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IBM And ETH Scientists Advance Supercomputing Simulations To Improve Diagnosis Of Osteoporosis
Using a Blue Gene supercomputer, scientists of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Zurich Research Laboratory demonstrated the most extensive simulation yet of real human bone structures, providing doctors a "high definition" view of the strength and fragility of bones they never had before.
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Web Buzz: Which venues welcome dogs?
It's a pet peeve common among travelers: Where is Fido welcome? DogFriendly.com, the Internet face of Dog-Friendly city guides, has answers.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Feb 2006 13:00 UTC, submitted by Moule
"I've been hacking on and off with W. Michael Petullo on integrating LUKS into the GNOME desktop via HAL and patches are now upstream. I think it rocks.
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Online community springs up to spot fake designer purses
By Amanda Kwan It was the peeling hologram sticker in her new Fendi bag that made Chrys Reyna suspicious.
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Police reports from local municipalities
DOWNTOWN MIAMI Burglars made off with several computers and monitors from a church at 1790 NE Second Ct. after prying off the security bars from a window on May 19.
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Recent Original Stories
"Judge Dale Kimball has issued a 102-page ruling on the numerous summary judgment motions in SCO v. Novell. Here is what matters most: [T]he court concludes that Novell is the owner of the UNIX and UnixWare Copyrights.
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AVG Backs Down From Flooding the Internet
Simon Wright writes "As a website that is featured heavily in many Google Australia search results, Whirlpool (Australia's largest technology forum) has been particularly affected by AVG's LinkScanner. We've seen a traffic increase as much as 12 hits per second from these bots. So we've actively and loudly campaigned against this move by AVG, encouraging all users of AVG 8.0 to uninstall the ...
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Airlines try to rein in fuel costs with risky strategy of hedging
DALLAS -- The computer screen on Scott Topping's desk at Southwest Airlines flickers with row after row of dates and numbers, but they have nothing to do with arrivals and departures.
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'Human flesh' search engine virtually lynches people with unbecoming behaviour
New Delhi, July 5 : A search engine named Renrou, which literally means human flesh, is the new judge and jury of angry netizens as it virtually punishes people with unbecoming behaviour.
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Ex-Intel head promoting electric cars
WASHINGTON -- Former Intel Corp. Chairman Andy Grove has a knack for sensing when circumstances should force changes at a company or an industry -- and how to respond.
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Can computers replace the mighty TV?
Hewlett-Packard on June 10 unveiled a $349 digital receiver that brings video and audio content from the PC or Internet to any high-definition television set.
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Online pioneer goes from jobs to obits
NEW YORK -- Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding Monster.com, one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source of newspapers: classified ads.
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Verbatim launches new hi speed USB drives for customers in the UAE
The new Verbatim Store 'n' Go and Executive USB drives combine innovative design with portable storage solutions.
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Recent Original Stories
Dave Morse (1943-2007), Amiga Computer co-founder, died on Saturday , November 2nd.
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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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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 5th Jul 2008 22:03 UTC
KDE 4.1 is supposed to make everything right with the recently troubled desktop. Everyone agrees now that KDE 4.0 was a mistake. However, what the mistake was -- and whose -- is a matter of opinion.
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Police reports from local municipalities
MIAMI BEACH Burglars stole two laptop computers, two cameras and a bag together valued at $2,350 after entering the living room window of an apartment in the 500 block of 15th Street between 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. June 27.
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TECH: Monster founder sets sights on online obituaries
NEW YORK---- Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding Monster.com, one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source of newspapers.
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High oil prices spur demand for low energy electronics
SEOUL - THESE days when customers walk into electronics stores, the first question they ask is how much electricity the fridge, washing machine or laptop computer they are contemplating buying consumes.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 27th Aug 2006 09:25 UTC
"When OSDL announced the first release of its Portland initiative at LinuxWorld Boston in April, heralding it 'a breakthrough in desktop Linux', I muttered my skepticism to a co-worker. He expressed surprise at my reaction, noting that the initiative employs extremely smart people.
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It's free for all
Baltimore Free Store is trove of donated goods When Bobby Brown's neighbors needed a computer to play CDs to learn English, he went on a one-man scavenger hunt and found a mouse, monitor and other gadgets. He soon had a free, functional computer for his neighbors, who had recently emigrated from Ecuador.
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Bayreuth fest to stream premiere performance online
Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival will show the opening performance of Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg live via the Internet for the first time this month. The catch is the price: 49 euros (U.S. $77).
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Ed Housewright: Forbes sees Collin County as a great place to call home
Collin County received a big thumbs up from Forbes magazine recently. Its Web site ranked Collin County as the 14th best place to live in the country, based on housing price, quality of education, property taxes and other factors.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Sep 2005 11:17 UTC
At PrepCom3, a dramatic last-minute deal drawn up by the EU may mark the end of the US government's control of the internet . In essence, [the EU called for] a new version of the current overseeing body ICANN and an end to the US government's overall control of the DNS. The US was scathing about the proposals, within minutes telling delegates that it "can't in any way allow any changes" that ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Aug 2006 13:04 UTC, submitted by Dennis Chay
Although open-source software can be customized to meet a company's specific needs, its inherent complexity could dent the profitability of independent software vendors, says Microsoft.
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