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South Africa: Blind Students Left in Dark
Blind students at the University of the Western Cape complain about the lack of training they are getting to use a special program on their computers designed to hlep them with their studies.
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Moonwalker reopens UFO files
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell brings UFOs back into the news - but it turns out that the news isn't all that new or authoritative.
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Ex-Google Staffers Launch Cuil Search
Cuil will attempt to outdo the reigning search champion with a (debatably) larger search database and reworked formula for ranking results.
DesignTechnica |
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Samsung Brings Style, HD Tuners to Monitors
The company's latest desktop monitors borrow the "touch of color" theme from its full-size HDTVs and shrink it down to size, along with adding built-in HD tuners.
DesignTechnica |
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Yahoo director Kotick to resign after meeting
Yahoo Inc director Robert Kotick's resignation will take effect after the company's annual meeting this week, where he will stand for reelection, to comply with a settlement with investor Carl Icahn.
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HoMedics/PowerMat Enter Joint Venture to Deliver Invisible Connectivity for Safe, Affordable Distribution of Wire-Free ...
Michigan-based HoMedics and Israel/New York-based PowerMat, Ltd. announced a groundbreaking deal today that delivers on the revolutionary promise of wireless energy technology; the creation of a new consumer lifestyle based on 'ease of use' products that enhance consumers' experience and provide a level of luxury and comfort never before available - all within a wireless environment.
Centre Daily Times |
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New zoo baboon cam
In early May, the Seneca Park Zoo cut the ribbon to their new baboon exhibit and now you can watch the baboons from your computer on three cams...
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"Secondly, however, it was stated the applications should have been equal also: that is, Firefox vs Firefox, OpenOffice vs OpenOffice.
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AdvancedIO Ships PMC/XMC Modules to Mercury Computer Systems for 10 Gigabit Ethernet-to-RapidIO Gateway
AdvancedIO(R) Systems, the leading provider of configurable 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) connectivity for real-time embedded systems, today announced that Mercury Computer Systems, a world renowned provider of real-time sensor computing solutions, selected AdvancedIO's V1021 10GbE PMC/XMC module for use in its revolutionary SR-110 Gateway interconnecting 10GbE Ethernet and RapidIO(R). As a ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Sprint Launches New Sprint Web Browser
This isn't new to Treo Centro users or some key feature phone users, but Sprint today launch its Sprint Web browser on all web-based phones in its product line-up. The new browser offers Google search, personalized web content and ...
PDA Buyer's Guide |
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Advanced Vault Unveils 64-bit Business Continuity
Advanced Vault, a leading provider of advanced business continuity solutions, today announced that the company's data backup and recovery tools now provide support for 64-bit editions of Windows, Linux, Mac and FreeBSD operating systems. The enhancement is a welcome development for small and midsized businesses (SMBs) for whom the lack of secure data protection has been a barrier to moving to ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Semper International(TM) Introduces Google Lively To Interactive Media Job Recruiting Services
BOSTON----Semper International™, a leading printing, graphics and interactive media staffing firm, today announced its use of Google Lively, the latest web-based virtual environment and social networking application.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Facebook fends off attack of the clones
(AP:MOSCOW) In its bid to go global, Facebook is facing off against itself. Clones of the wunderkind social-networking Web site _ some of which resemble Facebook right down to color, font and layout _ have popped up in local languages around the world.
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Wi-Fi Broadband Besieged By Freeloaders
You'd be well advised to tighten up your security procedures when it comes to Wi-Fi access, in order to prevent third parties running up a bill on your account. BT's broadband wholesale division has revamped the charging system it imposes on most of the UK's In...
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Ex-Google Engineers Debut Rival Search Engine
Three former Google staffers come up with what they say is a better way to search.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 11th Oct 2007 22:25 UTC
Earlier this week, Mandriva released Mandriva Linux 2008.0, the latest version of their flagship Linux distribution. Mandriva was so kind as to provide me with a copy of Mandriva Linux 2008.0 PowerPack , the commercial version.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 17th Sep 2005 17:00 UTC
"Now that Firefox has become the first viable contender to Internet Explorer in years, its popularity has brought with it some unwanted attention. Last week's premature disclosure of a zero-day Firefox exploit came a few weeks after a zero-day exploit for Internet Explorer appeared on the Internet.
New Mobile Computing |
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The AP Leads $3 Million Round of Financing for Verve Wireless
The Associated Press, which has used Verve for mobile publishing since May, led the way in the company's second round of financing, the New York Times reports. "Mobile is actually a better way to reach people than print or even web.
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Rackable to sell IBM blades in modular data centers
Rackable Systems has signed an agreement to resell IBM's BladeCenter servers in Rackable's ICE Cube modular data center, the companies announced Monday.
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Why the SEO Reputation is Being Damaged
SEOAly, an up-and-comer blogger who has been writing some really great blog posts lately, has shared the reasons why "SEO consultation" is ruining the reputation of an entire industry . In the piece, she explains that SEO is not about implementation -- it's about education. The right kind of client relationship is one where the small business owner is ready to apply the advice provided by the ...
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Software glitches at heart of £2.8bn tax credit fiasco
Faults embedded in tax credit software combined with "rogue" files that could not be erased from the system are among causes blamed for losses totalling a potential £2.8bn by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 13th Aug 2005 17:58 UTC
After a few months of quiet activity, the Appeal desktop project has rolled out a new project website that documents what everyone has been up to and discussing . Since the the last public announcement many things have occurred, including another Appeal meeting being held in Germany.
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Recent Original Stories
Mandriva Linux 2008 is now available for download on the official site ( release announcement ), and on the network of public mirror servers. 2008 includes all the latest software and enhancements over previous Mandriva releases.
OS News |
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Blog: Girls' voices from war zones
Source: IRIN Girl's speak out in Because I am a Girl, Plan International's report launched in May 2008. The report focuses on girls living in the shadow of war. It describes the situations and responses of girls dealing with the effects of conflict. Plan International's report draws attention to the fact that progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals is being hampered by lack ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Apr 2007 20:56 UTC
AfterStep 2.2.5 has been released . The AfterStep team released the following changelog: "Everything got touched. It's all good." You can get the latest release from the download page ; if you have 2.1.0 or later already installed you can use a smaller upgrade package.
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