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Top 10 Modern Life Survival Skills [Lifehacker Top 10]
Avoid everyday problems and modern mini-calamities by arming yourself with the right know-how before you head out into the world. Locking yourself out of your apartment, losing your car in the...
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Review: Solio 1000 Hybrid Charger
Solio makes a range of solar-powered battery chargers, but the Hybrid 1000 improves upon the more basic models because it contains a rechargeable battery that holds power for up to a year.
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Payment data rules criticised
Angelica Mari, Computing , Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 17:06:00 John Lewis IT chief says changing requirements hinder PCI compliance Department store John Lewis is unhappy about the inconsistency of requirements for systems geared at compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)....
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Alliance & Leicester IT chief joins the board
Angelica Mari, Computing , Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 16:58:00 Interview: Ian Buchanan discusses where IT fits with his new responsibilities Alliance & Leicester (A&L) has appointed group IT head Ian Buchanan to its board of directors. Buchanan's new job title is that of A&L's group manufacturing director, which will see him...
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Is Perverted Justice safe?
Perverted Justice’s Web site boasts that Bing Liang, also known as “chicago_naperville,” was the 277th Internet sexual predator whom the citizen group has helped convict since June 2004.
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Microsoft sets pricing, fee sharing for services
SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. 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.
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Microsoft expands its response to hosted software
SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. is strengthening its early-stage push to fend off competition by offering more Internet-based software, a change from its traditional method of selling programs that run on individual desk
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Tearing people away from their screens
Last week, no one was exactly shocked to learn that Canadian kids spend too much time in front of TV, computer and video game screens. A report released by Active Healthy Kids Canada states 90 per cent of Canadian kids are not getting enough exercise.
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Microsoft warns of targeted Word attacks
The software giant is investigating reports of a Word vulnerability that appears to affect Word 2002 Service Pack 3
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Why You Don't Need A New iPhone
The new iPhone may be faster and cheaper, but software--not hardware--will be the star.
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Asus Confirms Specs, Price of Eee PC 904 and 1000
Ken E. writes "Asus seems to have completed its Eee PC laptop line-up, at least for the time being. The Taiwanese manufacturer has now confirmed both specifications and UK pricing of the Eee PC 904 and Eee PC 1000 — its two latest models. The Eee PC 904 is essentially an Eee PC 900 in an Eee PC 1000 chassis (big keyboard, 8.9in screen, Celeron-M 900MHz, Windows XP) and will cost £269 inc VAT. ...
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County going ahead with computerization
Wellington County councillors are stepping into the computer age. Council voted in favour of computerization – moving to personal laptops for councillors and online agenda packages – after a lengthy debate last week.
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Reuters Technology Summary
Fans line-up in Asia 2 days before new iPhone launch TOKYO/WELLINGTON - Seeking to be one of the world's first to grab the new-generation iPhone, fanatical Apple fans around Asia are queuing up two days before its launch, undiscouraged by rain or freezing temperatures. The July 11 launch will be the first chance for Asian consumers to own an iPhone, and related websites have ...
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Linked by Adam S on Wed 9th Jul 2008 12:59 UTC, submitted by Caffeine Deprived
Even if you love it, there are some things for which Windows is clearly a silly solution. Richard Stiennon lists 10 of the worst uses of Windows he's seen, including using it to display a static green arrow over the open TSA security lanes at Detroit Metro.
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Ixia to Report Second Quarter Results on July 24, 2008
CALABASAS, Calif.----Ixia , a leading, global provider of IP performance test systems, today announced that it will report financial results for its second quarter 2008 on Thursday, July 24, 2008, after the market closes.
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Destination: White House;Presidential election news
Your guide to the 2008 Presidential Election. Click here to read the blog.
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Congress to question Web tracking firm about privacy
WASHINGTON — Executives from major Internet players — Microsoft, Google and Facebook — 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 start-up called NebuAd.
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Photographic Printing meets the Web 2.0 Revolution - theprintspace Launches an Online Photographic Printing Studio for ...
theprintspace has extended their groundbreaking 'DIY' photographic printing process to the web. theprintspace.com will be the first online service to incorporate an easy to use professional colour management process. The result - enabling accurate soft proofing of images by clients on their own systems using bespoke print profiles, meaning prints that are as accurate as possible - first time! ...
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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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Rainbow Folders Creates Super-Customized Folders for Easy Navigation [Featured Windows Download]
Windows only: Rainbow Folders, a free interface-tweaking utility, is a great tool for de-cluttering a desktop, directory, or other work spaces where distinct colors and shapes help your mind sort out...
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NEWS NOW: Tracking down overdue tax payments
Eds: RECASTS to ADD Carcieri announcement; CORRECTS by inserting dropped word ‘if’ in graf 3. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island tax officials are using a new computer system to track down an estimated $10 million in taxes owed to the cash-starved state, Gov. Don Carcieri announced Wednesday.
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Life gets interactive for Intel as it turns 40
Martin Courtney, Computing , Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 16:47:00 Chip giant has plans for a brave new world of parallel computing, but needs developer support Intel will use its forthcoming 40th anniversary on 18 July to outline expectations for a fresh wave of computer innovation....
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Life gets interactive for Intel as it turns 40
Martin Courtney, Computing , Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 16:47:00 Chip giant has plans for a brave new world of parallel computing, but needs developer support Intel will use its forthcoming 40th anniversary on 18 July to outline expectations for a fresh wave of computer innovation....
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Enterprise Comet
A fast-moving Comet is about to impact the Internet. When it hits, it will wipe away the architecture flaws we have lived with for the past 15 years and allow a new World Wide Web to evolve. This new Web will include applications that are instantly on and always on, applications that are truly multi-user, and applications that go far beyond today's 'click and wait' Web solutions.
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TrueCrypt 6.0 released
Those of you using disk encryption either at home or work may have stumbled upon the open source software TrueCrypt. A free solution that works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. With TrueCrypt you can create virtually encrypted disks that sit within a file or partition on your hard drive. You can also create encrypted [...]
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