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QB Orton a new man Rick Morrissey: No cause for optimism for Bears
This year's model bears little resemblance to the rookie QB of 2005, and the Bears are counting on his growth to show on the field You still can Google Kyle Orton's name and see that the first available link is a picture of the Bears' quarterback holding a whiskey bottle.
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Open source release takes Linux rootkits mainstream
Script kiddies, the DR will see you now The art of burying invisible malware deep inside a Linux machine is about to go mainstream, thanks to a new open-source rootkit released Thursday by Immunity Security, a firm that supplies tools for penetration testers.…
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Analysts endorse 360 price drops
Industry watchers agree that Microsoft stands to regain ground thanks to cross-SKU cuts, with Nintendo and Sony unlikely to counter.
GameSpot |
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Software connects Linux MIDs to PC media
— Aug. 26, 2008 — Orb Networks has joined a growing list of video broadcast service providers supporting Intel-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs).
Linux Devices |
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The LHC Will Revolutionize Physics. Can it Revolutionize the Internet Too?
We already know that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be the biggest, most expensive physics experiment ever carried out by mankind. Colliding relativistic particles at energies previously unimaginable (up to the 14 TeV mark by the end of the decade) will generate millions of particles (known and as yet to be discovered), that need [...]
Universe Today |
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Protecting your kids from Internet predators
Many Internet predators are just a mouse click away from your child.
NBC 26 Augusta |
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Ancient Instrument Heard For First Time In Centuries
"For the first time in centuries, the harp-like strings of the epigonion have been plucked -- well, at least virtually. A group of researchers used computer modeling to simulate the ancient Greek instrument, then knocked out a medieval musical number and put their creation up on the Internet."
Arts Journal |
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Google Chrome Browser
Google Chrome is a good browser with some exciting technological changes. The most obvious of these is that the address bar is now 'inside' the tabs. Given that the address is different for each tab this makes sense and does actually make the already clean interface look even more efficient.
Computer Active |
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Tally Hall's Big Web Deal
Atlantic Records gives the up-and-coming band a special deal. Is this the future of breaking new acts?
Forbes |
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Oracle CEO Ellison destroyed critical e-mails, judge rules
In charges stemming from a 2001 shareholders suit, a federal judge found this week that Ellison deliberately withheld evidence that would have shown his awareness of problems surrounding Oracle's finances and its Suite 11i software.
BetaNews |
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OLPC learns from G1G1 distribution woes: Amazon to sell XOs
The One Laptop Per Child project is preparing to relaunch the Give 1 Get 1 initiative with the help of Amazon. The prominent e-retailer could help prevent a repeat of last year's OLPC shipping disaster. Read More...
Ars Technica |
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5+ SEO Text Analyzers for SEO Diagnostics & Copywriting
Both with on-page SEO diagnostics and SEO copywriting, we often need to perform various types of text analysis. Here is the collection of tools that should come in handy: 1. Keyword usage analyzers give quick overview of keyword prominence, i.e. page meta description, title, H-headings, image alt text, links anchor text and bold text: Ranks Keyword Density [...]
Search Engine Journal |
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Semiconductors stocks hit hard by economic worries
(AP:SAN FRANCISCO) Investors slammed semiconductor stocks Thursday amid fears that demand for computer chips is drying up as the economic malaise plaguing the U.S. is spreading to the rest of the world.
INO News |
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Software pirates go on trial in Shanghai
SHANGHAI: Nine members of a gang alleged to have been involved in a multi-million-dollar counterfeit software scam went on trial here Thursday.
China Daily |
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Guy Makes a PC Out of Nintendo Wii
Modding your computer to look cooler is one thing, and overclocking it your processor and memory is pretty cool too. But someone has managed to stuff a fully operational desktop PC into Nintendo’s minuscule Wii. Of course, the internals of the Wii were g
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NFL Teams Up with Adobe to Deliver NBC Sunday Night Football Live on the Internet
The National Football League (NFL) and Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the
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First scientific petabyte computer planned
IBM has singed a deal to build the world's first sustained petascale computational system dedicated to open scientific research. Dubbed Blue Water, the computer system is being built for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
Infomatics |
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Google Chrome Outshines Mozilla
New browser from search king grabs more visitors on its first-day launch than Mozilla's Firefox, according to Hitwise.
Red Herring |
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Jimmy Wales and the art of the modern breakup [The Sum Of All Human Knowledge]
Another failed relationship, another awkward online parting of ways for Jimmy Wales, the cofounder of Wikipedia. Just a few months ago, he was squiring new-agey PR impresario Andrea Weckerle, a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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"And now that I've had Firefox dig this hole in the desert for me..." [Caption Contest]
Everybody's having so much fun with Google's Chrome comic, we figured we'd give our readers a crack. In this very special caption contest, the best caption left in the comments won't just become the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
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Microsoft, Red Hat, HP, Sun give desktop virtualization a boost
If there is any doubt that vendors want to poke desktop virtualization into the psyche of corporate IT then last week's rash of vendor announcements should put all that to rest. Microsoft, Red Hat, HP, Sun all moved to improve their standing in terms of enterprise desktop virtualization software.
Network World |
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Comcast Appealing FCC Throttling Order
The FCC ruled last month that the Philadelphia internet service provider throttles file sharing traffic using the BitTorrent protocol. Comcast says the FCC abused its authority.
Wired News |
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Semiconductors stocks hit hard by economic worries
Investors slammed semiconductor stocks Thursday amid fears that demand for computer chips is drying up as the economic malaise plaguing the U.S. is spreading to the rest of the world.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Dell Of Cheap
The Texas PC maker's cheap new laptop takes the budget PC mainstream--and that's a problem.
Forbes |
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Google is 10
What is the secret behind Google's huge success?
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