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Recent Original Stories
Open source guru Alan Cox has voiced his support for the controversial version 3.0 of the GNU General Public Licence in an exclusive podcast interview with Computer Weekly.
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Recent Original Stories
"The Series 5 pocket computer from Psion was launched 10 years ago this week. It was a remarkable achievement: entirely new silicon, a new operating system, middleware stack and applications were developed from scratch in just over two years . This was the last time anyone undertook such a daunting task: it may be the last time anyone ever tries, either."
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Military high court: racist speech not criminal
A U.S. Army soldier who espoused racist views in an Internet profile was exercising his right to free speech, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ruled Wednesday.
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Moultrie-Douglas County Fair 4-H competition produces many champs
General Projects Grand Champions: Cole Stephens, Villa Grove, aerospace; Cody Carman, Sullivan, camping; Hannah Smothers, Arcola, child care; Rachel Marshall, Bethany, citizenship; Leah Oathout, Bethany, clothing and textiles, fashion review; Hunter Dyer, Atwood, public presentations-oral interpretation, robotics; Hilari Elzy, Sullivan, communications; Elyse Harris, Atwood, computer; Sara Fultz, ...
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New iPhone 3G - gee whiz!
It wasn't the 3G network speed to make Google searches or the built-in GPS capability that brought Ryan Potsander to the Apple Store in Wellington last week to replace his flip phone with the latest iPhone.
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Compare Your School on New State Web Site
Gov. Schwarzenegger launched a new state Web site Wednesday designed to give parents easy access to data about their neighborhood schools.
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Oracle issues security fixes
Oracle has released a new security update consisting of 45 patches. The July security release includes fixes for 23 Oracle products and addresses issues which include remote code execution flaws. The company is recommending that administrators install the update as soon as possible.
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Harris, Fillion star in Whedon Web musical
LOS ANGELES, July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. writer-director Joss Whedon has released a new mini-musical called "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" via the Internet.
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Sun's Schwartz chimes in too .
"Jerry Rosenthal, chief executive officer of Open Invention Network, has just issued a statement about the Fortune article , which I take as a warning to any litigious folks out there who might be thinking about litigation against Linux that any such action will have consequences.
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San Francisco Held Cyber-Hostage? Disgruntled Techies Have Wreaked Worse Havoc
San Francisco's purported network lockout sounds extreme, but disgruntled or fired employees have long used computers to get revenge.
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City budget includes goal to hire more police officers
Approving the alignment and design of the Farm-to Market Road 543 connector route north of U.S. 380, addressing police staffing needs and building the IESI Recycling Center are some of the top priorities included in the 2008-2009 city of McKinney budget.
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Gaming Companies Wow 'Em With Upgrades
One word sums up the announcements made by the Big Three gaming companies at the E3 this week: more. During their flashy press conferences, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony all announced plans for more games, more sequels, more exclusives, more connectivity and more ways for gamers to use their systems for stuff other than gaming.
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Microsoft and Yahoo Eye Time Warner’s AOL
We interrupt our regular coverage of the ongoing Yahoo-Microsoft tussle to focus on what could possibly be both companies’ fall back options. It seems like the focus of attention now is the acquisition of Time Warner’s AOL property. Reports say that both Microsoft and Yahoo are eyeing a deal with Time Warner on two different merger [...]
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Taxpayer foots £500,000 disc hunt bill
A failed police hunt for lost computer discs containing bank details and other personal data of 25 million people cost taxpayers nearly half a million pounds, a minister said yesterday.
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Lions Gate to share ad revenue on clips on YouTube
Google Inc. said Wednesday that it will partner with filmmaker Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. to share revenue from ads that Google places on YouTube clips from the studio's movies. The deal will put advertising on clips uploaded by users and by the studio itself from Lions Gate movies such as the "Saw" horror series and "Dirty Dancing." The deal would make Lions Gate the second major ...
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Intel profit jump reassures Wall Street
(Associated Press via NewsEdge) Worried that the ailing US economy has spilled abroad and hurt global PC sales, investors had subdued expectations for Intel in the second quarter.
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Oracle issues security fixes
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 17 July 2008 at 02:01:00 45 patches in latest update Oracle has released a new security update consisting of 45 patches. The July security release includes fixes for 23 Oracle products and addresses issues which include remote code execution flaws....
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Microsoft, AOL continue talks on possible deal
(Associated Press via NewsEdge) Executives from Microsoft and Time Warner 's AOL are trying to advance discussions on a possible combination that could give the software maker an alternative to a deal with Yahoo, a newspaper reported.
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Wal-Mart Using Dell to Provide 'Solution Stations'
Wal-Mart Stores, as part of a pilot program, is opening "Solution Stations" in a small number of its Dallas-area stores to offer technology services, like home theater installation and computer repair.
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New computer virus warning
Computer users are being warned about new virus that is infecting normal multimedia files, like mp3s. Secure computing director Eric Krieger says those who are looking for a serial key to run copy-protected software programme, are most at risk.
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Premier Gem now offering online diamond inventory
New York—Premier Gem Corp. is the latest Diamond Trading Co. (DTC) sightholder to offer customers the opportunity to view their inventory on the Internet.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 12th Aug 2006 07:13 UTC
Between the full desktop version, the subscriber's ad-free version, the normal mobile version (via autodetection), the very lite mobile version and the WAP version of OSNews, here is one more: http://osnews.com/pda . This version is built around our RSS feed and it's geared towards cellphones (like the Motorola RaZR line) that can't quite manage to render our normal mobile front page (28 KB ...
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Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Wed 16th Jul 2008 05:16 UTC
I read all three parts and found them very interesting. Finally I have some understanding of all those specs on motherboards! Also, read the other things the author has written, from what I saw, they are all interesting.
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Spammer gets jailed for 30 months
A New York court has sentenced a persistent spammer to 30 months in prison. Adam Vitale, 27, sent 250,000 spam messages to more than 1.2 million e-mail addresses belonging to AOL subscribers.
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New wrinkle in e-mail scam
This is either the dumbest or the most cynical hustle to hit the internet in a long time. E-mails are showing up with “SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT” in the subject line.
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