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Isle of Wight: Council computer systems revamp
By David Newble - Friday, July 25, 2008 A REVAMP of the Isle of Wight Council’s computer systems could save the authority nearly £28 million over the next decade.
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An Apple A Day
APPLE Notebooks are just about the most stylish computers around, so it's worth investing in a classic bag to carry them in. Designer Ally Capellino has teamed up with the technology giant to create a range of chic laptop bags that will be sold exclusively in Apple stores.
British Vogue |
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Build Your Own Mini-PC for $80
Dip below the conventional mainstream market and you'll find highly integrated platforms priced at about $80 dollars. We take a look at a Celeron-powered Intel board to see what sort of performance is available for less than $100.
Tom's Hardware |
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David Cameron 'hacked off' after bike is pinched
STUNNED Tory leader David Cameron was stuned to leave a supermarket nd find that his bike had ben nicked. Cameron was pictured looking bemused as he searched for his mountain bike outside the store.
Daily Record |
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Libraries adapt to Internet age
The Internet was supposed to send America's public libraries the way of eight-track tapes and pay phones. It turns out, they're busier than ever.
The Burlington Free Press |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Jul 2006 22:07 UTC
Good as well as bad news for Microsoft on the legal front. Their good news is that a judge has rejected Go Computing's claim that Microsoft used dirty tricks to keep it out of the operating system market.
New Mobile Computing |
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Windows 7 on track, says Microsoft
…but details being kept under wraps
Silicon.com |
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Council votes to buy laptops, renovate room
The town council voted 6-1, July 16, to buy new laptop computers for councilors and to renovate the town meeting room. On the laptop issue, Councilor Paul Roy was opposed because of the weak economy. On the meeting room renovations, Chairman Mike Izbicki was opposed.
Bedford Journal |
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Trooper charged with seeking sex with two girls
A state trooper tried to solicit sex with 8- and 10-year-old girls and planned to bring candy and toys to their meeting, authorities working an Internet child-sex probe charged Thursday.
The Morning Call |
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Internet predator to serve time in Canada
MONTREAL - Internet predator Vincent Duval of Belgium was sentenced Thursday to 20 months in jail by Judge Jean-Pierre Bonin of Quebec Court.
Windsor Star |
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Vista still struggling to gain enterprise users
Less than 10 percent of the 2,300 companies surveyed by Forrester Research use Vista, with Windows XP remaining the version of choice
ZDNet UK |
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Toronto police officer charged with smuggling
TORONTO - A Toronto Police Service officer has been arrested and charged after ordering an illegal gun barrel online, police said Thursday.
Windsor Star |
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Ex-Wiz big fights jabs by blogger
Nobody beats the Wiz - not even a blogger. The feisty founder of electronics behemoth The Wiz is threatening to sue a Brooklyn blogger who published jabs against the businessman on his small Web site.
New York Daily News |
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Summer School: Version 2.0
CONCORD - What many of us knew as summer school is now a technology camp at W.M. Irvin Elementary School. Administrators say the changed format has helped stimulate student interest. When these students go home, they are used to playing video games and being on the Internet, said Assistant Principal Lauren Finley. So to come in and have to do paper and pencil activities is not meeting their ...
Independent Tribune |
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Lawmakers: Assemblyman focus of child porn probe
TRENTON -- Veteran Democratic state Assemblyman Neil Cohen is being investigated for child pornography possession on his legislative office computer, according to four officials familiar with the situation.
Daily Record |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 22nd Mar 2006 22:34 UTC
Tim Altman just wanted to file a bug report for Outlook (feature request actually) but all he got was a lot of hop-around from Microsoft's tech support, and got charged $35 for expressing interest in the product.
OS News |
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Dad able to witness birth while in Iraq
From thousands of miles away in Iraq, via the Internet, Sr. Airman Daniel Stewart was able to help his wife, Miranda Stewart, deliver their second child Thursday.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Interview: Billy Bragg
Musician and composer Billy Bragg talks to Kylie Morris about music piracy and the internet.
Channel 4 |
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Thomson Reuters Publishes CMR International's 2008 Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook, Now Available For The First Time Online
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters has announced the availability of the newly published CMR International 2008 Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook, an indispensable reference and business planning tool for decision makers in pharmaceutical R&D, corporate finance, business strategy, marketing planning and corporate communications.
Medical News Today |
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Google Wants You To Be Your Own ISP
Vint Cerf slams the telecoms, which aren't happy that bits have been commoditized and would like to shape industry regulations to help them to get back in the services game.
InformationWeek |
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Amesbury: DPW unveils program to track street, sidewalk conditions
AMESBURY and mdash; Keeping track of the state of the town's roads and sidewalks will soon get a little easier. Public Works director Robert Desmarais says his department is compiling a "pavement management" plan, a Web-based computer program through which employees will survey all of the town's streets and rate their condition, and log and track work as it is performed.
The Daily News of Newburyport |
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Cable company talks back to online grumbling
Comcast, the largest U.S. cable company, has started monitoring the Web to instantly respond to any complaints that get posted. Some call it creepy, others praise it.
International Herald Tribune |
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BI major QlikTech opens office in India
BANGALORE, INDIA: According to a IDC report, the Swedish company QlikTech has been named as the world's fastest growing Business Intelligence (BI) software company. The company has now set up a liaison office in Bangalore to expand its base in the South Asia.
CIOL |
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New Gadgets
Gadget-crazed families on vacation can speed up data transfers with IOGEAR's 56-in-1 Memory Card Reader/Writer. The versatile reader works with dozens of popular memory cards, so you can easily transfer data from cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, camcorders and other devices to and from the computer. To transfer data, simply remove the memory card from the device, insert it into the ...
The Springfield News-Leader |
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PayPal Action Worries Online Gamblers
PayPal shocks its client base In a move that some observers have described as nothing short of shocking, the online banking services company PayPal has provided privileged client account information to the US Inland Revenue Service (IRS).
Online Casino Reports |
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