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Icahn backed by Microsoft
MICROSOFT has backed investor Carl Icahn in his bid to oust the board of Yahoo.
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NVIDIA: Let's spread the blame far and wide
Last week I blogged about a problem that had emerged relating to a "significant quantities" of older mobile GPUs suffering premature death due to heat exhaustion. Well, since then the company's stock has taken a serious battering, and the company doesn't seem to be willing to talk about the problems...
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posted by Robert Trembath on Wed 31st Dec 2003 16:20 UTC
As a dedicated reader of OSNews.com and a VP of Technology for an IT firm that specializes in utilizing Open Source solution for small business, I have been amazed at the rash of some reviews on the various distros of Linux and their failure to really help readers make a choice on what they should use or try.
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8 p.m. - Workplace readiness and computer skills training program available
8 p.m. July 8 — The Micronesian Business Association is providing a workplace readiness and computer skills training program for people age 17 and older.
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Workshop: Use Google Apps to work together online
Anyone with a website be it a personal page, or one for a club or organisation will be aware that it can be difficult to get everyone together to work on a project.
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IT intelligence integration needed to tackle drugs in prisons, says report
The prison service is piloting an IT-based intelligence system to tackle drug use in jails. A review...
Computer Weekly |
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Seniors Advocacy Group Launches Internet Ad Campaign Urging The Senate To Support Medicare Legislation
The National Committee has produced a new video urging seniors and their families to contact their Senators before this week's second vote on HR 6331.
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Lords renew calls for security laws
Phil Muncaster, IT Week , Tuesday 8 July 2008 at 11:00:00 Follow-up to Personal Internet Security report is launched today The House of Lords today launched the official follow-up to its report on personal internet security published last year, renewing calls for a data breach notification law, new legislation to...
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Efficient Frontier Expands Operations in Asia
Efficient Frontier, the worldwide leader in providing Search Engine Marketing solutions to leading advertisers, today announced the appointment of Sammy Hsieh as General Manager of its Asia-Pacific business. Hsieh will be responsible for expanding the company's client footprint and business operations throughout the region, working with existing clients in expanding their campaigns into Asia, ...
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Jacada Signs Material Contract with Nationwide Insurance
Jacada Ltd. (Nasdaq: JCDA), a leading provider of unified desktop and process optimization solutions for customer service operations, today announced that it has signed a material agreement with Nationwide Insurance. The agreement, signed this month, is the second material contract awarded to Jacada for the Nationwide Insurance Property & Casualty division. The first agreement was announced on ...
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IBM heir's adoption of lover annulled
PORTLAND, Maine — An adult adoption involving lesbian partners and a claim to a share of one of America's premier business fortunes has been annulled, bouncing their high-profile case back to Maine's highest court.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Oct 2006 22:08 UTC
Here is OSNews' review of Xandros Desktop Home Edition Premium version 4.0 (a mouthfull).
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Icahn has new ally in quest for Yahoo
SAN FRANCISCO – Carl C. Icahn, the activist investor, has a powerful new ally in his campaign to take control of Yahoo: Microsoft.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Oct 2005 17:30 UTC
The US Patent and Trademark Office has rejected two key Microsoft patent applications relating to its File Allocation Table file system. But Microsoft officials still hold out hope that the company ultimately will succeed in the quest to patent FAT. Open-source vendors are holding their breath.
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JUMP IN.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMPATIBLE The Club Ride Web site suggests that prospective carpoolers first meet over coffee or lunch to decide whether they're suitable as car pool partners.
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Recent Original Stories
The long talked about Google Office is taking shape. At the same time as TechCrunch has displayed screenshots of a possible Google Calendar called CL2 , Google has announced that it has acquired Writely , an online, collaborative word-processor creating using JavaScript and DHTML. Documents are saved online (perhaps in Google's rumoured GDrive ). Of particular interest is that GMail, when paired ...
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Clarksville man faces child porn charges in Fla.
A Clarksville man is facing child pornography charges in Florida after he was arrested by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
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Android ported to Nokia
Installing Google's mobile OS just got easier. Developers have created an easy way to load Android, Google's forthcoming mobile-phone operating system, onto Nokia's N810 open-source handsets.
TechWorld |
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Workplace survival
CHICAGO – Sam Glenn followed some wise counsel when he found himself in a bad job situation – his mother told him, first, don’t quit. And second, have a frank chat with his boss at the small computer communications firm where he worked.
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Recent Original Stories
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 4th Mar 2006 17:27 UTC, submitted by Tyr. A Microsoft developer and cryptographer responded in his blog to a news story by the BBC about the problems strong encryption built into Vista might cause for law enforcement.
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Chemists claim 1st almost all artificial DNA molecule
Japanese chemists say they have created the world's first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts, which could lead to improvements in gene therapy, nano-sized computers and other high-tech advances. Scientists have tr ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Dec 2005 18:53 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Realm Systems has developed a portable computer likely to appeal to real geeks: a server so small it can fit in your pocket. This review is going to take a look at Realm Systems BlackDog. It is the smallest Linux server, weighing in at 1.6 ounces.
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Man charged with having child porn
A 40-year-old man was arrested and charged late Monday with having pornographic images of children on his home computer.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Build an ironclad Windows backup without breaking the bank
Creating an effective backup for Windows is a challenge – largely because the OS lacks a powerful, simple tool like Linux's dd , for example. However, there are many options for establishing a worthwhile backup system for Windows, some of which are free or rather inexpensive.
ITBusiness.ca |
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Google Makes Application Security Tool Available As Open Source
Ratproxy was developed by Google security expert Michl Zalewski, who will continue to help maintain it.
InformationWeek |
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