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Apac appoints vice president of international operations
Mr Almond joins APAC from Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), a provider of BPO and IT services, where he most recently served as division vice president of Asia/Pacific operations.
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Qwest Communications to provide hosting services to AAMC
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) administers two online application processing services for students applying to medical schools and for residency placement.
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Windstream doubles internet speed across 16-state network in US
The company now offers 3Mbps service to virtually all of its broadband addressable lines as a result of the network upgrade.
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i2Telecom signs marketing agreement with Virenta
According to i2Telecom, MyGlobalTalk enables low cost international phone calls from any mobile phone that downloads the MyGlobalTalk software.
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Area-51 m17x is Alienware's most powerful notebook to date
Alienware releases yet another notebook powered by an Intel Extreme X9000 processor, now featuring a 17-inch HD display.
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Recent Original Stories
"When free software supporters participate in the French presidential election on April 22 for the first round of voting, they will have information that may be unique in the world: position statements from all major parties on issues about free software , copyright, patents, and digital rights.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 17th Aug 2005 17:31 UTC
If Sun gets very serious about Solaris 10 on x86 and the Open Solaris project that it hopes will nourish it, Linux vendors had better get very worried . That's because, in the many areas where Linux is miles ahead of Solaris, Sun stands a good chance of catching up quickly if it has the will, whereas in the many areas where Solaris is miles ahead, the Linux community will be hard pressed to ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 15th Feb 2006 15:14 UTC
"A lot of people complain about the Firefox 'memory leak(s)'. All versions of Firefox no doubt leak memory - it is a common problem with software this complicated. We look to fix the issues where we can. David Baron and others have done a huge amount of excellent work in this area.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Jul 2006 12:07 UTC
From today, Microsoft will no longer issue security updates or provide support for Windows 98 and Windows ME, which could lead users to trying alternative operating systems such as Linux.
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Desktop Computers As Data Flow Processors
For the first time ever, many of the major desktop computer system manufacturers are experiencing negative growth. Their tribulations have led to one of the largest potential mergers in the history of that market.
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'Unpunctual, sloppy' employee's dismissal unjustified
The dismissal of an "unpunctual, sloppy, distracted" employee who used the internet excessively was unjustified because he did not know his job was in jeopardy, the Employment Relations Authority says.
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Rs 48K stolen from house
Hiren Patel, a resident of Bharatkunj Society, has registered a complaint with Satellite police that thieves entered his residence between 7 and 7.30 am and stole a laptop, mobile and important documents.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Jul 2005 21:12 UTC
"Apple Computer Chief Executive Steve Jobs has a reputation for thinking different. But now he might be planning a move for Apple that will leave even his biggest fans surprised--becoming a phone company.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 23rd Oct 2007 21:01 UTC
Apple sold 1.1 million iPhones during its fourth quarter, the company said in its results statement on Monday. This brought total sales of the iPhone to 1.39 million since its launch and pushed the company's revenue to USD 6.22m (GBP 3.04m) for the quarter.
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Recent Original Stories
"In his keynote at OSCON, Microsoft General Manager of Platform Strategy Bill Hilf announced that Microsoft is submitting its shared source licenses to the Open Source Initiative . This is a huge, long-awaited move.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Jan 2007 20:12 UTC
"The introduction of Microsoft Windows Vista and its' many confusing and progressively expensive flavors has opened up a er, period of opportunity for Apple (formerly Apple Computer).
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Portal Review [PC]
With delightfully unique gameplay and fantastically witty writing, Portal is a huge success.
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Vista struggles to bust out as business customers snub it
Microsoft is facing increasing pressure on its Windows cash cow as some corporate customers stage a rare revolt over upgrading to Vista, which launched with much fanfare in January 2007. Last week, Microsoft reported a 24% decline in Windows sales in the third quarter.
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Yahoo's embattled CEO received traditional $1 salary in 2007
(AP:SAN FRANICSCO) Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang added the chief executive's job to his work load last year, but his salary remained unchanged at $1 _ a token payment he has accepted for years because the Internet icon already has made him a billionaire.
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My Account
SURREY, B.C. - Three sexual assault incidents in Surrey, including two attacks on Sunday, may be the work of a sexual predator targeting teenage girls on the Internet, RCMP say.
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Taiwan Quanta shares jump on strong Q1, 2008 target
TAIPEI, April 30 - Shares of Quanta Computer rose more than 5 percent on Wednesday after the company said its first-quarter profit rose by about a fifth and raised its 2008 shipment forecast by 11 percent.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 14th Mar 2006 23:59 UTC
"In twenty odd years of working with computers, I never owned an Apple computer. Frankly, until OSX, I was never interested. But the BSD underpinnings of OSX got my attention . The Mac finally got a "real" operating system.
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Recent Original Stories
Of course the net is buzzing with reactions to the Novell-Microsoft agreement of yesterday. Bruce Perens is very negative about it all: "What aren't they telling you? First, you can be sure that Microsoft's not out to help a competitor.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 26th Jul 2006 08:38 UTC
In the Linux land 99% of the applications are open source. It is part of the nature of the GNU/Linux community ecosystem to endorse open software. But there are a few applications that are not open and as they fill up a niche, they are pretty popular. Come in and vote for your favorite.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 6th Oct 2006 22:04 UTC
"Today, Microsoft is excited to announce the availability of Windows Vista RC2 to Technical Beta Testers, TAP Testers, and MSDN/TechNet subscribers.
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