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posted by Nicholas Blachford on Mon 9th Feb 2004 20:32 UTC
In Part 1 I discussed how the software development world is about to be turned on it's head. Now in Part 2 I look at how the hardware world may be about to undergo even bigger changes and why it wont be a hardware manufacturer leading the way.
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Thousands of soldiers at risk for ID theft
Thousands of Fort Lewis soldiers may be at risk for identity theft after a laptop computer with their personal information was stolen.Army launched investigation
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Windows XP available until 2010 to select markets
MANILA, Philippines - Licenses of some versions of Microsoft"s Windows XP will still be available to select market segments up to 2010 although it has been announced that sales in the United States already stopped effective this week.
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Saying police stipend doesn't compute, voters scuttle Framingham settlement
It's not unheard-of for cities and towns to pay their police officers a little extra for using their computers. Both Newton and Natick do it. But Town Meeting members in Framingham turned down a request for such a stipend, with some angrily denouncing, even ridiculing, the job perk.
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Hunt teaches kids about Ankeny library
Seeing kids walking swiftly through the Kirkendall Public Library in Ankeny, frantically searching for books or openings at computer stations, is an unusual sight.
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Johnston library increases database offerings
Johnston Public Library patrons are now able to access six databases 24 hours a day from their home computers. A seventh database will be added soon. Subjects covered deal with teenagers, health, careers, placement exams and coverage of controversies.
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Animation film studio to switch to Intel chips
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the "Shrek" movies and "Kung Fu Panda," said this week that it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. computer chips to Intel Corp.'s as it moves toward making all 3-D movies.
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NEW: Court forces county to hand over porn found on employeeâ€s computer
Madison County has been told to surrender pornographic images discovered on the computer of a former top administrator accused of harassing his assistant.
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Blunt signs cyberbullying bill
Gov. Matt Blunt signed a bill into law Monday that is designed to better enable prosecution of Internet harassment.
St. Charles Journal |
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LinuxChix-India aims at free software access for women
With a name like LinuxChix-India, you might think its mission is trivial, but their goal is serious: creating equal access for women to enter the world of technology.
Calcutta News |
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posted by Phil Hall on Thu 5th Dec 2002 00:35 UTC
I'm a long-time Windows user, but for years I've been searching for an intelligent alternative. Macs are actually a great choice, but have you priced them lately? I don't have two grand to spend for another system.
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Internet hoax lands NU fan in some hot water
James W. Conradt, a Nebraska football fan living in Austin, Texas, says he didn't mean to hurt Oklahoma quarterbacks Sam Bradford and Landry Jones with his Internet hoax. So what was Conradt thinking Wednesday when he lifted a template off The Oklahoman 's web site, NewsOK.com, wrote and pasted a bogus story about the Sooner pair's arrest on cocaine distribution charges, then posted it on a ...
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Reading, writing and recycling
To help curb the growing number of waste contributed by bottled water- and soda-drinkers at the schools, Madison County Recycling this year began providing bins for recycled plastic bottles and Highland Recycling agreed to pick up recycled plastic at schools. Plastic is an enormous source of waste along with the cardboard.
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posted by Jim Kirkley on Thu 12th Jun 2003 02:18 UTC
Back on June 9 2003, OSNews posted an article by Joshua Boyles entitled " The Edge Computing System ". In that article Joshua lays out his vision, "of a new and very unique computing system".
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Thousands of soldiers at risk for ID theft
Thousands of Fort Lewis soldiers may be at risk for identity theft after a laptop computer with their personal information was stolen.Army launched investigation
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posted by Nicholas Blachford on Thu 26th Feb 2004 19:31 UTC
Today's computers are the result of many decades of evolution of techniques and technologies.
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Bloggers' challenge: Why is Cache Valley so crime-free?
The Herald Journal is inviting reader input on the above topic. If we get enough comments with enough variety, a sampling of those comments will appear this coming Sunday in a "Bloggers Soapbox" column on the newspaper's Opinion page.
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Linked by Adam S on Sat 30th Dec 2006 16:32 UTC
Since it's year end, I thought I'd post one more "fun piece" for everybody. After Thom posted an article on his customized KDE desktop , I thought it might be interesting to compare desktop screengrabs and see what other OSNews'ers desktops look like. Are you cluttered or clean? Are you minialist?
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For Starters: Virtualization - Part 3
Just tuning in? Get caught up with Part 1 and Part 2 . The top two free virtualization options for your Windows-based desktop, as of this moment, are Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007 and VMware's Player/Server software . They're both more than capable of handling the common user's task load with VMware's OS support far outstripping the operating systems Microsoft's Virtual PC can run.
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Thieves hit Murphy Elementary
Authorities reported that a break-in at Murphy Elementary School sometime during the night of June 26-27 resulted in the theft of several computers, as well as computer-related equipment.
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Molesters booked in separate cases, cops say
A Harvey man and a Luling man face charges of molesting two underage St. Charles Parish girls after using the MySpace social networking site to contact them, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office said.
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Google unveils Lively project
Google, known for its plain-Jane approach to Web design, has come up with something much wackier. On Tuesday the company introduced Lively, an online tool that allows people to embody a cartoonish online avatar and have text-based conversations with friends and other Internet users in virtual chat rooms. The rooms can be added to any blog or Web site.
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NEW: Court forces county to hand over porn found on employeeâ€s computer
Madison County has been told to surrender pornographic images discovered on the computer of a former top administrator accused of harassing his assistant.
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Gretna man pleads no contest to soliciting sex online
A 59-year-old Gretna man entered a no contest plea to allegations that he solicited sex online from an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl.
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Why new iPhone must stay cool
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. 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 ...
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