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Microsoft shakes up online operation
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 24 July 2008 at 22:10:00 Platforms and Services chief departs, group to split in two Microsoft is reorganizing its Platforms and Services Division (PSD) as the head of the group prepares to depart. PSD president Kevin Johnson will be leaving the company to take over...
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Huge call to save Bletchley for the nation
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 24 July 2008 at 22:08:00 Birthplace of modern cryptanalysis under threat In an open letter to The Times 97 scientists have called for Bletchley Park to preserved for the nation. The site, home to the first programmable computers during the Second...
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Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUs
While more and more users are choosing "premium" versions of Windows, the opposite is happening with Office, Microsoft's other cash cow. by Mary Jo Foley
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Local libraries apply for grants for new computer equipment
The North Bend, Coquille and Dora libraries soon may get a needed hand to bring public access computers up-to-date through a grant offered by a Seattle-based foundation.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
LG Electronics Romania has launched an on-line promotion campaign for its new LCD television set hit – the LG Scarlet, LG6000, alongside its innovative plasma screen TV set PG6000 using the single-layer technology.
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Sensitive information about Tinley Park residents disappears
A box of computer tapes containing sensitive information about Tinley Park residents has vanished, prompting officials to warn locals this week to protect themselves against identity fraud.
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Under Pressure, ISP Admits Secret Web Snooping in Kansas
Internet service provider Embarq told Congress today that it monitored some 26,000 of its customers without telling them explicitly in a secret test of a controversial online ad service. The revelation comes just weeks after another ISP canceled its test of the technology under congressional pressure.
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Facebook libel costs £22,000
A freelance photographer is facing a £22,000 bill after setting up a fake Facebook page that libelled a former classmate.
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Computer recycling
There will be free computer recycling from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, July 24-26, 53 W. Second St., Coquille.
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Microsoft shakes up online operation
Microsoft is reorganizing its Platforms and Services Division (PSD) as the head of the group prepares to depart. PSD president Kevin Johnson will be leaving the company to take over as chief executive of Juniper Networks.
Infomatics |
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Tired Old Goodmail Regroups, Becomes Net Neutrality Issue
Two year's ago there was a bit of a media frenzy surrounding Goodmail's apparent arrangement with AOL; if you don't recall the exact players you might remember national news coverage of the "email postage" scare in spring 2006. Well, Goodmail's back with a new CEO and a new plan: certifying video email. read more
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Pa. State Trooper Charged In Online Child-Sex Sting
A state police corporal is accused of online solicitation to rape a child, according to prosecutors.
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Forrester: Vista is Like Ill-fated New Coke
A Forrester report released on Wednesday revealed that of 50,000 enterprise users, over 87 percent were still using WIndows XP. The author of the report compared Vista to the ill-fated "New Coke"
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Memo: Ex-Officer's Web Posts Would Have Cost Him Job
Had he not retired, a St. Petersburg police officer would have been fired for posting degrading computer-altered pictures of police administrators and others on a Web site popular in the law enforcement community, according to a memorandum released this afternoon.
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Microsoft to Buy Data-warehouse Appliance Vendor
Microsoft continues a shopping spree to bolster SQL Server by purchasing data-warehouse appliance vendor DATAllegro.
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Deux livres sur Vista pour ne pas être "Nuls"
Pour potasser les classiques sur la route des vacances, First Interactive propose deux livres. Tous deux dans la collection Pour les Nuls, ils délivrent tous les secrets de Windows Vista. Windows Vista Trucs et Astuces pour les Nuls a pour...
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Here We Go Again: Yahoo! Music Throws Away the DRM Keys Electronic Frontier Foundation
Just over a month after consumer backlash caused MSN Music to rescind its decision to deactivate the digital rights management ("DRM") servers that allowed MSN Music purchasers to "reauthorize" music files after upgrading operating systems or buying new computers, Yahoo!
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StoresOnline Sponsors Utah Jazz Event
Summer marks the beginning for a host of hot new NBA prospects as the league holds the annual rookie draft followed by summer league action. The Utah Jazz, coming off another successful season, are heavily involved in these activities. StoresOnline is pleased to sponsor both events in their ongoing support of the Utah Jazz.
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James Connors joins Boys & Girls Club staff
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley announced recently that James Connors has been named the new Intel Computer Clubhouse Coordinator. Connors comes to Sonoma from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Petaluma and Rohnert Park.
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Delaware County Trooper Arrested In Cyber-Sting
The Delaware County District Attorney is planning a Thursday afternoon news conference to announce the arrest of a Pennsylvania State Trooper in connection to a cyber-sting.
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Forward.com
Is all fair in love and PR? Some public relations industry observers say that 5WPR, the firm that represents the embattled kosher meat company Agriprocessors, crossed an ethical line when an employee apparently impersonated Agriprocessors critics online.
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Forward.com
Picking up the phone at 4:30 in the afternoon, Shmarya Rosenberg answered in a voice still bleary from sleep. He explained that he was just napping after having blogged the whole night, and most of the morning.
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West Nile-carrying mosquitoes found in Saskatoon, Regina
The variety of mosquito that spreads the West Nile virus has turned up in Saskatoon and Regina for the first time this year, health officials say.
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No investigation of blog comments about sheriff
On July 7 someone claiming to be a Cochise County employee accessed a website blog connected to Bill Cloud's campaign for Sheriff, and used the name 'C.C.' to post a lengthy tongue-lashing of Sheriff Larry Dever and some of his supporters.
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Android, Symbian Expected To Become One OS
Analyst J. Gold Associates said the merger of the two mobile operating systems will begin within three to six months.
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