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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th Mar 2006 18:05 UTC
Ars takes a quick look at GNOME 2.14 . "The GNOME team recently announced another excellent release. GNOME 2.14 includes a variety of spiffy enhancements, bug fixes, improvements, and new features that make it the best GNOME desktop environment ever.
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Early birds grab iPhone in Dundee
The lengthy queue outside O2’s Murraygate store early today. Technology lovers descended on Dundee in force today as the new Apple iPhone was launched in the city (writes David Clegg).
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 12th Jan 2007 23:16 UTC
"While the eyes of the IT world have spent years squinting to see Microsoft's slowly unfolding vistas, the companies and individuals that drive open source have been steadily building a case for broader adoption of Linux-based operating systems . Two of the best all-around Linux distributions to emerge from this process are OpenSUSE 10.2 and Ubuntu 6.10, both of which bundle together the best of ...
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ICA to invest Rs 100 cr to fund growth plans
The Institute of Computer Accountants has been contemplating an investment of over Rs 100 crore to fund its to set up 150 centres across the country during this fiscal, its Chairman N K Shyamsukha said here today.
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High-Tech Pet Innovations and the People Who Love Them
(ARA) - The Internet or their pets - which could Americans live without? No need to live without either, thanks to some particularly enterprising participants in the pet industry - a market the American Pet Products Manufacturers' Association estimates at $40 billion a year.
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Parking tickets may go high-tech
BINGHAMTON -- Some Binghamton patrolmen could soon carry new weapons: hand-held digital parking ticket computers. In an effort to boost the number of tickets written and collected -- and thereby increase revenue -- the Binghamton Police Bureau could be using the computers by the end of summer.
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Parents offered Internet safety tips
INTERNET SAFETY is an important issue for parents whose kids like to frequent the web.
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High court decision blows hole in budget
A Wisconsin Supreme Court decision has blown a $265 million hole into the state budget. And state lawmakers may have to cancel their summer vacations and campaign plans to come back to balance the books by raising taxes, cutting services, borrowing money or some other accounting maneuver. The divided court ruled Friday that the state improperly was collecting sales tax on customized computer ...
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posted by Tony Bourke on Thu 29th Apr 2004 19:08 UTC
OpenBSD is a name synonymous with security , having earned the respect and adoration of security-concious sysadmins everywhere. OpenBSD is used in data centers all over the world, is the basis for several security products (from OpenBSD's site ), and is even the basis for Microsoft's Services For Unix .
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posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 23rd Oct 2003 06:49 UTC
Admit it, you do want to own a Mac . But for some specific reasons --mostly higher prices, especially out of US-- most of the people don't take the big decision to try out Macs. Yesterday Apple released brand new iBooks and updated eMacs, which in conjuction to the existing G4 PowerMacs, come in very affordable prices.
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Linked by David Adams on Wed 24th May 2006 04:08 UTC
It's conventional wisdom that computers need to be "easier to use." But do they? More reliable, yes. Easier to troubleshoot, yes. But now that so many people use computers so much, I think there's something to be said for making them less easy-to-use and less intuitive.
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by porcel (6.56) on Sun 28th May 2006 23:56 UTC
Software installation in Suse 10.1 still just plain sucks. I love Suse and I use it all the time, both at home and professionally, but Suse has screwed up what could have been a killer package.
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Need a new computer? Maybe a TV? That'll cost you.
Consumers will soon pay a little more for electronics as Ontario announced a new fee to help create an e-waste recycling program. In Guelph, TVs currently go to the landfill.
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Apple’s worldwide iPhone 3G rollout is underway
After first debuting in New Zealand Friday, the iPhone 3G appeared in other markets, including Japan and Australia.
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posted by Ian McKenzie on Thu 13th Feb 2003 07:26 UTC
Now that the usual round of end of year regurgitations of the past years IT events has ended we may further indulge ourselves by examining the pundits procastinations for their worthiness, or lack thereof.
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Government Computer News
The Internet2 consortium has adopted a new five-year strategic plan focused on keeping the national research and education network at the cutting edge of performance while making it easier for nonexperts to use.
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Linked by David Adams on Fri 11th Jul 2008 04:10 UTC
A few weeks ago, the OpenSUSE Project announced the release of OpenSUSE 11.0, the "community" edition of SUSE Linux, Novell's commercial Linux distribution.
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Linked by Adam S on Thu 10th Jul 2008 16:58 UTC
Gadgetzone.com has an interesting artcile on 20 things Windows 7 MUST include (their emphasis, not mine). They begin " Despite its enhanced security, improved CPU scheduler and excellent stability, it's still the flawed gem in many critics' eyes.
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Seagate Annonces 1.5TB HDD for Desktop and 500GB for Notebooks
Seagate has announced the world’s highest capacity desktop hard drive at 1.5TB is capacity. The drive uses four platters to reach its capacity and Seagate says that this is the biggest increase in hard drive capacity in 50 years. It has been about a ye...
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Japan thrilled with iPhone 3G
The global rollout of Apple Inc.'s revamped iPhone kicked off Friday in Asia with countdown celebrations and quick sellouts as crowds of gadget fans streamed into stores after long waits.
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Desktop Marine Radar meets IEC performance standards.
Available in radar-only and chart-radar configurations, VisionMaster FT(TM) 250 features automatic clutter-suppression technology, ensuring detection and tracking of small radar targets in presence of sea or rain clutter. Unit uses high-resolution LCD screen and contains all below-deck components, including processor and interfaces, in single console. Radar complies with IEC 62388 CAT 2 ...
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Google Is Watching, Perhaps Soon In Your Home
Researchers propose gathering personal data by tracking people's activities at home through home network interactions.
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Writer/Readers speed bi-directional data transfer.
Consisting of 12-in-1 Pocket Card Reader/Writer and 56-in-1 Memory Card Reader/Writer, Universal Memory Banks enable users to upload files and images from cell phones, digital cameras, and PDAs, eliminating multiple adapters and cable clutter. Both USB 2.0-compliant devices simultaneously read and write multiple cards at speeds up to 480 Mbps, and offer hot swap feature for replacing storage ...
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Security Appliance provides HTTPS URL filtering.
With Cyberoam, users are protected against risks of failing regulatory compliance, data leakage, spread of malicious content, and unproductive downloads. Firmware includes HTTPS URL Filtering, which blocks web-based proxies and malicious websites hosted over SSL by categorizing domain names in site database. Cyberoam also reports filenames uploaded via webmail attachments or to storage sites, ...
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Half-Size PISA Bus SBC supports advanced operating systems.
Based on Intel® Q35 Express Chipset, HS-874P supports Intel Core(TM) 2 Quad processors or Intel Core 2 Duo processors up to 1333/1066/800 MHz system bus as well as 45 nm Intel Core 2 processors. It uses Intel GMA3100 for graphics and provides VGA/LVDS/DVI display support. Networking is provided by Intel 82573L Giga LAN, and additional connectivity of offered via PS/2, RS232C, and RS232/422/485 ...
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