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Empowers Internet Users on Eve of FCC Comcast Action
San Francisco - Hours before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to take action against Comcast for violating the FCC's net neutrality principles, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is releasing "Switzerland," a software tool for customers to test the integrity of their Internet communications.
Electronic Frontier Foundations |
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MONROE COUNTY: Fair rooted in youth accomplishment
Before the trucks and tractors roared, before the flying fender pieces filled the air at the derby-even before the county queens flashed their winning smiles-there were the tomatoes, squash, bell peppers and animals.
Monroe County Clarion |
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Commissioners want restitution in Young case
Canyon County commissioners want restitution from former employee Marc Young, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to having sexually exploitive photos of young girls on a county-owned computer.
The Idaho Statesman |
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China relaxes internet bans for journos
Internet restrictions for journalists at the Beijing Olympics appear to have been eased.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Don't flash for me, says pop star Jess
VERONICAS star Jess Origliasso has apparently sent a message to fans on a private web forum - urging them not to post semi-nude photos of themselves on the net.
Adelaide Now |
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Don't flash for me, says pop star Jess
VERONICAS star Jess Origliasso has apparently sent a message to fans on a private web forum - urging them not to post semi-nude photos of themselves on the net.
Adelaide Now |
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Prof whose 'last lecture' became a sensation dies
PITTSBURGH — Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.
Journal Inquirer |
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Arrest made in Phoenix community college shooting
PHOENIX — A former student shot three people Thursday in a computer room at a Phoenix community college, injuring one of them critically, authorities said. The gunman fled but a suspect was arrested nearby.
Journal Inquirer |
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F-word town censors itself on the internet
A TOWN has been censored in cyberspace because its name sounds similar to the F-word.
News Interactive |
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F-word town censors itself
THE New Zealand town of Whakatane has found itself censored in cyberspace because the pronunciation of the word is close to the offensive F-word.
News Interactive |
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F-word town censors itself
THE New Zealand town of Whakatane has found itself censored in cyberspace because the pronunciation of the word is close to the offensive F-word.
Daily Telegraph |
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F-word town censors itself
THE New Zealand town of Whakatane has found itself censored in cyberspace because the pronunciation of the word is close to the offensive F-word.
The Mercury |
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Growing Internet business bolsters CenturyTel earnings
CenturyTel Inc. reported a drop in second-quarter profits Thursday, but the 18 percent decline was deceptive because a $49 million one-time revenue settlement distorted second-quarter earnings in 2007.
The News-Star |
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Yahoo expected to spar with peeved shareholders
After spending weeks ridiculing Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors, nettlesome investor Carl Icahn has piped down and won't even be at the Internet company's annual meeting Friday.
Otago Daily Times |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 8th Apr 2006 16:33 UTC, submitted by Dylan
Microsoft has responded positively to Apple's Boot Camp, stating: "Windows is a great operating system. We're pleased that Apple customers are excited about running it, and that Apple is responding to meet the demand."
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 13th Apr 2006 16:24 UTC
With the new operating system, Microsoft is offering plenty of new graphics tricks, including translucent windows, animated flips between open programs and 'live icons' that show a graphical representation of the file in question.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 29th Dec 2005 15:30 UTC, submitted by nick_h
"The J operating system is primarily intended for programmers. I've attempted to lower the bar, so amateurs can contribute. I hope to recreate the dynamic environment that used to exist when the Commodore 64 was around and everyone was creating odd-ball software."
New Mobile Computing |
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Recent Original Stories
The European Commission said on Wednesday it told Microsoft that it had competition worries about the firm's new operating system , Vista, another antitrust concern that the software giant must answer in Europe.
New Mobile Computing |
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Harman Management Corporation Chooses Junction Solutions' Food & Beverage Processing Solution
Junction Solutions, a provider of vertical industry focused enterprise software and services based on the Microsoft platform, today announced that Harman Management Corporation, a franchisee of over 300 YUM
FoodOnline |
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by da_Chicken (2.48) on Tue 4th Apr 2006 18:57 UTC
I learned about this distro after doing some research into different AMD64 versions of Linux that I wanted to try out – after all, I really should be trying to leverage the power of my 64 bit processor and I wasn't getting that from Libranet Linux.
OS News |
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Travelling to the US? Watch your laptop, iPod
US federal agents have been given new powers to seize travellers' laptops and other electronic devices at the border and hold then for unspecified periods, it has been reported.
Independent Online |
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Linked by James Ingraham on Mon 24th Jul 2006 11:15 UTC
In today's entry in our Alternative OS Contest, James Ingraham takes a close look at QNX, the operating system based on the Neutrino microkernel. He concludes that "While you can probably find solutions for just about all of your desktop computing needs using the QNX RTOS, that is not QNX's strong suit.
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 22nd Jan 2007 23:27 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"So I was a little surprised to receive email a couple of days ago from Microsoft saying they wanted to contract someone independent but friendly (me) for a couple of days to provide more balance on Wikipedia concerning ODF/OOXML. I am hardly the poster boy of Microsoft partisanship!
OS News |
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All that rain will send heat indexes higher
In case you haven't noticed, it's been a rather cool summer in the Wichita area so far. That's about to change. After hitting 100 just once so far this summer, Wichita's about to string together three or four straight triple-digit days beginning this weekend, forecasters say. Computer models suggest the heat wave could last for more than a week. But that's not all. The consistent moisture ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Rudd to raise concerns over Olympic censorship
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he will raise concerns with the Chinese Government about internet censorship during the Olympics.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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