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Ex-council intern arrested after scuffle
The infamous San Jose City Council intern who hacked into the city's e-mail system last year is in trouble again.
San Jose Mercury News |
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China allows access to some foreign Web sites
BEIJING — China on Friday opened major cracks in its Great Firewall, allowing Internet users in the nation's largest cities rare glimpses at foreign Web sites censors have blocked for years.
The Monterey County Herald |
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Coffee without the Bible
Coffee, the Internet, music and art all come together in a new venture for a Santa Cruz church. Vintage Faith Church's coffee lounge, adjacent to the church on Mission Street and called The Abbey, is a fully functioning coffeehouse that offers a welcoming place to hang out by coaxing with coffee, not religion.
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
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It's business as usual at DMV offices
To the calming, computer-generated voice that was attempting to manage the overflow crowd Friday morning at the Los Gatos branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles, LaStarza Evans was B41.
San Jose Mercury News |
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New games for fall from the Big 3
With no new game consoles to unveil, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo used the recent E3 trade show in Los Angeles to show off enhancements to their game systems and focus attention on new games. Here's a look at what's coming this fall from the Big Three.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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House committee seeks out Web tracking information
WASHINGTON - A congressional committee wants the nation's largest telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits.
San Jose Mercury News |
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It's business as usual at DMV offices
To the calming, computer-generated voice that was attempting to manage the overflow crowd Friday morning at the Los Gatos branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles, LaStarza Evans was B41.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Ex-council intern arrested after scuffle
The infamous San Jose City Council intern who hacked into the city's e-mail system last year is in trouble again.
San Jose Mercury News |
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FCC rules against Internet provider
Comcast violated policy in blocking access to large-file sharers WASHINGTON -- A divided Federal Communications Commission has ruled Comcast Corp. violated federal policy when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers and has ordered the cable giant to change the way it manages its network. In a precedent-setting move, the FCC by a 3-2 vote on Friday enforced a policy that guarantees ...
Albany Times Union |
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization.
New Mobile Computing |
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Recent Original Stories
Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu Linux, has explained why he thinks the DCC (Debian Common Core, but don't let the Debian guys hear that) will fail.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 24th May 2006 18:57 UTC
Linux.com reviews SUSE 10.1 , and concludes: "With SUSE 10.1, Novell has embraced and extended its role as the leading desktop distribution.
New Mobile Computing |
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China loosens its Internet censorship
BEIJING - China on Friday opened major cracks in its Great Firewall, allowing Internet users in the nation's largest cities rare glimpses at foreign Web sites that censors have blocked for years.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Wishing you peace, love and a dry computer
I got into the newspaper business because I wanted to be a writer. I stayed in it because I became a columnist. There are worse ways to make a living.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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HVCC technology training facility advances
State seeks architect, builder for center to expand college programs in computer, energy areas ALBANY -- New York state is looking to hire an architect and a construction firm to design and build Hudson Valley Community College's new semiconductor and renewable energy training center in Saratoga County. The state has provided $13 million in funding for the center, to be called the Training ...
Albany Times Union |
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Gloucester Police/Fire
Arrests A Saugus man was accused to hitting a bartender and throwing chairs around inside the Old Timers' Bar on Rogers Street late Thursday night. Joshua N. Orndorff, 26, of 116 Walnut St., Saugus, was arrested shortly after midnight and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Gloucester Daily Times |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 31st Jan 2006 21:11 UTC
AnandTech has written a long and in-depth review of the new Intel iMac (16 pages). They conclude: "I like the iMac, I like it a lot. It's a computer that can look and work as well in a kitchen as it can in an office, and that's one thing that Apple has done very right with this platform.
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Yahoo board dodges a bullet
SAN JOSE, Calif. Yahoo Inc.'s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of shareholders raised few questions about the directors' rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
The Washington Times |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Nov 2007 13:39 UTC
This is the fourth article in a series on common usability and graphical user interface related terms [ part I part II part III ]. On the internet, and especially in forum discussions like we all have here on OSNews, it is almost certain that in any given discussion, someone will most likely bring up usability and GUI related terms - things like spatial memory, widgets, consistency, Fitts' ...
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Yahoo's board re-elected, but a new drama arises
Yahoo's boardroom drama flared anew Friday, but not at the annual meeting that once had been expected to be a high-stakes faceoff between Jerry Yang and Carl Icahn.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Time Warner Blocks a Yahoo Board Choice
Time Warner said the nomination of Jonathan Miller, the former chairman and chief executive of its AOL Internet unit, violated a noncompete agreement entered with Mr. Miller.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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FCC orders Comcast to open Web access
WASHINGTON–Comcast Corp. has been ordered to change how it manages its broadband network after U.S. communications regulators concluded some of its tactics unreasonably restrict Internet users who share movies and other material.
Toronto Star |
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HP, BMO respond but some battles can't be won
In my work, I sometimes have to push – and push again – to get large companies on the consumer's side. Mark Makela, for example, wanted HP Canada to fix his computer under warranty. This took some pressure to accomplish.
Toronto Star |
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Ticketing made easier at Pocono
Pocono Raceway has incorporated a streamline method of ticketing via online sales. It began with this year’s June NASCAR race whereas fans who ordered tickets over their computers are able to print them and with the introduction of barcoding, entering the grandstands has never been easier.
The Hazleton Standard-Speaker |
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PC owners urged to go green and save money
Simple message that could save the Earth Computer users can save money and help the environment by making better use of basic tools for desktop PC power management.
PC Advisor |
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