Microsoft to acquire ProClarity
Microsoft announced Monday that it plans to acquire business analytics software developer ProClarity to increase its presence in the business intelligence market.
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Friday, May 05, 2006
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Thousands of Free Video Game Soundtrack Downloads, with Mass Downloading
A great page, with thousands of free video game soundtracks, with everything from Mario, Zelda, Halo... chances are, if you can think of it, they've got it. Now if you register, you can recieve free mass downloading, as well!
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Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle
Physician describes common health problems he has seen in his patient population full of geeks. I have had almost all of these problems! I love how he explains the fact that we have a "lack of attention." Great read.
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How I Work: Bill Gates
Quote - "I get about 100 e-mails a day. We apply filtering to keep it to that levelâ??e-mail comes straight to me from anyone I've ever corresponded with, anyone from Microsoft, Intel, HP etc. And I always see a write-up from my assistant of any other e-mail, from companies that aren't on my permission list or individuals I don't know."
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Professor Predicts Human Time Travel This Century
Ronald Mallett from the University of Connecticut has devised an experiment to observe a time traveling neutron in a circulating light beam. While his team still needs funding for the project, Mallett calculates that the possibility of time travel using this method could be verified within a decade.
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Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible
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."
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Linux wireless hardware support search site
Will my wireless usb/card device will work under Linux?, sure there are a lot of resources but this simple and straight to the point site will make things a lot easier, hey you can contribute and make it even better.
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Website Coloring
This is one of the best sites I have seen to help with web design. I use it almost every time I open Dreamweaver. It provides color matching, color harmonies, a color calculator and more. If you ever needed help finding the right colors, this is THE place to go.
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Linux too bloated for $100 Laptop
The One Laptop Per Child organization will use Linux on its inexpensive machines, but apparently the OS suffers the same code bloat as Windows, the project's leader said Tuesday.
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RIAA Profits Nearly $100 Million by Suing P2P Users
As of today, an estimated 18,337 Internet users have had suit filed against them by the RIAA for the alleged distribution of copyrighted materials.
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The National Geographic Genographic Project: Trace your ancestory
Pay for the $100 blood kit. send your blood over, and from the millions of blood (dna) they have recieved they can tell you where your ancestors came from and with more and more applying. the precise location down to the village can be traced.
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Removing A User From A Linux System
Employee turnover in most organizations runs high. So unless you run a small shop with a stable user base, you need to learn how to clean up after an employee leaves. Too many so-called system administrators do not understand the stakes involved when they manage users.
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Honda to add Google Earth to cars
Honda will soon add Google Earth to its navigation systems in Japan. This seems to be part of a growing trend. In February Google and Volkswagen announced they had partnered with nVidia to bring 3-dimensional Google Maps to car navigation systems.
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Report Claims Yahoo May Gain From Adware Click Fraud
Harvard researcher Ben Edelman on Tuesday released a report tying Yahoo Inc. to adware vendors that he claimed were displaying pop-up advertising that appeared to commit click fraud.
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Six times smaller chip next generation TV-on-mobile in U.S. Market
Philips announced its next generation TV-on-mobile solution for the North American market at CTIA today. An amazing six times smaller than its previous version, the new Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld (DVB-H) front-end solution, the smaller size BGT216 (7x7 mm, compared to the previous versionâ??s 15x26 mm
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Like to Tinker? NASA's Looking for You
With budgets tightening and the obstacles to human space exploration looking more daunting, NASA is enlisting the expertise of outsiders.
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Tom's Hardware adds price/performance ratio to CPU Charts
Tom's Hardware has published a major update to its large and popular CPU Charts utility on Wednesday. Two new processors added to the existing lineup of 83 CPUs and a new price/performance ratio feature will allow users to determine which processor offers the most bang for the buck.
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$100 laptop project aims for $50 price tag
The One Laptop per Child project hopes to lower the cost of its laptop for developing nations to $50 per unit by 2010, Nicholas Negroponte said in the opening keynote at the LinuxWorld conference in Boston.
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Google/Earthlink to provide free wifi to San Francisco
San Francisco has picked this partnership to blanket the city with affordable wireless Internet access, beating out five other bidders for a chance at the highly coveted contract. San Francisco will start negotiating a deal with the two companies, following a recommendation by a city panel evaluating the project.
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Japan unveils the fastest in the world train
Japan unveiled a sleeker version of its celebrated bullet train, the Shinkansen, which is billed as being the fastest in the world.
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Xbox Live Diamond Cards are now hitting mailboxes!
Yeah, You might have to register to see it, but whatever, here are links to the pictures...
Lower Res:
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/681/xlivediamonsmall9lk.jpg
High Res:
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/48/xlivediamond1hl.jpg
I think its very funny that they mispelled "THRU" with "TRHU" but yeah, :D enjoy.
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Red Hat Ends Fedora Foundation
At FUDCon Boston on Friday, the members will discuss the dismantling of their Foundation and the establishment of a Fedora Board. This is the email that just went out to Fedora contributors.
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The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide!
Whether you have been using a computer for years, or if you are totally new to it all, this guide can help you get to grips with all the important parts of using Linux, as opposed to Windows (or Mac OS) in order to operate your computer.
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Blockbuster Tells Netflix to Shove It
Things heat up between rival online video rental services as Blockbuster publicly condemns a Netflix lawsuit over key patents, calling it without merit and promising to defeat it.
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Listen to music at work, without having to install software!
This neet website streams your favorite music and pod-casts via your browser so you don;t need to install any software.
Works on windows, Mac and Linux.
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Getting things deleted from Google's cache
This came from the security-basics mailing list thanks to Saqib Ali. - One other thing I found ( thanks to "es0" on #unisog) is the url to request Google to remove items from the cache urgently. This still requires that Google gets a 404 for the url and takes "3 to 5 days". Direct link: http://services.google.com:8882/urlconsole/controllerv
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Google Toolbar 2.0 BETA Released [via Google Blog]
Google has just announced Google Toolbar v2 (beta) for Firefox. New features include: personalized homepage feed sync, spell check + grammar, gmail links, fights phishing, and includes their safe browsing extension.
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Can sites like Digg change the face of journalism?
Since Digg brings new from blogs that no one would see into plain view, and encourages other blogs to link to it will likely change journalism by allowing readers to contribute in ways they haven't before.
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MIT Researchers Build Tiny Batteries With Viruses
MIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small "nanowire" structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries. By manipulating a few genes inside these viruses, the team was able to coax the organisms to grow and self-assemble into a functional electronic device.
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Telecom companies blocking VoIP calls around the world
"Vonage ran a test. It seems the ISP was blocking the cable modem when the Vonage adapter went into use. I ran a test of my own. I ran pingplotter for 10 minutes: no blockage, then I picked up my Vonage phone and placed a call: immediately there was a 100% blockage on the cable modem. This was a continuous loss as long as the phone was used."
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AT&T forwards all Internet traffic into NSA
"More than just threatening individuals' privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now," said Bankston.
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Windows Tip: Rename Multiple Files with One Click
Picture this: You've dumped all those arcanely named photos from your camera to your PC. But rather than leave them with names like IMG0484.jpg, you'd like them to have descriptive titles like VacationToParis1.jpg. Here's the easy way to rename files in bulk!
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3 Percent Fee On Cell Phones(Including Yours & Mine) Started 107 Years Ago
Anybody who has ever tried to decipher a cell phone bill knows how tough it can be. One of the charges is a 3 percent fee on every cell phone bill in America. The origin of the tax predates the invention of the cellular phone by nearly a century.
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Sony Will Buy Your Dell!
Sony has initiated a promotion where anyone who trades in a Dell will receive $500 to use toward a Sony VAIO computer or notebook. Sounds like a great deal? The only catch is that the computer has to be working. I think a bunch of Digg users are going through there closets and finding an old Dell to trade in. Dude, your getting a VAIO!
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Sony Will Buy Your Dell!
Sony has initiated a promotion where anyone who trades in a Dell will receive $500 to use toward a Sony VAIO computer or notebook. Sounds like a great deal? The only catch is that the computer has to be working. I think a bunch of Digg users are going through there closets and finding an old Dell to trade in. Dude, your getting a VAIO!
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HOWTO Do algebra in your head
These pages contain the text of the book Inner Algebra. Its premise is that mathematicians use their mind in certain ways that result in math being easy for them, and most people can learn to do the same.
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Intel Loses Market Share In It's Own Backyard To AMD!
Market share figures released by Current Analysis Wednesday show that Intel lost significant PC market share to AMD in U.S. retail channels in the fourth quarter!
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Intel Loses Market Share In It's Own Backyard To AMD!
Market share figures released by Current Analysis Wednesday show that Intel lost significant PC market share to AMD in U.S. retail channels in the fourth quarter!
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Gamer Commits Suicide, Media Misreports
This story was on the front page (http://digg.com/links/Gamer_Commits_Suicide_on_Forums) but many of the details are not true. The gamer who committed suicide did not broadcast himself on the forum. The newswire made up these details.
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Vatican says 'Intelligent Design' is Not Science and Creates Confusion!
The Vatican newspaper has published an article saying "intelligent design" is not science and that teaching it alongside evolutionary theory in school classrooms only creates confusion.
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a version of notepad with automatic AES 256bit encryption
this is a small, free program that totally rocks. I keep my to-do list in it so no one knows the crazy things i have to do. "Application and document in one: the mechanism to encrypt and decrypt a note is part of it. Secure, simple, independent. No installation required."
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Life as a Linux/Unix admin - Part 1
A very nice article detailing experiences from Linux/Unix admins who work with Windows admins. A fun read for everyone who has been in this situation.
Part 2 will be a sort of guide on how to do the job, and not kill you Windows admin co-worker.
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Surface Photos of Venus
If you have never seen the pictures that the Soviet landers took when they landed on the surface of Venus, here are some beautiful pictures for the time (1975-1976).
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Feds want Google search records
The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google Inc. to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded databases...Nicole Wong, an associate general counsel for Google, said the company will fight the government's effort ``vigorously.''
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