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Hackers withdraw millions from Limpopo govt
Computer hackers have managed to withdraw millions of rands from the Limpopo Health and Education Departments' accounts. The provincial government has acted to stop the loss, asking banks to freeze about R5 million in different bank accounts.
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"Earlier this week Everex launched the gPC TC2502, which is a sub-USD 200 PC sold at a major US retailer, but what makes this unique is that it runs the gOS. The gOS (GreenOS) is designed to be a conceptual Google Operating System that is based upon Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.
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"All software has security defects," insists Michael Howard, senior security program manager at Microsoft. "You either do something about it, or you don't."
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The government-run Central Trust of China has mandated for the first time that all desktop computers purchased from now on must be Linux-compatible , demonstrating the Chinese government's desire to widen the nation's usage of open source software.
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Long queues to access Sainsbury's web site
Keynote Systems has reported that Sainsbury's, which last month found that its e-commerce business was offline, is still suffering from availability issues.
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2010: the 5TB 3.5in HDD cometh
Hitachi promises 1TB per square inch Hitachi has pledged to release a 5TB 3.5in hard drive within two years, and it claims two of the drives will boast enough capacity to store everything in your brain.…
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Apple has upgraded its Mac Pro desktop with a pair of 3GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processors. It can have up to 16 GB of RAM, although it isn't cheap. Apple has already published benchmarks .
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Linked by David Adams on Fri 4th Jul 2008 15:47 UTC, submitted by Caffeine Deprived
This article by Shane Schick looks at changes Steve Ballmer should consider making at Microsoft now that Bill Gates is out the door. A couple of the most interesting: making user education a priority and establishing an open source project.
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Google ordered to release information on YouTube viewing habits
A US court has ordered the search engine and parent company Google to hand over information on the viewing habits of users watching videos on YouTube.
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Will Traditional Software Vendors Disappear?
“Oracle, SAP and Microsoft really need to re-think their fee structures. On-demand applications, open source software and the growing repository of Web-based components will threaten existing software delivery models to the breaking point.
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Long queues to access Sainsbury's web site
David Neal, IT Week , Friday 4 July 2008 at 16:38:00 The Sainsbury's web site has suffered another outage says Keynote Sytems Keynote Systems has reported that Sainsbury's, which last month found that its e-commerce business was offline, is still suffering from availability issues....
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Up-market retailer consolidates databases to integrate ecommerce
Angelica Mari, Computing , Friday 4 July 2008 at 16:37:00 Liberty ties up database information for stock management Department store Liberty of London will implement a multi-channel business system as part of an IT modernisation process. The new centralised database is aimed at consolidating information flow and streamlining...
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Google Seeking "FriendRank" Patent
theodp writes "In its just-published patent application for Network Node Ad Targeting, Google hatches plans for identifying the most influential of a circle of friends and providing this 'influencer' with 'financial incentives from advertisers in exchange for permission to display advertisements on the member's [social network] profile' (sound familiar, Jeremy?). Doing so will 'provide ...
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Tour de France gets Google Street Viewed
AS IF WATCHING the Tour De France on TV wasn’t boring enough, the organisers of the three week long bike race have now teamed up with Google to let fans see the route and track the cyclists’ progress on Google Maps.
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FSA Board meeting 17 July 2008
The next FSA open Board meeting is being held at the Holland House Hotel, 24-26 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0DD. It will begin at 9am on Thursday 17 July 2008 and will be chaired by Agency Chair Deirdre Hutton (pictured). You can attend in person, watch it live online or listen-in via a free phone number.
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PC World pips Asus to UK Atom sub-laptop premier
Who has the first SCC with Intel's new chip? PC World today claimed to have beated Asus to the punch by launching the first Small, Cheap Computer in the UK equipped with an Intel Atom processor.…
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Linked by David Adams on Mon 27th Aug 2007 03:47 UTC
The earliest OSNews articles and news postings have not been available online in many years, as they were mostly static HTML, and when we made the switch over to our v1 CMS, I just filed it away on my hard drive.
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Happy $th of July. The Flyer Sells Out!
It's the Fourth of July, so why are you vegging out on the Internet? Shouldn't you be playing frisbee or eating a hot dog? Or shopping? There are no comments yet for this story. You can be the first.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Oct 2005 13:14 UTC
"In this column , I'd like to try to answer some of the questions that we've seen asked repeatedly in the new Microsoft Windows 64-bit Newsgroup. The newsgroup became available during the launch of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, and has been quite active since the launch."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 26th May 2008 17:54 UTC
Ivan Krstic' critique of the One Laptop Per Child Project has made its ripples around the pond of the intertubes.
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"In this article, I'll compare Ubuntu 7.04 with the upcoming release of PC-BSD 1.4
. Having used both operating systems extensively, PC-BSD is the one I recommend and the one I install in desktop environments. If you've used Ubuntu before, but haven't tried PC-BSD, give it a try.
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Defragging Servers is not Enough
Businesses increasingly invest in their servers' maintenance but often forget to do the same with workstations and laptops. Servers are the backbone of any network; nevertheless fragmentation can still affect workstations and laptops, slowing them down together with the overall company productivity.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Jun 2007 22:14 UTC
"If you visited the Plasma project's outdated Web site in past weeks, you might have gotten the impression that the team behind the project to revitalize the KDE desktop hasn't been up to much these past months.
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"This story is for anyone considering or interested in switching from Mac to Microsoft's very beautiful new operating system, Windows Vista. I made the switch several weeks ago, from my trusty 12" PowerBook to (at first) a 17" HP widescreen notebook. Was my switch from Mac to Windows Vista easy?
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Weekly Search Buzz RoundUp - 07/04/08: July 4th, Flash Content to be Spidered & DoubleClick Affiliate Network
Happy July 4th my American friends! While most of you are sleeping in, having BBQs, or enjoying the day, the Search Engine Roundtable authors are still keeping you abreast of what's new in the search world. So take a look in case you missed out this week! July 4th in the Search Industry Today is America's Independence day. And guess what? A lot of search engines and other sites actually ...
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