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Academics hack London's transport payment system
A Dutch court gives the green light to the publication of a hack that could be used to defraud London's Oyster wireless ticketing system
New Scientist |
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Google, Microsoft Not Immune to Economy's Downturn
Earnings reports from Google and Microsoft are casting doubts on the assumption that these tech giants are immune to the recent economic downturn.
CNBC via Yahoo! Finance |
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No new bids in Canada's wireless spectrum auction
TORONTO (Reuters) - The latest round in Canada's wireless spectrum auction produced no bids, suggesting the months-long process that could result in a new national wireless phone provider may soon end.
MSN Money Canada |
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AT&T mistakenly announces free Wi-Fi for iPhone users...again
Someone on AT&T's product marketing team must be trigger happy as the company once again mistakenly publishes a notice about free Wi-Fi access for iPhone users.
CNET |
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ONN.tv Report: Google Disappoints on Expiration Friday
CHICAGO----OptionsNews, the daily video news program on www.onn.tv, discusses stagflation, expiration Friday, and a rally in the financials.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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CNN - Hostage Ruse's Fake Web Site Irks Group
Colombian Military Intelligence Apparently Set Up A Web Site For A Fake Humanitarian Group As Part Of A Ruse To Dupe Leftist Rebels Into Giving Up 15 Hostages This Month.
WSMV Nashville |
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ADDING AND REPLACING IPLT20.com Ranks as Fourth Most Visited Sports Site Worldwide in Mobile Web Report
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, BUSINESS WIRE -- Add "sports" to first graph.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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MoD admits loss of 747 laptops and secret data files
LONDON (Reuters) - The Ministry of Defence said on Friday more than twice as many laptops had been lost or stolen in the last four years than previously thought, along with 121 computer memory sticks, some containing secret information.
Scotland Today |
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd May 2008 13:02
Since there is absolutely nothing going on in the tech world today (really, we checked the internet), we figured some off-topic lightness might be a good idea for this Saturday night (it's night already in The Netherlands).
New Mobile Computing |
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Review: Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 keyboard
Replacement keyboards are not the most exciting of PC purchases. However, a good quality keyboard that suits your style of typing can make you more productive as well as making your PC more pleasant to use, and cutting down on potential hand injury.
Computer Active |
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Recent Original Stories
Computer Guru has a theoretical solution to the Intel-Macs-Won't-Boot-Windows problem . All you need, according to him, is a set of Acronis applications, a clean install of Windows XP on another computer, Vista boot files, bcdedit, a Windows Vista DVD, and of course an Intel Mac. Please note that all of his ideas are pure theory, as he does not own a MacBook Pro or Intel iMac.
New Mobile Computing |
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MoD admits loss of 747 laptops and secret data files
LONDON (Reuters) - The Ministry of Defence said on Friday more than twice as many laptops had been lost or stolen in the last four years than previously thought, along with 121 computer memory sticks, some containing secret information.
Reuters.co.uk |
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Outlook vs. Gmail--The Definitive Comparision [Lifehacker Faceoff]
Editor: Being digital vagabonds without an Exchange server, we Lifehacker writers use online apps like Gmail and Google Calendar to get things done. But can an Outlook user make the switch without...
Lifehacker |
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Registration opens for .me domains
Registrations for the .me top level domain started yesterday afternoon, giving users a new crack at getting a personalised web address.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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SanDisk Sponsors Rock the Bells 2008 International Music Festival Series
MILPITAS, Calif.----SanDisk Corporation , a leader in flash memory, today announced its sponsorship of Guerilla Union’s Rock the Bells™ 2008 international festival series. This summer concert sponsorship demonstrates SanDisk’s commitment to two important marketing initiatives: an increased focus on music and urban markets and the company’s Wake Up Your Phone™ campaign.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja
Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...
ZDNet |
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Recent Original Stories
That is just the text based installer if you are booting from the live cd into runlevel 3. If you are booting into a desktop environment, just click the "install to hard disk" icon on the desktop.
OS News |
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Hundreds of MoD laptops stolen
The Ministry of Defence is facing fresh security questions after admitting that 658 of its laptop computers had been stolen over the past four years - nearly double the figure previously claimed.
ic Ealing.co.uk |
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Computing center contracts awarded
The SIUE Board of Trustees met last week in Springfield and awarded more than $500,000 in contracts to build a secondary computing center on the SIUE campus. Three Illinois companies and two Missouri companies were awarded the contracts.
Edwardsville Intelligencer |
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Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions
You know the drill. You spend thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars on higher education at your college or university of choice. But when you go to use your Internet connection or a public computer on campus, you login and it's locked down so tight, you can barely...
ZDNet |
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No new bids in Canada's wireless spectrum auction
TORONTO (Reuters) - The latest round in Canada's wireless spectrum auction produced no bids, suggesting the months-long process that could result in a new national wireless phone provider may soon end.
The Globe and Mail |
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FiOS Internet service at a standstill in OC
For consumers who were hoping Verizon's FiOS Internet would be coming soon, a spokesman says FiOS is, at this point, "built out" in OC.
Orange County Register |
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Bloggers arrive in Austin for Netroots
Thousands of bloggers were gathered in Austin Friday for Netroots Nation -- a three-day conference for left-leaning Internet writers.
KVUE-TV Austin |
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NH joins other states in child porn crackdown
New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte has joined most of her counterparts around the country endorsing a program to help prevent the spread of child porn on the Internet.
Boston Globe |
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Bringing Business Value - Integrating Web 2.0 Tools in the Enterprise
Web 2.0 tools are doing a wonderful job of providing consumers with cool and productive new ways of performing common, simple tasks over the Internet. These tools primarily perform a single task such as allowing consumers to manage their photos, read their favorite newsfeeds, express themselves online through blogs, and communicate with friends via social networks.
SYS-CON Media |
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