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"Microsoft, apparently, is helping
the folks at Mono to port Silverlight to Linux. This is good news, as the primary fear I've heard from developers is that Silverlight will be locked to Microsoft platforms and products.
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Google Italy could face criminal charges over video
Italian prosecutors are wrapping up an investigation that could see four Google executives charged for failing to block the posting of a video of a disabled teenager being bullied on the company's video service.
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China Now Has Largest Net Population
Statistics from the China Internet Network Information Center say that there are now 253 million internet users in China , surpassing the 223 million in the US (June). Naturally if you look at it in terms of percentage of the total population, China still only achieves 19% net penetration, but that 253 million figure is expected to reach 490 million by 2012. About 95% of Chinese net users go ...
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Recent Original Stories
The big news [is] the discovery of an Apple patent that allows the computer maker to protect the installation of Mac OS X. In this case, really limit it to just Apple-produced hardware.
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft's Live OneCare security software has failed tests which check how well it spots and stops malicious programs designed to attack Windows. OneCare was the only failure among 17 anti-virus programs tested by the AV Comparatives organisation.
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GPS to track vehicles attending to power failure
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board’s Computer-based Power Failure Redressal Centre of Chennai has been installed with global positioning system (GPS) to track down vehicles of fuse of call centres. The GPS facility has been ...
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Hot Forum Topic - Should the App Store Offer Mac Apps?
Today TMO readers are discussing how the App Store, Apple's iTunes-based system for selling iPhone and iPod touch applications, could be extended to sell Mac applications as well
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Apple Struggling to Fix Enterprise Mac Issues
Researchers have discovered a flaw in the UNIX BIND software that translates human readable domain names into IP addresses. Microsoft and Cisco have released patches, but so far Apple has not. In addition, Mac OS X 10.5.3+ has broken the BSM auditing system critical for some government installations
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FotoMagico 2.5 Adds Lightroom Support, More
Boinx Software announced the immediate availability of FotoMagico 2.5 on Monday. The update for the photo presentation application added support for Adobe Lightroom, and exporting content to YouTube
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Gailen, Gardner American Association Players Of The Week
DURHAM, NC - The official statistician of the American Association, PA-Sportsticker, has selected Wichita Wingnuts OF Blake Gailen and Lincoln Saltdogs RHP Jarrett Gardner as the Teamline Direct Batter and Pitcher of the Week.
OurSports Central |
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Double Encore, the Manhattan Project for iPhone Development
Dan Burcaw founded Double Encore software after leaving Apple to try a different approach to iPhone software development. TMO spike with Mr. Burcaw to find how his company is thinking different about innovation on the iPhone
The Mac Observer |
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Review - Neverwinter Nights 2
Say what you will about the history of "Dungeons & Dragons," poke fun at its stereotypes and the imagery of geeks eating bags of Cheetos while arguing over minute rules; it still makes for a terrific computer game. With this in mind, Neverwinter Nights 2, developed by Obsidian Entertainment, published by Atari and ported to the Mac by Aspyr, goes the distance
The Mac Observer |
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Bergeron, Kelly Can-Am League Players Of The Week
DURHAM, NC - The official statistician of the Can-Am League, PA-Sportsticker, has selected Ottawa Rapidz INF Jabe Bergeron and Brockton Rox RHP John Kelly as the Teamline Direct Batter and Pitcher of the Week.
OurSports Central |
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October trial set in child porn case
APPLETON A 23-year-old Kaukauna man prosecutors say exchanged explicit photos over the Internet with a 15-year-old girl will go on trial Oct. 15.
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How Is Google Ranking Knol Articles?
Some people noticed Knol articles are already sometimes ranking very well in Google results, even though Google promised Knol articles wouldn’t get any artificial boost. read more
WebProNews |
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Cuil Is A Pretty Cool Search Engine
Take a test drive of Cuil this morning; you will be surprised at what you find. It has been a while since a new product has come out on the market in the search engine space that actually works well, and is actually fairly interesting in how they present data. Cuil was released to the public this morning, and it is truly something very cool. read more
WebProNews |
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iPodObserver - Double Encore, the Manhattan Project for iPhone Development
Dan Burcaw founded Double Encore software after leaving Apple to try a different approach to iPhone software development. iPO spoke with Mr. Burcaw to find how his company is thinking different about innovation on the iPhone
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Exploit code targets Mac OS X, iTunes, Java, Winzip...
Time for an Evilgrade A researcher from Argentina has released an exploit package that can install malware on end user machines that run iTunes, Mac OS X, Winzip and a host of other popular software.…
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AT&T challenges Intel's pet WiMAX project
Sprint-Clearwire tie-up 'defective' True to form, AT&T is attempting to scuttle the Great American WiMAX Merger.…
The Register |
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New Macs to get custom platform?
Apple is dropping Intel's reference platform in favor of custom circuitry, according to a new rumor floated by AppleInsider. Although every Intel-based Mac has to date used Intel's stock chipsets but with a custom layout, Apple is now purportedly using little to none of Intel's own components in favor of outside parts. Whether this involves licen...
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Google adds iCal support to Calendar
Google's web-based Calendar application should now support iCal integration, the company has announced. The feature comes by way of support for the CalDAV protocol, which in turn allows access to a calendar via WebDAV. Users of the Google app should now be able to edit a calendar in iCal and have it sync with their online schedule, as well as vic...
MacNN |
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Government Computer News
A project funded by the National Science Foundation will use Iridium satellites to study weather patterns on Earth and in space. Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory will lead the $4 million project, in partnership with Iridium Satellite and the Boeing Co.
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Windows CE stack gains digital maps, targets PNDs
— Jul. 16, 2008 — Intrinsyc Software has announced another deal aimed at bolstering the navigation capabilities of Soleus, its application stack for Windows CE-based phones and PNDs (personal navigation devices).
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Gallery accused of selling indigenous fakes
The artist signs his name as Duk Duk - "agile wallaby" in the local Aboriginal dialect - and on the internet auction site OZtion he cites the work of noted Yirrakala painter Wanjuk (sic) Marika among his strongest influences.
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Windows XP supports the XO's power-saving, monochrome e-book mode
Utzschneider blogged in May that the Windows port to the XO "is a snappy release that doesn't cut features or functionality in order to work in the constrained memory and storage environment of the XO." The build is said to support all the laptop's features, including networking, speakers, microphone, and webcam.
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