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10 PCs stolen from Oakland schools
Personal data may have been compromised after 10 computers were stolen from Oakland schools.
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3 punts mobile email for £2.50 a month
Some bits are more equal the others UK operator 3 is celebrating their first year of mobile broadband by launching a new data tariff of £2.50 for unlimited email use, though the price doubles to a fiver a month for suit-wearers using Exchange or Notes access.…
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Siemens Accused of Posting a Rival?s Secrets
Rival software maker Dassault Systèmes accused Siemens of posting confidential business data about Dassault clients on Siemens?s intranet.
New York Times |
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Participatory democracy
The Desert Sun is to be congratulated for recognizing the importance of an online opportunity for members of the community to express their views on presidential politics; an example of participatory democracy at its finest.
The Desert Sun |
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Managing Application Thread Use
Multicore processors are increasingly replacing single-core processors, and developers are being confronted with new challenges when using them.
Dr. Dobb's Journal |
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Competitive Companies, Inc. Signs LOI with Innovation Capital Management, Inc. to Bolster Its Plans for Bringing ...
Competitive Companies, Inc. and Innovation Capital Management, Inc. parent of DiscoverNet, Inc., said today they have signed a Letter of Intent to merge the two Companies' operations and proprietary technology to further enhance a collective effort in bringing wireless Internet broadband to America's Heartland.
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Government Computer News
Sony Corp. has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio-TZ laptop computers due to a problem with overheating. According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, Sony had received 15 reports of overheating, including one report of a user suffering a burn.
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MacDailyNews - Where Mac news comes first
"After this press conference to announce Google's new Web browser, Chrome, Google cofounder Sergey Brin asked BoomTown's Kara Swisher if she'd try it out.
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Googlers celebrate company's 10th birthday in Greece [Toogle Many Googlers]
This Sunday, Google turns 10. Grigoris, a tipster in Greece, estimates that between 3,000 and 4,000 Googlers have descended on the island of Rhodes for some kind of gathering. Among the activities:... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Power monitoring and logging with Apcupsd and Cacti
For some time I have been using the American Power Conversion (APC) uninterruptible power supply (UPS) daemon Apcupsd to interface my desktop computer with my APC Back-UPS ES 550. Available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris 10, Apcupsd reliably warns me when the power goes out and gives me time to get my box properly shut down before data is lost, or does so automatically if I am not ...
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Red Hat moves into virtual desktops
Daniel Robinson, vnunet.com , Thursday 4 September 2008 at 17:06:00 Acquisition of Qumranet adds virtual desktop infrastructure to enterprise portfolio Red Hat is moving into virtual desktops with the acquisition of Qumranet, a firm specialising in virtual infrastructure. The move will enable Red Hat customers to centralise the provision of...
vnunet.com |
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Motorola U9 takes fashion "beyond thin"
— Aug. 25, 2008 — In this hands-on review, LinuxDevices Executive Editor Henry Kingman deems the U9 to be a nice little Linux phone with high function and fashion.
Linux Devices |
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First Linux on Everest
Until now, the Glacier Everest has only been available as a Windows XP-based thick client, as reported on in this WindowsForDevices.com story . Typical applications include onboard forklift computers, warehouse walls, and shop floor data collection stations.
Linux Devices |
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Kick Linux To The Curb?
Kick Linux To The Curb? -- As Matt Hartley ponders a switch to Apple's OS X, he fashions a list of improvements closed-source platforms could provide to win him back.
Intranet Journal |
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Proofreading Philly
Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email photos to us from your computer or your phone, and show the city that you care about good grammar. Reader Brian C. Cooke writes: "Here is one I just captured outside New York Chicken & Seafood on Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. I ...
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iPodObserver - iPhone Lust Supplants BlackBerry at DLA Phillips Fox
The IT manager of a major law firm believes that the iPhone will eventually supplant the BlackBerry as the smartphone of choice for attorneys, according to ITWire
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Cultivating right e-mail formula grows sales at GreenwoodNursery.com
By reworking its e-mail marketing strategy with a cleaner list of addresses, better frequency and timing, and the right mix of instructional and sales information, Greenwood Nursery has grown online sales by 200% or more, owner Steven Jones says.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Create New Masterpieces Out of Google's Chrome Comic Using Photoshop [Photoshop Contest]
For this week's Photoshop Contest, I want you guys to go crazy with Google's Chrome comic. The 4chan folks have already done some stuff with it, now its your turn. Feel free to go beyond just...
Gizmodo |
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More you work your brain, more you eat: study
QUEBEC - If you're thinking more, you might also be eating more. Intellectual work - like reading, writing or working on a computer - prompts people to overeat and that might be a cause of obesity, a new university study suggests.
Canada.com |
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Elluminate, Inc. Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant in Industry Report on Web Conferencing
Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries Quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing" for 2008.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Sony recalls Vaio laptops
NEW YORK - Japan's Sony Corp. is recalling thousands of its Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause them to overheat or short circuit.
Canada.com |
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Comcast appeals FCC Web traffic-blocking decision
WASHINGTON - Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the...
Boston Herald |
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Comcast appeals FCC Web traffic-blocking decision
Associated Press - September 4, 2008 2:13 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal...
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First look: Raptr, a gamer's Facebook with some rough edges
Ars gets a first look at a new social service called "Raptr," now in public beta, which lets gamers connect with their peers through shared titles and aggregate data from the most popular gaming services around. Read More...
Ars Technica |
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CTG wins information tech contracts from Alaska
(AP:NEW YORK) CTG, which provides information technology services, said Thursday it signed contracts worth up to $15 million with the state of Alaska to provide IT security services and support to the state's task order system.
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