dell adds almost $100 million of his company's stock
A month ago, Michael Dell talked about the confidence he had in Dell Inc.'s prospects. This week, he's backed it up with almost
Austin American-Statesman |
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Help fight climate change at the flick of a switch, campaign says
A new campaign and labelling initiative launched in Sydney aims to reduce carbon emissions by promoting the simple solution of turning off computers when they are not in use.
iTNews |
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Justice Department opens formal probe into Google-Yahoo ad deal
The Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation into a deal struck last month that would allow the Internet titan Google to provide some search advertising for Yahoo, according to sources familiar with the inquiry. Investigators are...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Hundreds of MO Sex Offender Profiles Pulled from MySpace
The social network "MySpace" is continuing to remove online profiles of Missouri registered sex offenders. The site pulled an additional 370 registered sex offenders' profiles over the last four months.
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks |
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Crooks Nab Citibank ATM PINs; Steal Millions
Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores this year and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court documents.
NBC 5 Chicago |
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New Mexico ranks high in lightning, flash flood fatalities
In the United States, lightning routinely kills more people each year than tornadoes and hurricanes combined. Tornadoes, hail and wind gusts get the most attention, but only lightning can strike well outside the storm itself.
Ruidoso News |
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The mysterious Mr. Wang
TORONTO — Charles Wang often baffles those around him. When the software and real estate billionaire bought the New York Islanders hockey team in 2000, he turned to then-general manager Mike Milbury in the middle of a game and asked when it would be halftime.
The Globe and Mail |
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Hyper9 - formerly InovaWave - reinvents its business
In June, an Austin software startup formerly known as InovaWave Inc. reintroduced itself to the computer world as Hyper9 Inc.
Austin American-Statesman |
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Regular retail turns to Web
As Internet retailing becomes more important for companies, the dynamic of how business is done is changing.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Top Scoops
Scoop Satire: Hacked Emails / Questions For Oral Answer / National Vs. ACC / Maori Vs. Whangamata Marina / Defence: Court Of Inquiry / Censorship & T-Shirt's / Socioeconomic Deprivation / Embalming Fluid / Nuclear-Free World / Sir Paul Reeves & Fiji.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 26th Oct 2005 10:52 UTC
Sun has big plans for its Java Desktop System and on Tuesday announced a new program that will allow its desktop Linux variant to run on all major Linux distributions . While Sun remains fully committed to the JDS on both the Solaris and Sun Ray environments, it seeks to address the Linux space going forward and offer customers choice in this regard.
OS News |
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Broadband grant likely to help Unicoi Co.
ERWIN — Connected Tennessee, a nonprofit organization, sees the vast potential for the Internet and believes the chances for success with it are much greater with a high-speed connection.
Johnson City Press |
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