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Alan Rosenblatt: Keep Your Hands Off My Laptop
As it stands, Customs can grab anyone at the border, seize their laptop, and demand passwords and encryption keys as a pre-condition to entering the country. And who knows when you'll get your computer back?
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More Signs of New Apple Notebooks Surface [Rumor]
Macrumors has spotted a report of a large Apple-placed order for laptop PCBs—up 20% over the current quarter's intake—as well as a stock notification to Best Buy announcing sparse MacBook shipments...
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IT Jobs Expected to Dip in 2009
CIOs plan sharp reductions in contract staff, professional services, and hardware -- and almost no investment in cloud computing.
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2:25 p.m. - Grant County Teenager Missing Since June
A Grant County teenager has been reported missing. The Grant County Sheriff's Department says Pamelia Alise Westbrook, 17, was last seen June 29. Westbrook, who goes by Alise, had recently been known to contact strangers over the internet.
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Yahoo takes on Icahn on its web page
Yahoo Inc. put a bright purple button on its web page -- a link to its arguments against activist investor Carl Icahn's attempts to sweep aside Yahoo's board of directors. (YHOO) (MSFT)
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Ubuntu made me puke in a bucket
And then a Playboy blogger saved my soul Radio Reg The world is a disgusting, filthy place. So, it's important to take a moment away from the turmoil from time-to-time, spread your legs and eat some aromatic pistou of borage. And, god bless, that's exactly what you can do at the Ubuntu restaurant and yoga studio in Napa.…
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Online Ticket Scalping Plan Headed To Easley
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Consumers looking for tickets to sold-out events will have some protection if they go shopping on the Internet under a bill headed to Gov. Mike Easley.
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First Look: Adeona, open-source laptop tracking
If you have a MacBook (or MacBook Pro), you know how convenient it can be to pack it up and take it with you. Unfortunately, the small size and weight of a Mac notebook also makes it a prime target for thieves. Short of locking down your Mac with a metal cable wherever you go, the next best defense for your notebook may be a special tracking progra...
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Wipro and Satyam warn on sales
Wipro said it had become the latest computer service company to feel the pinch from cuts in information technology spending in slowing western economies.
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Forums: new MBPs, MobileMe, iPhone games,
Forum roundup: Rumors about the possibility of new MacBook Pro models have MacNN forum goers discussing upgrade possibilities and most users expect to see new models arriving in anywhere from two weeks, to right after the start of the new school year. With all the problems surrounding the release of MoblieMe, Apple has announced a free automatic ...
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Legg's Miller backs Yahoo in proxy war with Icahn
BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Fund manager Bill Miller, one of Yahoo Inc's top shareholders, dealt a blow on Friday to billionaire investor Carl Icahn's two-month campaign to replace the Internet firm's directors, throwing his support behind Yahoo's current board.
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Earnings Preview: Apple seen posting solid 3Q
(AP:SEATTLE) Apple Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal third quarter on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
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A look at Sun’s VirtualBox
Virtualization continues to be a big topic among Mac users. Products from Parallels and VMware allow you to easily run many different operating systems on your Mac. Recently, a third player entered the market—Sun, with its VirtualBox product. Rob Griffiths takes a look at what it offers.
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Recent Original Stories
"The Amadeus project was initiated by USL as a successor or alternative to UNIX. As well as SCO other industrial contributors include USL, Novell, Chorus Systemes, Unisys1, Fujitsu and Sequoia.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Apr 2006 21:18 UTC
Linux on desktop computers will begin taking off in mainstream markets in the next 12 to 18 months, Novell President Ron Hovsepian has predicted.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 28th Jul 2006 18:28 UTC
Microsoft is leaving Java in the dust , but the company still has room to grow in the developer arena, a key executive said.
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Drinking, Driving And Facebook Don't Mix
Online hangouts like Facebook and MySpace have offered crime-solving help to detectives and become a resource for employers vetting job applicants.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Sep 2005 18:53 UTC
While Dell recommends the use of Windows XP Professional, in France Dell and Mandriva have announced the availability of a Dell laptop preloaded with Mandriva Linux . This is the first time any Dell laptop with pre-installed Linux has been sold or supported by Dell. Previously, only Dell N-Series Precision Workstations with Red Hat Linux were available from Dell.
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Lawmakers again toughen sex offender rules
The General Assembly has agreed again to toughen laws against convicted sex offenders, this time on social networking sites.
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Recent Original Stories
The long-touted Microsoft Vista/Office 2007 tandem launch is on for the last week in November in New York , sources said. This event will focus on business usage and scenarios.
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Former state computer programmer sentenced for child porn
A former computer programmer for the state Health Department gets almost five years in federal prison after admitting he used state and personal computers to search the Internet for images of minors having sex.
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Legg's Miller backs Yahoo in proxy war with Icahn
Fund manager Bill Miller, one of Yahoo Inc's top shareholders, dealt a blow on Friday to billionaire investor Carl Icahn's two-month campaign to replace the Internet firm's directors, throwing his support behind Yahoo's current board.
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Google loses share as Yahoo, Microsoft gain: report
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In a rare slip for Google Inc , Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp gained share as Google lost ground in the Web search market in June, industry data released on Friday shows.
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St. James Parish revamps policy for its employees
CONVENT – Employees of St. James Parish will be required to wear identification badges, and will have new rules regarding the usage of cell phones, computers, fax machines and vehicles, thanks to a new personnel policy approved by the Parish Council.
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Game company develops mind controlled headset
Get ready for the computer game that is controlled by your mind. Think it and it will happen.
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