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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 31st Aug 2006 23:08 UTC
Two editorials on Vista, from eWeek and Microsoft Watch. The former: "The looming choice for Windows users is either to stick with Windows XP (and older hardware) or take Windows Vista cold turkey.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 9th Feb 2007 21:31 UTC
"When Microsoft brings out a new operating system, it's always nice to know that you can actually take advantage of it.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 31st Aug 2006 22:53 UTC
"Concurrent programming is difficult, yet many technologists predict the end of Moore's law will be answered with increasingly parallel computer architectures - multicore or chip multiprocessors. If we hope to achieve continued performance gains, programs must be able to exploit this parallelism.
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Linking to the net with wi-fi can be risky, police warn
The Department of Special Investigation has warned people using electronic devices with wireless and bluetooth functions to be careful of information theft.
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Asset sale boosts Amazon profit, shares rise
Amazon.com Inc's quarterly profit doubled and beat expectations, helped by an asset sale gain, and 41 percent sales growth indicated to Wall Street that cost-conscious shoppers are heading online to save.
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Surfers spend 21 hours a week online
Sixty-nine percent of urban Thais have access to the internet and spend an average of 21 hours a week online, according to the market research firm Synovate.
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True Move ready for WiFi
True Move, the country's third largest mobile operator, is introducing a series of mobile internet convergence packages by integrating fixed-broadband WiFi to go on mobile phones on top of existing Edge and General Packet Radio Access (GPRS) systems.
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Ottawa County man working to keep the Internet safe for children
OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Each year, about 40% of teens and preteens visit sexually explicit websites either deliberately or accidentally.
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Recent Original Stories
Want to be able to access your machine anytime, anywhere? Can't be bothered purchasing a domain name and configuring Dynamic DNS? Microsoft has a solution: the 'Windows Internet Computer Name' - a unique domain name for your computer . There is one small catch though: you have to be using the next-generation networking protocol IPv6 which, although thoroughly integrated into Windows Vista, isn't ...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 24th Jul 2008 00:09 UTC
There are no less than five apps to turn my iPhone into a flashlight, yet I can't turn it into a 3G-powered Wi-Fi hotspot.
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Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Wed 23rd Jul 2008 16:34 UTC, submitted by LinucksGirl
In this article, learn how to be a more productive Linux systems administrator. These 10 essential tricks will lead you on your way to being one powerful Linux systems administrator. Learn about SSH tunnels, VNC, password recovery, console spying, and more.
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Serono official pleads guilty in AIDS device case
A medical director for Serono Laboratories Inc. has pleaded guilty to promoting off-label use of computer devices in an effort to boost sales of an AIDS drug.
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Amazon's Asset Sales Help Double Profits
Amazon.com Inc's quarterly net income doubled from a year ago and beat Wall Street targets, though much of the gain was related to the sale of European DVD rental assets, confusing some investors.
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Top Microsoft online strategy executive leaves company
Kevin Johnson, a top Microsoft executive responsible for online strategy, is leaving the company, Microsoft said in a statement. (MSFT) (YHOO) (GOOG)
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Sierra Wireless reports Q2 profit of US$11M , up from $6.7M a year ago
VANCOUVER - Sierra Wireless Inc. (TSX:SW) reported a sharp increase in second-quarter earnings as revenue jumped nearly 50 per cent, but investors were disappointed Wednesday as the company forecast lower earnings and revenue for the third quarter.
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Intel Releases Moblin Into the Wild
One year after announcing its homegrown mobile Linux project, Intel prepares to hand Moblin over to the open source community.
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Report: Head of Microsoft's Online Group Leaves for Juniper
According to the Wall Street Journal, Kevin Johnson, the head of Microsoft's online business, is leaving the company.
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Microsoft exec who led Yahoo buyout team to leave
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said Kevin Johnson, the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations and an instrumental player in the company's failed $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., is leaving the company. After a short transition, Johnson will...
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Nokia, Qualcomm End Patent Disputes
The companies have entered into a 15-year agreement regarding wireless technology patents, and have dropped all litigation.
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Google's Answer To Wikipedia, Knol, Launches
Knol's means of encouragement is Google's AdSense program, which will let verified subscribers generate income from the articles they've authored.
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"So, which really is better for the desktop: Vista or Linux? I've been working with Vista since its beta days, and I started using Linux in the mid-90s. There may be other people who have worked with both more than I have, but there can't be many of them.
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"The Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu teams are proud to present a second Beta release of Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu 6.06 LTS, codenamed "Dapper Drake". This release corrects some serious flaws in the installer present on the Desktop CD in the first Beta release.
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Bloomberg, Gates pledge $512m against tobacco
NEW YORK - NEW York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates pledged US$375 million (S$512 million) to fight what they called a global tobacco epidemic.
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"Have you ever wondered what really happens to those Windows error reports you can send to Microsoft whenever a Windows app crashes? How many reports it must receive before taking action? Or whether it's worth your time and effort to send duplicate reports if the error occurs repeatedly?
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