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City council to get more airtime and Web play
GALVESTON — Every detail of city council interactions will be televised and streamed online come October, as long as there’s enough money to fund it.
Galveston County Daily News |
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Tensions escalating in battle for Yahoo's board
After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants.
The Kansas City Star |
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'World's oldest blogger' dies in Australia
An Australian woman described as the world's oldest Internet blogger has died at the age of 108 after posting a final message about singing "a happy song" in her nursing home.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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'World's oldest blogger' dies in Australia
An Australian woman described as the world's oldest Internet blogger has died at the age of 108 after posting a final message about singing "a happy song" in her nursing home.
AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Senior Centers and Groups
Senior Centers & Groups Ambler Senior Center 45 Forrest Ave., Ambler; 215-619-8863. Tai Chi & yoga classes, computer classes, line dancing, art classes, health screenings, legal discussions & more.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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World's oldest blogger dies
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA: 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.
CIOL |
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Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 price
SEATTLE, USA: Microsoft Corp cut on Sunday the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model with a 20 gigabyte hard drive to $299 from $349.
CIOL |
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iPhone feedback
Apple stores opened their doors Friday morning to throngs of eager shoppers waiting for Apple's latest product, the iPhone 3G. But consumers should decide whether the new version is a good improvement or an electronic vice before falling for the tempting new gadget.
University of South Florida Oracle |
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Republicans open to suggestions on platform
Can the GOP platform be like the Linux platform?
The News & Observer |
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Salem Senior Center enters the computer age
SALEM and mdash; No more sign-up sheets. The Senior Center is now using a touch-screen computer system to keep track of how many seniors are participating in programs from tap dance to bingo to lunch. Seniors are now given a key chain-size swipe card with a bar code that they scan into a computer at the Senior Center. On a touch-screen computer, they can then punch in the programs they want to ...
The Salem News |
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Danvers kid-safety group changes name for broader appeal
DANVERS and mdash; A coalition of school officials, police officers, local agencies and community leaders called Community That Cares has a new name designed to broaden its appeal. However, DanversCARES, as it's now called, has the same mission of trying to help kids make the right decisions when it comes to drugs and alcohol, keeping safe on the Internet, and having healthy relationships.
The Salem News |
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Netflix movie player takes the wait out of watching
The Netflix Player by Roku is the latest effort to bring Internet movies to the masses. Right off the bat, the Roku (roku.com) has two big advantages over its competitors: its price and size.
The Record |
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Netflix movie player takes the wait out of watching
The Netflix Player by Roku is the latest effort to bring Internet movies to the masses. Right off the bat, the Roku (roku.com) has two big advantages over its competitors: its price and size.
The Record |
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Kuwait News
KUWAIT CITY : MP Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi has held Communications Minister Abdulrahman Al-Ghunaim responsible for the unethical activities on the Internet as well as the publication of abusive messages, reports Alam Al-Yawm.
Arab Times |
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'Rock Band 2' to include new online modes, songs
LOS ANGELES -- "Rock Band" is ready for an encore. A sequel to the play-along music game that redefined the genre last year will be released first for the Xbox 360 in September, according to publisher MTV Games and developer Harmonix.
The Pantagraph |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Dec 2005 09:47 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"When looking at desktop Linux by itself, any analysis of the subject quickly leads to this question: why do users choose one version over another?
New Mobile Computing |
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Recent Original Stories
Under the name Sun ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office, Sun has released its import/export filter for the OpenDocument format , which the ISO has recognized as a standard, for versions 2000, XP, and 2003 of Microsoft's Office suite; the plug-in can be downloaded via our software repository.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 14th Aug 2006 16:47 UTC
OneStat today reported that Microsoft's Windows dominates the operating system market with a global usage share of 96.97 percent.
New Mobile Computing |
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Yahoo spurns Microsoft's latest offer
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take-it-or-leave-it" proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise.
Pioneer Press |
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Collinsville siblings accepted to Cybercave Academy
Collinsville High School students Alison Howard, 15, and Ryan Howard, 14, will be attending the fifth year of CyberCave Academies at Murray State University.
Collinsville Herald |
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Internet may hold key to fighting new HIV wave
MINNEAPOLIS -- At first glance, Sexpulse looks like a sexually explicit gaming Web site, with provocative pictures of nude men, cartoons and cheeky icons. But it’s not a game. Far from it.
The Pantagraph |
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posted by Mohit Ranka on Thu 17th May 2007 15:07 UTC
A recent Google acquisition of DoubleClick for a whopping USD 3.1 billion has turned many heads. The recent past certainly does not fit into Google's traditional non-aggressive attitude towards acquisitions for monopoly in the market.
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Jun 2006 21:11 UTC
The One Laptop per Child project will make Linux as popular on the desktop as it is on the server today, according to Nicholas Negroponte, head of the project and co-founder of the MIT Media Laboratory.
OS News |
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Linked by Rayiner Hashem on Tue 15th Nov 2005 17:44 UTC
I recently bought one of the new dual core PowerMacs. Having used the machine for a couple of weeks, I thought I would share some of my observations and feelings about it. First, let me get my biases out in the open. I have, for about four years, very happily used Linux on my desktop.
OS News |
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Alpha Omega begins countdown to open doors at new facility
jermis@itemonline. When Alpha Omega Academy kicks off its 2008-09 school year, returning students will have to adjust to some new surroundings and they can expect to see some new faces.
The Hunstville Item |
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