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Cranky computer, rubber rear all part of trial
KINGSTON - They're the secret stars of the show, but don't expect to see their faces.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Eager to purchase a computer?
A cross the region, computer sellers are preparing for a flood of business next weekend, and with good reason: Combine the back-to-school rush with sales tax holidays Aug. 1-3 in North Carolina and South Carolina, and you get a tech frenzy second only to the holiday season, retailers and experts say. If you're considering a new machine, it could be worth your while to join the crowds. Like ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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No stuffy cubicles. No long nights. No weekends.
It's not true that you must work 80-hour weeks, trash competitors and gouge your customers to get ahead in today's business world. Rich Sheridan and his gang of computer programmers and high-tech anthropologists at Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Mich., say so. They are dedicated to reinventing the workplace, for themselves and their clients, as a means to an even more ambitious goal: “To end ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Computing in the clouds, staying in sync
In the geek world, “cloud computing” is a white-hot buzzword these days. It basically means working with files and programs that reside on the Internet, beyond your company's walls – out there in the “cloud.” Everyday consumers are doing cloud computing, too, maybe without even realizing it. When you use an Internet-based backup service, or Google's online word processor or spreadsheet, or a ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Traders taking a deep breath
Twice a week, New York hedge-fund manager Michael Karsch does a trade many financial professionals wouldn't attempt: He swaps his bank of computers for a blue mat, sweatpants and some “sun salutations.” . Karsch is one of a growing number of bankers, traders and money managers who, in a time of market turbulence, are looking to the ancient Indian discipline of yoga in search of inner peace. From ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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HP-EDS merger gets OK in Europe
Hewlett-Packard's $13.9 billion acquisition of the computer services company has now won approval from both U.S. and European antitrust authorities.
CNET |
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FSF launches a denial-of-service attack on Apple's Genius Bars
The Free Software Foundation is making itself irrelevant...again, this time by fighting against Genius Bars everywhere.
CNET |
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Dell issues fix for Nvidia graphics chip glitch
Dell has issued a fix for a well-publicized Nvidia graphics chip glitch.
CNET |
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HP-EDS merger gets OK in Europe
Hewlett-Packard's $13.9 billion acquisition of the computer services company has now won approval from both U.S. and European antitrust authorities.
CNET |
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‘It’s never 2 late’ to teach seniors new tricks
Checking e-mail to keep in touch, searching for information on the web and playing computer games for amusement are not just for the young. Some local seniors are discovering the advantages of the access to new technologies through new, adaptive equipment at Autumnwood Care Center.
The Advertiser-Tribune |
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Springfield Technical Community College to unveil virtual island in Second Life online world at Texas conference
SPRINGFIELD - Springfield Technical Community College is poised to launch a venture into a wholly online world. Project organizers will unveil their creation to hundreds of peers from community colleges across the nation Tuesday at a conference in Austin, Texas.
The Republican |
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‘It’s never 2 late’ to teach seniors new tricks
Checking e-mail to keep in touch, searching for information on the web and playing computer games for amusement are not just for the young. Some local seniors are discovering the advantages of the access to new technologies through new, adaptive equipment at Autumnwood Care Center.
The Advertiser-Tribune |
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Commission OKs HP plan to buy EDS
Hewlett-Packard Co. has received European Commission approval for the company’s acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corp., HP announced Friday.
Corvallis Gazette-Times |
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Club’s teen center gets new games
HP employees donated dancing, music features to Boys & Girls Club
Corvallis Gazette-Times |
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It's the Internet, stupid, or are we being rewired?
To answer the question posed in a provocative essay in the current issue of Atlantic magazine - "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" - you need look no further than the comments about the essay at digg.com, a popular spot for news addicts.
The Plain Dealer |
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Ahmedabad attack: Terror email leads to Mumbai
Intelligence agencies are reasonably sure that the logistical support for those who struck in Ahmedabad, just as in the case of Jaipur, came from activists of SIMI.
The Times of India |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 29th Oct 2006 05:58 UTC
Less than three years after emerging from nowhere, the hot social networking website MySpace is on pace to be worth a whopping $15 billion in just three more years. Or is it? And is the much smaller Facebook really worth the $900 million or more Yahoo is reported to have offered for it?
New Mobile Computing |
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Recent Original Stories
Gaining root access to a Mac is 'easy pickings' , according to an individual who won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability.
OS News |
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Recent Original Stories
"Nat Friedman has been one of the driving forces behind the development of the Linux desktop for a few year now. First with his own company Ximian, founded together with Mono chief architect Miguel de Icaza, after its acquisition now inside Novell.
OS News |
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Grants to let libraries buy computers
Six libraries in Cumberland County are could get new computers thanks to grants totaling $104,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The money, along with matching grants from the county, can be used to buy computers for public use over the next two years.
The Fayetteville Observer |
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Ahmedabad attack: Terror email leads to Mumbai 27 Jul 2008, 0003 hrs IST,TNN
AHMEDABAD: With back-to-back terror attacks in Bangalore and Ahmedabad marking a break from the terrorists' pattern of allowing time to lapse between two attacks, the Centre is preparing for a far more intense challenge than it had so far faced from jehadis.
The Times of India |
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Library to offer free computer classes
The Tom Green Library will once again offer computer classes free to the public. Registration is required and begins at 9 a.m. today. All classes will be at the Main Branch, 113 W. Beauregard Ave. For more information or to register, call (325) 655-7321.
The San Angelo Standard-Times |
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Recent Original Stories
"Based on an operating system called GEOS that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Breadbox Ensemble is a small (a full installation weighs in at under 10 MB) and fast suite of incredibly useful programs.
OS News |
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Portable TVs are bound for the scrap pile
Barry Spadoni first bought a battery-powered TV after the Northridge, Calif., earthquake in 1994, when his home in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley was without electricity for 10 days.
The Kansas City Star |
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Online ‘lemonade stand' offers sweet rewards
Lemonade stands are no longer just the driveway domain for youngsters hoping to squeeze out a few dimes or quarters on a hot summer day.
The Kansas City Star |
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