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Storm worm e-mail says U.S. attacked Iran
The criminal hackers behind the Storm worm botnet are once again using political social engineering to expand their network of compromised computers.
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GNU Toolchain optimized for MIPS
— Jun. 25, 2008 — CodeSourcery has started shipping a new, more optimized version of its GNU-based toolchain for the MIPS architecture, it says. Sourcery G++ for MIPS now supports all MIPS cores, as well as "non-position independent code," for a claimed performance boost under Linux. ...
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Prescription Drugs Easily Purchased Online
Despite new efforts to regulate Internet pharmacies, 85 percent of sites selling controlled drugs do not require a prescription, researchers reported Wednesday.
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Cincinnati Bell Launches Unique, Innovative Products in Fusion WiFi and Unlimited Everything Family Pak
CINCINNATI, BUSINESS WIRE -- Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE: CBB) recently launched Fusion WiFi and the Unlimited Everything Family Pak, two product offerings that differentiate the company from its competition and make it easier and more affordable for customers to stay connected. The product launches are supported by new print, television, radio, cinema, and online advertising in the Cincinnati ...
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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.
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Voodoo Envy 133 packaging revealed
Filed under: Laptops As if it wasn't already clear enough, Voodoo is really going all out with its new Envy 133 laptop (and Omen desktop), and it looks like that extends right down to the packaging as well, as evidenced by this latest batch of shots provided by Voodoo founder Rahul Sood himself. As you can see above, the company has even gone so far as to include a microfiber ...
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A timely idea
How would you describe your relationship with your computer? All business? Collegial? Had some spats recently but working to patch things up — perhaps even seeing a counsellor?
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N.J. GOP Club Removes Obama-O.J. Slogan
A local Republican Club in New Jersey has removed a slogan from its Web site that read, "Obama loves America like O.J. loved Nicole."
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Satyam BPO wins two Six Sigma IQ excellence honors
HYDERABAD, INDIA: Satyam Computer Services, Ltd. (NYSE: SAY), a leading global consulting and information technology services provider, announced that Satyam BPO, its business process outsourcing arm, won two prestigious Six Sigma IQ Excellence Awards.
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Massive Internet security flaw uncovered
Security researchers on Tuesday said they had discovered an enormous flaw that could let hackers steer most people using corporate computer networks to malicious websites of their own devising.
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Bringing the Mac to the Masses: Presenting To PC Users
The Mac and Mac OS X are becoming more popular all the time, which means there are a growing number of people that need help making the transition away from Microsoft Windows. Nancy Gravley takes a look at what she needs in a presentation to show Windows users how to get up and running on a Mac
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Guidance Software to Announce Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results on Thursday, August 7, 2008
PASADENA, Calif.----Guidance Software , the world leader in digital investigations, will report its financial results for the second quarter 2008 on Thursday, August 7, 2008 after market close.
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Facebook's foreign clones
As the social networking site becomes more international, will its foreign copycats become competitors?
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Push to bring down the Golden Wall
Armidale Amnesty is joining other Amnesty groups from around Australia to campaign for an end to media and internet repression.
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Intrinsyc Closes Destinator Technologies Acquisition
Intrinsyc Software International, Inc., a global wireless software solutions provider, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of certain assets and operations of Destinator Technologies Inc. and certain of its affiliates, a multinational developer of wireless software for global positioning system devices and navigation software for wireless handsets.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Dec 2005 00:52 UTC
GNOME 2.13.3 has been released . As with the Linux kernel, odd-numbered releases are developmental releases; meaning that 2.13 is the developmental branch for 2.14. You can compile it using these jhbuild modulesets.
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Sweden's Snoop Law Targets Russia
praps writes "There's been much controversy lately over Sweden's new law which allows the signal intelligence agency (FRA) to monitor all data traffic within the country's borders. The Swedish government has kept curiously quiet about the new law's objectives but sources close to the intelligence community say that Russia is the prime target. '"80 percent of Russia's contacts with large parts of ...
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"quickly approaching" feature parity with Linux .
Linux may soon have a stronger open-source competitor on the desktop if FreeBSD's plans come to fruition. FreeBSD developer Scott Long told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the operating system, descended from the Unix derivative BSD, is "Lots of work is going on to make FreeBSD more friendly on the desktop," Long said.
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Recent Original Stories
OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones.
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Storm worm e-mail says US attacked Iran
The criminal hackers behind the Storm worm botnet are once again using political social engineering to expand their network of compromised computers.
CNET |
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High gas prices fuel boom in online classes
BOSTON-- Laurel Ranticelli considered driving 40 miles round-trip to take education classes at the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst. Then she realized she could take the same courses from her computer at home and save on fuel costs.
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Broadcom, Qualcomm fight over mobile phone patent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chip makers Broadcom Corp and Qualcomm Inc sparred in an appeals court on Wednesday over patents used to make cell phones that offer Internet and other multimedia features.
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posted by Adam S on Tue 4th Nov 2003 18:20 UTC
What sets LindowsOS 4.0 apart from the crowd is not what is shares with standard Linux approach, but what it doesn't. LindowsOS has been reviewed many times over , mostly with favorable results - but this is not just another review.
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With online advertising booming, senators and industry discuss privacy protections
WASHINGTON - 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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posted by Xeta Prime on Thu 29th Jan 2004 07:13 UTC
Before I add 'my' two cents worth upon the current heap of Xandros reviews, let me introduce myself... rather my Linux self. I am a noobie. Perhaps not such a newbie as a newbie could be since I have been playing with and learning Linux since 'Corel Linux' (1999-2000?).
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