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Security Says No More 'Electricity Theft' At Pioneer Square
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Is your cell phone or laptop battery running low? Don't try plugging it into an outlet in Portland's living room. At least, that's what city officials and security guards ask.
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Software helps developers get started with PIV cards
The NIST demonstration software provides examples of incorporating Personal Identity Verification cards to control access to government computers. As shown, an employee will have to swipe her PIV card that...
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Google Lively Review
joc1985 writes "An objective review of Google Lively after a few hours of playing around. It seems to be a bad copy of Second Life. Somehow all the rooms are crowded and porn has made its way in there already" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Spot a published piece that would fit this blog? Let us know about it, at blog@gothamgazette.com Video of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s keynote speech at Newsweek’s Environmental Leadership Conference in April.
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Dave Johnson: Computer Voting Machine Security -- Prove It
I have been looking at the issue of computerized voting machine security for several years, and want to write about it today. Many people have...
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Yahoo to offer ad-supported online games
Yahoo Games announces plans to offer ad-supported online games by the end of the year.
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MoneySoft's New "PDQ Deal Reviewer(TM)" Software Helps Buyers Define, Find and Buy Right Small Business
PHOENIX----Software developer MoneySoft®, which has been creating software for valuing and buying businesses since 1991, has introduced a new product that provides a six-step guide to help small-business buyers find and identify businesses that match both their needs and their values.
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Ballmer: We'll look at open source, but we won't touch
Steve Ballmer finally recognizes that Microsoft needs to work more closely with open source. Let's hope he doesn't mean patent licensing deals.
CNET |
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Austin Daily Herald
The Austin Utilities Board will move forward with its wireless pilot project with the hope the entire community will be outfitted with equipment by October’s end.
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Norwood hopes Web site will attract businesses
The Economic Development Committee is looking to go high-tech in its quest to attract new businesses to town.
Norwood Bulletin |
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Remote lets you control iTunes from iPhone, iPod touch
Apple's Remote application lets you take control of your iTunes library from your iPhone or iPod touch.
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Yahoo!'s New 'BOSS'
Web portal launches a new system that could boost its advertising revenues.
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BT buys UK business directory for £20m
Tom Young, Computing , Thursday 10 July 2008 at 14:58:00 Ufindus purchase will improve BT Directories' portfolio as it plans online market assault BT has expanded its online directory business with the £20m purchase of Ufindus as it moves to exploit Yell's recent run of weak results.... ' border='0'/
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Taking screen shots with iPhone 2.0
You can take screen shots with the iPhone 2.0 software. Hooray!
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MobileMe software available for download
While not officially launched, MobileMe software is available from Apple's servers.
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Hybrid Devices
Mobile device advice and news for mobile professionals working with and deploying mobile solutions on hybrid mobile devices. Motorola's CA50 combines mobile VoIP with barcode scanning to cut lost sales SearchMobileComputing.com 21 Jan 2008 ARTICLE - Part barcode scanner, part mobile VoIP phone, Motorola's CA50 connects retail sales associates with the information customers need.
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Swastika Appears On Google Trends
A number of people noticed a swastika (卐) on the hot trends list of Google Trends this morning. Google took the site down with a message that it was undergoing network maintenance and should be available again in a few hours. Then, minutes later, the site was back up, with the swastika still listed as the [...]
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At 22, LCHS grad is in business
Kasey Courtwright is the new owner of Courtwright Computers at 1400 Woodlawn Road. He recently purchased Becker Computer Service LLC.
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A Filter For Your Feeds. AideRSS Turns PostRank Into An API and Google Reader Extension
Canadian startup AideRSS is taking the ranking algorithm in its feed reader, PostRank, and turning it into an API for other developers to integrate into their own apps. At the same time, it is releasing an extension for Google Reader built on that API that shows the ranking of each post and feed within Google [...]
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Apple iPhone debuts to lines in Japan, elsewhere
TOKYO - Gadget lovers worldwide are already camped out ahead of Friday's global rollout of the new model of Apple's iPhone, which is also the first iPhone to go on sale in many countries.
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ISO: OOXML Appeals 'Should Not Proceed'
The leaders of two major standards organizations come down against four nations that appealed Microsoft's standardization victory.
InternetNews.com |
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MeeBone Packages Meebo Chat for Your Desktop [Featured Download]
Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe Air): MeeBone, an Adobe Air implementation of chat aggregation service Meebo, makes the previously web-only chat service feel like a standard instant messaging app, complete...
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Online Courses Boost Infection Control Skills That Could Prove Vital In A Pandemic
Staff who took part in a specially designed online infection control course -- in addition to receiving on-the-job training -- said their skills improved by a fifth and led to a number of suggestions and improvements being adopted by their hospital. Infection control is a major issue for health care professionals amid rising MRSA and C.difficile rates and the threat of a possible pandemic at ...
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Youku Confirms SARFT Licenses
BEIJING , July 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Youku, China's leading Internet video company, announced today that it has obtained an online video license from the State Administration of Radio, Film & Television (SAFRT). Founder and CEO Victor Koo had told Chinese media in mid-June that he anticipated Youku would be granted its license "within a few weeks," and though not surprised, he did express ...
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Multitasking Nanotechnology: Tiny Electronically Active Chemicals Can Form Ordered Layers
Tiny electronically active chemicals can be made to form ordered layers on a surface. These nanostructured layers may one day be used to build the components of electronics devices, such as transistors and switches, for a future generation of powerful computers based on molecules rather than silicon chips.
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