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posted by Jed Reynolds on Thu 30th Sep 2004 18:54 UTC
It is now time for Linux to rise, unify, and eliminate choice [in] a positive way. The LSB2 project is a great start to unification of Linux. It is impossible to eliminate all choice. What the leaders must do is make their choices based on what is good for the Linux community in the long term.
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Linked by Tim Friend on Thu 2nd Aug 2007 22:58 UTC
Google has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, and plans to offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advertisements with its search engine, e-mail and Web browser software applications, according to a story of The Wall Street Journal.
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Yahoo rebuffs latest Microsoft overture
The search company was given just 24 hours to respond to the “take it or leave it” deal, which called for board to be immediately ousted in favour of an Icahn hand-picked group. Presumably chief executive and co-founder Jerry Yang would be heading the list of those for the chopping block.
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Keeping connected in Nanaimo
The wireless world is all around us: at the coffee shop, your hotel, even your favourite fast-food franchise. The ability to connect to the World Wide Web with your computer, your smart phone or your PDA is an expected luxury for many people and business owners are responding.
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TripAdvisor's restaurant finder to utilise iPhone's location-based capabilities
Travel community TripAdvisor has introduced a new version of its Local Picks restaurant finder to complement the launch of Apple's new App Store.
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Intel chips open to attack says security researcher
CPU attacks could be set to rise. Hackers could target flaws in processors according to a leading security researcher and author.
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I felt violated, says victim of cyber thieves
A FRAUDSTER was trapped with help from a South Wales shopper who lost £8,000 in a con.
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Recent Original Stories
"In response to a question on the role of open source software in Africa, Gerald Ilukwe, the general manager of Microsoft Nigeria, said that cost is not important, even though he admitted that the average annual salary in the West African country is only US$160."
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Report: security issues keep IMing out of UK businesses
Companies like Microsoft and IBM have sunk a good deal of time and money into building their own enterprise instant messenger (EIM) products, but a survey from research firm ProgressOne suggests that UK corporations aren't biting, despite widespread belief that IM capability could improve corporate communication. Read More...
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ANZ launches iPhone Internet banking
ANZ today announced the launch of internet banking services customised for Apple iPhone users, coinciding with today's Australian launch of the ...
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Internet cafes under attack
Internet cafes are convenient places when you need to get online but aren't at home or in the office and don't have your laptop with you. However, a new piece of malware has been spotted in China which could mean that these seemingly safe havens are at risk from hackers and other online criminals.
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VDIworks, Microsoft System Center and You?
VDIworks, formally the software arm of ClearCube, has announced that they're going to provide their virtual access technology, connection broker technology Senral and management software to organizations who plan to deploy Microsoft's Hyper-V virtual machine software. VDIworks already offers its technology to organizations using other popular virtual machine software. For...
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Morguard sniffing at Dell building
Morguard Investments Ltd. is close to purchasing a Kanata office building constructed earlier this year to house Dell's new call centre for between $32 and $35 million from the Kanata Research Park (KRP), OBJ has learned.
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US boffins tout personal identity verification
Robert Jaques, vnunet.com , Monday 14 July 2008 at 11:07:00 PIV cards replace username and password US engineers have developed software that shows how personal identity verification (PIV) cards can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform log-in, digital signing and verification....
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Main Menu
Seagate have unveiled wopping 1.5TB desktop and half-terabyte notebook hard drives, claiming industry firsts for both.
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Microsoft unveils 60GB Xbox 360
Ian Williams, vnunet.com , Monday 14 July 2008 at 10:59:00 60GB for the price of 20GB Microsoft has tripled the amount of storage on its Xbox 360 with a 60GB version which will sell at the current price of the 20GB model....
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Microsoft buys data quality start-up Zoomix
Zoomix's development staff will join the Microsoft research and development center in Israel.
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Students know what plagiarism is
Kim Thomas, Information World Review , Monday 14 July 2008 at 10:56:00 But less clarity around what constitutes the legitimate use of other people's work and ideas Almost all students more than 90% have a clear understanding of what constitutes plagiarism, according to research carried out by online coursework library Coursework and student networking site...
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You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
This week's big news: the second coming of the iPhone, along with assorted apps and online services. But that's not all. We also saw the emergence of a potential high-tech VP candidate, the entry of Google into the world of virtual worlds, and the sight of telecoms basking in immunity. Do you know more about tech than certain presidential hopefuls? Prove it by taking our quiz. Correct answers ...
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Dialing down software support
It's no secret that maintenance and support for enterprise applications is wildly profitable for vendors and, likewise, incredibly expensive for IT shops. Some of those IT shops, in fact, are overwhelmed by the cost and find too little return to justify paying for it. Even as the economy worsens, IT service contracts are growing pricier. The Yankee Group puts that hike at 10 to 15 ...
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Cal State students can expect changes
Students returning from summer break at San Diego State University will see larger class sizes and fewer faculty members, while those at Cal State San Marcos will have one less computer lab and fewer campus job opportunities.
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Handing Over Control
P&G CIO Filippo Passerini talks about his company's outsourcing partnership with HP.
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Seagate unveils 1.5TB hard drive
Based on perpendicular magnetic recording technology, the Barracuda 7200.11 is a 3.5-inch hard drive that provides 1.5TB of storage, and has a SATA interface of 3Gbps and a sustained data rate of up to 120Mbps.
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News from Westminster
“Recent figures showed that soaring numbers of under 16s were falling pregnant. If experts believe that the current computer game culture can be harnessed to tackle teenage pregnancy, then the Scottish Government must explore this as an option.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 27th Mar 2006 09:40 UTC, submitted by Mark v.
Fresh on the heels of a delay in broad availability of Windows Vista , Microsoft confirmed late Thursday that it is also pushing the mainstream launch of Office 2007 to next year . As with Vista, Microsoft hopes to finish the code for Office 2007 this year.
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