|
Google's launches virtual reality site
Internet search leader debuts 'Lively,' an online world in which Web users can interact with each other using avatars.
CNN Money |
|
The Yahoo Demolition Derby
Let's be honest--the situation around Yahoo is just too hard to look away from now, as it has morphed into what is essentially a corporate version of a country fair demolition derby.
AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance |
|
Kids pick up Internet safety smarts in class
METUCHEN - Two fifth-grade classes of Roseanne Misrahi's computer lab classes at Edgar Middle School became Internet safety savvy during the school year. "This is the first time I used Cablevision's Power to Learn 'Internet Smarts.' I was a little apprehensive," she said.
Edison Sentinel |
|
How to Run Linux Applications in Windows
Discover the perfect app for the job only to learn that it's optimized for Ubuntu? Don't worry, there are several options for running that Linux application on your Microsoft desktop. Follow this guide to unlock a world of free software options within Windows XP and Vista.
Wired News |
|
New Zealanders pitch tent in early queue for iPhone
New Zealanders eager to be the first in the world to buy Apple's new-generation iPhone have began queuing up in freezing temperatures, two days before its release, local media reported on Wednesday.
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News |
|
Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'
In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
The Washington Times |
|
Cyberclinic: Should I report offensive posts on the internet?
I have had an email from a "deeply exasperated" reader by the name of Andy, who had noticed someone had posted racist comments on YouTube below a video of Jay-Z's Glastonbury performance, and wondered what he could do about it. On the surface, it was a fairly straightforward query – but as I was about to shoot over the details of YouTube's complaints procedure, I suddenly realised that if I'd ...
Independent |
|
Edit your DNA: 'Gene wiki' to debut on Wikipedia
SAN DIEGO – Researchers on Tuesday launched an effort to create a library of human genetics using the online encyclopedia Wikipedia in hopes it could spur widespread discussion about thousands of individual genes.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
|
Yahoo: We're ready to do deal with Microsoft
The company responds to statements from Redmond and investor Carl Icahn, who is waging a proxy war to unseat its board of directors.
ZDNet Asia |
|
Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'
In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
Orlando Sentinel |
|
YouTube's greatest hit: One man and the web's most watched video
He is clad in dorky clothes, has a physique portly beyond his years, and cannot dance to save his life. In a previous age, Matt Harding would have had little hope of becoming a global star. But thanks to the World Wide Web's insatiable appetite for high jinks, the American video-game developer's geeky dance moves have turned him into the latest internet sensation taking desktops by storm.
Independent |
|
Google says Bell's internet throttling unlawful
Internet heavyweight Google Inc. has waded into a fight with Bell Canada, saying the telecommunications company should be 'prohibited' from the practice of curtailing peer-to-peer Internet use to manage capacity on its network.
Canada.com |
|
NBC to air majority of Olympics coverage on Web
NBC Sports formally unveiled its plans Tuesday to saturate seven networks and its NBCOlympics.com Web site with more than 3,600 hours of televised and broadband coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Houston Chronicle |
|
Dartmouth Studies Network Security
Dartmouth College is looking to make its wireless network more secure. And the research into doing it could be beneficial for campuses nationwide.
WCAX-TV Vermont |
|
AT&T Launches 3G Wireless Broadband Service in Roaring Fork Valley
ASPEN, Colo. , July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Watch video on the go. Surf the wireless Internet at lightning speed. Share live video during a wireless call. These are just a few of the things you can do with AT&T's third-generation (3G) wireless service, now available in the Roaring Fork Valley.
Broadcast Newsroom |
|
High rank for Doha student in ‘World Maths Day’ contest
DOHA • Cambridge School Doha's Grade 13 student, Nural Abibah, ranked number one in Qatar and 16th in the world in a computer generated competition entitled 'World Maths Day 2008', according to school Principal John Ormerod.
The Peninsula |
|
Not your ordinary vacation
The 19th Pastors For Peace Cuban Caravan recently stopped in Alice to discuss the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. Several Alice residents listened to the group that started in Canada and then made numerous stops, picking up medical equipment, books, computers and sports equipment.
Alice Echo-News Journal |
|
Boffins build artificial DNA
Japanese scientists claim to have created the world's first artificial DNA, a development that brings DNA computing much closer..
iTNews |
|
Cyber-criminals move with the times
Cyber-crooks are using new technologies and reinventing forms of social engineering to ensnare consumers and businesses, security experts warn..
iTNews |
|
Microsoft sets pricing, fee sharing for services
Microsoft introduced on Wednesday pricing for its suite of online services targeted at corporate customers and a revenue-sharing plan to encourage other companies to sell the software company's products.
iTNews |
|
Millions of Us Brings National Geographic Channel to Lively by Google
SAN FRANCISCO----Millions of Us LLC, an agency specializing in virtual worlds and large online communities, today announced that it has partnered with the National Geographic Channel to bring the network's new series "L.A.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
|
posted by Adam S on Wed 18th Jun 2008 22:50
OSNews was tipped off that OEone (previous stories: 1 , 2 , 3 ), creators of the desktop HomeBase SUITE (based on Linux, X and Mozilla's APIs), now are moving to server space.
New Mobile Computing |
|
donga.com[English donga]
The team responsible for investigating Internet crime under the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office announced that it has imposed a travel ban on some 20 Internet users who posted threatening messages on the Internet to companies to stop them from advertising in certain newspapers, including the Dong-A Ilbo.
donga.com |
|
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Oct 2006 18:44 UTC, submitted by Jeffo
Last week we announced Mandriva's brand new distribution, and now Mandriva Linux 2007 is finally available to the public . The key new feature of Mandriva Linux 2007 is the AIGLX and Xgl 3D-accelerated desktop.
New Mobile Computing |
|
Internet sensationalism creates misunderstanding for airline
JEDDAH: A news website in Saudi Arabia reported this week that “angry reactions hit the Saudi streets at the new extra charge under the name the Sept. 11 Security Charge” being imposed by British Midland International (BMI) on Saudi tourists traveling to London.
Arab News |
|
|