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Recent Original Stories
"The thing I find most interesting in [the] battle of silicon supremacy is just how unbelievably thick (or perhaps slow) AMD has been lately. For the entire life cycle of the Pentium 4 family, AMD was far ahead.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 9th Jun 2006 11:22 UTC, submitted by Dylan
The US House of Representatives definitively rejected the concept of Net neutrality on Thursday, dealing a bitter blow to Internet companies like Amazon.com, eBay and Google that had engaged in a last-minute lobbying campaign to support it.
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Veronicas star rues topless photos
Jessica Origliasso has revealed her shock and distress at the publication of photographs of her on an internet porn site.
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Sunday Poll Information: China To Censor Media Internet Access At Olympics
(AP) - BEIJING, July 31 (Kyodo)—Human rights organizations and press freedom watchdogs have strongly criticized the International Olympic Committee for allowing politically sensitive Internet sites to be blocked at the main Beijing Olympics press center.
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IOC being grilled on Internet censorship
IOC president Jacques Rogge was accused of backtracking on promises of press freedoms Saturday and some Internet sites remained blocked less than a week before the Beijing Games begin. Under pressure from the International Olympic Committee, Chinese organizers unblocked some sites at the main press center and venues, but others remained censored for journalists covering the Summer Games. ...
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Startups bring Web 2.0 to Chinese masses
Two summers ago, Tudou CEO Gary Wang handed cans of spray paint to his workers and told them to go wild. They coated the office's white walls with bold colors, doodling happy faces, hearts, paw prints and high-tech terms like "Java" and "Ajax." Their...
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Apple's iPhone 3G is speedy, but lacks the 'oomph' factor=
Hamburg - Apple's new iPhone 3G has been on the market for just a few days, but some reviewers have had access to it for weeks and have already aired their views on the phone. Most have praised its ease of use although it is by no means perfect. The ...
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When size matters, mini PCs make sense
Washington - Notebook computers are the ultimate space-savers, but you give up a lot when you use them. The screens are small, the keyboards often uncomfortable, and expansion options are limited. Full-sized desktop computers, on the other hand, come...
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StarOffice 9 available as free download - for Macs and PC
Kirchheim-Heimstetten, Germany - Sun Microsystems intends offering a beta version of its StarOffice 9 office suite as a free download. The company said the download would be available for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and Solaris operating systems. StarOffi...
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New Community Gazebo
CONSTRUCTION IS SET TO BEGIN ON A NEW LIBRARY GARDEN GAZEBO IN BINGHAMTON. MEMBERS OF THE CARPENTERS UNION TAKE TIME TO SUPPORT LITERACY AND THE GREATER BINGHAMTON COMMUNITY BY BUILDING A GAZEBO. THE STRUCTURE WILL BE USED FOR COMMUNiTY ACTIVITIES. AFTER THE GAZEBO IS BUILT, WALKWAYS AND A WIRELESS PATIO WILL BE INSTALLED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
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Windows Vista ranked Microsoft's safest operating system
Kiel, Germany - Windows Vista is the safest Microsoft operating system available, according to an online test conducted by the Association of German Network Security. The test covered 225,000 PCs in Germany. Around 5.5 per cent of f computers using t...
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So what’s new? - a blog, that’s what’s new.
JewishJournal.com columnist Marty Kaplan finally has a blog. More posts to come.
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Digital help for moat learning
Sydney - Shopping, letter-writing, sex, music composition: there's not much you can't do on the computer these days. Even archaeology. ...
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New search engines identify unknown songs
Hamburg - Sometimes there's nothing worse than having a song stuck in your head. It's particularly frustrating if you picked up a melody somewhere, but don't even know the artist or title. The internet may ease your pain. Specialized online services ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Oct 2006 19:10 UTC
The Vista Team Blog has an interesting article on Vista's installation routine, more specifically on how long it takes to install Vista . "PC World got the conversation going on installation times in Windows Vista.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Apr 2006 19:00 UTC
Microsoft has urged UK PC vendors not to give customers the opportunity to buy a PC without a pre-installed operating system. Supplying base systems, or 'naked PCs', is a missed opportunity , according to Michala Alexander, Microsoft's head of anti-piracy.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Nov 2006 12:49 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Would you have believed at the end of last summer that Microsoft and Novell would partner over Linux, or that Oracle would create its own brand of Linux? Yeah, I wouldn't have believed it either, but here we are. So, what does it all mean?
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How To: Collect Model Trains
Like this list? Buzz Up on Yahoo! Learning how to collect model trains doesn't have to be hard It’s not terribly difficult to see why collecting model trains (and building their accompanying railroads) has remained such a popular hobby for over 100 years, as there’s something undeniably thrilling in the conceiving and building of one’s very own miniaturized landscape (which, if you’re Gomez ...
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How To: Win At Chess
Like this list? Buzz Up on Yahoo! When you know a few tricks, anyone can win at chess When the evidence around us suggests human intelligence is on the decline, we’ll always have chess. It’s the great guardian of human creativity and imagination -- the unfailing marker of our higher intelligence.
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An Iranian Jewel's Rough New Facet
JAVAHERDEH, Iran -- Three cows roamed the asphalt road as the rising sun heralded the arrival of yet another batch of tourists at this Iranian mountain village near the Caspian Sea.
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Easier Social Security Estimates
A new calculator on Social Security's Web site gives users a much-improved picture of what their benefits could look like in retirement.
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Dell Tries To Trademark "Cloud Computing"
Ian Lamont writes "The Industry Standard reports that Dell is trying to trademark the term cloud computing . The phrase entered the tech lexicon years ago, but Dell's application (serial number 77139082) was made in early 2007 to the US Patent and Trademark Office, apparently in connection with data center products and services that it was promoting around that time. A quick search of Google ...
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Recent Original Stories
" The 770 is not for everybody . If you want something for practical day-to-day use, you're better off buying a PDA or smart phone. And a word to Nokia: make nice with Microsoft. I would love to be able to run Windows Mobile 2005 on this device in place of your version of Linux.
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Cyberspace is new battlefield, says new commander of Air National Guard
NORTH KINGSTOWN –– In the past, if a foe wanted to throw your forces into confusion, he jammed your radar or interfered with your radio transmissions. Now he hacks into your computer network.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Jul 2006 17:38 UTC
Apple recently added two new retail configurations to its MacBook line of consumer notebooks, both of which are now available at most of the company's stores.
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