tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190734812011-11-24T23:41:29.297-05:00Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149144106804450811noreply@blogger.comBlogger2571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19073481.post-1163128348824730992006-11-09T22:12:00.000-05:002006-11-09T22:12:28.943-05:00

Google updated Gmail’s web interface. The new interface includes slicker borders for the message and has a drop down menu on each of the messages in the conversation for easy navigation and more.read more | digg story

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Here is a great tip of how to control the amount of memory firefox (version 1 and 2) takes. Very useful for people with less than 1GB of RAM, especially the one about Letting Windows claim back memoryread more | digg story

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When a computer goes missing, users simply activate the shredding feature and the next time the computer goes online, the selected files are completely removed. Or, if the user chooses, data can also be removed from a computer from a computer which has not been online for a preset period.read more | digg story

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In an effort to increase its market share, Linspire, Inc. launched a revamped partner program that pays system builders a percentage on all commercial Linux software and services purchased by users of either Linspire and Freespire pre-installed desktop and laptop computers using CNR (Click â��N Run) technology.read more | digg story

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McAfee research shows that Celebrities are a bigger lure than sex when it comes to lure people to install spyware.read more | digg story

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Highly critical vulnerability discovered in WinAmp: " Highly critical vulnerability discovered in WinAmp, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user’s system. [...] Read more @: Aviran's Place"

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A group of 4 Connecticut librarians recently announced that the US government had requested to view private patron records and also threatened imprisonment if the librarians spoke up about it.read more | digg story

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New Office Genuine Advantage : " Windows Genuine Advantage is now being extended to Microsoft Office. Customers of Microsoft Office who validate that their copy is genuine will be able to access free downloads from the Microsoft Download Center.Read more @: Aviran's Place"

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To shut out the OSX on X86 crowd and the filthy pirates who sell hardware running OSX on generic boxes, Apple is no longer releasing the Kernel source for OSX. That means you will not be able to hack and then compile your own Kernel to take advantage of the new improved Intel architectures.read more | digg story

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I recently published a post that exposes digg's deceptive behavior which shows that unlike their statement digg has editorial control, and they don't let you know that they use it to censor criticism.Due to this story digg now banned my blog from being submitted to digg. Shameless censoring of web site. Where is the democracy you promised digg.

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ICANN Unanimously Approves Innovative .Tel Domain: " ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) unanimously approved the creation of the new .Tel Top Level Domain (TLD) and awarded the contract to Telnic Limited. “The .Tel domain offers the first genuinely different use of domains since .com was first created. It will provide seamless integration of existing methods of

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Wireless carriers looking to sell more high-speed data subscriptions could get a boost from Palm's new smartphone, which the company will announce today (05.15.06).read more | digg story

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UPDATE 2: Due to this story digg now banned my blog from being submitted to digg. Shameless censoring of web site. Where is the democracy you promised digg.I recently submitted a story to digg.com. The story got over 20 diggs in about an hour, which is a pretty fast rate. I was pretty much sure that in this rate the story would be promoted to the front page in no time.I left for lunch and after I

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Google seems to want special treatment on Internet Explorer, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.read more | digg story

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Although sex is a taboo in Muslim countries, according to Google Trends, users from Muslim countries are searching Google for sex, more than any other country, with Pakistan, Egypt and Iran leading the chartread more | digg story

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Muslim Countries Search More For Sex: " Although sex is a taboo in Muslim countries, according to Google Trends, users from Muslim countries are searching Google for sex, more than any other country. A quick view in Google trends reveals that Pakistan is leading the world with sex related sex, and Egypt and Iran are to follow. Regardless of strict censorship in these countries, [...] Read more @

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See the resultsread more | digg story

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A car that can anticipate a side-on impact and subtly alter its body shape to absorb the force of the crash is being developed by researchers in Germany.read more | digg story

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Panasonic, Sony Debut New HD Video Recorder Format: "Panasonic and Sony Jointly Developed New HD Digital Video Camera Recorder Format for Recording on Disc Read more @: Aviran's Place"

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Adobe Systems on Thursday will debut technology intended to make AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) programming easier for Web designers.read more | digg story

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A recent paper (pdf) details how flaws in the random number generator embedded in the Linux kernal expose critical security vulnerabilities. One particular attack is laid out.read more | digg story

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Silicon Graphics announced Monday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as the company seeks to reorganize and re-emerge from its financial woes.read more | digg story

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"So, I'll therefore propose that this stakeout is a widely-reported one from April 2004 in which seven American soldiers died in action, although it could have been one of many other Sadr City battles throughout the year. The tanks might be identified as 2nd Bridgade, 1st Cavalry."read more | digg story

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A U.S. appeals panel challenged the Bush administration Friday over new rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone callsread more | digg story

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They can steal your smartcard, lift your passport, jack your car, even clone the chip in your arm. And you won't feel a thing. 5 tales from the RFID-hacking underground.read more | digg story

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Tocelebrate the 58th independence day of Israel, Israeli hackers hacked several Iranian web sites such as the ministry of sciences and technology (which is responsible for the development of nuclear technology in Iran). Visitors to the sites got messages, and some history and geography lessons to the Muslim world and to the Iranians people .read more | digg story

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the new 11n products could mess with current 11b and 11g networks by trying to transmit data on the same radio channels. "It will literally bring b/g networks to their kneesread more | digg story

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U.S. authorities said on Wednesday they had filed suit against five online companies, charging they had illegally sold confidential phone records.read more | digg story

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A look at how thieves are using laptops to steal the most expensive luxury cars. Many of these cars have completely keyless ignitions and door locks, meaning it can all be done wirelessly. Thieves often follow a car until it gets left in a quiet area, and they can steal it in about 20 minutes. Scary stuff.read more | digg story

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Users of Blue Security's controversial anti-spam system have begun receiving email threats that they'll end up getting even more junk mail unless they opt-out of its network.read more | digg story

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The spec-in-training also failed to garner a simple majority, with only 47% voting in favor of moving the draft to the next step in the IEEE process.read more | digg story

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Lara Croft Coming To Nintendo Platforms: " Video Gaming’s Leading Lady Makes Her Debut on the Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance This Fall Eidos Interactive announced further details of Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend on Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. Available this fall, the handheld versions will faithfully capture the detail and breadth of Lara Croft Tomb

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NVIDIA Releases Free Version of Gelato Renderer: " NVIDIA Gelato 2.0 software renders realistic 3D objects and environments for film, design, and architecture. This image, created by Ethan Summers and Shiew Yeu Low for an upcoming independent film, showcases Gelato 2.0 software’s powerful 3D rendering capabilities. NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), announced it is making the process of

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A great video that show how to mod your desktop case to a barbeque with built in fans.read more | digg story

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Story on Wired about Pete Ashdown running for US Senate against Orrin Hatch.read more | digg story

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In a bid to bolster the image of its music subscription service and lure new subscribers, Napster is returning to the days of yore by offering free music. But as you might expect, there's a catch.read more | digg story

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Starting today, you can stream episodes of ABC's LOST, Desperate Housewives, Commander in Chief, and Alias for free at ABC.com. The ad-supported episodes will be available for at least a two-month trial period.read more | digg story

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Babylon 6 is the world's leading dictionary and language translation software.read more | digg story

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A quick blurb on [H] Consumer about Dell renewing their commitments to the XPS customer experience by backing off the software installed that many do not want. Dell's "You Spoke, We Listened," header on the linked site pages say a lot, and will save some folks a lot of time when it comes to having to reinstall the OS to a "clean" start.read more | digg story

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TDK has gone ahead and produced the 200GB Blu-ray Disc it announced a few weeks ago that it was working on. And while it appears to have failed to compress four standard dual-layer 50GB discs together into a single unit, it has nonetheless come up with a novel alternative.read more | digg story

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Dreamfall (The Longest Journey 2) Coming Soon: " The most anticipated game of the year Dreamfall is due to be released on May 1st with pre-orders scheduled for 30th of April. Online store Amazon already lists the action adventure game as available for order. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey’, winner of multiple E3 awards as the best game in its genre, is the continuation of [...] Read more @:

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Iran has just obtained missiles (Russian-made BM-25's) that have a range capable of hitting Europe. These missiles are known to be capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, and were obtained through North Korea.read more | digg story

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simple matrix of the core set of Windows Vista featuresread more | digg story

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Take a look at all the new Vista features that Microsoft has been hyping--AeroGlass, Defender, IE7, and more.read more | digg story

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On Tuesday Microsoft will make Windows Genuine Advantage more intrusive and will use scare tactics to make users validate and purchase a legal copy. You will start getting nag screen every hour until you validate your copy.read more | digg story

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Microsoft recently released a link to help you choose "good passwords"read more | digg story

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Aviran's place report that Since its pilot in 09/2004 and the official launch in 7/2005, 35M installations failed to validate with Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage program which is about 19% of all installations

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Auction giant reportedly talks to Microsoft, Yahoo on how to compete with search king.read more | digg story

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Robert X. Cringely offers an intriguing reason behind Apple's recent strategy of Boot Camp: '... I also believe that Apple will offer in OS X 10.5 the ability to run native Windows XP applications with no copy of XP installed on the machine at all. This will be accomplished...by Apple implementing the Windows API directly in OS X 10.5.'read more | digg story

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Highly critical Mac OS X Vulnerabilities: " Tom Ferris from security-protocols has reported some potential vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user’s system. The vulnerabilities exists in the way Mac OS X and the Safari browser handles zip and images files. Visiting a web site with [...] Read more

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HP Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries: " HP recalls about 15,700 HP and Compaq notebook computer batteries due to fire hazard. An internal failure can cause the battery to overheat and melt or char the plastic case, posing a burn and fire hazard. HP has received 20 reports of batteries overheating, including two in the United States. One minor burn injury has been [...] Read more @: Aviran's

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Read it and digg it if you feel everyone should know about this. Let's see Digg's response to this article.read more | digg story

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This is a pretty darn good list of some of the best tools to help you optimize and get more bang for your buck (or ad-space) with Adsense. Some of them Iâ��ve heard of before, but others were completely new to me. Worth a read if you have/use Adsense.read more | digg story

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Ben Jacobsen wrote software to let you connect your computer to your model railroad. He chose to not only give the software away for free, but to make the source code available as well. And then KAM Industries, maker of commercial software that serves a similar role, sent him an invoice for $203,000.read more | digg story

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Microsoft Readies Live Drive: " Microsoft is working on a new Windows Live service that will provide users with a virtual hard drive for storing data such as moviea, music, pictures and other personal data. The new vistual drive will be named Live Drive. Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Ray Ozzie told CNNMoney “Microsoft is planning to use its server farms to [...] Read more @: Aviran's Place"

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The smallest state in the Union is itching to go unwired in a big way. "The network will be built on a WiMAX transport core with WiFi technology at the consumer interface edge." The first antenna goes up this week. Quite an impressive achievement, in spite of the fact that it probably won't be free.read more | digg story

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Digg is in the process of preparing to scale to 10 times current load.read more | digg story

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Google Earth Images Coming Also From Kites: " In an article by Mark Aubin, founder of Keyhole, the company that became Google Earth, Aubin said that Google Earth uses more than one source for our imagery. “We collect it via airplane and satellite, but also just about any way you can imagine getting a camera above the Earth’s surface: hot air balloons, model [...] Read more @: Aviran's Place"

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Support equal OS 10 access. Apple allows users to run Windows on Apple hardware, but won't sell Mac OS for other PC vendors. Michael Dell said: "If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to offer it to our customers." Apple's reply: "No."read more | digg story

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Red Hat announced recently that the Fedora Project is staying under its control instead of going to the Fedora Foundation as the company previously announced.read more | digg story

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McAfee: Blogs Are Largely To Blame For The Increased Proliferation Of Rootkits: " Findings Suggest Online Collaboration Sites and Blogs Contribute to the Increased Proliferation and Complexity of RootkitsMcAfee, Inc. , today announced research study (.PDF) results from McAfee AVERT Labs that demonstrate that the use of stealth technologies to conceal both malware and commercially viable

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The full-sized, blond, pale mannequin is in demand because medicine is rapidly abandoning centuries-old training methods that use patients as guinea pigs, turning instead to high-tech simulations. It's better to make a mistake on a $20,000 robot than a live patient.read more | digg story

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Google is opening a second research center in Israel, according to Israeli tech blog Aviran's Place.read more | digg story

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Tip: How to Re-create the Show Desktop Icon: " We all know the Show Desktop icon on the quick launch tool bar. This is a very handy icon that minimize all the windows to show the desktop icons. But what happens if you deleted this icon. This is not a regular icon and re-creating it is not an intuitive task, although it is not [...] Read more @: Aviran's Place"

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The New Office 2007 File Formats: " Office 2007 is due to be released sometimes on 2007. Office 2007 will have two major changes to the office file format. For the first time Microsoft will have file extensions with more than 3 characters, but more importantly it will move from the well know .doc, .xls and .ppt file extensions for the popular [...] Read more @: Aviran's Place"

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New Spoofing Vulnerability In Internet Explorer: " Hai Nam Luke has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing attacks. The vulnerability is caused due to a race condition in the loading of web content and Macromedia Flash Format files (”.swf”) in browser windows. This can be exploited to spoof the address bar in a [...] Read

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From TFA: "In a rare discussion on the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall malware-infested operating systems."read more | digg story

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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said on Monday it added more than 568,000 net new subscribers in the first quarter, taking its total subscriber base to more than 6.5 million.read more | digg story

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New google talk out, with display pictures and chat 'themes' - great new version, check it out.read more | digg story

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They write: "We did some analysis of the videos in our system over 10 minutes in length, and we found the overwhelming majority of them were full length, copyrighted videos from tv shows and movies." So much for "15 minutes" of fame. They note that most videos are under 3 minutes. Google video still no such limits.read more | digg story

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"Nearly five years after September 11, the airline industry is finally adopting new in-flight technologies to keep planes safe from terrorists. Tests on passenger-carrying flights could begin by the end of the year, says Homeland Security spokesman Brian Doyle. "read more | digg story

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Vista Capable Logo Revealed: " The Vista Capable PC program allows Microsoft partners that have a PC product that passed the Designed for Windows XP logo program to ship a new logo on those products that states “Designed for Microsoft Windows XP - Vista Capable.” This program is designed for users to be able to quickly identify Windows XP PCs that [...] Read more @: Aviran's Place"

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Digg.com Is A Bully : "Digg.com is getting cocky and banning small web sites just because digg’s users submit them to digg and digg’s moderators don’t like it. Aviran’s Place is the latest victim of Digg’s “We are big, you are small and we can do whatever we want” attitude. Read more @: Aviran's Place"

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A nice Java Regular Expressions tutorialread more | digg story

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James Strachan, chief architect and co-founder of LogicBlaze, said, "AJAX is going to make a huge difference on how we build Web apps. AJAX and POJOs [plain old java objects] are the two biggies for building Web apps."read more | digg story

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Everything you want to know about WGAread more | digg story

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Several of AMD's chips may fit into the new category of ultramobile PCs,—called UMPCs for short—which are being marketed as small, lightweight portable computers that can check e-mail and play multimedia files, yet still run Microsoft's Windows XP operating system.read more | digg story

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The StopBadware.org coalition, funded by Google, has listed the Kazaa file-sharing application at the top of a list of noxious software programs that present a threat to business and consumer users. The top 5 badware are: Kazaa, MediaPipe, SpyAxe and Living Waterfalls 3 Screen Saveread more | digg story

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The Eclipse Foundation is making a play for Microsoft's ISV partners deciding whether to port their applications to Windows Vista with a cross-platform alternative that expands their market reach.read more | digg story

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French lawmakers approved an online copyright bill Tuesday that would require Apple to break open the exclusive format behind its market-leading iTunes music store and iPod players.read more | digg story

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In seeking developers for its service, Microsoft said it's building "the largest structured commercial catalog in the world, ingesting data from hundreds of thousands of retailers."read more | digg story

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The Xbox 360 games portfolio expands this spring with new next-generation titles from leading developers and publishers. Expect fun cool games this springread more | digg story

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An interesting experiment shows that none of the leading search engines find the top search engines in response to a query. Google did not prevail.read more | digg story

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Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on Monday said it recently surpassed 4 million subscribers to its nationwide pay radio service.read more | digg story

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Linux 2.6.16 has been released after two months and two weeks of development.read more | digg story

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Last week Microsoft updated SyncToy to version 1.1read more | digg story

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Schmidt say he saw Microsoft and not Yahoo as the long-term primary competitor, because of its money in the bank and history. However, Schmidt was quick to say that the acquisition of Writely was not meant to create a competitor to Microsoft Officeread more | digg story

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While most technology companies make money by developing software, building hardware or providing services, Forgent Networks Inc. has taken a different route: It produces threats and lawsuits that try to cash in on ideas.read more | digg story

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Panda Software has published the “Security in Wireless Networks” report in which it says that wireless networks in 60 percent of business are not secure.WiFi networks represent an entry point for malware and targeted attacksread more | digg story

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US State Department has issued its first batch of passports with RFID chips.read more | digg story

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It's good to see that the US taxpayer is getting plenty of bangs for his/her bucks from the CIA - apart from Talibanning it up in Afghanistan and smuggling exploding cigars into Cuba. The proof can be found at its "Studies in Intelligence" webpage, which kicks off:read more | digg story

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops took aim at "The Da Vinci Code" on Friday, launching a Web site that disputes central points of the best-selling novel.read more | digg story

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Al-Qaeda sympathizers are using Orkut, a popular, worldwide Internet service owned by Google, to rally support for Osama bin Laden, share videos and Web links promoting terrorism and recruit non-Arabic-speaking Westernersread more | digg story

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Working at home, she operated the Web site MommyJobs.com, but authorities say the homemaker was also part of a gang that sent massive quantities of spam messages containing pornographic images.read more | digg story

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Microsoft Gives Xbox 360 Owners Free 72 Hours of Action-Packed Xbox Live Multiplayer Online Gamingread more | digg story

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iBill says "records" of the email addresses of 17m plus net voyeurs recovered by two security companies do not match its own records. It claims only three entries from files separately obtained by Secure Science and SunBelt Software correspond to email addresses on its databaseread more | digg story

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Symantec has quietly pulled the plug on sales of L0phtCrack (LC5), the venerable password auditing and recovery application.The ship date of L0phtCraft was Mar. 3, 2006 and Symantec will offer customer help until Dec. 16, 2006. The company will not be shipping any product code updates, enhancements or fixes to L0phtCraft after March 3.read more | digg story

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The updates can cause issues when trying to seek, fast rewind or fast forward in Windows Media Player 10, Microsoft said.read more | digg story

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The good burghers of Loch Ness and its environs will doubtless be delighted to learn that the legendary monster on which the region's entire economy is based was probably nothing more than a circus elephant taking a dip.read more | digg story

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Microsoft integrated Windows Genuine Advantage inside IE and other applications. You can no longer block Active X plugins and download from Windows Update. fortunately there are other ways (read the discussion forum linked in the article)read more | digg story

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