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On-line tax filers breath easy
A lot of people are breathing a sigh of relief. Computer problems at Canada Revenue Agency means people having trouble filing their taxes on-line now have until May 6th to get them in. The agency says ...
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Gaming N ews
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- As reported by The Canadian Press: "Major online gambling companies successfully fended off a legal challenge from French Open organizers who wanted to stop them from offering bets on their Grand Slam tournament.
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FTD sold for $456 million plus
FTD, the Downers Grove-based floral company, will be acquired by United Online Inc. for about $456 million in cash, notes and stock, the companies announced this morning.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 8th Dec 2005 21:48 UTC
A developer meeting strengthens a Linux desktop alliance that could lead to better leverage with hardware vendors and more cross-distribution efforts such as the newly created Portland Project.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Jun 2006 20:28 UTC
Details have emerged this week that Microsoft may be planning to make it mandatory for laptop manufacturers who want to support its operating system to install hybrid flash drives.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Dec 2005 00:41 UTC
The gospel according to LUA (least-privileged user account) took center stage at Microsoft's Security Summit East here with a pair of Redmond consultants pitching the idea of a well-funded security deployment repository to help developers create applications for non-admin users.
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Computers, equipment delivered as part of grant secured by policeman
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Google Sets Sights On 3D Map of the Oceans
Several readers wrote to tell us about one of the next major projects to enter the Google-verse. We already have pretty views of the Earth and the Sky, the next target is apparently a 3D map of the oceans. "The tool — for now called Google Ocean, the sources say, though that name could change — is expected to be similar to other 3D online mapping applications. People will be able to see the ...
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How Nokia Users Drive Innovation
Through online aps such as Sports Tracker and Nokia Beta Lab, the Finnish handset giant gathers customers' ideas from around the world—virtually free
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New: St. Charles man pleads guilty in child porn case
ST. CHARLES -- A former St. Charles gymnastics coach will serve jail time and probation after admitting today to possessing child pornographic images on his computer.
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Canadian PlayStation Store to cut prices
Strong dollar north of the border convinces Sony to adjust cost of downloadable content.
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Special Report at 6: Electronics Stacking Up In Your Home?
How many computers are in your house? Do you have a closet full of old computer parts you don't know what to do with? There's a new law in Texas that will help cut down on "e-waste." Lawmakers believe the Texas electronics recycling bill will help keep old computers out of the landfills.
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Japanese embedded Linux house adds DIY subscriptions
— Apr. 23, 2008 — Embedded Linux specialists Timesys and Lineo Solutions have announced a multi-year joint development and marketing alliance aimed at adapting TimeSys's "LinuxLink" service suite to the Japanese marketplace.
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Microsoft Plans a "Senior PC"
The U.K. wants to get the last 1/3 of its citizens online, and that's clear from the National Digital Inclusion Conference currently being held in London.
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Nigerian duped gullible NASA employee
Looking for love in all the wrong placesA Nigerian man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after tricking a NASA employee into clicking on an email attachment that installed malware on her government-issued computer.…
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Interpol: Olympics cyberattack not a major threat
With cybercrime now a global phenomenon, perhaps it will take a global police organization to keep it in check. Although Interpol is not the first law enforcement group most people associate with the fight against online crime, the 85-year-old data-sharing organization for police has been taking an increased interest in the phenomenon of late, helping train the next generation of ...
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Wikia Search May Have Trouble Achieving Critical Mass
Mathew Ingram notes that Jimmy Wales's company, Wikia, has unveiled a new version of its search engine. The basic premise of the search engine, allowing users to edit search results the way they can edit Wikipedia pages, is clever.
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7,000 GCI customers temporarily lose service Wednesday morning
Around 5 a.m. Wednesday, 7,000 customers in the Anchorage area lost residential phone service. Some small business phone lines were also affected, as well as high speed Internet service.
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Perfect Last Minute Mother's Day Gift -- Impecca(TM) Wi-Fi LCD Digital Picture Frames With Internet Connectivity
Impecca(TM), a leader in the portable Audio Video Products arena, suggests you skip the flowers and get mom a gift that keeps her up to date on all family activities through digital pictures.
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SIGGRAPH New Technology: From Enhancing Facial Attractiveness to Virtual Maps
The SIGGRAPH 2008 Technical Papers Program is the premier international forum for presenting the world's best research innovations within the computer graphics industry. Technical papers presented in this forum have had a dynamic impact on the entertainment and film industries. This year's elite jury of industry experts and innovators sorted through a record-breaking 518 submissions from around ...
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Akamai 1Q profit nearly doubles as sales rise 34 percent
Web services provider Akamai Technologies Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter profit nearly doubled, fueled by a diverse set of products and a broad customer base.
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In Software, "Automatic" Should Mean What It Says
Per the American Heritage Dictionary, "automatic" means, "Acting or operating in a manner essentially independent of external influence or control." This would seem to indicate something that, after it is initiated, operated with no more input from the user, such as an automatic transmission or an automatic security light system. But unfortunately when it comes to software, "automatic" can be a ...
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Chip rush promise from IP-enabled CE?
The market for semiconductors enabling Internet Protocol connectivity in CE devices will soon cross the billion-dollar threshold.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Recent Original Stories
To celebrate the 1000th article of the magazine Obligement , Carl Sassenrath returns through this long interview on its origins at Amiga Inc. in the 1980's (Manager of AmigaOS and Amiga CDTV system development, among others), the bankruptcy of Commodore, its passages at Apple Computer and Viscorp, Amiga NG, or on its new revolutionary language REBOL . A classic name in the Silicon Valley!
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 30th Jun 2006 19:19 UTC, submitted by Yadav Ji
"Over the years, I've had a number of people asking me what I believe the problem was with further migration over to Linux by the public at large. To be frank, I don't believe that there is a simple answer to this.
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