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UTD Uncovers Cyber Security Breach
Personal, secure information about University of Texas at Dallas students has been exposed in a computer security breach. KERA's Bill Zeeble has more.
KERA North Texas |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 28th Dec 2006 22:22 UTC
The Russian site Mobile-Review reviews Nokia's second version of their WebKit web browser (which was derived from WebCore/KHTML). This new unreleased-yet version offers WML support, opening links in new windows, display rotation, saving of any image, password manager, offline browsing, ATOM feed support, FlashLite 2.0 (no, this has no YouTube or other fancy Flash support) and much more.
New Mobile Computing |
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Opinion: Apple’s unforgivable DNS delay
Apple’s response—or lack of one—to a serious DNS bug has shredded the security goodwill the company earned over the years, John C. Welch argues.
Macworld |
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Man sentenced to 1 year in Va. Tech threat case
Thu, Jul 31, 2008 (4:54 p.m.) A Florida man who had a large arsenal of weapons will spend about eight months in federal prison for threatening on the Internet to stage a Virginia Tech-style massacre.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Yahoo to face shareholder wrath at annual meeting on Friday
Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press July 31, 2008 - 7:34 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc.'s recent truce with investor Carl Icahn didn't pacify many shareholders who remain on the war path heading into the Internet company's annual meeting Friday.
Canadian Business |
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Web worms squirm through Facebook, MySpace
My colleagues at Kaspersky Lab see disclosure have intercepted two new worms squirming through MySpace and Facebook, using social engineering lures to plant malware on Windows systems. The worms propagate via the comments features on the two popular social networks, using video lures and fake Flash Player...
ZDNet |
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Shareholder backlash expected at Yahoo meeting
SHAREHOLDER FURY: Although Yahoo Inc. made peace with dissident investor Carl Icahn, other shareholders are expected to attack management Friday at the Internet company's annual meeting.
Miami Herald |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 14th Dec 2006 17:57 UTC
Adobe may already own the market for electronic documents thanks to PDF, but the company knows that Microsoft has a habit of showing up late to the party and stealing the crown.
OS News |
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Recent Original Stories
Earlier this year, the KDE team released the highly-anticipated 4th major revision of the KDE desktop.
OS News |
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Yahoo execs in the cross-hairs of angry shareholders
Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang and members of the Internet firm's board of directors are likely to come under fire on Friday from shareholders peeved about failed takeover talks with Microsoft.
AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance |
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Carphone broadband growth hit by property slowdown
Carphone Warehouse has halved its predictions for the growth of its broadband business this year, blaming slowing consumer spending and the contracting housing market.
Independent |
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Yahoo's annual meeting likely to draw a crowd of angry shareholders
SHAREHOLDER FURY: Although Yahoo Inc. made peace with dissident investor Carl Icahn, other shareholders are expected to attack management Friday at the Internet company's annual meeting.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Facebook To Use Intel-Powered Servers
The agreement includes evaluation, benchmarking, and optimization of software for Intel architecture in Facebook's growing data centers.
InformationWeek |
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Microsoft Sues Mouse Maker Primax
Microsoft accuses Primax of using several patented technologies developed for keyboards and mice.
InformationWeek |
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Gartner dismisses $100 laptop claims
Gartner rubbishes OLPC claims that it will produce a $100 laptop within three years.
iTNews |
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Netflix Will Stream TV, Movies To LG Blu-Ray Player
The LG BD300 player will rely on a wired broadband connection to display a variety of streaming content from Netflix and other services.
InformationWeek |
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Duncan Campbell: America's cracked code
So Gary McKinnon, the hacker who cracked the computer systems of the Pentagon and Nasa from his bedroom in north London more than seven years ago, is to be extradited to stand trial in the US. That was the ruling this week of the law lords as they departed on their summer holidays. They brushed aside the arguments of McKinnon's distinguished legal team that he could not be guaranteed a fair ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Portugal buys 500,000 Intel Classmate PCs
The Portuguese government has announced that it is buying half a million Intel Classmate laptops to give to children starting in school..
iTNews |
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Apple Says MobileMe's E-Mail Bugs Fixed
The company said the service's e-mail issues have been repaired, but some subscribers are still reporting problems.
InformationWeek |
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Broadband suppliers blame slowdown on housing crisis
Britain's broadband boom is stuttering as consumers grapple with rising price and the crumbling housing market. Four of the UK's big six providers yesterday announced that the past three months saw demand for high-speed internet access down on the previous quarter and down on last year. With many households looking to rein in spending and able to access the internet at work, the industry ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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With Microsoft Midori, Platforms Take Shape In The Cloud
The advent of browser-based thin clients like CherryPal and projects from Microsoft, Google, and others indicates that fully cloud-based computing will make its way to the masses.
InformationWeek |
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First analogue computer used to predict Olympics
A new analysis of the Antikythera Mechanism, which is thought to be the first analogue computer, has shown it was used to not only predict solar movements but also plan for the Olympics..
iTNews |
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The Herald-Zeitung Mobile Edition
The Herald-Zeitung provides a text-only version of its daily web edition for readers using cellular telephones or handheld computers. Registered users of AvantGo can create their own custom channel to download regular updates.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Click to download: Play along to Deerhoof's online sheet music
Giving away a sneak preview of your new album online has become a familiar ploy, with dozens of acts (most famously, Coldplay) taking advantage of both the exposure and mailing list sign-ups an MP3 giveaway can generate. But San Francisco rock experimentalists Deerhoof are taking a more novel approach, by offering hand-drawn sheet music for Fresh Born, the as-yet-unheard first single from ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Microsoft heads to court with Primax
Microsoft is returning to the courtroom over another patent infringement case..
iTNews |
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