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Gossip pages taking over sports
THE RICH AND famous, it seems, split up differently than the rest of us. Christie Brinkley loaded up the kids in the family private jet and flew off to Colorado in search of comfort after discovering her husband was having an affair with an 18-year-old and spending some of the family fortune on Internet porn.
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Google now says JavaFX product blog is dangerous
A DAY after we reported about Google's anti-malware warnings applied to an old Palmsource software guide , we found that it is also flagging a perfectly legit Java FX company blog as a potentially dangerous site as well.
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Defragging could save the planet
A RECENTLY RELEASED white paper by a company called Diskeeper reckons its automatic disk defragmentation software makes computers more power efficient.
The Inquirer |
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Get a Lively life, with Google avatars
Google has unveiled an online 3D social arena called Lively, the internet giant's take on Second Life.
ElectricNews.Net |
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Is the power of behavioral targeting a myth?
In my post on Monday, I discussed the privacy concerns that have been raised in the wake of a court order, requiring Google to provide Viacom with 12TB of data that includes information on the viewing habits of individual YouTube users. The YouTube case ties in with a broad subject that industry, privacy advocates and lawmakers have been grappling with. That is, what privacy rights ...
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Hands on With Giga-byte's M912X Mini-laptop
Giga-byte's M912 mini-notebook has what few other netbooks do, a touchscreen that swivels 180 degrees.
PC World via Yahoo! News |
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New TalkSwitch Software Enhances VoIP and Ease of Use
TalkSwitch®, the leader in the design and manufacture of innovative telephone systems for small and multi-location businesses, and its United Kingdom distributor Intramation, today announced the release of TalkSwitch management software 6.10 in the UK & Ireland.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 3rd Feb 2007 02:09 UTC
GPLv3 threatens to fork GNU projects and marginalize the Free Software Foundation, writes Linux observer Bill Weinberg in this essay. Drawing on long experience evangelizing open source licensing to business users, Weinberg suggests that the FSF's GPLv3 high road could be a lonesome one.
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Computer problems caused Philadelphia Park betting glitch
Eight days after somebody placed bets on one of his track's races after it was over, Philadelphia Park's chief operating officer Joe Wilson got a call from Florida that he definitely was not expecting.
Philly.com |
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Entrepreneurial spirit drives Taiwan
TAIPEI - COMPUTER salesman Ke Teh An quit his job with a major Taiwan computer manufacturer to open an American-style diner that he hopes will make him rich.
Straits Times |
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Japan's Apple fans queue days before iPhone 3G launch
Japan's Apple fans traded sleep and comfort for the thrill of being first to buy the latest iPhone as they began queueing Wednesday, two days before it officially goes on sale here.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Jun 2006 21:11 UTC
The One Laptop per Child project will make Linux as popular on the desktop as it is on the server today, according to Nicholas Negroponte, head of the project and co-founder of the MIT Media Laboratory.
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Recent Original Stories
"The impending release of Windows Vista with its fancy Aero Glass special effects, along with the hasty addition of the similar XGL and Compiz technologies to the latest SUSE Linux release makes me think that programmers have a warped idea of what desktop computing is about.
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Computer games help young cerebral palsy sufferers
CHILDREN with cerebral palsy are being encouraged to play computer games in a pioneering way to help treat the condition.
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LG Display Profit Triples, Prompting Higher Spending (Update2)
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- LG Display Co. , the world's second- largest maker of liquid-crystal displays, reported second-quarter profit tripled on demand for computer screens, leading the company to boost factory spending plans.
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LG Display Q2 net surges on TV sales, tight supply
SEOUL - South Korean flat screen maker LG Display Co Ltd reported on Wednesday its net profit more than trebled thanks to strong demand for flat-screen televisions and tight supplies of PC panels.
Khaleej Times |
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Japan's Apple fans queue days before iPhone 3G launch
Japan's Apple fans traded sleep and comfort for the thrill of being first to buy the latest iPhone as they began queueing Wednesday, two days before it officially goes on sale here.
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Current Newswire:
[ Thanks to The VAR Guy for this link. ] "At my college, I have volunteered to teach faculty, staff, and students the advantages of using Linux. After doing it for a couple of years, I have come up with a few tips that others might find helpful when showing new Linux users the ropes.
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Apple says 10-15 min activation, no online sales
Apple on Wednesday touted that the new in-store activation process will only take between 12 and 15 minutes as well as said that it will not offer the iPhone 3G via its online store as a means to prevent unauthorized unlocks by customers. A Bloomberg interview with Apple retail chief Ron Johnson notes that each of its 185 retail stores in the U.S. ...
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Online today @vancouversun.com
Do you ham it up for Spamalot? Send us photos of you in your costume at vancouversun.com
Vancouver Sun |
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Sat 17th May 2008 19:19
Jon "Hannibal" Stokes is co-founder and Senior CPU Editor of Ars Technica. He has written for a variety of publications on microprocessor architecture and the technical aspects of personal computing.
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County ends CAD contract
TUNKHANNOCK - County Commissioners approved a letter on Tuesday that officially terminates a contract with a Montana company that was supposed to develop a computer aided dispatch system for county 911 operations.
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Israeli troops raid Nablus city hall, mosques
NABLUS, West Bank - Israeli troops raided the city hall of the West Bank town of Nablus on Wednesday, confiscating five computers in what appears to be part of an ongoing crackdown on institutions the military believes are linked to Hamas.
Khaleej Times |
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Recent Original Stories
"So, which really is better for the desktop: Vista or Linux? I've been working with Vista since its beta days, and I started using Linux in the mid-90s. There may be other people who have worked with both more than I have, but there can't be many of them.
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How to best use Bluetooth technology in a small business
It seems that every new electronic device on the market claims to be Bluetooth enabled. But what exactly is Bluetooth? How can it make your business more efficient? And why is it called Bluetooth? Bluetooth is a wireless technology that uses short-range radio...
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