Dust victim is added to 9/11 toll
New York officially links a death to the toxic dust caused by the World Trade Center's collapse on 9/11.
Blockbuster Lowers Subscriptions Rates
Blockbuster is offering lower-priced plans for its Web rental service to steal business from online video rental star Netflix. The Dallas-based Blockbuster has cut prices $1 a month for customers ordering movies only online just a month after the company's CEO suggested raising prices.
TrueCrypt Tutorial: Truly Portable Data Encryption
TrueCrypt is a free software that encrypts data on-the-fly. Right now the newest version released is version 4.3. You can create an encrypted hard drive, a separate partition or a directory with TrueCrypt. It does not simply encrypt the content of files, but their names and the names of the directories they are in as well. Moreover there is no way to check the size of the encrypted directory/HDD/partition. TrueCrypt is available for Windows and Linux.
Security remains mobility's weakest link (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - From top-level execs to workers in the field, enterprise end-users are growing increasingly dependent on anywhere, anytime access to essential corporate data and apps. As such, the call for an effective, business-critical mobile initiative is fast becoming the norm for organizations of all sizes.
IBM aims to salvage silicon for solar industry
Erase those old circuits and you've got some silicon for solar panels. Big Blue hopes the technique will take off with chipmakers.
Photos: Reclaiming silicon with water
Tips for project management success
Bring projects in on time and on budget is always a challenge. With the competing demands for labor and capital, projects have many internal and external forces that can contribute to derailment. It t...
Toshiba Portege R500-S5003
Toshiba's SSD version of the Portege R500 may be the best ultraportable laptop available right now, and it packs in much of what the MacBook Air lacks while weighing nearly half as much.
Why Watching TV On The Web Is Different Than In The Family Room
I woke up this morning to see that NBC's highly touting internet to show, Quarterlife, bombed this Tuesday night: Web-based series "quarterlife" bombs I myself did not watch the show, as the premise doesn't attract me: quarterlife," dramatizing the urban lives of six young artists, was originally created for the social-networking site ... (Read on Source)
Get Ready to Rumble: Sony Ships PS3 DualShock 3 Controller
Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that it is shipping its DualShock 3 game controller for the PlayStation 3 game console this week for $54.99.
Rivet 1.0 streams media to Xbox 360
Rivet 1.0 has been released, enabling users to stream video, music, and photos from Mac OS X to an Xbox 360 over a home network. Rivet allows users to quickly browse and view their entire collection of digital media from from anywhere in the house on their Xbox 360. The Mac OS X folder structure and organization is completely reproduced to allow y...
Do You Know the Way to San Jose
Originally written by Burt Bacharach, the song Do You Know the way to San Jose, la la la la la? didn?t actually come to fruition until the lovely Dionne Warwick won her first Grammy for Best Contemporary Pop Female Vocal in 1968. Although I wasn?t around in 1968, I understand the anticipation Burt must have had [...]
Report: Favre's phone didn't belong to team - FOXSports.com
 National Post | Report: Favre's phone didn't belong to team FOXSports.com - by FOXSports.com If Brett Favre was in fact talking to the Minnesota Vikings, it wasn't on a phone belonging to the Green Bay Packers according to a report Thursday. Video: The Rift Between Favre and the Packers Report: Packers didn't give Favre team-issued cell phone - NFL |
620,000 people petition Fox News on racism
In case you missed this, MoveOn.org and ColorofChange.org delivered 620,126 signatures, filling 19 boxes, protesting Fox News' racist and race-tinged reporting about Barack and Michelle Obama in recent weeks. (Because Fox refused to accept the petitions, the boxes wound up on the set of the Colbert Report.) Watch box videos here. (Read on Source)
Conference Paper: OPAC 2.0: Opportunities, development and analysis
From the abstract: Web 2.0 has raised new expectations from the library users : after reading a book, they wish to rate it, provide some comments or review about it and tag it for themselves or for others. They also expect to discover other interesting books thanks to the contribution of other people. Those functions, summarized [...] (Read on Source)
Who Polices Virtual Worlds?
LinuxInsiders: "...in the digital world, who lays down the law? As virtual worlds such as Second Life and Eve Online continue to grow, attracting more and more residents -- and often for vastly different reasons -- who decides what goes and what doesn't? What constitutes a crime in these worlds? Do real-world laws apply, or is up to the creators of these fantasy lands to police their own environments?"
wondertouch Releases Significant Feature Enhancements for particleIllusion for Mac OS X Product Line
wondertouch™ today announced that new versions for its particleIllusion™ 3.0 and particleIllusion SE line of product offerings on the Mac® OS® X are now available. (PRWeb Aug 27, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Particle/Effects/prweb1253854.htm
Apple Let's Rock: minute by minute
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Gagliardi gets another record, but Concordia gets the victory
The Cobbers, still smarting from a 52-21 loss last season, scored on their first possession on Saturday and held off St. John's in the MIAC opener for both teams. (Read on Source)
Get some attitude for aptitude.
... Normally they specify instructions on how to install those packages. In the case of Debian based distributions which use the dpkg type of package management the formula normally goes ...
Explaining the Cloud: A container of containers
Analogies make the world go round. The Cloud is like a cargo ship packed with containers.
Sneaky Fees: 7 New Ways You're Paying More
Faced with a worsening economy, companies are afraid to raise prices, so they're introducing sneaky fees instead.
Week 9 Injury Report
DETROIT LIONS Pos. Player Injury Status FB Jerome Felton Ankle Out TE Casey FitzSimmons Ribs Doubtful OG Damion Cook Knee Questionable OG Andy McCollum Finger Questionable DT Cory Redding Groin Questionable DT Chuck Darby Calf Questionable LB Jordon Dizon Hamstring Out S Dwight Smith Foot Out CHICAGO BEARS Pos. Player Injury Status WR Brandon ... (Read on Source)
What is an Internet 'Mashup'?
You hear this "mashup" expression being used by techie friends of yours. They talk about "oh, that is such an awesome mashup", or "you have to check out this mashup...
New Apple leader sets stage for the future of the iPod
Chip design wizard Mark Papermaster is taking control of Apple's iPod and iPhone hardware engineering as the portable music player of the last decade becomes a computer.
Dried Mushrooms Slow Climate Warming In Northern Forests
The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally in mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions, a study finds. These findings could influence global climate change predictions and policy.
Treasury Redefines Its Rescue Program
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. announced a series of moves yesterday that redefine the federal government's $700 billion rescue plan for the financial industry in order to tackle what he called a dire situation in the consumer credit markets.
Dick's Sporting Goods lowers 2008 profit outlook - Forbes
 RTT News | Dick's Sporting Goods lowers 2008 profit outlook Forbes - AP , 11.20.08, 12:09 PM EST Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. reduced its full-year adjusted earnings forecast Thursday, citing uncertainty over consumer holiday shopping and economic conditions. Dick's Sporting Goods beats Street despite lower earnings UPDATE 1-Dick's Sporting Q2 beats Street; 2009 profit view cut |
UK's Open University puts a Microsoftie at the helm
Is it a mismatch to pair a Microsoft executive with the Open University?
'No concrete plan' for Google server farm in Austria: spokeswoman (AFP)
AFP - Google has "no concrete plan" to build a new European server farm in the north of Austria, despite buying land there, the US Internet search engine giant said Saturday.
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