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Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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Stony Stevenson writes "Vista is proving far less popular than XP did with new PC buyers during the earlier OS's first year on the read more »
Stony Stevenson writes "Vista is proving far less popular than XP did with new PC buyers during the earlier OS's first year on the read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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kRemit writes "The German hacker group Chaos Computer Club today sued the German State of Hessen to prevent the use of electronic read more »
kRemit writes "The German hacker group Chaos Computer Club today sued the German State of Hessen to prevent the use of electronic read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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Paul sends us word on a new exploit seen in the wild that attacks Windows systems completely outside of the control of the OS. "Un read more »
Paul sends us word on a new exploit seen in the wild that attacks Windows systems completely outside of the control of the OS. "Un read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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Geoffrey.landis writes "Microsoft apologized to rival software vendor Corel Corp. for saying that Corel's file format posed a secu read more »
Geoffrey.landis writes "Microsoft apologized to rival software vendor Corel Corp. for saying that Corel's file format posed a secu read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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coondoggie writes to tell us Network World is reporting that NASA will this month see the realization of a mission launched in 200 read more »
coondoggie writes to tell us Network World is reporting that NASA will this month see the realization of a mission launched in 200 read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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BoingBoing is covering an interesting piece of software called VideoTrace that allows you to easily create 3D models from the imag read more »
BoingBoing is covering an interesting piece of software called VideoTrace that allows you to easily create 3D models from the imag read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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nerdyH writes "A new Linux-based portable media player (PMP) features an eyeglass-like head-mounted display with 800 x 600 resolut read more »
nerdyH writes "A new Linux-based portable media player (PMP) features an eyeglass-like head-mounted display with 800 x 600 resolut read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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babooo404 writes "Jimmy Wales latest project, Search Wikia has launched into alpha this morning. Most reviews have been negative. read more »
babooo404 writes "Jimmy Wales latest project, Search Wikia has launched into alpha this morning. Most reviews have been negative. read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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smooth wombat writes "In a move to stave off the FCC, cable operators have now agreed upon one standard to allow TVs and other gea read more »
smooth wombat writes "In a move to stave off the FCC, cable operators have now agreed upon one standard to allow TVs and other gea read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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Lucas123 writes "BitMicro has unveiled an 832GB NAND flash drive that will begin shipping later this year. The E-Disk Altima drive read more »
Lucas123 writes "BitMicro has unveiled an 832GB NAND flash drive that will begin shipping later this year. The E-Disk Altima drive read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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daveofdoom writes "This week Microsoft launched an SMB program that contains the words 'open', 'value' and 'subscription', none of read more »
daveofdoom writes "This week Microsoft launched an SMB program that contains the words 'open', 'value' and 'subscription', none of read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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daveofdoom writes "This week Microsoft launched an SMB program that contains the words 'open', 'value' and 'subscription', none of read more »
daveofdoom writes "This week Microsoft launched an SMB program that contains the words 'open', 'value' and 'subscription', none of read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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An anonymous reader writes "A story in the online site of the Aussie science mag Cosmos discusses how archaeologists are using sop read more »
An anonymous reader writes "A story in the online site of the Aussie science mag Cosmos discusses how archaeologists are using sop read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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This past August, big news dropped in the tabletop gaming community: 2008 would see the release of a fourth edition of Dungeons an read more »
This past August, big news dropped in the tabletop gaming community: 2008 would see the release of a fourth edition of Dungeons an read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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porkpickle writes "Russia plans to participate in a European mission to investigate Jupiter's moon Europa and search for simple li read more »
porkpickle writes "Russia plans to participate in a European mission to investigate Jupiter's moon Europa and search for simple li read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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alphadogg writes "The IT department is dead, and it is a shift to utility computing that will kill this corporate career path. So read more »
alphadogg writes "The IT department is dead, and it is a shift to utility computing that will kill this corporate career path. So read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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Googling Yourself writes "Employees at Google are encouraged to place bets on Google's prediction market — an exchange that read more »
Googling Yourself writes "Employees at Google are encouraged to place bets on Google's prediction market — an exchange that read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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Patrick Griffin writes "When it comes to product design, the significance of aesthetics, the way its design looks and feels, deter read more »
Patrick Griffin writes "When it comes to product design, the significance of aesthetics, the way its design looks and feels, deter read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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An anonymous reader writes "The Beer Brewing Bender Project is finally completed. This is a fan built, full sized Bender from Futu read more »
An anonymous reader writes "The Beer Brewing Bender Project is finally completed. This is a fan built, full sized Bender from Futu read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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Sunday evening saw the final CES keynote delivered by Bill Gates in his current role with the Microsoft corporation. Speculation a read more »
Sunday evening saw the final CES keynote delivered by Bill Gates in his current role with the Microsoft corporation. Speculation a read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Search Engines Yahoo! Search Blog
The largest annual consumer technology show in the world is happening next week and Yahoo! is in on the Las Vegas action. Yodel An read more »
The largest annual consumer technology show in the world is happening next week and Yahoo! is in on the Las Vegas action. Yodel An read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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The Consumer Electronics Show is being pushed in ever-more-glamorous directions as organizers attempt to top themselves every year read more »
The Consumer Electronics Show is being pushed in ever-more-glamorous directions as organizers attempt to top themselves every year read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Search Engines
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog
Written by Kas, Search Quality TeamOne of the ways in which we continuously work to improve our service for users everywhere is to read more »
Written by Kas, Search Quality TeamOne of the ways in which we continuously work to improve our service for users everywhere is to read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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PCWMike writes "It's that time of year again, when every website makes predictions about the future of technology. PCWorld is no e read more »
PCWMike writes "It's that time of year again, when every website makes predictions about the future of technology. PCWorld is no e read more »
Date : 2008 01 07 Technology
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Roland Piquepaille writes "Why are diamonds so shiny and beautiful? A Japanese mathematician says it's because of their unique cry read more »
Roland Piquepaille writes "Why are diamonds so shiny and beautiful? A Japanese mathematician says it's because of their unique cry read more »