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Recent Original Stories
"As a network professional, I have used various Linux-based systems for many years in troubleshooting and monitoring networks. However, Linux has never been my operating system of choice for my office desktop.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 4th Apr 2006 02:09 UTC
"[...] This database stuff is clearly the next frontier . If we are ever going to have natural speech interfaces and virtual assistants that collect and display our information in more useful ways, the computer is going to need to know much more about how our files relate to each other and remember what we've done to them and who's done it.
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Recent Original Stories
"It's no secret that there's a leaked beta of Vista SP1 floating around, but no-one yet has really taken the time to analyse it in detail to find out what it really does.
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Recent Original Stories
"Novell is announcing its contribution of the Xgl graphics subsystem and the 'Compiz' compositing manager to the X.org project. These enhancements open up a whole world of hardware acceleration, fancy animation, separating hardware resolution from software resolution, and more.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Sep 2007 13:12 UTC, submitted by Geoda
Intel and others plan to release a new version of the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus technology in the first half of 2008, a revamp the chip maker said will make data transfer rates more than 10 times as fast by adding fiber-optic links alongside the traditional copper wires.
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Court says it cannot ban Mosley orgy video
A French court said today (NZ time) it had no power to ban a British newspaper from posting on its Web site a video showing world motorsport chief Max Mosley in what the paper described as a Nazi-style orgy with prostitutes.
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FormFactor swings to 1Q loss on weaker computer memory sales
Microchip testing company FormFactor Inc. reported Tuesday it swung to a loss in the first quarter on weak demand for computer memory chips.
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Asian Stocks Fall in U.S. Trading; BHP Billiton Leads Decline
April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks trading in the U.S. fell led by BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining company, as commodity prices declined.
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Nursing lab at TCL gives students near-life experience
Anthony Gionetti groans in pain from his hospital bed. As he breathes, his chest rises and a computer monitor records his vital signs.
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Online Intervention Paramount For Reducing HIV In High-risk Population
Young Internet-using men who have sex with men AND who meet their sexual partners both online and offline have greater numbers of partners, appear more likely to contract HIV, and report higher substance use rates than those who meet their partners exclusively online or offline, according to new research.
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Physics Advance Leads To A Better Understanding Of Optics At The Atomic Scale
An advance by physicists improves our understanding of how light interacts with matter, and could make possible the development of new integrated-circuit technologies that result in faster computers that use less energy.
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Video: Traverse City Earth Day Parade
The video make take a few minutes to load, depending on your Internet connection. Once loaded, the video will automatically play.
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Yahoo Dials In Jajah For Voice
VoIP service Jajah benefited from Yahoo's strategic shift as the recipient of the outsourcing of Phone In and Phone Out premium voice services for Yahoo Messenger. read more
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They Saw It Coming: How the DNR was able to Forecast the Four Mile Road Fire
The Department of Natural Resources had a mobile command unit set-up just a few miles from the Four Mile Road Fire...before the fire even started. Computer models predicted a fire that day with the following characteristics: -97% chance of embers igniting what they land on -Fire grows 292 acres in an hour -Spot fire starting up to quarter-mile away Bill Sterrett, a fire expert for the DNR, said ...
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Major PC Vendors Push For Open Source Drivers
hweimer writes "Remember the heat the Linux Foundation took for allegedly not giving enough attention to Desktop Linux? The latest events at the Foundation's annual summit paint a different picture. Industry heavyweights like Dell, HP, and Lenovo 'announced on stage that they will now include wording in their hardware procurement processes to "strongly encourage" the delivery of open source ...
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Outlook roundup: Savvis, National Instruments
(AP) - Among the earnings projection stories for Tuesday, April 29, from AP Financial News: ST. LOUIS (AP) -- After posting first-quarter sales below Wall Street's expectations, computer network service provider Savvis Inc. forecast full-year revenue well below analysts' estimates Tuesday, sending shares sharply lower after hours.
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Softbank buying 40% of China Internet firm -Nikkei
TOKYO, April 30 - Japan's Softbank Corp is buying a roughly 40 percent interest in Chinese Internet firm Oak Pacific Interactive for about 40 billion yen , the Nikkei business daily said on Wednesday.
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Cracking the Code and Keeping Kids Safe
IDK if you know this or not, but FWIW, there are a lot of ways kids KPC online. If none of that makes much sense, pay close attention.
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IP Applications Corp. Reports Reduction in Operating Loss for 2007
IP Applications Corp. today announced its quarterly and financial results for the year ended December 31, 2007.
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Charitable work gains recognition
Eleven years ago, Paul Mickelson believed he was taking on a new hobby. He'd gather up some donated computers and books, send them to Cameroon in West Africa, where he'd done Peace Corps work, and piece together a makeshift education facility.
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Girls turned off by computer studies: report
A new study has found senior high school girls are staying away from computing and information technology studies in droves, despite having high literacy in the subjects.
ABC via Yahoo!7 News |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 28th Jul 2006 18:28 UTC
Microsoft is leaving Java in the dust , but the company still has room to grow in the developer arena, a key executive said.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 21st Mar 2007 21:37 UTC
I wrote the following article for university. It tries to explain the difference between three kernel types in such a way that less-computer savvy people should understand it. I had a 1500 word limitation, so detailed elaborations were out of the question.
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Saudi blogger freed after four months
A Saudi blogger detained without charge for more than four months after expressing pro-reform opinions has been released, a colleague said on Saturday.
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Hackers reportedly hit Ft. Bend ISD school
There's reportedly been a breach of security at a high school in Missouri City
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