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Microsoft to sell Office software by subscription
Microsoft is going to sell its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting later this month. The idea is to attract thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software.
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Missing Utah patient data recovered
Utah investigators say they have recovered a cache of stolen computer data tapes containing personal information on 1.5 million hospital patients.The Salt Lake County Sheriff's office told the Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday no arrests had been made; however the investigation was ongoing.The tapes were stolen last month from a courier vehicle and contained a bounty of information from patients at ...
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Minnesota Researchers Developing Web Site That Aims To Curb Spread Of HIV Among MSM
The Minneapolis Star Tribune on Sunday profiled Sexpulse, a Web site in development at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health that is the latest strategy to curb a "second wave" of HIV/AIDS cases among young men who have sex with men.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 27th Nov 2006 19:36 UTC
"eWEEK Labs has been testing Microsoft Windows Vista builds for more than three years, and our evaluation of the final code shows that the new operating system is a significant improvement over its predecessor , Windows XP. What's more, with a raft of subsystem and driver model improvements, Microsoft has laid out in Vista a solid foundation for stability and usability gains in future Windows ...
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Shortcuts In Using Bar Coding Technology At Hospitals Undermines Systems' Safeguards, Study Finds
Bar coding in hospitals has not yet been proven to reduce medical errors, and shortcuts staff have developed to work around problems with bar codes often undermine the systems' safeguards, according to a report published online Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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Playwatch 1.2 Updates Cover Art View, More
AQUARIUS software announced the immediate availability of Playwatch 1.2 on Wednesday. The update for the iTunes controller application enhanced Cover Art view and added menu bar remote control buttons
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Computer Aid ends the headache of commercial IT disposal
Janie Davies, Computing , Wednesday 2 July 2008 at 16:56:00 A west London college is favouring Computer Aid for the decommissioning of end-of-life PCs Commercial IT disposal is time consuming and complicated, but a charity can provide a suitable alternative, says a west London college....
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Firefox 3 burns up competition
Some call it "Browser War 2.0." Software companies are vying to lasso you into using their product for leaping between Web sites. And because of the strange economics of the online world, the price is unbeatable: All the browsers are free.
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Netgear unveils open source router
Ian Williams, vnunet.com , Wednesday 2 July 2008 at 16:51:00 Open standards let geeks tinker Netgear has announced the launch of its WGR614L open source Wireless-G router. The fully-featured wireless router is designed to support a variety of applications created by the open source community....
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 23rd Jun 2008 22:13
It appears that Snow Leopard, the new Mac OS X, will be aimed at business and enterprise users , signaling Apple's push to take Windows head on outside the consumer and education markets.
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Bookshop's demise blamed on web
A bookshop closes after 70 years amid claims it cannot compete with cheap online book sellers.
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Recent Original Stories
InfoWorld's Neil McAllister offers a primer in defense of desktop Linux in corporate environments . With tips on choosing the right distribution, migrating to Linux-friendly business applications, and bridging the Windows/Linux divide in heterogeneous environments, the article provides adequate ammunition for assuaging the desktop-Linux fears of cautious corporate types.
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Microsoft embraces subscription model in Office + Windows Live bundle
For years, customers have asked for an affordable subscription-based service for what has typically been perceived as Microsoft's steeply-priced software. If seventy bucks a year seems affordable enough, it's finally coming.
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Government Computer News
Microsoft issued a hot fix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software.
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Are you ready to subscribe to Microsoft Office?
‘Careful’ is probably the most appropriate term to use when describing Microsoft’s introduction of a software subscription model to consumers. Transitioning users from a purchase-to-own to a rental model of its software has been discussed for many years and now such a product is officially available. To sweeten the deal, Microsoft throws in a subscription to its Windows Live One Care service. ...
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Microsoft targets online Office bundle at US cheapskates
Software for Hard Times Microsoft has tied up with ailing US retailer Circuit City to launch its Office and security subscription service which hits the market bearing the moniker "Equipt".…
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Blog: Eye on NHL free agent signings
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Ohio woman accused of stealing from elderly Jupiter Island man
Police have charged an Ohio woman with stealing $26,798 from a wealthy 83-year-old resident by using his credit cards to buy televisions, computers, a pool table and prescription drugs over a three year period when she was keeping his books, according to arrest records.
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Reuters Technology Summary
Sony's U.S. gadget demand good despite rising costs SAN FRANCISCO - Sony Corp <6758.T> is seeing little or no sign of softer demand among U.S. consumers for its range of digital TVs, cameras and computer goods despite a weakening economy, a top regional executive said on Tuesday. But Sony is having to manage pressures on margins that are coming both from spiraling costs for ...
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Welcome to the Rotten Tech IPO Market
News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Microsoft Still Carrying a Flame for Yahoo Struggling Starbucks to Cut Stores, Jobs New Morgan Hand-Built and High-Tech Subscribe to Portfolio magazine The news about the crummy tech IPO situation seems to worry a lot of people. But some of the best technology gets built in times like these because there is ...
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Jonathan Ive takes home MDA award for iPhone
The Mobile Data Association has presented an award to Apple's lead designer, Jonathan Ive, according to an announcement. Ive -- who is technically the senior VP of Industrial Design at the company -- has received a Personal Achievement Award, given in recognition for his design not only of the iPhone hardware but aspects of the touch-based user in...
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Google working with Seth MacFarlane on comedy series
Seth MacFarlane, well-known for the hilarious Family Guy series, is set to have a new series broadcast exclusively on the Internet as part of a new deal with Google. The series will be called Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy and will start to air in Septmeber. You will be able to watch episodes through [...]
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Soul Calibur returns on the 360
The classic is back and ready for download via the Xbox Live Arcade; Echochrome hits EU PlayStation Network.
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State opens fourth CyberCrime Unit, this on in Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Florida's attorney general has opened a fourth CyberCrime Unit office. Attorney General Bill McCollum says the new Tampa office represents a continued effort to make Florida the most aggressive state in the nation for tracking down and locking up internet child predators.
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Aladdin hits more than 4-year low on 2Q estimates
Shares of Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. plummeted to its lowest price in more than 4 years Wednesday after the Israeli computer security products maker released preliminary second-quarter results far below analyst estimates and reduced its full-year guidance.
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