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Former math professor accused of ID theft
A federal grand jury this week indicted a Uniontown man accused of using online auction sites to scam people who thought they were buying rare coins and collectibles. Jason D. Joy, 38, a former adjunct professor at Point Park University and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, then tried to cover his tracks by claiming he, too, was a victim.
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Mark Shuttleworth's evolving Ubuntu desktop war
Mark Shuttleworth may be sitting on a massive market opportunity, all of which is predicated on free desktop bits.
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NVIDIA shows off first interactive GPU ray tracer
Graphics processor maker NVIDIA on Thursday announced it will be demonstrating the first fully interactive GPU-based ray tracer at the SIGGRAPH 2008 exposition in Las Vegas that is currently being held. The entirely NVIDIA-developed tracer is running on four of the company's next-generation Quadro GPUs set in Quadro Plex 2100 D4 Visual Computing Sy...
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Former Officer Confesses To Sending Porn Over Internet
A former Clayton County police officer confessed in court Thursday to sending pornographic material over the Internet while on duty to someone he thought was 14-years-old.
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Microsoft launches its own blog for 'Windows 7'
The official marketing channel for the next edition of Windows was opened this afternoon, as Microsoft quietly raised the curtains on what it's positioning as an open channel for ideas regarding what the company should add to its next OS.
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So Much For McCain's Online Privacy "Plan"
Blaise Zerega gave up on privacy a long time ago. John McCain announced his vision for online privacy and digital security. And like many political issues in this campaign, his statement boils down to nothing and may do little to reverse him being viewed in some circles as a Luddite ...
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Epic, Grasshopper partner with EA
Megapublisher to distribute new IP from Gears of War-maker, forthcoming collaboration between Suda-51 and Shinji Mikami.
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Sick author has book research stolen
A seriously ill author is devastated his laptop holding a nearly finished biography of one of the country's most celebrated poets has been stolen from his home.
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Yahoo board adds Icahn nominees Chapple, Biondi
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Thursday it had appointed former Viacom Inc CEO Frank Biondi and former Nextel Partners CEO John Chapple to its board as part of a settlement with investor Carl Icahn.
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Biographical information on John Chapple
NAME - John H. Chapple AGE - 55 EDUCATION - Syracuse University; completed Harvard University's Advanced Management Program CAREER - Served as CEO of Nextel Partners and chief operating officer of Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment. Worked as an executive at McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., AT&T Wireless Services and American Cablesystems. Currently president of Hawkeye Investments, a private ...
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Intel Releases USB 3.0 Interface Specifications
Intel has released a draft of the Extensible Host Controller Interface draft specification revision 0.9.
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Park It to move office
Owe money for a parking violation? Starting next month, you'll have to pay up at a new location. Charlotte Department of Transportation's Park It will open its new office Sept. 13 at 1440 S. Tryon St., Suite 108. The office will remain at 229 S. Brevard St. until Sept. 12. Tickets can also be paid online at www.charmeck.org/departments/transportation.
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Yahoo names Icahn's board picks
Former Viacom chief Frank Biondi and ex-Nextel head John Chapple will join the company's board.
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Samsung Software To Boost Smartphone Memory
The company will be releasing software for its embedded memory chips that will enable faster booting, downloading, and searching.
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Next Visual Studio going multi-screen?
Program like a city trader Microsoft has again hinted at changes in the next major release of Visual Studio allowing developers to spread out across different monitors.…
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No Longer Just for Babies and Brides: New Registry Launches for School Teachers to Create Classroom Wish List
A new online registry for teachers created by Minnesota-based Anderson's, is launching in time for back to school. Similar to registries for babies and brides, Gold Star Registry is designed to allow teachers to post a wish list of the supplemental classroom tools that enhance their learning environment, such as skill-builders, achievement awards and learning incentives.
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Key Digital(R) Introduces the KD-VP800 Digital Video Processor
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., BUSINESS WIRE -- Key Digital Systems, Inc., the leader in video technology and solutions introduces the KD-VP800 digital video processor. This processor is a new addition to the popular HD Hot Rod Series of video products.
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EA Signs Publishing Deal with Epic Games
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Epic Games, Inc. today announced that they have signed a publishing agreement for an all-new action title for the PC, Xbox 360(R) video game system and PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system. The new intellectual property is currently in development by Epic's People Can Fly studio in Poland.
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Government Computer News
Solo's FlyThru laptop cases were the first to pass testing by Travel Sentry, a company that designs and manages standards to improve travel security in cooperation with government security agencies, airlines, airports and the travel goods industry, company officials said.
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Government Computer News
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has updated its guidelines for mapping information in government information systems to categories that specify the types of security controls the data requires.
Government Computer News |
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white papers
Last month, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told channel partners to get with the program and focus on Software-as-a-Service, in particular, Microsoft's own new version of Software-as-a-Service called "Software Plus Services."
IT World |
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Government Computer News
Best Site, a nationwide network of regional and national processing centers that provides transactional imaging services for backfile conversion and government blowback projects.
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Power Medical Interventions, Inc. Appoints Mary Kay Scucci to Board of Directors
LANGHORNE, Pa., Aug. 14, 2008 -- Power Medical Interventions, Inc. , a leader in developing and commercializing Intelligent Surgical Instruments, announced today that Mary Kay Scucci, CPA, MBA, Ph.D, has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.
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Amazon To Launch Persistent Storage For EC2
Elastic block storage allows you to attach persistent, unformatted, or "raw" data storage to "instances" of applications or services that reside on Amazon's EC2.
Intelligent Enterprise Magazine |
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Fans Buzzing in Advance of Women's Gymnastics All-Around Final
Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen Company, reported that among seven top athletes competing in tonight's women's gymnastics individual all-around finals, American Shawn Johnson leads in online buzz. Fan buzz about Johnson was more than twice that of fellow-American Nastia Liukin, who was followed by China's Jiang Yuyuan.
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