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Submission + - First EPO Virus for TI-89 Calculators Discovered (avertlabs.com)

Submitted by

Juha-Matti Laurio

on Saturday June 02, 2007 @07:18PM

Juha-Matti Laurio writes: "McAfee AVERT Labs Blog reports about a sample of a virus written for a programmable calculator TI-89. The blog entry continues that there is no AV software yet for calculators so protection can only be built on a PC. According to the author of this Proof-of-Concept type virus 'Gaara' it is world's first resident entry-point-obscuring (EPO) virus for TI89 Titanium calculators. It appears that Symantec has released a virus description document for this TIOS.Tigraa virus too."

Submission + - Microsoft announces Multi-Touch coffee table

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @08:41AM

An anonymous reader writes: MacScoop reports: "Microsoft announced its first device which uses the Multi-Touch technology also present in the iPhone. It's not a digital media player, it's not a mobile phone, it's neither a TabletPC, it's a coffee table!" An impressive video on PopularMechanics.com demos the technology.

Submission + - Microsoft unveils table computer

Submitted by lloydchristmas759 on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @05:53AM

lloydchristmas759 writes: Microsoft has unveiled a Table Computer under the form of a coffee table. It will feature a "Multi-Touch" screen, similar to the one in Apple's iPhone. Initially Microsoft will sell it exclusively to corporate customers, such as hotels, casinos, phone stores and restaurants.

Submission + - Gmail offers paper email delivery

Submitted by

juicejar

on Sunday April 01, 2007 @05:18AM

juicejar writes: "Gmail has finally got with the program. You can now receive a paper mail of your email messages. Allow 2-4 business days for delivery! "I've always felt uneasy about the whole internet thing. With the help of Gmail Paper, now I'm taking matters back into my own hands, literally." Kevin S., CEO AdventaStar Inc. Everyone should go check it out now! http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/more.html"

Submission + - Firefox closing in on Explorer in SMB market

Submitted by thefickler on Sunday March 11, 2007 @08:17AM

thefickler writes: Mozilla's Firefox browser is closing in on Internet Explorer's market leading position in the small-to-medium business (SMB) market, according to a survey by Toronto-based online time tracking and billing provider, FreshBooks, of 140,000 of its SMB customers. Firefox's browser market share was up by 1.35 percent in February 2007 to 38.95 percent while Internet Explorer's share dropped by 0.73 percent to 56.95 percent

Submission + - How the BBC Micro Educated Britain

Submitted by Gammu on Sunday March 11, 2007 @03:50AM

Gammu writes: Unlike the North American computer market in the late seventies and early eighties, Britain was largely dominated by domestic companies. Beginning with the early eighties, the BBC selected a computer that schools schools would use for more than a decade, not unlike the Apple II, the BBC Micro. The computer was the BBC Micro and was the subject of a massive computer literacy program in Britain and the Commonwealth.

Submission + - Prehistoric Men Liked Big Behinds, Researchers Say

Submitted by

acgrissom

on Saturday March 10, 2007 @06:55PM

acgrissom writes: "Continuing with the trend of presumptuous historical reconstruction, Polish researchers claim that cave men from 15,000 years ago were much more interested in a developed posterior than in any other area of the body. This is based on the unearthing of several figurines which show developed posteriors, and which conspicuously lack heads.

http://www.express.co.uk/news_detail.html?sku=1356 "

Submission + - BBC lose all their original footage of 911

Submitted by

Kerago

on Saturday March 10, 2007 @05:48PM

Kerago writes: "The head of news BBC World, Richard Porter, recently disclosed in the BBC World editors blog http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/02/part _of_the_conspiracy.html, that the BBC has lost all of its original 911 footage. Mr Porters response to questions about how this could happen, who was responsible and when this would be reported to the public can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/03/part _of_the_conspiracy_2.html This has been kept extremely quiet in the UK media so far."

Submission + - UK Conservatives want Open Source

Submitted by

aileanmacraith

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @05:29PM

aileanmacraith writes: "According to an article on the BBC, the Tories want to switch the UK Government to open-source software. They claim that it will save 5% of the IT expenditure and open up competition. From the article:

'[Shadow Chancellor George] Osborne said that despite a government report in 2004 saying there would be "significant savings" in hardware and software if open source software was used, many government departments had not implemented it. "The problem is that the cultural change has not taken place in government,"'.
"

Submission + - Microsoft to build "Google Earth for space"

Submitted by

Bacon

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @04:50PM

Bacon writes: "In the 1960s, it was Russia vs USA. Now, it's Google vs Microsoft, and while Google may have gazumped Microsoft on global mapping, Microsoft now has all of space in its sights. The software giant has shown journalists attending its TechFest (research labs open-door event) a new service it is building called Sky Server, which will tie together the thousands of 120 megapixel images from the Sloan Sky Survey into a 3D space browser."

Submission + - Vista business sales stronger than expected

Submitted by angelasmark on Thursday January 11, 2007 @08:24PM

angelasmark writes: It appears Vista may be making a little bit bigger splash with businesses than a lot of us thought it would. According to an article here Vista has outsold Win2k when you compare sales of each during its first month. Maybe its a little too early to say Vista is a dud?

Submission + - Apple, Inc. buys Apple, Corp?

Submitted by X4NR-EH on Thursday January 11, 2007 @08:20PM

X4NR-EH writes: When Steve Jobs announced, during his keynote address at MWSF 2007 Tuesday, that Apple Computer, Inc. would be changing its name to Apple, Inc., one would expect to hear an announcement of another law suit by Apple, Corp. Not only is there no word of complaint from Apple, Corp., but a brief visit to the respective web sites of Apple, Inc. (http://www.apple.com) and Apple, Corp. (http://www.applecorps.com) reveals something startling. The look and feel of Applecorps.com is very, very similar to that of Apple.com. Of particular interest is the font used for the word "Apple" beneath Apple Corp's apple logo. It is identical to the font used by Apple, Inc. beneath the image of the new iPhone. Is it possible that we will be hearing an announcement of something bigger than the Beatles' catalog being available on iTunes? Is Apple, Inc. in the process of purchasing Apple, Corp?

Submission + - Robert Anton Wilson is dead

Submitted by

lupo

on Thursday January 11, 2007 @04:52PM

lupo writes: "Robert Anton Wilson, the well-known futurist and writer, is dead."

Submission + - Black Diamonds from Outer Space

Submitted by tammad on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @05:16PM

tammad writes: According to the National Science Foundation, Geologists have discovered that black diamonds, or carbonado diamonds, may actually be of extra-terrestrial origin. According to the article:
"Trace elements critical to an 'ET' origin are nitrogen and hydrogen," said Haggerty. The presence of hydrogen in the carbonado diamonds indicates an origin in a hydrogen-rich interstellar space, he and colleagues believe."

Submission + - 200,000 Brits say no to satellite road tolls

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @03:08PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "As of the 10th of January 2007, over 205,000 UK residents have signed an online petition against the government's plans for road pricing. The plans involve fitting a GPS or similar satellite tracking device to every vehicle, and charging up to £1.34 ($2.60 USD) per mile for drivers to use the roads. Although road tolls are a rarity in the UK, britons currently pay among the highest petrol prices in the world, currently over £0.849/Litre ($6.18/US gal). It is feared that road pricing will only increase these costs, along with the attendant privacy concerns about every car in the country being tracked 24/7. The Assiciation of Chief Police Officers have displayed an interest in the ability to remotely disable cars, and the system would have the potential to act as a nationwide speed trap."

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