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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 19th Apr 2007 18:13 UTC
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.04 of the Ubuntu family of distributions (more info here and here ). Ubuntu 7.04 is also the basis for new 7.04 releases of Kubuntu ( screenshots ) and Edubuntu. Ubuntu 7.04 will be supported for 18 months on both desktops and servers.
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U.K. Stocks Rise, Led by Vodafone; BHP Billiton, Barclays Climb
July 23 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks climbed, led by Vodafone Group Plc after the world's largest mobile-phone company said it will buy back 1 billion pounds ($2 billion) of shares because they are undervalued.
Bloomberg.com |
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Ex-anchor hacked colleague's e-mail
A fired TV newscaster was charged Monday with hacking into the e-mail of his glamorous younger co-anchor hundreds of times for more than two years, as leaked information about her personal life helped lead to her own downfall.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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New 360 products are innovative - Schappert News by
John Schappert has defended Microsoft against accusations that its new Xbox 360 initiatives are unoriginal. "World of Warcraft is a wonderful example - it's a game that I completely love.
EuroGamer |
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Bank chooses high-tech features in new branch
It resembles an Internet cafe more than it does a credit union branch.
The Augusta Chronicle |
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Yahoo profit down, outlook intact; CEO set to stay
Yahoo Inc's net profit fell 19 per cent but investors took heart that it did not change its outlook despite a weakening US economy and the distraction of Microsoft Corp's failed takeover bid.
Hindustan Times |
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Introduction To Ubuntu Linux
Read this chapter of A Practical Guide To Ubuntu Linux and bring yourself up to speed on the open source operating system's desktop and its root privileges, and learn how to work with the command line and control windows.
InformationWeek |
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Google makes a dig for Digg
Company is allegedly close to acquiring the social news site Digg.com for $200 million
ITP.net |
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Hackers preparing to exploit DNS flaw
It's only a matter of time, warn experts. Security experts are warning that a DNS attack is now imminent, following the accidental publication of the details of a DNS flaw.
TechWorld |
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Court: Online content law unconstitutional
Federal appeals panel in Philly calls measure overly broad, vague. A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Tuesday agreed with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.
The Morning Call |
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A city locked out of its own data network
It sounds like a plot from Hollywood: A team of techies is busily trying to crack passwords to get access to parts of San Francisco's computer network. They are doing so at the direction of city officials, who have discovered that they are locked out of parts of their new multimillion-dollar system.
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News |
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75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws
In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...
ZDNet |
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Yahoo claims 'strong' quarter despite dip in earnings
The company missed expectations for its second-quarter earnings, but CEO Jerry Yang said strategic investments are beginning to pay off
ZDNet UK |
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Television - Business
When you ring someone about your computer, your credit card or your phone, the chances are you will be talking to someone other side of the world. But not everyone is impressed, especially those who are trying to save the jobs of telephone operators here.
Scoop.co.nz |
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The Herald-Zeitung Mobile Edition
The Herald-Zeitung provides a text-only version of its daily web edition for readers using cellular telephones or handheld computers. Registered users of AvantGo can create their own custom channel to download regular updates.
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posted by Joshua Boyles on Wed 19th May 2004 20:08 UTC
By the time Longhorn comes out I'm sure everyone will be sick of the subject "windows vs linux." Will longhorn finally destroy that pesky linux and mark another decade of Microsoft's monopoly, or will the underdog come out with a stunning upset and send a multi billion dollar company to it's grave?
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Computer firm boss pocketed customers' cash
A COMPUTER firm owner pocketed more than £3,500 of customers' cash for a software system he didn't deliver, a court heard. (23/07/2008 08:52:26)
Burnley Today |
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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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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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Toshiba stuffs Cell in uber-laptop
THE FIRST CELL-ENABLED LAPPIE , the Tosh Qosmio G55-802, has come to be. After having announced sampling back in April, it appears Tosh is confident enough they’ll be raking in the millions (of yen, shorely) with their new range of Qosmio uber-laptops.
The Inquirer |
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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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Analysts expect AT&T to offset land-line losses with wireless customers
Can AT&T Inc. sign up enough cellphone customers to offset the loss of traditional telephone lines? The experts think so.
Dallas Morning News |
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Public Safety 7/24/2008
Public safety report for July 24 Police, fire, rescue Theft — A couple who got off a charter bus July 17 in Normal with six pieces of luggage discovered when they got home they had only five — and the carry-on bag with a $4,000 laptop computer and personal financial documents was missing, an Illinois State University police report said.
The Pantagraph |
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CarpTV DVD Magazine
My old contact Joe Morgan, formerly of Korda, sent me an email the other day asking if I'd like to review for Fishingmagic the latest offerings from a new DVD magazine entitled 'Carp TV'. Two days later the DVD magazines came through the post.
FISHINGmagic |
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Donation computes for credit union
Advance Financial Federal Credit Union recently took the opportunity to help area school children - and avoiding adding to the volume of computer equipment filling landfills - by donating a large number of PCs, monitors and computer peripherals to the School City of East Chicago.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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