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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Dec 2005 09:47 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"When looking at desktop Linux by itself, any analysis of the subject quickly leads to this question: why do users choose one version over another?
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Recent Original Stories
Andrew Ziem takes a close look at Microsoft Word performance in a benchmark with 4500 measurements in 5 categories covering 6 versions and 12 years of releases to determine whether Word has become slower or faster over the years.
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D&E, Jamcracker Delivers SaaS
July 23, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- D&E Communications announced on Wednesday it has partnered with on-demand service platform operator Jamcracker to deliver software services to small and medium businesses in Pennsylvania.
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MySpace joins OpenID alliance
Guy Dixon, vnunet.com , Wednesday 23 July 2008 at 15:58:00 Social network to support single log-in details for multiple sites MySpace has signed up to the OpenID initiative aimed at allowing internet users to employ the same accounts and passwords across the web....
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Whedon Plans 'Dollhouse' Webisodes
Joss Whedon plans to take over the Internet. If 13 episodes of "Dollhouse" are not enough for fans of the show, Whedon also plans shoot Webisodes for the upcoming series.
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Child Online Protection Act Struck Down
A federal court has upheld a ban on a law that would criminalize protected speech on the Internet. The American Civil Liberties Union challenged the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) on behalf of a coalition of writers, artists and health educators who use the Internet to communicate constitutionally protected speech. read more
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Yahoo CEO remains upbeat despite lackluster quarter
SAN FRANCISCO - With Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid off the table and his company's stock price down 20 percent during his 13-month reign as Yahoo's CEO, Jerry Yang has a message for his exasperated shareholders: Things aren't as bleak as they look.
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A city locked out of its own data network
Oakland, Calif. - 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.
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Kingston Technology Adds 16GB Capacities to DataTraveler Family; Introduces New DataTraveler 101
Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping its popular DataTraveler® 400 with MigoSync software and DataTraveler 100 in 16GB capacities.
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Bill Gates From 1/O's to Cars - Buys Stake in AutoNation Dealer Group
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates now has a 5½ percent stake in dealership chain AutoNation Inc., according to a disclosure filed Monday, July 21, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Microsoft Holders Say Web Spending Masks Idea Drought (Update1)
July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer says he plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to fix the company's unprofitable Internet business. His investors say they want proof he knows what to do with the money.
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Gatekeeper of the MP3 blogosphere
Anthony Volodkin couldn't raise any money three years ago when he launched the Hype Machine, a digital music startup.
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Romanian Pleads Guilty Over Phishing Scam
One of 38 people charged in a global crime ring that allegedly stole personal information from unsuspecting Internet users pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal fraud charge. Ovidiu-Ionut Nicola-Roman, 22, of Craiova, Romania pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport. Authorities accuse the defendants of stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit ...
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Mercury Computer Systems Earns Lockheed Martin STAR Supplier Award
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of embedded, high-performance computing solutions for image, sensor and signal processing applications, announced it has received the coveted STAR Supplier Award from Lockheed Martin.
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vmSight Extends Connector ID to Thin Clients
ATLANTA----vmSight™, the leader in managing virtual desktop infrastructure for performance, reliability and compliance, today announced that the company’s patented Connector ID technology is now available for thin clients used in virtual desktop deployments.
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Samsung Debuts the Evolution of Functional Art With New Slim Bezel "Touch of Color"(TM) LCD HDTVs
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., BUSINESS WIRE -- Samsung Electronics America Inc., the market leader in HDTV design and innovation, enhances its "functional art" home technology collection with the introduction of two new LCD HDTVs.
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Unisys posts smaller 2nd-quarter loss
(AP:BLUE BELL, Pa.) Unisys Corp., an information technology services and computer server company, on Wednesday posted a smaller second-quarter loss compared with a year-ago period weighed down by hefty charges.
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Identity Management: More Than Just a Password
One way to think about identity management is to imagine an enormous blueprint of an office building. It illustrates the rooms each person who works in the building can enter. The blueprint also indicates what kind of key is needed to open the door to a room, and what a person can do once inside. A computer network is like the building, and each room represents a file, database or application ...
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AT&T income growth spurred by iPhone, mobile revenue
AT&T reported growth in both its net income and revenue for the second quarter of 2008, with interest in Apple 's iPhone spurring strong mobile and mobile data numbers.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 8th Apr 2006 15:52 UTC, submitted by anonymous
For the first time this year, NVIDIA has officially published new Linux and Solaris display drivers for their GeForce and Quadro products. These drivers, versioned 1.0-8756, bring a couple new features such as GeForce 7600/7900 support as well as a new nvidia-auto-select program.
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FISMA: Protecting Government Agencies from Hackers
Many agencies have yet to lock down their systems under the Federal Information Security Management Act. During the 1990s, the government transitioned from mainframe computers to networked computing, connecting federal employees to one another as well as to the public. Agencies also began to create Web sites to present information to the public and offer new ways to access services. But the ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Dec 2005 17:19 UTC
"Apple really is is the better way, but why? No, not for the trendy industrial design, not for the OS, not for the CPU, but for the money. It charges quite a bit, but it is not the 'reassuringly expensive' factor either, the price/performance is nothing to brag about.
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Global Vascular Closure Device Market to Exceed $900 Million by 2013
According to a new Life Science Intelligence (LSI) report, 2008 Global Vascular Closure Device Markets: U.S., Europe, Rest of World, the global market for vascular closure devices will reach nearly $1 billion in 2013.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 29th Jul 2005 19:33 UTC
The same principals that brought the Linux operating system to the computer world are helping to propagate a new generation of computer hardware . Numerous processor designs are now being made open for anyone to modify and use.
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MySpace joins OpenID alliance
MySpace has signed up to the OpenID initiative aimed at allowing internet users to employ the same accounts and passwords across the web.
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