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Actuate Initiates Open Source Advisory Board
Actuate Corporation announced the formation of an Open Source Advisory Board. The boards mission is to reinforce and extend the leadership and innovation of Actuates open source business model, which combines the key elements of open source ...
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Former Googleers Unveil Search Engine Called Cuil
A startup led by former star Google engineers on Sunday unveiled a new Web search service that aims to outdo the Internet search leader in size, but faces an uphill battle changing Web surfing habits.
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Al-Qaida commander urges killing of Saudi king
An al-Qaida commander who escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan has posted a Web video urging Muslims to kill the Saudi king for leading an interfaith conference.
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ThoughtWorks ships Cruise app for Agile developers
ThoughtWorks has announced the shipping of Cruise, an integration and release management utility aimed at Agile developers. The software is structured around the concept of pipelines, which forces projects to run through testing and approval gauntlets, including optional staging/production levels....
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QuickerTek expands Apple Juicz line
QuickerTek has announced that it is adding another Apple Juicz model to its product line. The Apple Juicz line offers a new way to power the MacBook and MacBook Pro using free and environmentally-concious solar power. A MacBook is able to be powered and charged simultaneously while the 15-inch MacBook Pro can either be charged or powered. Unlike ol...
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Government Computer News
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has released into open source software for analyzing remote sensing data. According to the company, Defense Department intelligence analysts and scientists use the software, called Opticks . By open sourcing the software, Ball hopes to increase the demand for remote sensing analysis, as well as increase the number of features on the application.
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Internet payday lenders will need a Pennsylvania license
Internet and out-of-state companies that market payday loans to Pennsylvanians will need to be licensed by the state by early next year, the Pennsylvania Banking Department announced today.
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Day orders probe into Clifford Olson web auction
The Correctional Service of Canada is investigating how personal items belonging to Clifford Olson, one of Canada's most notorious serial killer, were put on sale in an online auction - the second investigation of its kind in recent weeks regarding the child killer's presence on the web.
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"World's Cheapest Laptop" Available in Bulk Only
BobB writes to tell us that what one company is calling the "world's cheapest laptop" is now available at the price of $130. Unfortunately if you want to buy one you will also need to convince 99 of your closest friends to go in on an order with you since you cannot buy in less than units of 100. We have covered several "cheap laptops" in the past and many have turned out to be fraudulent, so ...
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Zurich North America Commercial expands capabilities of its ezumbrella.com commercial umbrella liability Web site
Zurich today announced enhancements to its online platform for small to mid-sized monoline commercial umbrella policies - www.ezumbrella.com. The underwriting guidelines on the site - which offers retail insurance professionals the ability to quote, bind and issue commercial umbrella policies in less than 15 minutes - were substantially expanded, thus broadening the customer base agents can ...
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Emportal Announces New Vice President of Product Operations
Uniting the way business works with the way people work, Emportal today announced that Matthew Rice, a marketing and management executive with 20 years of experience, has joined the company as vice president of Product Operations.
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NCS and Interface Masters to Attend Linuxworld Expo, Showcasing New "Portable" Appliance Featuring Specialized ...
NCS Technologies, Inc., a leader in OEM computing manufacturing services, and Interface Masters Technologies, an industry leader and innovator in networking solutions, announced today that they will attend the Linuxworld Expo and demonstrate the new NCS Technologies' "Portable" Appliance combined with a newly released Interface Masters Niagara 3064, Quad Port Gigabit PCI-Express Server ...
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Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Mon 28th Jul 2008 18:42 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
Business PC buyers are still overwhelmingly opting for XP, computer giant HP has revealed. Yet at the same time, Microsoft is claiming that Vista is selling faster than XP ever did ... so where's the truth?
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Manufacturers Urged to Upgrade Routers, Network Management Software Before End of Year
Regional Internet Registries ( RIRs ) have warned that routers and network management software should be upgraded ahead of the increased distribution of four-byte (also known as 32-bit) Autonomous System (AS) numbers.
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Recent Original Stories
Mark Shuttleworth today urged development of Linux models to rival what Apple has done on the desktop and mobile devices . Certainly on the desktop experience, we need to shoot beyond the Mac, but I think it's equally relevant [in] the mobile space, Shuttleworth said, outlining the challenge as figuring out how to deliver a 'crisp and clean' experience, without sacrificing the community process.
New Mobile Computing |
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Day orders probe into Clifford Olson web auction
The Correctional Service of Canada is investigating how personal items belonging to Clifford Olson, one of Canada's most notorious serial killer, were put on sale in an online auction - the second investigation of its kind in recent weeks regarding the child killer's presence on the web.
Canada.com |
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Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Mon 28th Jul 2008 18:42 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
Business PC buyers are still overwhelmingly opting for XP, computer giant HP has revealed. Yet at the same time, Microsoft is claiming that Vista is selling faster than XP ever did ... so where's the truth?
New Mobile Computing |
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Day orders probe into Clifford Olson web auction
The Correctional Service of Canada is investigating how personal items belonging to Clifford Olson, one of Canada's most notorious serial killer, were put on sale in an online auction - the second investigation of its kind in recent weeks regarding the child killer's presence on the web.
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Are License Renewal Lines Getting Shorter?
Nearly a month has passed since a new computer system was installed at the Minnehaha County Treasurer's office.
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Sales Lead Management Association Has Free Job Opportunities List
Susan A. Campanale, Vice President of the Sales Lead Management Association, announced today that SLMA has added a job opportunities section to the SLMA web site. Susan said, "The SLMA accepts listings from corporations seeking full time marketing and sales people and related professional fields.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 21st Aug 2006 19:03 UTC
"The OpenDocument Format is an emerging file format standard for electronic office documents. Representing a triumph of common sense over the methods conceived before the rise of the Internet, ODF's goals are both exciting and controversial.
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Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Mon 28th Jul 2008 18:42 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
Business PC buyers are still overwhelmingly opting for XP, computer giant HP has revealed. Yet at the same time, Microsoft is claiming that Vista is selling faster than XP ever did ... so where's the truth?
OS News |
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Rackable Intros Modular Data Centers With IBM Blades
The reseller arrangement with IBM will enable Rackable to expand beyond its traditional internet and cloud computing customer base into new markets.
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$100 Notebook Not Expected Soon
The low-cost mini-notebooks have stayed well above $100 and are likely to remain so for at least the next two to three years, Gartner said.
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Voodoo's Envy 133: More Beautiful Than MacBook Air
Calgary (AB) - Voodoo, the boutique end of HP, has been designing crazy computers for a while, and HP's almost unlimited resources have now allowed it to make an even crazier laptop.
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