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If you build it, they will come
As the date approaches for the Second Annual Orange Power of the Past, Allis Chalmers enthusiasts have been discussing the event on an AC internet chat site. During one of these chats, it was suggested a Model B tractor should be built during the show.
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Europe leads growth in IPTV use, study finds
Delivery of TV programming over Internet Protocol connections (IPTV) is growing at rapid pace, with the number of subscribers more than doubling for the second year running, according to a report from industry organization The Broadband Forum.
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The pIT stop Q&A: How can I best support home workers?
Bryan Glick, Computing , Wednesday 16 July 2008 at 16:43:00 Our experts answer Computing readers' technology questions Paul Chandler asks the pIT stop panel: With the increasing demand for home working, what technology developments can be made to help support teams to resolve issues more efficiently when...
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Tata Consultancy shows slow growth
Tom Young, Computing , Wednesday 16 July 2008 at 16:34:00 Diversified business mix ensures stability but major market challenges remain Indian outsourcer Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) saw profits rise two per cent from from 12.5bn rupees (£145m) to 12.9bn rupees (£149m) in first quarter to the end of June....
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The Next Candidate: You
What should occur to you eventually, of course, is that the “David Pogue” portion is generated automatically by the Web site, on the fly–and it therefore could be ANYONE’S name. Yours, your friend’s, your significant other’s.
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Teens recruited by cops to fight cybervillains
YOUTHS as young as 14 have been recruited by the Australian Federal Police to help fight online crime, with recognition they are better skilled at surfing the net than veteran agents.
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Apple Apologizes For Bumpy MobileMe Start
Apple customers have complained about various glitches in the MobileMe launch, including incorrect billing for the trial period, delayed pushes, and some lost data. On Wednesday Apple apologized and offered an olive branch
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Plexus Online Supports Integrated Localization Capabilities to Optimize Global Manufacturing
Plexus Systems, provider of Plexus Online on-demand software for the manufacturing enterprise, today announced the availability of fully integrated localization capabilities to manage business requirements faced by manufacturers operating in the global economy.
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Microsoft and Longs Drug Team Up on Big Web Project
When Microsoft challenged Google for supremacy in the market to provide people with the capacity to maintain their own personalized, web-based medical records, it scored a big coup when Oakland's Kaiser Permanente agreed to partner with them.
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First Firefox 3 patch fixes a security hole linked to Safari
In another sign that the good guys are not only becoming more clever but are cooperating more closely with vendors, a potentially serious problem with the newest Firefox was fixed before anyone could sound the alarms of impending doom.
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Apple comes clean on MobileMe problems, marketing
In an e-mail to customers, Apple admitted it had problems with its MobileMe launch last week, and is prepared to compensate them for lost time. Marketing of the service is also set to change.
BetaNews |
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Aircell to Use LTE for In-Flight Internet Backhaul
Aircell, a provider of in-flight communications has announced its intention to base its mobile broadband network on Long Term Evolution (LTE). Aircell says that it plans to deploy LTE to enable the next generation high bandwidth mobile services such as hi-definition and interactive TV and multi- player immersive gaming that passengers will come to expect.
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Citrix project Kensho to enlighten datacentre managers
Enterprise application delivery vendor Citrix has announced a project designed to allow IT managers to run virtualised applications, wrapped up as a so-called virtual machine (VM), on Microsoft's Hyper-V, VMware's ESX and Citrix's own XenServer virtualisation platform.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Launches Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX 5.0 Featuring Next-Generation Visualization and ...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.----GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, is today building on a track record of success and continual enhancements within its HMI/SCADA portfolio with the announcement of Proficy® HMI/SCADA - iFIX 5.0.
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Laptop With Students' Info Stolen From Professor
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Indiana State University says a laptop containing personal information about more than 2,500 current and former students was stolen from a professor as he traveled in southern Indiana.
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white papers
There's a lot of speculation and commentary about Symantec's latest move , which may be good for some--and good for Symantec--but devastating to some channel partners with big contracts.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 4th Apr 2006 02:09 UTC
"[...] This database stuff is clearly the next frontier . If we are ever going to have natural speech interfaces and virtual assistants that collect and display our information in more useful ways, the computer is going to need to know much more about how our files relate to each other and remember what we've done to them and who's done it.
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Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Tue 15th Jul 2008 17:16 UTC
A new Ubuntu-based Linux distribution has arrived, aimed at both Linux newbies and content creators. Boasting "out of the box" multimedia codecs, the freely downloadable PC/OS incorporates the lightweight XFCE desktop, and is said to offer a similar layout to the groundbreaking, but ultimately doomed BeOS.
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BIC District receives technology donation
Buffalo Island Central East Elementary School will be receiving new computers to be placed in the classrooms thanks to a $25,000 donation from the Adams/Vines Foundation.
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Japan cautious in iPhone's bid for world dominance
Kentaro Tohyama is proud of his new iPhone. He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for the first time. But the 29-year-old computer engineer isn't about to part with his made-in-Japan cell phone either. That kind of...
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Apple extends MobileMe subs after rocky launch
Apple has extended MobileMe subscriptions for 30 days following a launch that was "a lot rockier" than the company expected. On July 9, MobileMe, the replacement for .Mac accounts, had a rocky start. As a result, Apple said in an FAQ that it is "extending subscriptions by...
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Somerset House goes live
Live performances by Duffy , The Zutons and The Feeling at this month's Somerset House shows in London are to be screened live online, it has been announced.
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Recent Original Stories
Ubuntu Dapper Drake Flight CD3 has been released. I haven't received the email on ubuntu-devel yet, but the .iso files appear to be up ( Ubuntu Kubuntu ). Improvements in this release include an updated installer CD boot splash, X11R7, GNOME 2.13.4, improved and simplified menus, new default desktop panel configuration, some new applications such as XChat-GNOME, a faster live CD, live CD ...
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Apple's MobileMe is *not* Exchange for the rest of us
Apple has struck out on its MobileMe service. It's not what it claims to be.
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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.
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