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Obama unveils national security strategy
Sen. Barack Obama yesterday criticized the Bush administration for failing to protect the American people from weapons of mass destruction and said he would take aggressive measures as president to lessen the threat from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and from cyber terrorism.
Concord Monitor |
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ISU reports laptop with students' info stolen
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - A laptop computer containing personal information about more than 2,500 current and former Indiana State University students was stolen from a professor as he traveled in southern Indiana, school officials said.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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E3 08: 80GB PS3 coming to Europe, Australia on August 27
Larger hard drive PS3, Platinum titles confirmed for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe countries.
GameSpot |
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County fires tech manager charged with laptop theft
MARIETTA - A 24-year Cobb County employee was fired Wednesday after being charged with stealing brand-new laptop computers from the county. At least three of the machines were sold on eBay, county officials said.
Marietta Daily Journal |
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Ask Mr. Gold
Some friends and I are spending the night in Los Alamos at the end of the month to do some winetasting. Being the hardcore foodie of the group, I have been perusing the Internet for our dining selection.
LA Weekly |
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Video game leaders vying for top spot
Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are waging a battle at the Electronics Entertainment Expo, each claiming to be the true king of video game consoles. [VIDEO]
Independent Online |
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WebAnywhere gives the blind online access
Blind people generally use computers with the help of screen-reader software, but those products can sometimes cost thousands of rands.
Independent Online |
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Kids learn from social Web sites
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.
Detroit News |
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Grants give schools high-tech edge
DeSoto County school officials on Wednesday announced $250,000 in grants from area donors that will provide a major boost in the use of computer technology and interactive white boards in classrooms across the district.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Technology Report / 2Q computer shipments rise 16%, beating expectations
Computer shipments rose faster than expected in the second quarter, fueled by exceptional demand in emerging markets and a decline in prices in the U.S. and Western Europe, two research groups said Wednesday.
Pioneer Press |
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Oracle issues security fixes
Oracle has released a new security update consisting of 45 patches.
iTNews |
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Gainesville Starbucks avoid closures
The 10 Starbucks in Gainesville were spared in the first round of official cuts and have not turned up on the list of rumored closings circulating on the Internet.After announcing July 1 that it would be closing 600 stores through March, Starbucks officially announced the first 50 closings Friday.
The Gainesville Sun |
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Amazon.com to launch new online TV, movie store: NYT
Web retailer Amazon.com Inc will introduce a new online store of TV shows and movies on Thursday, called Amazon Video on Demand, The New York Times said.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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Amazon.com to launch new online TV, movie store: NYT
(Reuters) - Web retailer Amazon.com Inc will introduce a new online store of TV shows and movies on Thursday, called Amazon Video on Demand, The New York Times said.
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 4th Feb 2006 18:49 UTC
IBM is expected to demonstrate a blade server next week based on the Cell processor the company is developing with Toshiba and Sony. The Cell processor, which also is the brains of Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 videogame console, has a PowerPC processing core supplemented by eight special-purpose cores to boost the chip's calculation abilities.
New Mobile Computing |
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Recent Original Stories
Massachusetts' plan to standardize desktop applications on OpenDocument, an open standard not supported by Microsoft Office, essentially comes down to a matter of control , according Stephen O'Grady.
New Mobile Computing |
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Grants give schools high-tech edge
DeSoto County school officials on Wednesday announced $250,000 in grants from area donors that will provide a major boost in the use of computer technology and interactive white boards in classrooms across the district.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 31st Aug 2006 18:31 UTC, submitted by anonymous
The 4th international GPLv3 conference is being held at Bangalore and Richard Stallman is one of the prominent delegates. This is a transcript of the interview with RMS where he is asked a couple of questions related to GPLv3 and free software in general.
OS News |
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The Government, My Laptop and My Binary Numbers
To the Editor:.
New York Times |
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ESA Talks State Of Biz, Reveals 40% Of Gamers Are Women
As the Entertainment Software Association released a new survey revealing that 40% of all gamers are women, the organization's Michael Gallagher spent his E3 keynote discussing a new "golden age" of gaming - for both consumers and developers. Gallagher's keynote at the Los Angeles Convention Center, as covered by Kotaku, revealed his positive attitude on the state of the industry, despite ...
Gamasutra |
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Savannah Tech awarded grant for Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology Program
Savannah Technical College has received a National Science Foundation two-year grant that will be used to expand the school's Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology program.
Savannah Morning News |
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Summer games: Driveway fun
By ELIZABETH AGNVALL Camp is out for the day, but you don’t want to park your kids in front of the television or computer. Here we’ve put together some fun kid-tested games they can play in the driveway, with a few that may spill into neighborhood yards. Set the boundaries, explain the rules, pour a tall glass of iced tea and watch the fun (or get going on that 6 o’clock dinner scramble). ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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E3 2008: Nintendo Developer Roundtable Liveblog
Liveblogging the NOA developer roundtable.
1up.com |
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Oshawa council discovers Facebook
OSHAWA -- Oshawa council members have become the latest politicians to jump on the Facebook bandwagon, saying the social networking site is an effective, inexpensive way to communicate with residents
DurhamRegion.com |
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TV Host, Software Company Founder Les Crane, 74, Dies
Les Crane, called the "bad boy of late-night television" when he vied for ratings against talk-show king Johnny Carson in the mid-1960s, died of natural causes Sunday at Marin General Hospital north of San Francisco. He was 74. His death was announced by...
The Standard-Times |
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