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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 13th Jan 2006 17:53 UTC
The very first Apple computers, distributed nationwide in 1977, had a hood you could pry off to reveal the CPU, the memory, and the motherboard. But almost three decades later, the company that pioneered "open architecture" with the Apple II, even with thousands of admirers looking on, was reluctant to pry the back panel off its new Intel Core Duo-based iMacs and MacBook Pro portables.
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petered out somewhat
"When I first got into open source many moons ago, the advocacy movement was a thriving and vocal part of the community. Most of the movers and shakers back in the day were advocating the use of free and open software at work, to their friends and to their local community via LUGs and other groups.
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Wireless and beautiful
If you’re one of the many who lug around their bulky laptops anywhere they go, then you’d find comfort (and respite) in one of Acer’s newest offerings: the all-new, Internet-centric Acer Aspire One.
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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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Mobileme user given access to stranger's account
Tom Royal, Computeract!ve , Thursday 24 July 2008 at 14:53:00 And free trial of Apple's new service cost user £121 A Computeractive reader was charged £121 after signing up for a free trial of Apple's Mobileme service, and was then given access to another user's account....
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Israeli co to launch cellphone-based people finder
SenseMatic uses a combination of Bluetooth, cellular Internet, and SMS technologies, enabling users to find their friends both in the real and virtual worlds.
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Medipedia or Knol, doc?
Anonymous prestige or money and fame? That's the choice doctors who write face today as Medpedia approaches its launch date and Google announces the launch of Knol. by Dana Blankenhorn
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Dialpoint Communications Adds WiMAX to Its Product Offerings
Dialpoint Communications Corporation, an Integrated Communications Provider of voice, data, and Internet services and business telephone systems, announces the addition of WiMAX wireless service to its product portfolio.
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Research and Markets: Chile's Internet and Broadband Penetration Rates Are the Highest in South America
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Chile - Convergence Broadband and Internet market" report to their offering.
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Third-gen Renault Megane revealed
Images of Renault’s third-generation Megane hatch have been circulating around the Internet following an incident where a number of unmasked cars were spotted by spy photographers at an official film shoot and then leaked to several French publications.
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Encinal rejects broadband grant
Encinal City Council decided to withdraw Tuesday from a $511,000 grant that would provide broadband Internet service to the city. The Community Connect Grant would also fund the restoration of a local school into a community computer lab.
Laredo Morning Times |
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Waiting For Android
Ignored by Google, some Android developers are taking lessons from Apple.
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Privacy Revisions Made To Health IT Bill; Markup Set For House Committee
In an effort to maintain the support of the health care business community, sponsors of a health information technology bill (HR 6357) aimed at creating a nationwide system of electronic medical records recently added significant privacy revisions, CongressDaily reports. The legislation, sponsored by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.
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Virtual job fairs expand search options
With the rising cost of travel and a shortage of time many of us experience trying to juggle busy lives, it can be tough attending a lot of job fairs or visiting prospective employers when looking for a new job. But with a few computer keystrokes, your problems may be solved.
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US Poised for Broadband Explosion, Says Gartner
U.S. broadband penetration will increase over the next for years after having fallen behind recently, according to Gartner...
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8:55 a.m. - New E-mail Tool from Yahoo
Yahoo! is expanding its popular e-mail service with a service that organizes several accounts into one place. "USA Today" reports Zimbra, a Yahoo! company, is about to release a test vers ion of Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop.
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Eye of newt: Inside Google's AdWords auction
Or whatever it is Analysis When Google chief legal officer David Drummond testified before Congress last week, he didn't disappoint. He splattered Capitol Hill with the sort of shameless nonsense we've come to expect from Mountain View's number one huckster. In short, Drummond told all those Congresspeople that if Google is allowed to rule 90 per cent of the search advertising market , ...
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Facebook to sow network beyond ‘walled garden'
Facebook Connect will transform social network from private site to Web-wide site where software makers (with user permission) can tap member data for use on their sites
The Globe and Mail |
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Top Microsoft exec to leave
Kevin Johnson, who was in charge of Windows and Web operations and was an instrumental player in the Yahoo bid, to become CEO at Juniper Networks
The Globe and Mail |
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British ISPs agree on anti-piracy plan
For three-month trial, providers will send letters to downloaders telling them to stop downloading; if users do not comply, ISPs will send more letters
The Globe and Mail |
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Richard Firminger to join Latitude
Richard Firminger, former Yahoo! regional sales director for Northern Europe, is to join search specialist Latitude in a senior role.
Mad.co.uk |
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Should the music industry tax you to use the Web?
The music industry wants to tax you each year for using the Internet in an effort to stop piracy. Sounds fair, huh?
CNET |
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Level 3 narrows 2nd-quarter loss as revenue grows
(AP:BROOMFIELD, Colo.) Level 3 Communications Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter loss narrowed as the Internet network operator recorded higher communications revenue and a gain from the sale of an advertising distribution business.
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Earnings: McClatchy Q2 Revenues, Profits Plummet, As Online Ad Sales Grow 12.5 Percent
The McClatchy Company's (NYSE: MNI) financial struggles only seemed to deepen in Q2, as Gary Pruitt, the publisher's chairman and CEO, pinned the weakening economy and the shift from print to digital on its revenue and income decreases. Revenues were down 15.6 percent to $489.7 million in Q2 compared to last year's $580 million. And while online ad sales grew 12.5 percent in the quarter, since ...
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TheStreet.com and Internet Broadcasting Announce Content Partnership
TheStreet.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSCM), a leading financial media company, and Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc., the leading local Internet solution provider for broadcast publishers and local advertisers in the U.S., today announced a new strategic content distribution partnership that will see TheStreet.com featured prominently across the Internet Broadcasting network of sites.
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