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Recent Original Stories
In comments confirming the open-source community's suspicions, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Thursday declared his belief that the Linux operating system infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property . In a question-and-answer session after his keynote speech at the Professional Association for SQL Server conference in Seattle, Ballmer said Microsoft was motivated to sign a deal with SUSE Linux ...
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EBay rings up strong quarter
Despite a tumultuous quarter that included high-profile lawsuits and a shaky economy, eBay posted a strong second quarter Wednesday, with revenue of $2.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Aug 2005 15:01 UTC
"RealSoftware's REALBasic 2005 - the popular cross-platform interactive development environment for Mac OS X and Windows - is scheduled to debut for the Linux platform later this month, perhaps as early as the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 27th Sep 2005 17:23 UTC
Billed as the smallest personal computer available, OQO launched the second version of its pocketable pen-based computer system on Tuesday. Measuring in at 4.9" (12.4cm) long and 3.4" (8.6cm) high by just under an inch (2.5cm) thick and weighing 14 ounces (397g), the OQO Model 01+ is the tiniest commercially available system to be running a full version of Windows XP.
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Ready to switch from Microsoft Office to something different?
If there's one application that everybody has, and depends on, it's Microsoft Office.
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Parents Rank Child Safety and Health and Nutrition as Top Priorities
PriceGrabber.com®, a part of Experian, explored important issues for the modern-day parent in its latest survey of 1,584 online shoppers conducted in June. In response to this survey and its recent consumer spending survey, PriceGrabber.com put together a series of "One Minute Tips for Moms" YouTube videos to increase awareness on the biggest issues facing parents.
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Uganda: Army Computerises Data Management
The UPDF has installed the integrated information management system at all the division and brigade headquarters to eradicate ghost soldiers on the payroll, reports Chris Ocowun.
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SF cyber attack a wake up call for Canadian IT managers
A cyber attack that virtually hijacked the controls of more than 60 per cent of San Francisco's municipal network should serve as a wake up call for IT managers in Canadian government jurisdictions, say technology experts.
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Fox News: Jesse used n-word
Here's the other thing the Rev. Jesse Jackson said on Fox News two weeks ago about Barack Obama: "He's talking down to black people ... telling n-----s how to behave," according to various Web sites.
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Apple now third largest PC vendor in the US
Apple is moving up the charts, toppling Acer to become the third largest PC vendor in the U.S., according to a survey from Gartner. Apple defied a weakening economy to record a 38.1 percent growth rate in U.S. PC shipments, according to Gartner.
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Photos: How to destroy your hard drive
This will self destruct in one minute...
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Mozilla patches Firefox side of Safari 'carpet bomb' threat
Mozilla has patched a pair of critical vulnerabilities in Firefox, taking the unusual step of updating the older version 2.0 on Tuesday but delaying the fixes for the newer version 3.0 until Wednesday.
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Lions Gate to share ad revenue on clips on YouTube
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.---- 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.
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Amazon Video on Demand store streams film and TV, launches today
Filed under: Portable Video var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/movies/Amazon_Video_on_Demand_store_to_take_on_iTunes'; The New York Times is reporting that Amazon is scrapping its Unbox service in favor of a new online TV and movie store called Amazon Video on Demand. Unlike iTunes and Unbox, Amazon's new digital store-front will stream any of 40,000 movies and television ...
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Opera Releases Beta Issue of its Latest Mobile Web Browser
Norway's Opera Software has released its first public version of its mainstream mobile internet browser, Opera Mobile 9.5 beta. Opera has changed the face of its mobile browser in this beta release.
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Apple Stresses Manufacturing Cost Reduction for iPhone 3G
The new iPhone 3G sports an evolutionary design that favors cost reduction instead of cutting-edge features, supporting Apple’s goal of expanding its market share and achieving a worldwide presence for the product, according to a physical teardown analysis conducted this weekend by iSuppli.
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Spammer jailed for 30 months
A New York court has sentenced a persistent spammer to 30 months in prison.
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Oracle issues major security update
Oracle has released a security update that includes fixes for 23 products and addresses issues including remote code execution flaws.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Action Line: Blog features wide range of consumer resources
Time again to remind you that there is the Consumer Action Line blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/consumeractionline.
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Jeffersontown tightens controls on fuel pumps
Jeffersontown will install software to track employees who get gasoline from city pumps and how much they use, Mayor Clay Foreman said yesterday.
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Recent Original Stories
"If you run KDE, you aren't just stuck with the standard 'kicker' panel to operate as your app launcher and taskbar. There are a bunch of nice panel replacements that will spice up your desktop nicely. The ones that I've used and tested are kooldock, kxdocker and kiba-dock.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Feb 2007 17:46 UTC, submitted by MacosXrumors
"Parallels recently made a definitive statement saying that the company won't be making it easy for users to run OS X in a virtual environment anytime soon.
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Bad chat costs $179,000
A Nanaimo man has been ordered to pay more than $179,000 in damages resulting from a libel case involving a suicide Internet chat room.
Nanaimo Daily News |
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How to pay the bills between contracts
In part 1 , we examined how you can use sites like Rentacoder and Facebook whilst you wait for the next contract. But the internet also offers a wealth of opportunities for selling other people’s goods and services.
Contractor UK |
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Femto Forum agrees on management protocol
Femtocell installation suddenly gets easier. The members of the Femto Forum have agreed on a standard for the management of femtocells - the indoor base stations designed to improve indoor coverage of 3G networks by piggy-backing on a fixed broadband line.
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