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"KDE 4 is coming. It's starting to look and behave in a mature enough manner to use it on a normal desktop. This article is a little introduction as to what you should expect from the brand new KDE that is due out later this year."
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Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 18th Jul 2008 23:29 UTC, submitted by Dale Smoker
The convoluted case of SCO v. Novell dealt a heady blow to the SCO Group Wednesday, with United States District Judge Dale Kimball ordering the company to pay $2.5 million to Novell for improperly claiming, and collecting royalties for, the Unix operating system.
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Harassing calls more sinister than pool flyer
New Braunfels woman Mary Alice Altorfer became the center of an Internet and media furor this week when she complained to police that her biracial grandchildren were being victimized by a flyer posted at her neighborhood swimming pool.
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Computerised sport and shopping – not to mention humans
Plugging our brains into a computer chip to download news – and any other information we can think of – is just one of a host of predictions on where technology is takin
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Most actively traded companies on Canadian stock markets
The Canadian Press July 18, 2008 - 7:24 p.m. In this April 8, 2008 file photo, the Google booth is shown at the RSA conference in San Francisco. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Paul Sakuma, file
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After a lengthy child porn investigation Colorado Springs Police Officers have arrested two men. It's the second internet crime bust in two days. Investigators said Cory Stoffel, 23, had illegal images and videos of children on his laptop computer.
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Legg Mason sides with Yahoo
One of Yahoo's major investors has pledged support for the company's board of directors.
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Germany July 16, 2008
Whoever wants to know exactly where GM crops are grown in Germany need only take a look at the internet.
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UN's Inter-Cultural Understanding Unit Online Tool
18 July 2008 - The United Nations campaign for understanding between faiths and cultures, known as the Alliance of Civilizations, today launched a website designed to foster dialogue and debate on media literacy.
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Apple's transition to the PowerPC processor, which began publicly in 1994, began in an IBM lab in the mid seventies. Read about Apple's move to RISC at Low End Mac .
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"Mandriva Linux has a history of inconsistency; one release will be superb, and the next one will be so bug-ridden and feature-weak that it's unusable.
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MoD admits twice as many laptops stolen
THE Ministry of Defence yesterday admitted that 658 of its laptops had been stolen over the past four years – nearly double the figure previously claimed.
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Just when you thought fancy effects on Linux desktops started to get remotely understandable, focussing on Aiglx/Xgl with Compiz, a fork of Compiz is announced: Beryl . This is the logical continuation of the popular compiz-quinnstorm branch, used by many Ubuntu users.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 17th Mar 2007 00:26 UTC
During my 8 years of Linux on and off usage I have tried more distros than I have chocolate bars. Each one of my previous encounters meant that I had to spend at least 2 days configuring before I have a desktop that I was somewhat comfortable with.
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Lately it's hard to avoid the buzz about these small laptops (sorry, I don't participate in the hype of calling them netbooks or whatever) - the small, cheap laptop systems that were popularized by the Asus Eee PC. Just like Xandros with the Eee, Mandriva is providing the operating system for the upcoming GDium system, produced by Emtec . The first GDium will be a netbook with a 10", 1024x600 ...
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Legg Mason sides with Yahoo
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Saturday 19 July 2008 at 00:09:00 Investment house vows support for board One of Yahoo's major investors has pledged support for the company's board of directors. Capital Management firm Legg Mason said that it will be voting in favor of retaining the...
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Municipal Solutions Group, Inc. Announces Change of Name and Closing of Transaction With N. Harris Computer Corporation
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Municipal Solutions Group, Inc. announces that it has closed the previously announced transaction which resulted in the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company to N.
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Olathe school board discusses tax relief
The Olathe school board discussed Thursday how it could ease taxpayers’ burden in the 2008-09 school district budget. Superintendent Pat All said the district could defer replacement of computers and carpet and postpone general maintenance of school buildings.
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Hacker Runs Up $15,000 Phone Bill For Library
A computer hack has run up a phone bill of more than $15,000 at the Duxbury public library.
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Google profit soars 35% but still fails to hit target
A 35 per cent jump in second-quarter profits at Google yesterday failed to ease concerns about the impact of the ailing US economy on the internet search engine company.
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Internet shopping: Cheap DVDs coming soon to your HMV - via a nifty legal loophole and an offshore tax haven
HMV is extending to its high-street stores a controversial VAT-avoidance scheme that it currently operates solely through the group's website, which is based offshore. The move will offer shoppers discounts and free delivery on out-of-stock titles, at the expense of Treasury coffers. The retailer is planning to install instore "HMV Delivers" kiosks in its 250 stores. Customers will be able to ...
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Twiddla: Simple Collaboration Software That Works Almost Anywhere
Twiddla, a free service that lets users draw and annotate webpages with their peers, has launched a new version of its site that introduces a number of new features. Compared to enterprise-grade collaboration software, Twiddla falls a little short - there’s no screen sharing or video chat, and the software seems a little buggy. [...]
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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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Internet shopping: Cheap DVDs coming soon to your HMV - via a nifty legal loophole and an offshore tax haven
The retailer plans to install instore kiosks in its 250 stores where customers can place orders
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Paper ballots make comeback in East TN
Computer voting machines bought by most of the state just two years ago print receipts, but lawmakers decided that wasn't good enough.
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