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Ancient "computer" deciphered
After a closer examination of a surviving marvel of ancient Greek technology known as the Antikythera Mechanism, scientists have found that...
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Stores stock up for sales tax-free weekend
Shoppers are racing in stores today to take advantage of the sales tax free weekend with local retailers stocking up on back-to-school supplies, clothing items, computers and much more listed by the state as tax free.
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Researchers May Have Found Cosmic Rosetta Stone
Star light, star bright. The first star grew fast, but began slight. The first cosmological object formed in the universe was a tiny protostar with a mass of about 1 percent of our sun, according to U.S. and Japanese researchers who spent years developing a complex computer simulation of what it was like after the Big Bang that formed the universe.
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Woman Looks To Sell Life On eBay
A woman plans to sell her life -- including her house and nearly everything in it -- to the highest bidder.
KERO 23 Bakersfield |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Jun 2006 15:39 UTC, submitted by
"Parallels today announced that its Desktop for Mac virtualization software is available for purchase for $79.99, following the conclusion of a Beta program that generated more than 100000 testers from 71 countries and has resulted in the current stable, high-performance version.
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Recent Original Stories
For the first time, you can hit your computer and get a meaningful response! Knock some sense into your computer with a Hard Drive Active Protection System-aware kernel, an accelerometer-enabled laptop, and a Perl script. Double tap to lock the screen, and knock in your secret code to unlock.
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Technology top tips for students
Jump straight into the deep-end with some money recovering and time saving tips to ensure you get what you need as efficiently as possible. 1. Use your university network to download on-demand television Many universities have very high-end network bandwidth running into the campus....
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Researchers may have found cosmic Rosetta stone
Star light, star bright. The first star grew fast, but began slight. The first cosmological object formed in the universe was a tiny protostar with a mass of about 1 percent of our sun, according to U.S. and Japanese researchers who spent years developing a complex computer simulation of what it was like after the Big Bang that formed the universe.
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ManTech Awarded $124 Million Contract from the Department of State to Support the Global IT Modernization Program
FAIRFAX, Va.----ManTech International Corporation announced that is has received a $124 million contract from the U.S. Department of State to support the Global IT Modernization program.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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CA Net Rises 55% as Clients Upgrade Server Programs (Update1)
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- CA Inc. , the second-largest maker of software for mainframe computers, said first-quarter profit rose 55 percent, beating analysts' estimates, as customers upgraded to new versions of its programs.
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FmPro Migrator 4.36 adds Bento support
.com Solutions has released the v4.36 update to FmPro Migrator, its companion tool for FileMaker Pro. The software is intended mostly for converting FileMaker databases to other formats, such as Access, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase and OpenBase. It can also consolidate tables from earlier editions of FileMaker for versions 7, 8 and 9, which should enabl...
MacNN |
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VMWare Gives Away ESXi To Manage Virtual Servers
To spur the adoption of virtualization, VMware is offering its stand-alone ESXi hypervisor for free. ESXi was built to run virtual machines, minimizing configuration requirements and simplifying deployment, according to the company. Leading server manufacturers have all embedded ESXi, including Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hitachi, HP, IBM and NEC. "Virtualization is one of the most impactful ...
Data Storage Today |
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How to Spend Apple's Cash
Its stash may soon be bigger than Microsoft's. But should all those billions continue to lie dormant?
BusinessWeek |
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Shop! (Tax-Free, Of Course)
North Carolina's tax-free weekend is here. Beginning midnight Friday, the state's sales tax of 4.25 cents on the dollar and any local sales tax will be removed from clothing, school supplies, computers and dozens of other items. The tax break ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
WGHP Greensboro |
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Teacher charged with pot, sex abuse
Houghton professor also was IBM executive
Wellsville Daily Reporter |
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Sculptor helps introduce new art medium
A new computer technique is giving art a complete look and Mary Visser is one of many sculptors using this medium. Her art will be included in an exhibit at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
News 8 Austin |
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British hacker to face US trial
A British computer expert has lost his appeal against extradition to the United States where he is accused of "the biggest military hack of all time" and could face up to 70 years in prison.
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Dear Reader! You can read our newspaper in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. In this format you can receive a full copy of our printed version which you can read from your computer or print as a hard copy.
St. Petersburg Times |
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In an iPod Nano world, some rivals lure
NEW YORK - It's easy to understand the appeal of Apple Inc.'s iPod Nano music and video player: It's slim and simple to use, and it has a crisp 2-inch LCD screen. Its brand name is considered synonymous with hip tech gear.
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Online retail sales growth slows, but far outpaces offline growth
Online retail sales are softening with the economy, comScore Inc. reports. Online sales, however, are growing at five times the rate of total retail sales.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Symantec: New attitude on security needed
Government agencies and private companies need to move their focus away from single-point security solutions to more holistic, information-based security, Symantec officials advised. "Clearly we've moved to a point in time where our customers have to be much more focused on protecting the information itself, as opposed to protecting the PC or protecting the network," John Thompson, ...
InfoWorld |
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Tax Free Holiday Begins Friday - Save Nearly 10 Percent
The annual Sales Tax Holiday begins this Friday, providing timely savings to Tennesseans who are experiencing the effects of a slowing national economy here in the state. Shoppers can save almost 10 percent on tax-free clothing, school and art supplies and computer purchases.
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BMC to review WiFi plan for city 1 Aug 2008, 0126 hrs IST, Clara Lewis,TNN
MUMBAI: The BMC is reviewing its plan to make the city WiFi-enabled after revelations that the Ahmedabad terror email was sent by hacking into the Internet Protocol address of a US national living in Navi Mumbai. The police believe that the hackers misused the WiFi of the American.
The Times of India |
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Recent Original Stories
For the first time, you can hit your computer and get a meaningful response! Knock some sense into your computer with a Hard Drive Active Protection System-aware kernel, an accelerometer-enabled laptop, and a Perl script. Double tap to lock the screen, and knock in your secret code to unlock.
OS News |
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Josie Garthwaite: Textbook Downloads -- Green or Not?
Four years' worth of college textbooks use the paper equivalent of yields from at least six 40-foot trees.
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