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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 10th Jul 2008 01:47 UTC
It's normally banks that hang on to these ancient OS's long after their expiration date. When I worked for BankWest (a HBOS subsidiary) a couple of years ago, they were just upgrading their ATM's and teller machines from WindowsNT.
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Microsoft offers free help for Vista downgrades
But has "such confidence" in current OS. Microsoft said this week it would offer free technical support to small businesses in America that buy new PCs with Windows Vista in the next three months, in its latest attempt to convince companies that moving to Vista is a good idea. ' border='0'/
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Dishonesty
"Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest." - Isaac Asimov
GMA News |
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Tender: IPv6 curricula
The European Commission's Directorate General for Information Society and Media has issued a call for tenders for a study on the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
Eu Business |
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Yahoo talks up ad-supported gaming
Yahoo has unveiled plans to launch an ad-supported downloadable games service. The firm promised to offer more than 400 ad-supported games by the end of the year through its Yahoo Games offering.
Infomatics |
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Seagate Launches First 1.5TB Desktop Drive
No limits appear in sight as capacities keep going through the roof....
eWeek |
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Yahoo BOSS Offers Build Your Own Yahoo Search
Yahoo's biggest step yet to carve out a more distinctive strategy in the Web search market, Yahoo launched Yahoo BOSS, & Build your Own Search Service.& Yahoo will give customers, academics and even rivals deep access to create their own text-link search services atop Yahoo's search recipe, Yahoo is also unlocking its image and news databases to let outsiders create their own permutations of ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Jul 2007 22:45 UTC
Microsoft has reiterated its commitment to the desktop . Building on its co-founder Bill Gates' vision of a PC on every desk in every home, Microsoft will continue to focus on delivering desktop products.
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Wake-up call: Draft security pub looks at cell phones, PDAs
In recent years cell phones and PDAs—"Personal Digital Assistants"—have exploded in power, performance and features. They now often boast expanded memory, cameras, Global Positioning System receivers and the ability to record and store multimedia files and transfer them over wireless networks—in addition to the cell phone system—using WiFi, infrared and Bluetooth communications. Oh, yes, and ...
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Apple iPhone debuts to lines in Japan, elsewhere
(AP) -- Gadget lovers worldwide are already camped out ahead of Friday's global rollout of the new model of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which is also the first iPhone to go on sale in many countries.
PhysOrg |
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Industry Experts and Thought-Leaders Round Out the X Change Web Analytics Conference
X Change, a highly focused web analytics conference for web analytics professionals, today announced that industry experts including Jim Sterne, John Squire, Aaron Gray, Eric Hansen, Josh Manion (CEO, Stratigent) and many others will be participating in this year's event, August 17, 18, and 19 in San Francisco. X Change is where measurement experts from leading companies take part in ...
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Apple IPhone Debuts To Lines In Japan, Elsewhere
Gadget lovers worldwide are already camped out ahead of Friday's global rollout of the new model of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which is also the first iPhone to go on sale in many countries.
Channel 8 San Diego |
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A Guide to Health Info in Cyberspace
The Internet contains a lot of medical information, and here's a guide to what's out there.
TheStreet.com |
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Turner, Yahoo! Align On Online Sports Pact
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. are teaming on a multiyear strategic alliance tied to sports content and advertising.
MultiChannel News |
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Wi-Fi TV Emerges With A New Plan To Increase Market Share, Revenue And Corporate Value
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.,
Broadcast Newsroom |
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SPORTS HEADLINES
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP — The Township Board approved the purchase of two fire-proof filing cabinets and up to three new computers at a special meeting Wednesday.
Grand Haven Tribune |
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Achieve Greater Traffic Using Search Engine Optimization
It’s a Webmasters dream to create a Web site that will generate more traffic than usual.
Turks.US |
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Getting Students Excited About Computer Science
DURHAM, NC -- In today’s world, Alice is not in Wonderland; instead, she can be found online.
Duke University |
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U.S. Sites Starting To Realize There Are Ad Dollars Overseas
With the U.S. ad market sputtering, domestic web publishers are discovering that there's a big world out there. But for those who don't have established ad sales teams in other countries, making money outside the U.S., especially in the emerging markets that have seen so much ad growth, will be difficult and slow-going. Amar Goel, CEO of India-based ad net Komli, tells WSJ that advertisers there ...
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Blog: So, you are from a developing country and want to be a JPO?
Source: IRIN Basically, a JPO is a Junior Professional Officer. Within the UN system, the overall goal of the JPO Programme is to enhance humanitarian aid coordination and development work. IRIN has two JPOs working in our Johannesburg and Nairobi offices. JPOs are usually sponsored by their respective governments. So, first things first. Here is what you need to know. • Different agencies ...
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ZoneAlarm users face problems after installing new Windows patch
Half a dozen readers have written to me asking about a problem they experienced after downloading a routine Microsoft web update. Many users have suddenly found that they lost their ability to get online altogether. The problem has finally been ferreted out: If you are running ZoneAlarm firewall software and install Microsoft patch KB951748 , you're in trouble. If you're reading this, ...
Yahoo! Tech Advisors |
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Ghosts of Java Haunt Users
Sun Microsystems has issued updates for its ubiquitous Java software to plug multiple security holes. Of particular interest in this bundle is a fix that prevents attackers from exploiting vulnerabilities in older versions of the software. Why is this a big deal, you ask? Aren't patches designed to fix vulnerabilities in older versions of the software? Well, yes, but as Security Fix has lamented ...
Washington Post |
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Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web
Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web.
Canada.com |
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DIRECTV Customers Schedule More than 1 Million DVR Recordings Using the Internet and Mobile Phones
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.----DIRECTV customers nationwide are embracing a new way to remotely record their favorite shows to their DVRs with the DIRECTV DVR Scheduler. This week, the DVR Scheduler reached a milestone with more than one million recordings scheduled remotely through the service.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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BATS Provides AOL Money & Finance with Free Real-Time Market Data
KANSAS CITY, Mo.----BATS Trading Inc., an innovative and technology leading U.S. market center, announces its real-time U.S. market data is now available free of charge on AOL Money & Finance, http://money.aol.com, one of the leading financial sites on the Web with over 15.2 million unique visitors each month.*
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