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Turin Networks' Director of Carrier Ethernet Solutions Elected to Metro Ethernet Forum Board of Directors
PETALUMA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/29/08 -- Turin Networks , Inc., a leading global provider of innovative Carrier Ethernet , Wireless Backhaul , and Converged Services solutions for wireline and wireless network operators, today announced that Ralph Santitoro, Director of Carrier Ethernet Solutions at Turin Networks, has been elected to the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF) Board of Directors.
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Netmax.tv Selects Widevine to Enable Secure Multiplatform Internet Distribution of Hollywood, Bollywood and Worldwide ...
SEATTLE, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/29/08 -- Widevine Technologies, the only provider of multiformat, multiplatform DRM and digital copy protection solutions, today announced it has been selected by Netmax.tv, a global provider of multi-language ethnic television and entertainment, to enable secure distribution of targeted, geo-specific programming to a worldwide audience of Hollywood / Bollywood ...
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Sensationalised Celebrity Headlines Lure Users
Spammers are continuing to use sensationalised headlines to lure unsuspecting computer users. A new malware distribution scheme performed via spam messages which attempt to trick computer users into downloading and installing malicious applications on their comp...
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Jail Computer Glitch
A computer glitch has halted automated booking and fingerprinting at the Cleveland jail, forcing guards to use old-fashioned ink rollers and fingerprint cards.
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Pickens Calls Yahoo Management ‘Pathetic’
It looks like Yahoo has another cranky billionaire on its hands. The latest mogul with a bone to pick is T. Boone Pickens, the 80-year-old oil magnate who has been grabbing headlines in recent weeks for his support of wind energy.
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Limelight Networks to Provide Content Delivery Services for NBC's Coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games
Limelight Networks, Inc. today announced that the company has been selected to provide live and on-demand video streaming services to NBCOlympics.com on MSN during the network's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics from Beijing, China, 8-24 August.
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Recent Original Stories
"There is something fundamentally wrong with the way we create software. Contrary to conventional wisdom, unreliability is not an essential characteristic of complex software programs. In this article, I will propose a silver bullet solution to the software reliability and productivity crisis.
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Recent Original Stories
For users who have wanted to customize their Windows PC beyond what is part of the OS, this skin primer goes through the most popular two dozen programs commonly used to tweak, customize, and enhance the default Windows desktop environment.
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Your Computer and Cell Phone Are Lying To You
Ant writes with a story from Dan's Data, which says that the battery meter and connection-strength displays in your portable electronics are lying to you, "and not just when they whisper to you in the night." Quoting: "Mobile phones, and most modern laptops, have signal strength and battery life displays. One or both of these displays has probably been the focus of all of your attention at one ...
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Recent Original Stories
How does the system startup look like? This question usually does not come into mind of a normal computer user. Oh, he presses the power button, goes to the kitchen to make a coffee and when he comes back, the password can be entered on the screen in the prepared field.
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AOC Sets a New Standard for Excellence in Style and Performance with their High-Def by Design 2218Ph Monitor
FREMONT, Calif.----AOC announced today the release of their High-Def by Design 2218Ph computer monitor. Setting a new benchmark for combining design and the latest in HD performance, the 2218Ph monitor finally brings PC users the element of style Mac® users have enjoyed for the last few years, but with the twist of improved performance and HDMI capabilities.
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Wireless fees spark Rogers rebound
Thousands of new wireless subscribers paying higher fees for data pushed Rogers Communications Inc. to a double-digit gain in quarterly revenue, the company said Tuesday.
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Columbia man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
A Columbia man has pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography, a U.S. Attorney’s office news release said. Lee Alan Smith, 50, awaits sentencing. FBI agents searched Smith’s residence in November 2007, when he admitted to receiving child pornography over the Internet, the release said. Smith faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. - Lee Higgins
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Linked by Massimo Sandal on Thu 7th Jul 2005 20:14 UTC
Recently in a post on my blog I argued that, despite many claims to the contrary, GNU/Linux is almost ready for the desktop.
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Recent Original Stories
The article yesterday on KDE4 triggered both Sebastian Kuegler and Aaron Seigo to respond via their blogs. Kuegler writes : "The Free Desktop and KDE have come a long way during the last years.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 1st Aug 2005 18:23 UTC
Head of all things Windows at Microsoft, Jim Allchin provides a heads up on the operating system formerly known as Longhorn: "Most of the stuff that we would expect that tech enthusiasts and consumers will be interested in will happen at Beta 2. Beta 1 is not what I would call deeply interesting unless you are a real bithead".
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Recent Original Stories
How does the system startup look like? This question usually does not come into mind of a normal computer user. Oh, he presses the power button, goes to the kitchen to make a coffee and when he comes back, the password can be entered on the screen in the prepared field.
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IBM's 'grammar checker' catches code gotchas and errors in the early development process
Eclipse-oriented software developers can use the new IBM software to provide insight to their management team through detailed reporting on software code status and to offer direction into governance and compliance of corporate coding guidelines and requirements. IBM partners and customers can also build an adapter to use the code-scanning...
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Hacking with no technology
commentary The typical image of a hacker is a kid hunched over his keyboard in the wee hours of the night staring at commands on his computer screen that unlock the secrets of the national government.
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Grilling GMAC on the GMAT Cheating Scandal
Recent MBA students and applicants have had lots of questions since the Graduate Management Admission Council won a lawsuit against Scoretop.com (BusinessWeek.com, 7/1/08), a Web site that was allegedly providing live General Management Admission Test questions to VIP subscribers.
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Fanbase: An Adobe AIR App For Music Fans
Atlantic Records , a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, has just launched an Adobe AIR app called Fanbase . This desktop app offers fans a way to connect with their favorite artists from Atlantic Records, a label whose roster includes big names like Death Cab for Cutie, James Blunt, Buckcherry, Gnarls Barkley, Jet, Panic At The Disco, Paramore, Rush, Staind, Rob Thomas, Simple Plan, Missy ...
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Minnesota Software Developer CodeWeavers to Make Product Free If President Bush Meets Goals
SAINT PAUL, Minn.----CodeWeavers, Inc., a developer of software products that lets Mac OS X and Linux users run Windows programs, today is announcing it will make its product free for every American with a computer if President George W.
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Bad Guys Now Exploit Web Security Flaws in Mere Hours
The bad guys on the Internet are narrowing the time frame they need to unleash computer attacks that take advantage of publicly disclosed security holes, new research shows. More and more of these attacks are coming within 24 hours after a vulnerability is disclosed -- faster than most people even hear about them.
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Police defuse bombs found in western Indian city
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Police defused several unexploded bombs in the western Indian city of Surat, one of the world's biggest diamond-polishing centers, on Tuesday, three days after a series of blasts in the same state killed 45 people.
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12:32 (BST), 29/07/2008 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Tuesday 29th ...
Tuesday 29th July/...System 3 is proud to announce the first in a series of downloadable content for the genre-defining Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, to be released on PlayStation Network in August.
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