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New guide helps teachers & parents learn about the benefits of social networking
A new report has been launched this week, funded by Becta , which, for the first time, provides teachers and lecturers with a comprehensive guide to social networking services such as Facebook and Bebo.
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Recent Original Stories
"Although most modern laptops nowadays tend to scare people off with an ugly 'Designed for Windows XP' mark, it does not mean that alternative operating systems, like GNU/Linux cannot be installed and function equally well.
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by (Staff) on Tue 27th Sep 2005 17:52 UTC
All Linux needs is a way to install applications as easy as a couple of clicks, what generally does NOT happen. The dependency hell fork and the way people try to make certain idiot ideas ring true (like RPM for example) are just gonna make Linux stuck.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 1st Jul 2008 23:03 UTC
..and here is why. The size of quantum memory (number of qubits) doesn't scale so well as the size of normal memory. In quantum computing, adding just a single quibit into existing memory is an engineering challenge. You have to find a new system with enough states that can be quantum entangled.
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Recent Original Stories
In a discussion on Amiga forum site The Amigans, the Friedens twin brothers (developers of AmigaOS 4.0 exec kernel) revealed that the complete Amiga OS architecture will move ahead to a new design . The new AmigaOS (let's call it AmigaOS 4+1) will include some sort of virtual environment in which old (AmigaOS 4.0) applications will run as separate tasks, in their own address space.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 10th Oct 2005 01:09 UTC
Simple passwords aren't good enough any more, as the flood of stories about phishing, fraud, and compromised accounts by the millions demonstrate.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 1st Jul 2008 23:03 UTC
..and here is why. The size of quantum memory (number of qubits) doesn't scale so well as the size of normal memory. In quantum computing, adding just a single quibit into existing memory is an engineering challenge. You have to find a new system with enough states that can be quantum entangled.
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C-FB ISD superintendent tries her hand at blogging
Dr. Annette Griffin is a frequent reader of blogs on teaching and learning, so she decided to try her own hand at blogging. Griffin, the superintendent of Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, began drgriffinsblog.blogspot.com earlier this month as an opportunity for parents and students to write and communicate with her.
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Hackers hit ATM networks to steal customers' codes
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hackers broke into Citibank’s network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers’ PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.
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Option to nominate two new Board members
LEUVEN, Belgium - July 2 2008 - Option, the wireless technology company, today announced that Mr. Olivier Lefebvre and Mr. Patrick De Smedt have been nominated to join its Board of Directors.
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Metro Communtiy Events
Today Judo, OKC Southside, 6 p.m., Sellers Community Center, 8301 S Villa, 685-3311. Wannabiz Business Owners Club, 8 a.m., Caffe Pranzo, 9622 N May Ave., 670-1733. Computer Club of OKC, 9 a.m., The Center 3000, 3000 United Founders Blvd., 359-5675. American Needlepoint Guild, 7 p.m., Will Rogers Garden Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36, 943-1514. Tai Chi, 10 a.m., Christ the King ...
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White told to appear in federal court July 18 - roanoke.com
The neo-Nazi activist may be held in contempt of court in part because of an e-mail sent to a federal judge's law clerk. Roanoke neo-Nazi activist William A. White must appear before a federal judge to explain two things: why he deleted computer files that were subject to a subpoena, and why he later sent an e-mail laced with obscenities to lawyers involved in the case.
Roanoke Times |
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Countdown is on for fans of iPhone
Want to be among the first to own an iPhone 3G when Apple's next-generation cell phone is released next week? Get ready to rise and shine early — or maybe camp out overnight.
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Man pleads not guilty to porn charges
A Zion man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he possessed child pornography, which was originally found on his computer by his employer.
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INTERNET EXCLUSIVE: This week in the Outdoors: Smoking with electricity
I’ve enjoyed grilling and smoking game and domestic meats in hunting and fishing camps from Canada to Mexico, and lots of places between. At home, I’ve become the self-appointed outdoor cook. I love the smoked flavor that hardwoods and fruitwoods give meats and I cook outside throughout the year.
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McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failures
Stay with me here readers, I'm stringing two stories about McAfee together here, a little out of the ordinary, so I hope it makes sense. If you aren't interested in the tech details of which there are very little, please do read for a good laugh. Network World reported...
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London businessman sues friend for Facebook libel
LONDON: A London businessman has launched the first Facebook defamation law suit. Mathew Firsht, managing director of Applause Store Productions Ltd, is suing an old school friend, freelance cameraman Grant Raphael, for libel and misuse of private information.
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Ax and Mound games moving to new Dallas Cowboys stadium
Attention all Farmer, Jaguar and Marauder football fans. Consult the internet for directions and get ready to fight your way across the Metroplex to Arlington in 2009.
Flower Mound Leader |
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Text Of Letter Firing Oakland City Administrator
Below is the text of the termination letter sent to Oakland City Administrator Deborah Edgerly by Mayor Ron Dellums on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. I have elected to terminate you, effective immediately.
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Beatrice man sentenced for sex counts
BEATRICE — A 25-year-old Beatrice man has been sentenced to four years’ probation for using his computer to try to entice a child for sex. Alexander Sejkora was convicted of five counts of child enticement by computer.
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Virtual secretary is on the fritz
Q: I enter events into AOL's calendar and program it to send me e-mail to remind me. Unfortunately, a few months ago, I stopped receiving e-mail reminders, and AOL has not been able to correct this problem. Do you know of any other software programs
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'Rock Band 2' to include new online modes, songs
LOS ANGELES -- "Rock Band" is ready for an encore. A sequel to the play-along music game that redefined the genre last year will be released first for the Xbox 360 in September, according to publisher MTV Games and developer Harmonix.
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Mini-Me actor Verne Troyer fighting release of sex tape
LOS ANGELES -- Verne Troyer successfully shut down the distribution of a sex tape featuring the "Austin Powers" actor and a former girlfriend - for now. The celebrity Web site TMZ posted a 25-second snipped of the video Wednesday, but pulled the clips down Friday evening after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order requested by Troyer's attorneys.
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iPhone users can escape AT&T's contract
For all its cool new features, Apple's iPhone has always rankled some of its most diehard fans because it has been tethered to a two-year service contract with AT&T. Until now. AT&T said Tuesday that the next generation of Apple's touch-screen smart phone...
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Recent Original Stories
"One of the many new technologies for KDE 4 is the often mentioned, but seldom explained Solid hardware API . Hardware has always been a bit of an annoying element of using Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems, but Solid hopes to fix that for KDE 4. In many ways, Solid is like Phonon, in that it's a Qt/KDE style API around already existing components at the lower level, such as ...
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