MyLittleTools Offers Helm 4 Extension
... -- Application hosting provider myLittleTools ( ) announced on Tuesday it has partnered with Web hosting automation software developer WebHost Automation ( ) to launch a free extension for Helm ...
Storing Light
A new optical device could make high-speed computing and communications possible.
Palembang Located Near South China Sea Posted By : Douglas Scott
Most of local tourists only visited the tourist objects in while Indonesia is really rich in attractive places and cultures.
iMac Freeze Cools Mac Hearts
Apple's latest iMacs suffer from a graphics card problem that causes the computer screens to lock up.
Whale Swims up Amazon Tributary
 | A minke whale was found stranded deep in the Brazilian rain forest, having traveled hundreds of miles up a freshwater river from the ocean. |
Wi-Fi Thieves? Not Really News
Sophos certainly did a great PR job: Dozens of articles have appeared in the last few days trumpeting Sophos's survey conducted for The Times of London. They found that 54 percent of those asked admitted that they've used someone else's Wi-Fi connection without their permission. What's strange about this is two things: The Times characterizes the question asked incorrectly and doesn't note the sample size. On Sophos's site, they provide both the precise question asked and the sample size, which was a meager 560 people. The Times wrote, "It discovered that 54 per cent of computer users have secretly used someone else’s wireless broadband connection without paying for it." But the question asked according to Sophos was, "Have you ever used someone else's Wi-Fi connection without their permission?" There's a vast difference, as I have written about for years. The question doesn't encompass whether someone hacked a network to use it--unlikely that very many people would do that at all--so we're talking about people accessing networks that aren't protected with some form of encryption. Some of these networks are open on purpose; many not. It's a very imprecise question, and worse in the Times's inaccurate restatement. We don't know that anyone stole access who answered this question; the Times assumes they did. With this small a survey size, and no information provided on demographics, this reveals essentially nothing about people's behaviors. In the UK, accessing a network without permission is illegal; the Times notes just 11 people have been arrested for such actions. I'd like to see a sample size of 20,000 regular users of the Internet outside their homes. I expect the number is much higher than 54 percent. But it still doesn't really tell us much except that it's easy to use Wi-Fi when a network is intentionally or unintentionally left unprotected against access. A Sophos manager has this rather specious soundbite, too: "Stealing Wi-Fi internet access may feel like a victimless crime, but it deprives ISPs of revenue."...
India's greener IT revolution
The man who helped mastermind India's "green revolution" hopes to do a similar thing for information technology in the country.
CLS PLASTICARD® Expands Teslin Plastic Card Operation
CLS PLASTICARD®, nationally known producers of plastic cards, noted for their high-end, durable plastic card products, announced today the plans for the addition of a teslin card production line at their Perkins OK facility. (PRWeb Mar 18, 2008)
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3 Princples on Writing Content That People Want To Read
Unless you’ve got a desire to be a loner hanging out on the internet, most bloggers, marketers and casual users want to build some sort of following. A large part of your success will lie in building a loyal and large readership. And it’s not as hard as it might seem if you follow a couple [...] (Read on Source)
Celebrate Fourth Of July With Host Color
... holiday Host Color will add a free domain name to all of its shared web hosting plans. Everyone who signs-up for a hosting account with the company between 4th and ...
Providence grad Guzan headed to English club Aston Villa
The former Providence Catholic High School and Chicago Magic goalkeeper is set to begin his European career after Chivas USA and Major League Soccer agreed with Aston Villa to send Guzan to the English club for a $4 million fee. (Read on Source)
ABC Birthday Reminder 1.2
Missing a dental appointment is an unpleasant thing, missing a scheduled call to your client overseas puts you into an even more uneasy situation, but missing your best friend's birthday is embarrassing beyond any comparison. If you feel that sometimes...
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Announces Finalists for Product Excellence Awards
... DataSynapse: Fabric Server 2.6 Best Desktop Solution -- SugarCRM: Sugar Community Edition -- Canonical: Ubuntu Desktop Edition 8.04 LTS Most Innovative Hardware Solution -- Violin Memory: Violin 1010 with ...
Hands On: Dissidia Final Fantasy
Square Enix demonstrated Dissidia Final Fantasy, a new PSP title that combines fast battle action with characters from...
Oklahoma Supplement Distributor Files Bankruptcy After Breach Of Contract Decision
OKLAHOMA CITY - AMS Health Sciences, a distributor of natural supplements, recently filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, citing a November verdict and judgment against it related to its acquisition of Heartland Cup Inc. (In Re: AMS Health Sciences, No. 07-14678, N.D. Okla. Bkcy.). Full story on lexis.com
WiMax Far Ahead of LTE at Japan's NEC
NEC's WiMax equipment will be running in up to three networks and 20 trials by the end of this year, while its LTE equipment...
SAT prep services get into video games
(AP) -- With SAT scores at their lowest level in years, two of the country's largest test-prep course providers are pairing with video game companies for the first time, to give students another way to practice for these oft-dreaded exams. (Read on Source)
Report: FEMA Wasted Millions on Hurricane Katrina
The government wasted millions on four no-bid contracts, according to an audit.
World of Kung Fu Kicks-Off Global Screenshot Competition
VestGame Entertainment and Zownder.com are announcing the details of the first screenshot competition for VestGame's popular free massively multiplayer online game, World of Kung Fu. (PRWeb Sep 13, 2008)
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John Lackey, S - ANA
04/03/06: Signed three-year, $17.01 million contract w/2009 club option ($1 million signing bonus). Details (Read on Source)
Two of the league's best offenses match up as Saints visit Broncos - NFL News
Two of the league's best offenses match up as Saints visit Broncos NFL News - AP The Denver Broncos may have benefited from a blown call by official Ed Hochuli in the closing moments of their last game, but it was a call by coach Mike Shanahan that has the team brimming with confidence as it tries to open a season 3-0 for the ... Hochuli apologizes to fans for blown call in Chargers-Broncos game ... NFL: Bronco defense not keeping up |
Election Day Observations From the Legal Community
Election monitors, lawyers, bloggers and other commentators reflected on the election season's twists and turns as voting got under way Tuesday. Among the reflections and observations: the sighting of new trickery on social networking sites and in text messages; mixed reviews for the voting process in a familiar battleground state; a look at the political seesawing over the legality of same-sex marriage; and predictions on the likelihood -- or not -- of another .
Gene-culture models and reductionism
In the random corners of Google, I was led to a short 2004 letter in American Anthropologist by Daniel Wildcat, Irena Sumi and Vine Deloria, Jr. I found this paragraph thought-provoking: No doubt one can find high correlations between genes, languages, and kinship systems in many places. However, the de?nition of social structure that is ... (Read on Source)
Sad Day for Aviation Week Readers
Editor's note: Just as NASA is getting ready to launch a whole new family of rockets - and commercial space is about to ramp up (Falcon 9) what does Aviation Week and Space Technology do? It closes its Cape Canaveral bureau and fires Dave Hughes (25 years) and Craig Covault (36 years) and for good measure, they fire Dave Collogan who spent 36 ... (Read on Source)
10 Ways to Reduce Removable Media Headaches in Linux
TechRepublic: "For many new Linux users, removable media can be a deal-breaker. Anyone coming over from Windows knows you simply insert the CD, use it, and eject it. With Linux, it isn't always that simple. In fact, with Linux, removable media has always held a completely different philosophy."
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Sleeping on the Job - A Program Director’s Take on IOM Recommendations
I?ve been thinking about sleeping a lot lately. Not in the sense of curling up under the blankets for hours on end, but in the sense of thinking about the topic of sleeping. As the program director of an internal medicine residency program, one of my jobs is to make sure that my residents are [...] (Read on Source)
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