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posted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Apr 2008 12:52
The mission of the newly re-opened Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, California, is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age.
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Drug sites decline online
New research into the selling of drugs online has found that while the number of sites offering drugs has declined for the first time since the study began in 2004, overall availability is still too high.
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July 9, 2008 Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-040 – Important
Storage Networking , Part 1 eBook: A storage network is any network that's designed to transport block-level storage protocols. But understanding the ins and outs of networked storage takes you deep into several of protocols.
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Microsoft warns of new Word attacks
Microsoft has issued yet another security advisory in the wake of attacks targeting Word. The company said in the advisory that it has received reports of attackers targeting a flaw in the handling of .doc files.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th Nov 2005 14:47 UTC, submitted by Robert
Ging , the only live distribution based on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD , has made its way to the 0.1.0 release . Ging is now using KDE 3.4 as its desktop, and includes a mixture of KDE and GNOME applications: Konqueror, Gimp, Koffice, Gaim, and more.
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Study finds addictive drugs easily ordered online
Wed, Jul 9, 2008 (12:39 p.m.) More than three-quarters of Web sites that offer highly addictive medications do not require a prescription, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Amid hype, Apple iPhone expansion also runs risks
Apple Inc.'s iPhone has had a remarkable run over the past year, shaking up the stodgy design of cell phones and securing Apple a lucrative slice of the wireless business.
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Amid hype, Apple iPhone expansion also runs risks
Apple Inc.'s iPhone has had a remarkable run over the past year, shaking up the stodgy design of cell phones and securing Apple a lucrative slice of the wireless business. To sustain that momentum and keep fickle consumers and Wall Street happy, the company needs a dramatic second act with the next generation of iPhones, which roll out Friday with faster Internet access and lower retail prices. ...
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Amid hype, Apple iPhone expansion also runs risks
Apple Inc.'s iPhone has had a remarkable run over the past year, shaking up the stodgy design of cell phones and securing Apple a lucrative slice of the wireless business.
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Study finds addictive drugs easily ordered online
(AP) -- More than three-quarters of Web sites that offer highly addictive medications do not require a prescription, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Amid hype, Apple iPhone expansion also runs risks
(AP:SAN JOSE, Calif.) Apple Inc.'s iPhone has had a remarkable run over the past year, shaking up the stodgy design of cell phones and securing Apple a lucrative slice of the wireless business.
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Microsoft, Google back broad privacy legislation
Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. told lawmakers Wednesday that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising.
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Yahoo! Finance Ranks as Top Financial News & Research Site in the U.S. With More Than 18 Million Visitors in May, ...
RESTON, Va., July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of activity at the financial news & research site category, which attracted more than 64 million U.S. visitors in May, an increase of 35 percent versus year ago.
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Amid hype, Apple iPhone expansion also runs risks
Apple Inc.'s iPhone has had a remarkable run over the past year, shaking up the stodgy design of cell phones and securing Apple a lucrative slice of the wireless business.
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Drug sites decline online
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 20:24:00 But internet still awash with drugs New research into the selling of drugs online has found that while the number of sites offering drugs has declined for the first time since the study began in 2004, overall...
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Study finds addictive drugs easily ordered online
More than three-quarters of Web sites that offer highly addictive medications do not require a prescription, according to a study released Wednesday. Powerful pain killers like morphine and oxycodone, and stimulants such as amphetamine, are among the so-called controlled substances regulated by the Drug Enforcement Agency because of their high potential for abuse and addiction. But findings by ...
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iMagicLab Acquires Assets of 5Square.com to Expand Automobile Industry CRM Product Suite
iMagicLab, the nation's leading software provider for automobile dealers, is pleased to announce today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of privately-held 5Square.com, a provider of Web-based Sales Force Automation (SFA) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications for the automobile retailing space. iMagicLab will integrate 5Square's SFA and CRM software into its ...
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New internet flaw could compromise corporate networks
Los Angeles - A newly-discovered flaw could let hackers steer people using corporate computer networks to malicious websites of their own devising, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. The flaw was discovered by Dan Kaminsky of security firm IOA...
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U.S. Stocks Fall, Led by Financials, Tech Shares; Fannie Slumps
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks slid as rising borrowing costs spurred concern the biggest mortgage finance companies may not weather the housing slump and analysts said a slowing economy may hurt sales at Cisco Systems Inc. and Intel Corp.
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China's consumer IC market trends
BEIJING, CHINA: CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong, recently released its article on China's consumer IC market development trends.
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RCN Metro Optical Networks Provides An Assist to B4 Productions - Boston's Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Goes Off ...
RCN Metro Optical Networks today announced that it provided crucial IP connectivity to B4 Productions for its annual Fourth of July Concert on Boston's Charles River Esplanade. This connectivity was the foundation of the communications hub that allowed not only B4 Productions, but all of the agencies involved in this event to monitor conditions including weather and crowd control as well as ...
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Prescription drugs easily purchased online: study
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite new efforts to regulate Internet pharmacies, 85 percent of sites selling controlled drugs do not require a prescription, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Contact lenses created with embedded circuits
Sometime in the not-so-distant future, graphic displays for computers, cell phones, and other devices may be something that is generated directly to your eye. No–you don’t have to worry about giving up your natural eyes for cybernetic replacement implants, unless you want that sort of thing. But rather contact lenses can be equipped with tiny [...]
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Kan. Lottery Blunder Puts Casino Contract in Doubt
Computer blunders in the Kansas Lottery's Pick 3 game last week could cost international gaming giant Gtech a contract to run the state-owned casino games.
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Internet gambling firm PartyGaming yesterday blamed the distraction of the Euro 2008 football championships for a ...
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, entered the shark-infested waters of Washington regulatory battles yesterday and cautiously suggested that the US central bank be given new powers to oversee financial markets.
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