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With DNS flaw now public, attack code imminent
Updated: 23 Jul 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, U.S.A., JULY 22, 2008— One day after a security company accidentally posted details of a serious flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), hackers are saying that software that exploits this flaw is sure to pop up soon.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 20th Sep 2006 17:24 UTC
The launch of Microsoft's new Vista operating system has been a long time coming. Missing the important pre-Christmas slot earned the software company a lot of criticism from partners and customers but Microsoft has committed to shipping the OS in January.
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Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Tue 22nd Jul 2008 17:54 UTC
David Williams over at iTWire has done a comparison of Windows vs Linux . It is performed by doing functionally identical tasks in both the OSes. This comparison is not a fair one by any measure.
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Features and Case Studies
In the world of processors, attention seems firmly focused on the fast-paced desktop and mobile markets. But that doesn't mean that there's nothing going on in server-land.
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A Global Bandwidth Exchange
Oxygen founder Neil Tagare's new startup will allow carriers around the world to buy, sell, and swap capacity. Is it an idea whose time has come?
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Surfing to a Higher Weight
Teen girls are likely to be heavier if they spend a lot of time on the Internet, study shows
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Belo, A.H. Belo buy stake in ResponseLogix
Dallas-based media companies Belo Corp. and A.H. Belo Corporation are buying a minority stake in ResponseLogix Inc., a Silicon Valley firm that helps manage Internet leads for automobile dealerships, the Belo companies said Tuesday.
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China blacklists websites; "Sensitive" websites unblocked
The China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center (CIIIRC) issued its first blacklist of websites containing "harmful information" on Monday. The websites were found to be spreading "low and vulgar content," according to Danwei , and had been previously sent orders to delete the illegal content, but the demands were not heeded. In an effort to "shame" them, the CIIIRC decided to ...
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Reuters Business Summary
Yahoo profit down, outlook intact; CEO set to stay SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc's net profit fell 19 percent but investors took heart that it did not change its outlook despite a weakening U.S. economy and the distraction of Microsoft Corp's failed takeover bid. Shares of the Internet company, which just settled a proxy battle with activist investor Carl Icahn, rose 2.7 ...
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Earnings: Yahoo's profit falls short of analysts' expectations
Yahoo Inc.'s second-quarter profit fell 18 percent, the latest sign of the financial decay that has frustrated shareholders and raised doubts about the Internet company's future.
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Joost, TOM Group launches China joint venture
Internet television service Joost and Chinese media conglomerate TOM Group will launch a joint venture on Wednesday to court viewers in China, even as the government tightens restrictions on such services.
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Romania man guilty in Web identity thefts
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - One of 38 people accused of running a global ring that stole personal data from unsuspecting Internet users pleaded guilty yesterday. Ovidiu-Ionut...
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Chattanooga: Grant to give police laptops wireless upgrades
When responding to calls, patrol officers with the Chattanooga Police Department soon will be able to see where they’re headed on their in-car computers.
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3PAR Introduces Thin Copy Desktop For Vmware VDI
3PAR, the leading global provider of utility storage, announced recently 3PAR Thin Copy Desktop for VMware VDI, an integrated virtual desktop provisioning and management solution for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). 3PAR Thin Copy Desktop for VMware VDI is designed to let customers automatically provision hundreds of high-performance virtual desktops that consume only a fraction of ...
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[Campus] Open-source competes with WebVista
Some would like to see the University move away from Blackboard's WebVista to a different program.
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Joss Whedon’s ‘Dr. Horrible’ blog breaks the Internet mold
At the Television Critics Association summer press tour, the assembled media types are supposed to be covering television, which we’re dutifully trying to do. But on many of the laptops in the room — and across the land — a revolution has been taking place. While we sat in a stuffy ballroom, Joss Whedon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Firefly”) helped reinvent TV for the digital age. Whedon’s ...
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Students go beyond bookstore
University of South Carolina students are finding alternate and cheaper venues to purchase their books. Students are doing more advanced and concentrated research to plan and organize where to buy the most affordable books. These alternative venues include turning to the Internet and public libraries.
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[Metro and State] Recycling in your city
The facts about recycling in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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Cashing in on the Internet: Part 1 - Two local eBay experts
In part 1 of this series, we introduce you to two local women who have made a living by selling on eBay, and give you an inside look at their techniques.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 11th May 2006 19:18 UTC
Plans for an area of the internet dedicated to pornography were killed last night in a vote by overseeing organisation ICANN. In a split 9-5 board decision, the organisation acted ruthlessly, against its own previous position, in order to put an end to an increasingly difficult and controversial issue - the approval of a .xxx top-level domain.
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Blogosphere will remain Slouch-free
WITH EACH PASSING day, I am aware that I am 24 hours closer to death and 24 hours closer to blogging. (I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who once wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes and blogs.”) I recently was asked to start a sports blog — I’ll get back to that a bit later. Right now, I just want to calm down the masses. My older friends are railing ...
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Pasco County To Launch Redesigned Web Site
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Pasco County intends to soup up its servers in order to redesign its county government Web site to offer more to residents. The target date for the relaunch was yesterday, Tuesday, barring any last-minute glitches, according to spokespersons Eric Keaton and Amy Ellis.
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Program To Help In Search For Missing Children
NEW PORT RICHEY - The search for missing or abducted children is going digital. The Pasco Sheriff's Office plans to launch a program soon, Operation Find Me, to give away USB flash drives to parents of youngsters, Public Information Director Kevin Doll confirms.
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Features and Case Studies
In an interview, Windows Live exec Chris Jones talks about what the 2-year-old is up to and comments on another youngster -- Apple's iPhone.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Oct 2006 22:08 UTC
Here is OSNews' review of Xandros Desktop Home Edition Premium version 4.0 (a mouthfull).
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