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Archive for January, 2007

Census Bureau going high-tech

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

TheState.com - In the upcoming 2010 census, the Census Bureau for the first time will equip its temporary work force of 500,000 people with hand-held computers made by Harris Corp., to help them make a more precise count of more than 300 million people living in …
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PCs need to learn to share (a printer)

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Dallas Morning News - I’m assuming both of your computers are on your home network and you can use that connection to share the printer between both computers. Both Windows XP and the Macintosh OS X operating system have the ability to share printers. According to Microsoft …
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Dell returning to role of CEO

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Dallas Morning News - Dell, which is struggling to regain its ranking as the world’s largest maker of personal computers from Hewlett-Packard Co., also reported Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter results will miss analysts’ estimates. The company did not provide …
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Boffins bust seahorses’ monogamy myth! - Zee News

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Metro
Boffins bust seahorses’ monogamy myth!Zee News - 45 minutes agoLondon, Feb 01: Boffins in the UK have just busted the myth that seahorses, besides being graceful and elegant, are also onogamous and mate for life.Sex shock: seahorses exposed The AustralianSex-mad seahorses Daily TelegraphThe Age - Times Online - Metroall 8 news articles
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Pew Study Shows 28% of People Online have Tagged Content - BusinessWeek

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

BBC News
Pew Study Shows 28% of People Online have Tagged ContentBusinessWeek - 19 hours agoA Pew Internet study out today shows that a pretty impressive number of folks are using tagging, just three years after it became popularized with del.Do You Play Tag Online? PC WorldSurvey: "Tagging" content popular online Seattle Post IntelligencerBBC News - WebProNews - […]

Windows Live Messenger for Vista Available - PC World

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

SysOpt.com
Windows Live Messenger for Vista AvailablePC World - Jan 31, 2007The final version of Microsoft's new IM (instant message) client, which is optimized for Windows Vista, is now out. Windows Live Messenger 8.1 offers enhancements that make it more compatible with Vista, which had its widespread consumer release …Vista outlook: Some clouds, sunny by '09, say […]

Spacewalkers Start Switch of Station’s Cooling System - New York Times

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

KOMO
Spacewalkers Start Switch of Station’s Cooling SystemNew York Times - 57 minutes agoBy WARREN E. LEARY. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 - Working gingerly in a cramped area outside the International Space Station, two spacewalking astronauts successfully switched half the outpost’s coolant lines on Wednesday into a permanent cooling system.Astronauts take 1st of 3 spacewalks Houston ChronicleSunita […]

ISS astronauts hook up cooling system - The Age

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

WHDH-TV
ISS astronauts hook up cooling systemThe Age - Jan 31, 2007The commander of the International Space Station and one of his flight engineers spent a tedious but successful day outside the orbital complex on Wednesday hooking up a new cooling system.Spacewalkers Overhaul Part of ISS Cooling System Space.comSpacewalkers Start Switch of Station’s Cooling System New York […]

Extremes enroute to Apple stores; Apple TV to follow - Apple Insider

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Playfuls.com
Extremes enroute to Apple stores; Apple TV to followApple Insider - 1 hour agoBy Aidan Malley and Kasper Jade. Apple today began shipping the first batches of its new 802.11n wireless router to customers and will soon have them in stores.Base jumper Sydney Morning HeraldApple Ships 802.11n Base Station, Software Upgrade Wi-Fi Networking NewsCNET News.com - Ars […]

Clocks’ Early Spring Forward May Require a Leap of Faith

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Washington Post - Similarly, the Internet will automatically update clocks on many personal computers that use relatively up-to-date software. But Microsoft cautions that some of its older products — including Windows XP SP1 and Windows NT4 — will require manual …
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Consumers respond with `Yawn’ rather than `Wow’

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Taipei Times - Critiques mocked Vista’s grand promotion campaign, contending the system that Microsoft spent five years and US$6 billion to create had little to offer that hadn’t been available in Apple’s Macintosh computers for years. Bloggers complained that Vista …
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03:56 No Secret here: Blazing Angels 2 announced (1) - Xboxic

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Video Game Generation
03:56 No Secret here: Blazing Angels 2 announced (1)Xboxic - 27 minutes agoUbisoft has announced that Blazing Angels, a world War II aircraft game, will be receiving a sequel. Released way back last year, the original Blazing Angels wasn’t very popular, but Ubisoft seem determined to make it work.Blazing Angels follow-up coming Monsters and […]

Better Shoeboxes for Digital Photos

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

New York Times - The Microsoft Windows operating system has lacked anything approaching the easy-to-use iPhoto program supplied with Apple Macintosh computers. But Windows Vista, which went on sale to consumers this week, includes an advanced photo management system …
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Restrictions threaten to cripple BBC iPlayer - iTWire

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Telegraph.co.uk
Restrictions threaten to cripple BBC iPlayeriTWire - Jan 31, 2007By Adam Turner. The BBC's overseeing body has recommended nobbling several key features of the British broadcaster's proposed video on demand service.BBC prepares to launch iPlayer downloads Guardian UnlimitedOfcom Publishes Market Impact Assessment of BBC's On-Demand Plans InteractiveTV Today [itvt]BBC News - NEWS.com.au - Telegraph.co.uk - Reuters.ukall 33 news articles
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Free downloads of top BBC shows

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Daily Telegraph - Television shows such as Doctor Who and Bleak House should be available to download on to computers for free later this year, the BBC Trust said yesterday. Doctor Who: Coming soon to a personal computer near you Under proposals approved by the BBC’s …
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