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Swiss blogger victim of 'suicide' spam scam
A Swiss blogger who campaigns against Internet fraudsters said Thursday he was questioned by police after thousands of emails were sent purporting to claim he was going to commit suicide.
PhysOrg |
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CBS 46's Jason Disharoon In Beijing!
CBS 46 weather producer Jason Disharoon is in China for the Summer Olympics! Follow his Beijing blog here!
CBS 46 News Atlanta |
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New tricks for data analysis
Powerful computers can make millions of calculations in a blink of the eye, but that leaves a nettlesome challenge: the task of analysing the resulting mountains of data.
Independent Online |
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Gentoo 2008.0: Return to greatness?
When the long-awaited Gentoo 2008.0 release finally hit mirrors last month, the two largest groups of users found themselves out of luck: x86 users discovered that their live CD wouldn't copy the kernel during install, and the AMD64 image wouldn't fit onto a standard CD-ROM. This was not a great start for a distribution whose comeback may rest upon this release. Updated ISOs were released two ...
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gOS 3.0 Goes Gadget Crazy
"The third release continues the gOS love affair with Google by embracing the search giant's Gadgets -- small, graphically rich, widget-like applications that can be quickly downloaded and added to the desktop. gOS 3.0 also comes with Google Desktop as an alternative to Tracker, Google Picasa as an alternative to F-Spot, and Google Earth, which "complements the existing link to Google Maps," ...
Linux Today |
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Caseville becomes paradise
CASEVILLE - During last year's Cheeseburger in Caseville festival, soldiers serving in the Persian Gulf aboard the USS Enterprise sat in front of their computers watching as The Parrots of the Caribbean, a Jimmy Buffett tribute band, performed at the Caseville Amphitheater.
The Bay City Times |
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Local candidates claim the Web
Needham Democrat Sara Orozco is just one of many local political candidates who are using digital media to help them in their campaigns. All the candidates running for either the state Senate or for the State House have Web sites.
Wellesley Townsman |
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Modern networks reach 40th birthday
Computing, Computing , Thursday 7 August 2008 at 16:18:00 The idea of networking computers is 40 years old this week The notion that computers could be linked together is 40 yeas old this month, which marks the delivery of the technical paper which coined the phrase "packet switching"....
vnunet.com |
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Government Computer News
We are all familiar with the frustration of a fruitless Internet search, where querying a seemingly simple topic returns a laundry list of enormous documents that must be downloaded just to find one piece of information.
Government Computer News |
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E-Mails Also Affected By Internet Flaw
A researcher says a newly discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure not only lets hackers force people to visit Web sites they didn't want to, it also allows them to intercept e-mail messages.
WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago |
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CNN - Internet Police Out In Force For Olympics
For Many Overseas Reporters Now In Beijing, Covering The Summer Games Has Turned Into An Olympian Task.
KSAT San Antonio |
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CNN - Armchair Astronomer Finds 'Cosmic Ghost'
Hanny Van Arkel Was Poring Over Photos Of Galaxies On The Internet Last August When She Stumbled Across A Strange Object: A Bright, Gaseous Mass With A Gaping Hole In Its Middle. Van Arkel Is A Schoolteacher In The Netherlands, Not An Astrophysicist. But Her Find -- What Some Are Calling A "Cosmic Ghost" -- Has Captivated Astronomers.
KSAT San Antonio |
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Google gives advertisers finer controls, better ad accountability
A new browser cookie lets advertisers control how frequently an ad is shown and lets advertisers better measure the effectiveness of ads that aren't clicked.
CNET |
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Modern networks reach 40th birthday
The notion that computers could be linked together is 40 yeas old this month, which marks the delivery of the technical paper which coined the phrase "packet switching".
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Judge: Prosecutors can seek senator's calendars
Associated Press - August 7, 2008 11:14 AM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Louisiana Senate has until August 18 to turn over copies of calendars stored on the computer of a lawmaker awaiting trial in...
KPLC Lake Charles |
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12 Fla. Juvenile Officers Fired For Watching Porn
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Twelve juvenile detention officers, including a supervisor, are being fired for accessing adult pornography on a state computer. Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Frank Peterman Jr. announced the firings Thursday.
NBC 6 Miami |
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Avnet and Nuventix Ink Americas Distribution Agreement
The Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and Nuventix, Inc., innovators of SynJet technology cooling solutions, announce an Americas distribution agreement. Avnet will distribute Nuventix' full line of cooling solutions designed for use with Solid-State Lighting products, high-performance CPUs, ASICs, FPGAs and microelectronics.
Centre Daily Times |
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Verdiem Launches Free Energy Monitor for PCs
Building on the success of its PC power management tool, Verdiem has announced the consumer release of its Edison software - a free energy monitoring application built exclusively for the Windows operating system.
PC Magazine |
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Steubenville Man Charged With Pandering Sexually Oriented Material
Investigators say a Steubenville man watched pornographic movies involving children as young as 3 years old on his home computer and shared them with others on the Internet.
WTOV 9 Steubenville |
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Midge-hunting scientists tackle spread of devastating bluetongue virus
Scientists at the BBSRC-funded Institute for Animal Health (IAH) are stepping up the battle against the devastating and economically damaging bluetongue virus. By combining ingenious ways to trap and monitor midges with cutting edge computer modelling and weather predictions the IAH team are gaining an understanding of how the insects spread the disease so that they can improve surveillance ...
PhysOrg |
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IBM Desktop Linux Plan Faces Steep Challenges
Could Vista's woes provide an opening for "Microsoft-free" PCs?
ChannelWeb |
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MotorStorm 2 en images
Sony Computer Entertainment nous dévoile de nouvelles images MotorStorm Pacific Rift sur PlayStation 3.
JeuxFrance.com |
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Fla. fires 12 detention officers after Web scan
TALLAHASSEE -- The Department of Juvenile Justice today announced the firings of 12 detention officers, including at least one supervisor, in a continuing investigation of employees using state computers to scan "inappropriate" Web sites, including some featuring pornography.
Florida Today |
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12 Juvenile Officers Fired Over Porn
Twelve juvenile detention officers are fired on accusations that they accessed adult pornography on a state computer.
Local 6 Orlando |
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Wyoming Man Denied Movie Ticket Refund Throws Computer
Police say a 55-year-old man tossed a computer monitor through a glass door after being refused a cash refund at a Casper movie theater.
KIFI Idaho Falls |
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