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Midshipman gets 5 years in child pornography case
Images of children were found on computer at Naval Academy dorm A midshipman was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to storing child pornography on a computer in his Naval Academy dormitory.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 1st May 2006 03:03 UTC
Kurt Hudson explains tricks to optimize applications on multiprocessor computers, even if those applications were developed without such systems in mind.
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Recent Original Stories
"So, which really is better for the desktop: Vista or Linux? I've been working with Vista since its beta days, and I started using Linux in the mid-90s. There may be other people who have worked with both more than I have, but there can't be many of them.
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Libraries shelve old ways
As libraries across the country try to reach out to people more at ease using search engines than hunting along bookshelves, some institutions are choosing to stock some unconventional material.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 24th Nov 2006 23:02 UTC
CPU maker Intel is pressuring smaller rival Via Technologies to exit the CPU market, industry sources in Taiwan claim. In exchange, Intel will allow Via to continue making PC chipsets which use Intel's patented technology, say the sources at PC mainboard manufacturers, who do not wish to be named.
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Identity theft: 11 charged in biggest US case
Eleven people were today charged in the US in connection with the theft of more than 41m credit and debit card numbers in the country's biggest case of identity theft. It is believed to be the largest hacking and identity theft prosecution by the US Department of Justice. Charges include conspiracy, computer intrusion, fraud and identity theft, and involve the breaching of nine major US ...
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Recent Original Stories
I have recently been in the market for a new smartphone. The iPhone looks like some nice hardware and I'm already an AT&T customer, but after Apple's trend of pulling Apps from iTunes lately I'm just not buying. Apple has proven to me that I don't want to live in a closed ecosystem.
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Becoming a locavore
Lisa Sherrodd’s habit of eating locally started 10 years ago when she traded a computer for a goat.
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Lenovo launches mini notebooks
Andrea-Marie Vassou, Computeract!ve , Wednesday 6 August 2008 at 11:24:00 Manufacturer joins the likes of Acer and Asus in ultra-mobile PC market Lenovo has added two mini notebook PCs to its range. The Ideapad S9 and S10 Netbooks are said to be approximately 1in thick and weigh just over 2lb....
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Wireless culture taking to the air
Delta's launch of in-flight broadband Internet service this fall promises new revenue for airlines, no escape from work Krista Dietrich relishes the rare opportunity to sit back in her airline seat and shut off her mobile phone. But the simpler days of reading or napping on planes are soon to be replaced by Web surfing and instant messaging.
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Cyber lawyers fall out over MySpace suicide
Andrew Charlesworth, vnunet.com , Wednesday 6 August 2008 at 11:21:00 Defendant not guilt of breaking hacker law, say legal eagles A posse of cyber freedom groups and law professors have waded into the case of Lori Drew, the US woman charged over the My-Space promoted suicide of a teenager....
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Ahead of the bell: Hacker conference kicks off
(AP:SAN FRANCISCO) The Black Hat computer security conference, which every year draws thousands of hackers, government investigators and corporate executives, is slated to kick off Wednesday in Las Vegas.
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Siemens Wants Out of Fujitsu Computer Venture, Report Says
Siemens , unhappy with performance of Fujitsu Siemens Computers , has told Fujitsu that it wants out of their nine-year-old joint venture, in a move that could lead to the sale of a leading European maker of personal computers, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Someone found your camera and they want you to have it back
Imagine you lost the camera that had those one-of-a-kind vacation photos, or images of a keepsake moment. Now imagine a stranger finding it: Would you feel happy, or somehow that your privacy was invaded, if that stranger put some of your images on the Web to track you down?
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3 ways to keep your computer running well
Computer slow? There are some good reasons. Spyware and other hidden problems may be behind it, and routine maintenance won't take care of it. From ARA Lifestyle.com, here are three suggestions for keeping your PC working well:
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Specially-designed napkin keeps your laptop's keyboard clean
This very basic idea was clearly dreamt up after a terrible accident at a working lunch, which resulted in the death of yet another laptop. Solution? Put this napkin over the keyboard, and since it has the keys printed onto it, you can continue to type with a sandwich in the other hand, without fear of destroying your computer.
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Elders this week announced it would make 80 per cent of its telecommunications staff redundant as it closed its internet service provider division.
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PartedMagic: An Open Source Alternative for Partition Editing
If you want to add space to a drive, store personal data on a separate partition from your operating system, or run multiple operating systems from the same hard drive, then you need a partition editor.
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Quark launches extensive online help resource
Quark has introduced an extensive selection of online advice and resources for users, the Quark Virtual Knowledge Base. This offers customers technical support 24-hours per day, and is an adjunct to the company's existing tech support options.
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Newly revealed Web flaw is magnet for crooks
SAN FRANCISCO - A giant vulnerability in the Internet's design is allowing criminals to silently redirect traffic to websites under their control. The problem is being fixed, but its extent remains unknown and many people are still at risk.
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IT spending in the GCC to exceed AED 33 billion in 2008
IT spending in the GCC is expected to exceed AED 33 billion in 2008, representing a 15 per cent growth in comparison to 2007, according to a report by research firm IDC. The rising IT spending in the region has been mainly driven by the burgeoning hardware market, which comprised 62.1 per cent of the entire industry, bumping off the services sector at 24.3 per cent and the packaged software ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Dec 2005 19:28 UTC, submitted by Distro Reviews
"Unlike a lot of people, I get very excited when a new beta of Ubuntu/Kubuntu is released . It's amazing how Ubuntu has taken the Linux community by storm over the past couple of years. Finally, Linux is stepping up to be a real contender on the desktop."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Sep 2006 20:37 UTC
"Most of us have had a brand new computer at one time. It's a great feeling. You boot up windows and within 30 seconds you are surfing the net, checking your email, or playing your favorite game. 10 months down the road things aren't so nice anymore.
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Recent Original Stories
I have recently been in the market for a new smartphone. The iPhone looks like some nice hardware and I'm already an AT&T customer, but after Apple's trend of pulling Apps from iTunes lately I'm just not buying. Apple has proven to me that I don't want to live in a closed ecosystem.
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VMware Joins the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation announced that VMware has become a member of the Foundation. The company joins existing Linux Foundation members and technology leaders such as Adobe, AMD, Dell, Fujitsu, Google, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, Motorola, NEC, ...
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