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Recent Original Stories
Linux and UNIX-like operating systems in general are regarded as being more secure for the common user, in contrast with operating systems that have "Windows" as part of their name.
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iPipeline Acquires COSS Development Corporation
iPipeline, the leader in on-demand sales distribution software for insurers and financial services firms, today announced it has acquired COSS Development Corporation, a leading provider of mission-critical web-enabled illustration systems and fill-able forms technology.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Inkubook Photo Book Maker Launches Public Availability
Inkubook - - the fun, collaborative Web site where users of all abilities can turn digital photos and ideas into a professionally printed photo book -- has launched its public availability.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Web-initiated harassment of grandma continues
Web postings urging online and telephone harassment of Herald-Zeitung employees appeared Saturday morning on the Internet hours after an article was published describing similar attacks toward a New Braunfels woman.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Recent Original Stories
OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones.
OS News |
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by WorknMan (3.2) on Fri 23rd Jun 2006 22:20 UTC
Well, ask yourself this ... if you could (legally) buy a copy of OSX that ran on off-the-shelf vanilla PCs, would you pay the Apple Tax in order to get it?
OS News |
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Markers hit by computer problems
A guide to the problems with this year's national curriculum tests in England.
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Are VM Environments Open to Attack?
New adopters often see virtualization as the Holy Grail of enterprise computing. It enables consolidation of separate servers and databases to provide more economic operations. Running consolidated computers from one virtualized machine also eliminates the electrical waste spent to keep idling servers and data-processing machines running.
E-Commerce Times |
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Web 2.0 the Enterprise Way
Web 2.0 technologies are empowering enterprises in ways we could only have imagined a few years ago. They have evolved beyond consumer-grade blogs and wikis into enterprise-class solutions driving collaboration, productivity, sales and cost savings. But despite the business value they deliver, are enterprises ready to fully embrace Web 2.0 technologies?
E-Commerce Times |
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Spitfire enjoys the LINX effect
Sam Trendall, CRN , Tuesday 22 July 2008 at 12:47:00 ISP upgrades connection to IP exchange after a surge in traffic this year. After a marked acceleration in traffic since the start of this year, hybrid ISP and reseller Spitfire has upgraded its London Internet Exchange (LINX) connection....
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Firms waste 'weeks a year' on upgrades
Ian Williams, vnunet.com , Tuesday 22 July 2008 at 12:46:00 Vital resources spent on mundane tasks IT managers spend an average of 44 minutes on each PC or laptop every time software needs to be upgraded, according to research from Citrix....
vnunet.com |
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ZipClip Provides Easy Web-to-Mobile Media Sharing
ZipClip is a service I got to check out during the Web 2.0 Expo earlier this year, but has been under pretty tight wraps until now. Even in its beta phase, ZipClip, which is a product of mobile apps provider Berggi, appears to be a cool service that will further connect Web and mobile applications and media sharing. With two personal demos from the gracious Berggi CEO Babur Ozden, I got a ...
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Predator sting sentencings among harshest in country
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- More than two dozen men have been arrested in three Internet sex stings in Kentucky with help from a watchdog group that tracks online predators.
The Gleaner |
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Are VM Environments Open to Attack?
New adopters often see virtualization as the Holy Grail of enterprise computing. It enables consolidation of separate servers and databases to provide more economic operations. Running consolidated computers from one virtualized machine also eliminates the electrical waste spent to keep idling servers and data-processing machines running.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Wait! Don't Upgrade to iPhone 3G
In a move that will certainly win me no friends at Apple, I simply can't in good conscience recommend the iPhone 3G to existing iPhone customers. Don't get me wrong. I have an iPhone 3G myself, and I upgraded from my existing iPhone, and I love both. As I've mentioned before, once you go iPhone, you never go back.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Follow the Money: Do-It-Yourself Reality Check on Pols
Money talks. So it's important for voters to know how candidates get their money, who gives it to them, and what they do with it. This information used to be buried in obscure volumes and government reports, but digital databases have changed all that. Anyone with a Web connection and the desire to do a little research can quickly learn just about whatever they want to know about candidates, ...
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Harrington aiming for greater glory
SOUTHPORT, England - Padraig Harrington never tires of reading the fine print on the silver claret jug, and as he stood up from a table Monday morning at Royal Birkdale, he slowly turned golf's oldest trophy to see his name on consecutive rows.
Coshocton Tribune |
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Tongue Drive Technology
Researchers have developed an experimental tongue-based system that may allow individuals with debilitating disabilities to control wheelchairs, computers and other devices with relative ease and no sophistication. Because the tongue is directly connected to the brain via cranial nerves, it usually remains mobile when other body parts lose function to disease or accidents.
Medical News Today |
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Groups urge FCC to keep the internet open
The US Federal Communications Commission needs to take steps to keep the internet free of interference from broadband providers, such as the slowing of peer-to-peer traffic and the tracking of subscribers' web habits, several witnesses told the FCC at a hearing Monday.
Macworld UK |
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starMedia Launches 'Toque Latino'
Following the recent, very successful debut of starMedia's new, weekly Webcast show starMedia EntertaiNews, today the global Spanish-language Portal launched Toque Latino , another newly-created Webcast show.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Asset management system cuts Silverstone costs by a fifth
Motor racing venue Silverstone has cut software licensing costs by 20% through implementing a
Computer Weekly |
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Test delays
Markers face computer problems with Sats results
BBC News |
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Lockheed Second-Quarter Net Climbs 13%; Forecast Increased
July 22 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. , the world's largest defense company, said second-quarter earnings rose 13 percent on higher sales of computer services to the U.S. government and development work for a new NASA spacecraft.
Bloomberg.com |
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Check Point reports 2Q profit up 14 percent
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Tuesday reported a 14 percent increase in second-quarter profit, meeting adjusted Wall Street expectations as new Internet security products generated growth in revenues.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Possible shutdown of Navajo Internet delayed
Bandwidth provider threatening to halt service if it is not paid for services rendered; Utah-based company that buys bandwidth unable to pay until federal government releases $2.1-million in held funds
The Globe and Mail |
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