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The Ranting of a Madman: Google $5 Billion Lawsuit Dismissed Twice
Pennsylvania inmate loses strange case in court of appeals...
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EFF: MSN Music Customers Are Getting The Shaft
The Electronic Frontier Foundation speaks out against Microsoft's recent music moves...
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Hilary Duff On Controversial Miley Cyrus Pics: 'Who Am I To Judge?'
First, Jonas Brothers frontman Joe Jonas came to Miley Cyrus' defense, after snapshots showing her in her bra and underwear surfaced online. Now it seems that Hilary Duff is in the "Hannah Montana" star's corner too.
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MySpace adds karaoke feature
Dreaming of becoming the next American Idol? Well, it's never too early or late to start working on your singing skills. There are plenty of karaoke sites where people can sing and build their online fan base, but MySpace users have an easier way to do this at MySpace Karaoke. That's right, the social networking site just launched a new karaoke service where people can sing their heart out ...
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ISC shutters services of more than 4300 Chinese open e-mail relays
Internet Society of China proposes two measures, one is spam e-mail reporting and the other a white list e-mail servers, in an attempt to stop spammers with the close-down of over 4,300 e-mail relays.
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Skype tests mobile Java client
The company has released a test version of a client for Java-enabled mobile devices and plans to make a public release soon.
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Open source was behind Intel's decision to add Solaris to its list of supported operating systems, according to a top ...
to profitability. Microsoft and co. must be getting worried! Well, they probably would, except for the fact that their that all these open source projects run on their platform anyway ...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 3rd Sep 2006 20:42 UTC, submitted by Anonymous
Paul Thurrott has posted the first two parts of his review of Windows Vista build 5600 (RC1) along with a list of five of his favorite features. Update: Vista has a long way to go to be finished, blogger says.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Dec 2005 09:47 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"When looking at desktop Linux by itself, any analysis of the subject quickly leads to this question: why do users choose one version over another?
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Border Crossing Searches of Laptops OK'd
A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that security agents working at America's borders have the right to search laptops - or any other electronic device - carried by a person without probable cause or a warrant. This is a story that's been brewing for awhile, and can almost assuredly be traced back to a case in which border security found pornographic images of children stored on a laptop ...
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Radiohead says no more internet freebies
LONDON - It was a pivotal moment for the music industry which many thought sounded the death knell for recorded music sales, but Radiohead won't be repeating its initiative to let fans pay what they want for their downloads, said the rock band's frontman Thom Yorke.
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HP 2133 Mini-Note PC joins 'netbook' bandwagon
Early this month, we saw the Intel Neo's Explore aka Classmate PC. Soon, local digizens will finally see and experience HP's 2133, the latest ultra mobile PC from HP.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 6th Jan 2007 17:01 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Right before the end of 2006, Paul Thurrott completed his 8-part review of Windows Vista . His final conclusion : "Vista is a better operating system than the competition, for reasons that are both technical and practical.
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by (Staff) on Fri 18th Nov 2005 18:35 in reply to " RE[2]: People are sheep "
people shouldn't have to know a lot of details about computers... they want to *USE* them, not be a sys admin. Much like you shouldn't have to know how to tune the engine in the car (or care if it's a V8, dual exhaust, etc). You just want to get in your car and drive the thing.
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ACC warns of security breach after laptop is stolen
QUEENSBURY -- A letter sent to Adirondack Community College students on Monday informed them that a laptop stolen from the State University of New York’s information technology consultant may put students’ personal information at risk.
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Closing arguments begin in Pellicano trial
Closing arguments began Tuesday in the wiretapping trial of Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private eye accused of illegal bugging.Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Saunders told a Los Angeles jury that prosecutors had proved Pellicano used thuggish techniques in his business, Daily Variety reported.Tires get slashed, computers get hacked, houses get broken into, Saunders said. And of course, ...
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Analysis: DOJ's new global crime strategy
by Shaun Waterman Washington, April 29, 2008 U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey's new strategy for combating international organized crime will see prosecutors working more closely with U.S. intelligence agencies to identify, track and disrupt the operations of major global crime figures.
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Recent Original Stories
George Ou compares Microsoft Office 2007 to OpenOffice 2.2 in memory and CPU usage using the OOXML and ODF file formats. The conclusion according to Ou: "We can see that the OpenOffice.org ODF XML parser (while vastly improved) is still about 5 times slower than Microsoft's OOXML parser.
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Recent Original Stories
"It's been known that the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) phones home for quite some time now. For most of us, we've come to live with Microsoft's decision to relegate the software to only contacting the company's servers once every few weeks .
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Linked by Charles Williams on Tue 17th Jan 2006 21:25 UTC
What ever happened to the total computer newbies who tried Debian ( part I part II )? Mike, Diane, Mary & Carla are still doing very well, although much has changed since the first articles were written.
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Summer Genuis Tech: water-proof keyboard, 2MP webcam and smart joystick
Leading maker of PC peripherals, Genuis, introduced a wide range of new products this month. First is the not-so ordinary multimedia waterproof keyboard that also has anti-bacterial features. The SlimStar 311 is elegantly designed for ultra attraction.
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MySpace users now can add karaoke to profile pages
NEW YORK - You're sitting at home online and suddenly you get an irresistible urge. You absolutely have to belt out R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" and share it with the world.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Aug 2006 19:22 UTC
Microsoft has begun sharing ideas on how to design a Vista PC as part of what it calls the Vista Industrial Design Toolkit.
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Americans unloading precious belongings to make ends meet
The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, ``Please buy anything you can to help out.''
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 24th Aug 2005 12:33 UTC
Google has launched an instant-messaging (IM) program that allows text chat and computer-to-computer voice connections, a move that highlights the search giant's increasing competition with Yahoo, Microsoft and America Online.
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