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NASA Preparing to Service Hubble for the Last Time, In Glorious Pictures [Nasa]
The Boston Globe's Big Picture blog continues its incredible coverage of all things wonderful to look at today with a spread relating to the space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope....
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Comcast officially throttles users
High traffic Comcast customers have known about the company’s use of bandwidth monitoring for a while now, which of course made no sense to customers considering they were paying for “unlimited service.” So now Comcast is officially letting customers know that they are not getting unlimited service, that traffic use will be monitored, and that [...]
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Maoists didn't kill Saraswati, claims VHP
Expressing doubts over the Maoists' claim of having killed leader Lakshmananda Saraswati, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday insisted that 'a sect of Christians' was behind the murder that has sparked widespread rioting in Orissa.VHP General Secretary Pravin Togadia said his organisation and the Maoists have no reasons for confrontation and the Maoists could have made the claims under ...
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Dashing Computer Interface To Control Your Car
Researchers have developed a special dashboard computer to act as a single conduit for all devices emerging in modern cars – GPS, mobile, PDAs, intelligent car technologies. It should mean a better, more relaxed and even safer driving experience.
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More temp workers have pro degrees
The nature of temporary work in the United States has changed, with most temps now holding professional degrees, industry analysts say.The professionals, who include accountants, computer programmers and engineers, also make up the fastest-growing portion of the temporary employment industry, The Miami Herald reported Monday.We're seeing a shift in the staffing industry, Roy Krause, president of ...
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Small auto shops warn costs could 'skyrocket'
Companies complain that auto makers restrict access to repair software to dealers only
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Commodore hops on the netbook bandwagon with UMMD 8010/F
Filed under: Laptops As we've seen countless times by now, the folks behind the Commodore brand will stop at nothing to keep the venerable name alive, and they've now finally hopped on the biggest bandwagon going, with the UMMD 8010/F marking the company's first foray into the netbook game. Unfortunately, apart from that familiar logo, there's not too much that stands out here, with ...
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In Tomorrow's Paper
EDMONTON — Canada’s small auto shops are warning that the cost of getting newer vehicles serviced could “skyrocket” because they say some automakers are now restricting access to vital diagnostic software.
EdmontonSun.com |
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Comcast’s Near-Unlimited Bandwidth Limits
Not all limits are unreasonable. If I told my nine-year-old that from now on, she would be allowed no more than 16 cookies a day, I’d get a glassy-eyed “Whatever.”
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Jetking to open 50 more branches
Jetking Infotrain Limited, a Mumbai-based computer hardware and networking institute, plans to open 50 more training centres across the country through the franchisee route this financial year, said Guruprasad Shenai, head (technology and curriculum) of Jetking.
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"Hacker" gains access to Kansas Health Policy Authority data
Don't worry. This hacker, who was a consultant hired by the state to test a data system, wasn't after personal information, but he did gain access to it in a very easy way. Where the hacker received a free pass and where he got blocked.
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Google announces browser via comic book
Google announced Monday, via a 38-page comic book drawn by Scott McCloud, its new open-source browser project, Chrome.
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Lyons Blog: Laboring On Labor Day
Monday, 2:25 p.m. The weather department at the television station has suddenly become a very popular place.
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Hacker 'should be jailed in UK'
Lawyers for a computer expert accused of the "biggest military hack of all time" have called on the Government to ensure he is not jailed in the US.
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First Prototype of Open Source TechCrunch Tablet
holy_calamity writes "Big mouth tech blogger Mike Arrington decided earlier this year to 'teach gadget-makers a lesson' and make his own portable, touch screen web tablet. The first, very rough, prototype is complete. Despite the claims it would be fully open source — even the hardware — there's no sign of a project site or any other openness yet." Read more of this story at Slashdot. ...
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Prinics Digital Photo Frame with Printer Launches
Prinics is certainly not a name I am familiar with, but it has a new product that is cool. The product is a digital photo frame that has a built-in printer. This would allow you to view and print your digital pictures without needing a computer. The fra...
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Georgia hacking stirs fears of cyber militias
Attacks that hit Georgian websites after Russian tanks rolled across the border have US officials concerned.
Independent Online |
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Start-Ups Bring Google's Parallel Processing To Data Warehousing
Aster and Greenplum have made Google's MapReduce compatible with SQL for use in the parallel data warehousing systems based on open source PostgreSQL.
Intelligent Enterprise Magazine |
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newsroom.at - nachrichten für journalisten
Berlin, 01 September 2008 This year’s IFA will see the celebration of a new technology, the Philips Net TV: an integrated browser and DSL interfaces enables the presentation of standard CE-HTML content on a television.
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Akhter's LoCO2PC looks like an ugly monitor, doesn't need much power
Filed under: Desktops Call it fate, or call it the beginning of an unsightly trend, but whatever the case, we're seeing the second all-in-one green PC this week in the Akhter LoCO2PC. Designed to look like an atypically thick LCD 19-inch monitor, this energy-sipping desktop hums along at 3GHz while sucking down just 55-watts (or less) while in use; when it falls to sleep, it consumes ...
Engadget |
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Philips Demoing Net TV - When Will Web TV Work On The Sofa?
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Dashing computer interface to control your car
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a special dashboard computer to act as a single conduit for all devices emerging in modern cars - GPS, mobile, PDAs, intelligent car technologies. It should mean a better, more relaxed and even safer driving experience.
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High-tech chocolate makers seek sweet success
As a software developer who worked with NASA, Timothy Childs built vision-tracking systems for the space shuttle. Now the former techie has a new venture that he says is out of this world: chocolate.
Baltimore Sun |
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'Coffee, Please: Milk, Two Sugars and Three Books'
(IsraelNN.com) The Tzomet Sfarim bookstore chain said its additions of a coffee shop and tables for reading have helped boost sales by 30 percent. New stores also include free Internet access.
Israel National News |
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Jail 'would breach hacker's rights'
Lawyers for a computer expert accused of the "biggest military hack of all time" have called on the Government to ensure he was not jailed in the US.
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