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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 15th Dec 2006 21:12 UTC
"The FSF today launched a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights.
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MIKE WENDLAND: Dell joins Lenovo in allowing customers to 'downgrade' to Windows XP
In the latest example of how consumers and business users just don't like Microsoft's Vista operating system, Dell Computer says Microsoft may be retiring Windows XP but it won't.
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Corning 1Q profit surges on strong demand for glass
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Corning Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit more than tripled to more than $1 billion, exceeding Wall Street's expectations on soaring demand for glass used in flat-screen televisions and computers.
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Recent Original Stories
"CentOS is an enterprise class GNU/Linux distribution based on the publicly available source packages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Just like RHEL or Debian stable, CentOS focuses on stability and security, sacrificing the 'latest and greatest' packages.
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Kraken Infiltration Revives "Friendly Worm" Debate
Anonymous Stallion writes "Two security researchers from TippingPoint (sponsor of the recent CanSecWest hacking contest) were able to infiltrate the Kraken botnet, which surpasses its predecessors in size. The researchers have published a pair of blog entries: Owning Kraken Zombies and Kraken Botnet Infiltration. They dissect the botnet and go so far as to suggest that they could cleanse it by ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Dec 2006 11:38 UTC
In 2002, both KDE and GNOME released their last major revisions; KDE released KDE 3.0 on 3rd April , while GNOME followed shortly after with GNOME 2.0 on 27th June . For the Linux desktop, therefore, 2002 was an important year.
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New CoMotion Trials Software By General Dynamics Enables Rapid, Interactive Sharing Of Real-time Data For Clinical ...
Dynamics Viz, a part of General Dynamics C4 Systems, introduces CoMotion Trials, a collaborative, decision-support software tool that enables hundreds of researchers, analysts and managers to see, analyze, share and comment on data and information produced throughout the clinical trials process
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Pull up a plate at a supper club
By CATHY FRISINGER For years, Amy Sonnenberg, a lawyer who works for United Way in Houston, regularly broke bread with ax murderers. They were the 12 members of her supper club, and though no one actually wielded a sharp instrument against anything more vulnerable than a chicken breast, they jokingly referred to themselves as "ax murderers" because they met each other online back when Internet ...
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Indian stock index rises 2.1 percent, led by technology stocks, banks
Indian stocks rose Tuesday, boosted by the central bank's decision to leave key short-term interest rates unchanged and the government's plan to extend tax breaks for software companies.
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Corning 1Q profit surges on strong demand for glass
Corning Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit tripled to more than $1 billion, exceeding Wall Street's expectations on soaring demand for glass used in flat-screen televisions and laptop computers. Its stock rose almost 3 percent.
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Industry leaders join push for home media networks
FRANKFURT - Chip and electronics makers Intel , Infineon , Texas Instruments and Panasonic have formed an alliance to promote home networks for movies, music and pictures using domestic wiring.
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Software programmer found guilty in wife's death
A software programmer was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his estranged wife
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Milford Schools Use Simulator To Improve Teen Driving Skills
The fatal crash that killed three Milford teenagers in February is the inspiration behind a new program in the school system to improve driving skills of teenagers.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 18th May 2006 21:09 UTC
Also, why are OS's requiring ANY specs at all? Is it not supposed to support whatever hardware you have no matter how miniscule? Yes you should be able to run the latest operating systems on anything including the early 80s IBM compatible in your closet at 8mhz. and 384k of RAM.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 3rd Nov 2006 20:02 UTC
Some more reactions to the Novell-Microsoft deal . Firstly, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his company is open to talking to other Linux distributors about reaching mutual patent coverage deals similar to the agreement signed Nov. 2 with Novell.
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Google Updates Toolbar PageRank: April 2008
I am seeing reports from across the SEO forums that Google has updated or begun the update of the PageRank score found within the Google Toolbar. We have threads at DigitalPoint Forums , Search Engine Roundtable Forums , WebmasterWorld and Search Engine Watch Forums - all discussing the recent PageRank update that began yesterday some time. The last time Google updated toolbar ...
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Linked by Alex Chejlyk on Mon 18th Jul 2005 17:09 UTC
Microsoft dropped support for Exchange 5.5 on December 31st, 2004. Exchange 5.5 users can upgrade to Exchange Server 2003, continue to run 5.5 with all accompanied security risks, or switch over to another mail/groupware system.In this article I propose a fourth option that is really options two (run Exchange) and three (run another mail system) combined.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 1st Aug 2005 18:21 UTC
Slashdot reports : "Several people have discovered that the new Intel kernel Apple has included with the Developer Kit DVD uses TCPA/TPM DRM . More specifically, it includes "a TCPA/Palladium implementation that uses a Infineon 1.1 chip which will prevent certain parts of the OS from working unless authorized."
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Wishpot Announces Series A Financing
Wishpot, the popular online social shopping community, announced the closing of a Series A investment round. The round, which added $1 million in funding, was led by Monster Venture Partners.
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Software monitors the weather in your data center
There's an awful lot of humidity over by the hard drives. Start-up SynapSense says its software will give a more accurate view of the environment inside server rooms.
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Jajah to power Yahoo Messenger's premium voice service
Beginning later this year, the telephony start-up will take over customer service, payment processing, and network infrastructure for Yahoo's VoIP service.
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DirectPointe Home Launch Provides Expert Remote Computer Help and Support at Home
SALT LAKE CITY----DirectPointe, the nation's most comprehensive managed service provider , today announced the launch of their home computer care service, DirectPointe Home. Until now, there has not been a reliable source of remote expert support home computer users could turn to.
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Police hunt video game attacker
Police are hunting a hooded man who stabbed a passer-by as he waited to buy a new edition of a notoriously violent computer game.
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What we know about GTA IV DLC News by
As Microsoft goes into PR overdrive. Want to comment on this article? Log in, or register ! Be the first to write a comment!
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What we know about GTA IV DLC News by
With GTA IV available today, Microsoft is continuing its campaign to remind people that Xbox 360 offers unlockable Achievements and will have downloadable content later this year.
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