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"This story is for anyone considering or interested in switching from Mac to Microsoft's very beautiful new operating system, Windows Vista. I made the switch several weeks ago, from my trusty 12" PowerBook to (at first) a 17" HP widescreen notebook. Was my switch from Mac to Windows Vista easy?
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Darrell Hartman: Why Susan Sarandon Likes the Internet, but Doesn't Use It
When celebrities choose to remain unplugged from the wired world, are they exercising their privilege to be more aloof than the rest of us? Or...
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Coloradan's stolen data winds up on Google
A Colorado woman logged on to her computer in April, voted on a CNN poll, shopped for airline tickets and calculated payments for a $25,000 car loan from Wells Fargo.
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Company aims to gain from Facebook game
As Facebook has blossomed into a hot Internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends - or at least, an unauthorized version of the word game that Scrabble's owners have tried to shut down.
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Flickr, Getty to help turn pictures to cash
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.
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AOL raises rate for cheapest plan
If you're still paying for AOL, your bill may be going up 20 percent this month.
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Google's Gmail alerts users to log off
One of the benefits of Web-based e-mail is the ability to log on from just about anywhere - at home, at work, a friend's house, a mobile device or even a public library or cybercafe.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Oct 2007 20:27 UTC
"While the Apple hype machine and its fanatical followers would have you believe that Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard' is a major upgrade to the company's venerable operating system, nothing could be further from the truth . Instead, Leopard is yet another evolutionary upgrade in a long line of evolutionary OS X upgrades, all of which date back to the original OS X release in 2001. But let me get one ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th May 2007 10:15 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Microsoft has released patches for 19 vulnerabilities , 14 of which are critical, hitting at holes in Excel, Word, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer, cryptographic technology and the whopper of them all, the zero-day vulnerability in the DNS Server's use of RPC. The DNS remote code execution vulnerability affects server-grade operating systems, including Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 17th Dec 2007 22:15 UTC
To counter the success of the iPhone, Microsoft is revamping its mobile operating system , according to Ars Technica.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Sep 2007 13:54 UTC, submitted by anonymous
According to this KernelTrap article , the 0.11 Linux kernel was released on December 8th, 1991. Among the 'features' advertised in that release, Linus noted that the console was now capable of producing beeps, Linux gained native mkfs, fsck and fdisk utilities, and the com ports finally had adjustable line speeds.
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National Instruments DIAdem 11.0 Expands Test Data Management And Visualization
National Instruments today announced the release of DIAdem 11.0, the latest version of the interactive software for managing, analyzing and reporting test data. DIAdem 11.0 adds sensor data mapping for 3D CAD models to simplify the visualization of high-channel-count systems
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Founder of Colo.-based Internet software company found dead
HONOLULU (AP) - Honolulu police and the medical examiner's office have identified a body discovered below the Pali Highway lookout as millionaire Steven Thomas.
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Treadmill workstation brings exercise to office, slowly
WASHINGTON: The maker of a new product that combines a treadmill and computer workstation is banking on the notion that companies will invest in products like the "Walkstation" as a way of keeping health care costs down and improving overall fitness levels.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th Jun 2007 18:27 UTC
At its Worldwide Developers Conference today in San Fransisco, Apple discussed its upcoming operating system, Mac OS X Leopard. As always, Steve held his keynote speech wearing his well-known ensemble. The keynote dealt mostly with Leopard, while keeping the most interesting part for last.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 13th Sep 2007 08:14 UTC, submitted by Anonymous Reader
"My verdict: Even in the relatively slick Ubuntu variation, Linux is still too rough around the edges for the vast majority of computer users ", says Mossberg . Among others, he complains about one of the things I did too when I was writing my stream of Ubuntu reviews back in Spring.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 10th Jul 2008 01:47 UTC
What does this mean for Nasa? I read about them buying up all the old 386 processors out there because shuttle crap runs on it and they can't re-QA it on newer hardware / software.
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ATM break-in shows PINs can be vulnerable
Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.
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Apple has given warning that it could be removed from the highly regarded Nasdaq Global Select Market
, as the maker of iPod and Macintosh acknowledged for the first time that it was the subject of a federal investigation into its stock option practices.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 15th Nov 2005 01:15 UTC
Bill Gates plans on Tuesday to announce Microsoft's foray into the world of supercomputing, though its first operating system for computer clusters remains in beta testing.
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Computer cashes in big at Texas Hold 'Em tourney
In the second man versus machine poker championship, the University of Alberta's poker playing AI software system, called Polaris, beat out some of the world's top poker players. Read More...
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World's oldest blogger signs off at age 108
CANBERRA, (Reuters Life!) - An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108, with her last posting talking about her ailing health but also how she still sings a happy song every day.
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