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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Apr 2006 21:56 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"There are a lot of Linux filesystems comparisons available but most of them are anecdotal, based on artificial tasks or completed under older kernels.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Oct 2006 08:32 UTC, submitted by Jon Mchitel
Computer code that exploits a flaw in Apple's Mac OS X was released over the weekend. The code takes advantage of a weakness in core parts of Mac OS X and could let a user gain additional privileges.
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O2 starts mobile broadband upload service
O2 has announced a new enhancement to its mobile broadband service, which now enables customers to upload content at broadband speeds of up to 1.4Mbps.
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Consequences of Opt-in Better Than Best Efforts Internet Routing
While attending the International Telecommunications Society's 17th bi-annual conference I attended yet another network neutrality session. Economists predominated at this conference and their collective read on network neutrality emphasizes the need for ISPs to "extract value" from content providers primarily by converting zero cost peering with ISPs into specific payments from individual ...
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posted by Amjith Ramanujam on Tue 8th Jul 2008 19:02
We all know the big Linux players: RHEL/Fedora, Mandrake, SuSE, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Linspire, Xandros, Lycoris, YDL, TurboLinux etc. But what about these still-small but promising distros? Come in and vote for which one you think is the most promising of all.
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Critical Reception: 2K Games/Firaxis' Civilization Revolution
This week's edition of the regular Critical Reception column examines online reaction to Civilization Revolution, a console-focused strategy title that is "remarkably adapted" from its PC origins, according to reviews. Though the Civilization franchise has enjoyed years of sales success and numerous sequels and expansion packs on PC platforms, efforts to bring the series to consoles have been ...
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Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web
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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Recent Original Stories
"This is a more critical than usual mini-review of Ubuntu Feisty beta on an HP NC8430 laptop. It practically examines some of the problems laptop users will run into when trying to run Feisty on their hardware."
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Senators likely to scrutinize NebuAd / Redwood City startup's ad tactics create privacy issues for legislators before ...
Executives from major Internet companies - Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. - are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee today, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Redwood City startup called NebuAd...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Oct 2005 11:36 UTC
A new resolution introduced in the US Senate offers political backing to the Bush administration by slamming a United Nations effort to exert more influence over the Internet.
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Time for a YouTube intervention
A judge ordered YouTube to provide Viacom with records of every video you and everyone else ever watched on the Google subsidiary site, plus when you watched it and how many times. This doesn't bode well for anyone's privacy.
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Lt. Gov. Skillman visits PHS on new Internet initiative
Nine Indiana rural communities - including Peru - have been chosen to take part in a new state program to provide free, high-speed Internet service to selected households. But Peru will be the first of those nine to "Bring IT Home."
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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.
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Weight Gain In Adolescent Girls: Role Of Internet, Alcohol And Sleep
Girls moving through adolescence may experience unhealthy levels of weight gain, but the reasons for this are not always clear. In fact, many potential causes of weight gain are easily overlooked. A new study in the Journal of Pediatrics analyzes the effect of Internet usage, sleep, and alcohol and coffee consumption on weight gain in adolescent girls. The researchers found that more Internet ...
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Video Games - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
Cellphones, Cameras, Computers and more. In the video game industry Tuesday, one big merger is nearly done, while another prospective union hasn’t even gotten to the engagement stage.
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Congress Studies How People Track Your Online Use
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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Game maker tries to legitimize Facebook Scrabble
NEW YORK—As Facebook has blossomed into a hot Internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends — or at least, an unauthorized version of the word game that Scrabble’s owners have tried to shut down.
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First Reviews of the iPhone 3G: Faster Browsing, Better Voice, Shorter Battery Life
Guess what? The iPhone 3G is pretty much as Steve Jobs described it. The first reviews are out, with Walt Mossberg , Edward Baig and our own David Pogue all finding much to like.
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DragonWave to Sprint across North America
DragonWave Inc. has won a deal to work with Sprint in providing mobile broadband services across North America. The Ottawa-based wireless networks supplier said Sprint has selected DragonWave's Internet protocol (IP) backhaul solutions for its XOHM-branded WiMAX mobile broadband services.
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Justice's data breached in file-sharing
WASHINGTON, July 9 (UPI) -- Unwise use of peer-to-peer file-sharing software resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court justice's personal data being leaked, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
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Professor Continues Research Of Biologically-Inspired Tactical Security Infrastructure For Military Computing And ...
Richard Ford, Ph.D., computer sciences associate professor and director of Florida Tech's Harris Institute for Assured Information, was awarded a $1.85 million contract from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to continue his research developing a biologically inspired tactical security infrastructure (BITSI) for military computing and disaster relief operations.
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Google launches its own virtual world 'Lively'
Hoping to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web, Google unveiled a free service today in which three-dimensional software enables people to congregate in electronic rooms and other computer-manufactured versions of real life
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Website Provides U.S. Prescribers With Free, Accredited CME Courses On Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing Practices
A Web portal providing U.S. physicians with access to free, accredited CME courses about pharmaceutical industry marketing techniques and their effect on prescribing practices has been expanded to include additional courses.
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SEO Clients to Avoid
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Actors union ratifies deal with studios
LOS ANGELES - Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have ratified a new contract with Hollywood studios that boosts payments for actors whose work appears on the Internet, the union said Tuesday.
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