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Simon Fraser launches cybercrime research centre, aims to fight child porn
SURREY, B.C. - Cybercrime has a new enemy.
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Skooba's TSA-approved bag -- for real this time
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets , Laptops Okay, third time's the charm -- here it is, a pre-production picture of the Skooba Checkthrough TSA-approved bag , direct from Skooba's CEO, Michael Hess. Michael got in touch with after our last post to say that the Checkthrough will indeed be a multi-pocketed bag and have several unique and patented features, including a specal 3-1-1 liquids ...
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10 tips for securing Linux desktops
Out of the box, a Linux desktop is far more secure than most others.
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Photos: Inside the Apple Macintosh Classic
The CNET Networks site TechRepublic runs a regular series called "Cracking Open" in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. ZDNet.com.au is publishing this excerpt of a photo gallery.
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VMware shares plunge on CEO change, slowing growth
(AP:SAN FRANCISCO) VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's shares to their lowest depths since the company's lucrative public offering 11 months ago.
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Library Filters
The Staunton Public Library is beefing up Internet safety after Clifton Talley's arrest.
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Gaming for Charity
It started three years ago with the passing of his infant son. To deal with the pain he turned to online gaming with friends to pass the time.
WHSV Harrisonburg |
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Apple Expects 15-Minute Setup Process for New IPhone (Update4)
July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. will start selling its new iPhone at 8 a.m. nationwide on July 11 and plans to activate U.S. customer accounts with AT&T Inc.
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DreamWorks Animation switches from AMD to Intel chips
LOS ANGELES - DreamWorks Animation SKG, maker of the "Shrek" movies and "Kung Fu Panda," announced today it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices computer chips to Intel's as it moves toward making all 3-D movies.
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Yahoo May Get Less Than $30 Now in Microsoft Bid, Moran Says
July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc. investors may get less than $30 a share for their stock if billionaire activist Carl Icahn succeeds in replacing the board and selling the Internet company to Microsoft Corp.
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NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Executives from major Internet players — Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. — are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.
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Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web
A man tries to access a website at an Internet cafe during a disruption of Internet service. Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web.
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The New Healthcare Landscape -- Ignore Infrastructure at Your Peril
Recent data security and retention regulatory requirements have kept healthcare IT staff busy for the past few years. With Google, Revolution Health, and Microsoft moving to expand healthcare/medical search facilities, SOA initiatives related to information sharing and accessibility are being added to the never shrinking To-Do list of those same IT departments.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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VMware shares plunge on CEO change, slowing growth
VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's shares to their lowest depths since the company's lucrative public offering 11 months ago.
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NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing
Executives from major Internet players _ Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. _ are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.
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Sourcefire Delivers Same Day Protection for Microsoft Tuesday Vulnerabilities
COLUMBIA, Md.----Open source innovator and SNORT® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. , a leader in Enterprise Threat Management, announced that the Sourcefire® Vulnerability Research Team has delivered rules to protect Sourcefire customers and Snort users from the four Microsoft vulnerabilities disclosed today.
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posted by Stéphane Rieppi on Sat 15th Jan 2005 04:36 UTC
What happens when the corporation anybody seems to love to hate, namely Microsoft, release a killer app and of makes it free (as in dollars), but, of course, keeps its source jealously closed? And worse than that, use it to maintain a strong lock-in to the Windows platform?
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DreamWorks Animation goes from AMD to Intel chips
Tue, Jul 8, 2008 (2:18 p.m.) DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the "Shrek" movies and "Kung Fu Panda," announced Tuesday it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. computer chips to Intel Corp.'s as it moves toward making all 3-D movies.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 12th Sep 2005 14:08 UTC
The high costs of migrating from Windows XP to Windows Vista will be the catalyst that encourages more companies to seriously consider moving to desktop Linux , according to open source and networking company Novell on Monday.
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Images of Greenville Homes on Google Maps Street View
How would you feel about a picture of your home being posted on the internet next to your address? Would you consider it an invasion of privacy? Or think of it as helpful information for finding locations or selling homes? Greenville is one of the latest communities across the country where Google has taken pictures of homes and buildings and posted them on its Google Maps Street View feature.
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Recent Original Stories
OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Sep 2006 15:15 UTC
Apparantly, it's damn lies statistics time again in the Apple world, boys and girls. A few days ago, Net Applications published OS market share figures which showed that the market share of the Mac OS remained largely flat over the past year.
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drive you nuts with frustration
"There's lots to like in the newest version of Windows. Vista's look is stunning, the OS should be more secure, and finding things is often easier. But Windows wouldn't be Windows without those aspects, big and small, that just . Here's our list of Vista features that just make us wonder, 'What were they thinking?'"
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Google Lively: Is There Anything Google Can't Do?
Now that the term 'googling' has been entered into the English common language, internet powerhouse Google, Inc. has introduced a new browser-based MMO called "Google Lively". Find out more by clicking below.
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Recent Original Stories
The way the Internet is set up now, an I.P. address, by itself, doesn't identify an individual user. But an I.P. address can be traced to a specific Internet service provider, and with a subpoena , the Internet provider can be forced to identify which of their customers was assigned a particular I.P. address at a particular time.
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