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Graduate team developing a $12 computer
It doesn’t seem all that long ago we were hearing news of a laptop being developed for children in developing countries that cost just US$100. That turned out to be the OLPC XO laptop, which still hasn’t achieved its price goal. Now it seems a new target is being set of just how cheap you [...]
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Computer stolen from Fords man's unlocked car
A computer valued at about $2,000 was reported stolen from a Fords man's car over the weekend, police said. An officer responded to the 41-year-old man's Woodland Avenue home Saturday, Aug. 2, and was told that between 11 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday, somebody entered his unlocked Acura Integra and removed a computer, a police report said. The machine was secured by a metal plate, which was ...
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CLEAR has a "Senior Moment"
AP Newswire is reporting this morning that CLEAR has found a laptop also see CLEAR Press Release that had gone missing for over a week from one of its kiosk locations that contained the "personal data" of over 30,000 enrolled members at San Francisco International Airport,...
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Scientists hope for new tricks in data analysis
It turns out even computers can have information overload.
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Scientists hope for new tricks in data analysis
It turns out even computers can have information overload. Powerful computers can make millions of calculations in a blink of the eye, but that leaves a nettlesome challenge: the task of analyzing the resulting mountains of data.
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HTC Touch Diamond to pass 1 million mark in August, rumors of US CDMA models surface
The HTC Touch Diamond is an outstanding Windows Mobile device and according to an article on Into Mobile HTC will reach the one million device mark by mid-August with plans to ship two million units this year. The one million mark is a nice achievement, especially considering the device is...
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Time Warner: Hiding AOL woes under Joker makeup
AOL's ad revenues are down and unsurprisingly, it's continuing to lose subscribers. But when you can talk about 'The Dark Knight,' it's easy to make financials sound brighter.
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Record your desktop with Linux tools
You can capture video of all of the amazing things happening on your desktop with one of Linux's many screencasting applications. These programs are perfect for creating demonstrations for blogs and tutorials, and for illustrating projects with more than just still images.
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i2Telecom Appoints Christopher R. Miltenberger as Interim President and Chief Operating Officer
ATLANTA----i2Telecom International, Inc. , a developer of award-winning patented and innovative high-quality Voice-over-Internet Protocol products and services, today announced the appointment of Chris Miltenberger as the Company's interim President and Chief Operating Officer .
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At Doggyspace, Social Networking Goes To The Dogs
Cici confesses on her Web page that she likes to greet everyone by licking their feet. Dolce admits to being a mamma's boy. And Jake and Tycho posted a video that chronicles their adventures of rolling around on their backs. It's not on Facebook or MySpace, but the canine equivalent _ Doggyspace.com.
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Giant Online Security Hole Getting Fixed, Slowly
A giant vulnerability in the Internet's design is allowing criminals to silently redirect traffic to Web sites under their control. The problem is being fixed, but its extent remains unknown and many people are still at risk.
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Popular business directory searches
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Seminar will help parents with power struggles
"Reducing Power Struggles," a seminar for parents, will be offered Aug. 26 and 28 in Rochester. The seminar, sponsored by the Rochester Area Foundation, Venture Computer Systems and Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce, is
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Intel's Barrett sees no slowdown in PC market
LISBON - Intel Corp., the world's biggest microchip producer, expects no slowdown in global demand for personal computers despite economic problems in the United States and in other countries, Intel chairman Craig Barrett said.
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Great white sharks: Awesome 1.8-ton bites
Australian scientists say they've determined the bite force of a great white shark can reach about 1.8 tons, 20 times greater than a human's bite.University of New South Wales researchers said, by comparison, a large African lion can produce only about 1,235 pounds of bite force.Led by paleontologist and biomechanist Steve Wroe, the scientists used computer modeling to study the skull of an ...
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NTractive Chooses Zeus ZXTM
August 6, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Application technology provider Zeus Technology announced on Tuesday that NTractive has selected Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager as part of its infrastructure to manage its hybrid web application, Elements SBM.
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Strategic Plan FY 2007-2012 (PDF)
To view PDF files you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. To view Flash files you must have Macromedia Flash Player installed on your computer.
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WTAP News @ Your Desk
Watch today's top local stories and forecast - right here from your computer!
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What if Linux Took a Vista 'Mojave' Test?
With the perceived success by Microsoft regarding their Mojave experiment (at least in the eyes of Microsoft PR reps), I found myself wondering how today's popular desktop Linux distributions might do under identical circumstances.
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Feds: Hackers Stole 40 Million Credit Card Numbers
A three-year federal investigation begun in San Diego cracked what is believed to be the largest federal hacking and identity theft case ever, involving the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.
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11 Snared in Wide-ranging ID Theft Scheme
Eleven people were charged Tuesday in a complex identity theft and computer fraud plot that led to some of the biggest data breaches in recent U.S. history, according to a published report, according to the Department of Justice.
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Digital Check Names Richard J. Ooten Manager of Strategic Accounts Marketing
NORTHFIELD, Ill.----Digital Check, a leading provider of desktop check scanners for the remote deposit capture and branch automation industry, has named Richard J. Ooten as manager of strategic accounts marketing.
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Classrooms to be fully IT-wired by 2014
STUDENTS will soon get to blog during class - their teachers will tell them to. Meet the classroom of 2014, with tablet computers, podcasts and Internet surfing - all part of the third phase of the Masterplan for Information and Communications Technology 3 (mp3), to be completed in six years.
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Judge dismisses suit by NY computer business
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against several customs agents by an upstate New York computer software company driven out of business after the owner's husband was mistakenly targeted in a child pornography investigation.
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Yes, Macs are expensive ... so what?
According to Joe Wilcox, a Mac notebook will cost you about twice as much as a similar offering running Windows. So what? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
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