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My Awesome IT Job: Developer, New York Times
Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...
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Apple boots $1,000 app from App Store
The $1,000 application on Apple's App Store, which lets people know how rich you are simply for buying it, has been removed without explanation, making some developers wonder what it takes for Apple to pull the plug.
CNET via Yahoo! News |
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Social networks are 'playgrounds for hackers'
Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust.
Mail and Guardian |
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Bear man charged in child porn case
Delaware State Police say investigators caught him downloading sexual images of children.
WPVI-TV Philadelphia |
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Choosing the Right School for Your Child...Online
Choosing the right school for your child can be a difficult decision. Private or public? Large school or small? Highly academic or sports centered? Parents are faced with countless questions when it comes to their child's education.
KESQ Palm Springs |
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Facebook security spends all night battling worms [Security]
Facebook is under an attack of the worms similar to the MyDoom worm, rendered into an image above, that became the fastest spreading email worm ever in 2004. In recent days, thousands of users have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
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IT business offers free computer help
Edwardsville’s IT business Datajacks is offering free computer help.
Edwardsville Intelligencer |
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U.S. Warns Of Chinese Cyber-Spies
Americans traveling overseas have been warned that personal information sent electronically can be stolen. No devices, from fax machines to cell phones, should be considered safe. Bob Orr reports.
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Satyam Announces the Filing of Annual Report on Form 20-F for Fiscal 2008
Satyam Computer Services Limited , a leading global business and information technology services provider, today announced that its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year 2007-08, containing its annual consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year 2007-08 and the auditors' report thereon , was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2008.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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LiMo touts new phones, members
— Aug. 04, 2008 — The LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation has announced seven new shipping mobile handsets -- from Motorola, NEC, and Panasonic -- that are said to comply with its mobile phone specification.
Linux Devices |
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GM Battery Partner A123 Files for IPO
MIT spinoff, backed by North Bridge, GE, Qualcomm and Motorola, eyes $175 million offer.
Red Herring |
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Hynix job fair now open to anyone
An Aug. 14 job fair organized to help Hynix employees who are losing their jobs has been opened up to the entire community. The computer chip-maker said two weeks ago that it will close its Eugene plant within two months, laying off about 1,100 people.
The Oregonian |
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RoboDz to Run on U.S.'s Revamped Disney XD Channel
The entertainment conglomerate Disney will be running the computer-animated RoboDz series, which it has been producing with Toei Animation , on its revamped Disney XD channel in the United States.
Anime News Network |
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Iowa Telecom second quarter profit down more than 19 percent
(AP) — Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc. said second-quarter profit fell more than 19 percent as it continued to lose access lines, long-distance customers and dial-up Internet users.
Newton Daily News |
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Bond questions: A look at Mesa's money
Mesa will ask voters in November for authority to borrow money for two new fire stations and one to replace an ancient facility at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
The Arizona Republic |
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IBM exec makes Linux, open source predictions
Linux is irreplaceable. With LinuxWorld showcasing the popularity of the open source operating system, and with open source in general finding its legs in the enterprise, Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of open source and standards, made a slate of predictions for Linux and open source during his keynote address at the Black Hat conference.
TechWorld |
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Linux to get 'defensive publication' website
Keeping it open, man. A company is to soon launch a website for the Linux community that will help inventors file defensive publications, i.e. documents that make details of an invention public, in order to prevent others from making patent claims on it at a later stage.
TechWorld |
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Vista security gutted by new web exploit
Many of the security measures Microsoft has implemented and touted for Windows Vista have been compromised through a single exploit, a presentation made at this week's Black Hat hacking conference claims. IBM Information Security Systems' Mark Dowd and VMware's Alexander Sotirov have found a method that uses scripting systems such as Java and elem...
MacNN |
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Bacteria might some day be fuel producers
SHEFFIELD, England, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Scientists at Britain's University of Sheffield say they've used mathematical computer models to show how bacteria might become a future source for fuels.
UPI |
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Technological summer readies CISD for fall
After a summer of campus moves, Celina ISD’s technology guru vowed the district’s computer systems would be up and running as it opens the doors to another school year.
The Celina Record |
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Internet service provider Tiscali has business plan rethink after losing UK customers
The Italian owner of internet service provider Tiscali has reduced its sale and profit forecasts after announcing it lost British customers over the past three months. Tiscali's failure to attract and retain customers means Sky could overtake the company to become Britain's fourth-largest ISP sometime this quarter. The move is likely to increase pressure on the management of the company to ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Kohjinsha SX3 gets reviewed on video
Filed under: Laptops , Tablet PCs The WOW-POW folks gave us our first taste of the Kohjinsha SC3 on video , and now they're back with the SX3KP06MA convertible "UMPC" (SX3 for short) in a full video review. We'll let you watch the 10 minute review at your leisure, but in summary they found the computer faster than its SC3 sibling, despite identical Atom chipsets, and are of course ...
Engadget |
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Government Computer News
LAS VEGAS — Cybersecurity is hampered by a lack of understanding about the physics and economics of the networks we are trying to defend, according to Rod Beckstrom, director of the Homeland Security Department’s National Cyber Security Center, said Thursday at the Black Hat Briefings.
Government Computer News |
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Facebook's response: Worms are not our problem
The response from representatives of social networks impacted this week by the discovery of a type of worm that targets them specifically, appears to have come straight out of West Side Story . They're playing it cool, boys, real cool.
BetaNews |
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iPhone kill switch unconfirmed all around
California's Apple Corp. declined to make an official comment on the so-called kill switch discovered in the company's new iPhone.The code only allows Apple to store unauthorized iPhone applications and download them to an URL on the company's server, said Jonathan Zdziarski, an independent developer and iPhone author who discovered the code, The Daily Telegraph reported.The code's function as a ...
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