|
Computer gets upper hand in poker
WASHINGTON — Human pride took a hit 11 years ago when IBM's Big Blue computer beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Now it's poker players' turn to be humiliated.
Pioneer Press |
|
Apple's second-generation iPhone to debut this week
The new iPhone 3G, out Friday, comes with a faster network for receiving data and improved audio, but reviewers are split on whether it's really worth an upgrade.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
|
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.
Herald Journal |
|
New 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 Inc.’s iPhone, which is also the first iPhone to go on sale in many countries. Video Archived video: First iPhones arrive in B-N
The Pantagraph |
|
Apple Web service falters on eve of iPhone launch
Apple Inc.'s new data synching service got off to a rocky start Thursday, as some users were denied access to their accounts just hours before the next-generation iPhone is slated to go on sale.
Seattle Times |
|
Browse Del.icio.us Bookmarks Visually With FavThumbs
While we’ve waited with bated breath for the release of Delicious 2.0 (Yahoo’s been teasing us for months), Ryan Sit, the creator of Swurl, a recently launched startup that offers a lifecasting aggregator for web activity, has been toying around with the Del.icio.us API to bring us FavThumbs. FavThumbs offers a visually-pleasing web [...]
TechCrunch |
|
FCC chief says Comcast violated Internet rules
The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he will recommend that the nation's largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet.
Chicago Tribune |
|
Daryl Hall holds open house for musicians
Daryl Hall's latest venture has him happily housebound. The Philadelphia native, who along with John Oates refined blue-eyed soul as Hall & Oates, has been welcoming old and new pals since November to his various residences (in New York state, London and, soon, Maine) to perform on his Internet Webcast, Live From Daryl's House, available at www.livefromdaryls house.com.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
|
Child support payments stalled by crash resume
INDIANAPOLIS - The first batch of child support payments delayed by a state computer crash this week went out to custodial parents Thursday, and the rest should go out Friday, officials said.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
|
Tech Bits By The Associated Press
Flickr, a popular online photo-sharing site owned by Yahoo Inc., is teaming up with Getty Images to offer shutterbugs a chance to turn their hobby into a moneymaking endeavor.
The Gleaner |
|
Shelby County teachers learn about new tech
A month before the first day of school, 25 Shelby County teachers sat in a computer lab at Appling Middle School and listened closely to their instructor.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
|
DoJ clears Jobs, others in options scandal
The US Department of Justice will allegedly not pursue charges against Apple for the backdating of stocks for CEO Steve Jobs, as well as several other current and former employees. The Wall Street Journal writes that while neither the US attorney's office nor Apple itself would comment, lawyers for two of the accused confirm that they see "no other...
MacNN |
|
Fans of Apple in Tokyo line the block for iPhone 3G
The cool factor helped build interest for the product in Japan, which already has almost as many cell phones as people.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
|
Fans wait for new iPhone to come out
One cell phone in high demand is the new Apple iPhone.
KGO-TV Bay Area |
|
Internet hoaxer apologizes
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.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
|
Southern Cross Cable to quadruple traffic capacity
The Southern Cross Cable, Australia's highest-capacity submarine internet cable, will be undergoing upgrades which promise to quadruple its capacity.
iTNews |
|
Oldest profession using newest technology: Area Craigslist Web site offers erotic forum
A computer screen shows some of the local ads listed under erotic services on the Craigslist Web site. (Scott Gaulin/Telegram) KILLEEN - Stumbling through the Craigslist Web site for Central Texas, shopping for little more than a lawnmower or a fancy new set of wheels, could lead to an encounter with the likes of Sinfully Sweet Allanah or Victoria Love.
Temple Daily Telegram |
|
Make the most of online marketing
Spartansburg, S.C.—Bench Media is holding a daylong seminar for retail jewelers on how to optimize Internet marketing efforts. The seminar, part of Bench Media's "Internet 4 Jewelers" program, will be held in Atlanta on Sept. 18.
National Jeweler |
|
Related Articles
CRUX Linux (simply CRUX for now on) is a source-based Linux distribution created by Per Liden, targeting advanced and intermediate users. As reported on CRUX Website, the main philosophy behind the distribution is to "keep it simple".
New Mobile Computing |
|
posted by Robert Minvielle on Mon 22nd Sep 2003 19:29 UTC
Early last week I received an AMD Opteron 240 and an Asus SK8N motherboard. I was so anxious to get Linux on it I could hardly sit still... A week later, Linux is on it, in 32 bit mode only, and my hard drive has informed me that if I reinstall again it is going to go on strike.
New Mobile Computing |
|
Baseball notebook: July 11
SEATTLE - The sunken Seattle Mariners finally released slugger Richie Sexson after a slump that lasted for most of two seasons and made him a target of constant booing from frustrated fans.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
|
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 22nd May 2006 22:47 UTC
It's the hour of reckoning for Windows Vista . After five years of course changes, false starts and a host of beta and CTP builds, Microsoft is set to deliver a broad-scale build of Vista to two million testers.
New Mobile Computing |
|
ROY-HART: District discusses Internet filtering
Recent Royalton-Hartland graduate Steven Hagen made a presentation Thursday night to the Board of Education that has some of the members talking about the district’s Internet filtering technology.
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal |
|
Apple TV gets a security update
Six patches address buffer overflows and arbitrary code execution. Apple TV devices are set to automatically detect and download the update within a week. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com
ZDNet Asia |
|
iWant it NOW!
Apple Inc. launches its much anticipated second generation iPhone at 8 a.m. today, which almost guarantees festive lines of phone buyers queuing outside of Penn Square Mall and area AT&T retail stores long before dawn. "A big Apple launch is always a social experience,” said Sascha Segan, lead cell phone analyst for PC Magazine. The iPhone buyers will be lining up to buy the latest Apple "smart ...
The Oklahoman |
|
|