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Email, Web surfing most popular personal uses for work PC

Posted by admin October 31, 2008

WASHINGTON: It probably wouldn’t shock most bosses, but three out of four of their employees are using their work computers for email, shopping, surfing and other personal business, according to a survey released on Monday. Seventy-four percent of office workers use their work computer for personal tasks, the survey of nearly 530 Information Technology (IT) managers and end users at companies in North America, Britain and Europe found. Fifteen percent do not use their work computers for personal... Read more »

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Google to pay $125 mn in online books settlement

Posted by admin October 31, 2008

NEW YORK: Google Inc has reached a legal settlement with authors and major publishers that paves the way for readers to search through millions of copyrighted books online, browse passages and purchase copies. Under Tuesday’s settlement, Google will pay $125 million to create a Book Rights Registry, where authors and publishers can register works and receive compensation from institutional subscriptions or book sales. The settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers... Read more »

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Windows Azure announced, “Windows in the cloud”

Posted by admin October 31, 2008

Announcing a new product called Windows Azure. Windows Azure– new Windows offering at the web tier. A new tier for Windows. Windows Azure is the web tier offering – think of Windows for the cloud. Lowest level foundation for building and deploying services. Scalable services, automated service mgmt system., Think of Windows Azure as a new service based offering targeting the cloud. Developers expect to be able to use existing services and programming environments. Expect open environment, tools... Read more »

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Live Mesh Screenshots for Mac and Update for Windows now available

Posted by admin October 31, 2008

first look at the Mac client for Live Mesh, so now if you’ve got some electro-diversity in your home ecosphere, you can drag & drop, share & push all your files to your other machines just like the I’m a PC folks. If you’re already a Live Mesh user, this will be a familiar look for you, although some of the UI has been tweaked to conform with Mac norms. If you’re dying to get your Mesh on your Mac, head over to mesh.com and sign-up, so that you’ll be ready... Read more »

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Windows 7 to use DirectX 10.1, 50 percent less memory per window

Posted by admin October 31, 2008

Our colleagues here managed to get a nice photo of a Windows 7 presentation where the big giant talked about GPU usage in Windows 7. One of the most interesting things was the official confirmation that Windows 7 will use DirectX 10.1 API, something that works well in ATI’s advantage. It doesn’t look that DirectX 11 will be ready to launch together with Windows 7 and it will probably come later even though there might be some DirectX 11 hardware to launch in 2009. DirectX 10.1 will help Windows... Read more »

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Take Control of Homework So It Doesn’t Control You

Posted by sudhirmangla October 31, 2008

You may not realize it when it’s 2 a.m. and you’re memorizing the periodic table, but homework is a good thing. It helps you: practice what you’ve learned during the day establish study habits that will be critical in college prepare for your classes get a sense of progress Homework Tips Set the Mood Create a good study area with all the stuff you need (for example, a dictionary). If you don’t have a quiet place at home, try the school or local library. Know Where... Read more »

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19 THINGS TO DO DURING A EXAM

Posted by sudhirmangla October 31, 2008

1. Bring a pillow. Fall asleep (or pretend to) until the last 15 minutes. Wake up, say "oh geez, better get cracking" and do some gibberish work. Turn it in a few minutes early. 2. Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre, Andre, I’ve got the secret documents!!" 3. Complete the exam with everything you write being backwards at a 90 degree angle. 4. Make paper airplanes out of the exam. Aim them at the teacher’s left nostril. 5. Talk the entire way through... Read more »

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Google SMS Channels: Send SMS Text Messages to your Group for Free

Posted by admin October 27, 2008

Google India has just introduced a new product called Google SMS Channels that lets you subscribe to news alerts, blog updates and other kinds of information like horoscopes, jokes, stocks or even cricket scores via SMS text messages. If you are based in India and like to subscribe to this site on your mobile phone via SMS, please join the Digital Inspiration SMS channel on Google. Thanks Amit Somani. Google SMS Channels, which seems to have lot in common with SMS Gupshup, is free both for content... Read more »

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Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft black-outs

Posted by admin October 27, 2008

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Internet users have expressed fury at Microsoft’s launch of an anti-piracy tool targeting Chinese computer users to ensure they buy genuine software. The “Windows Genuine Advantage” program, which turns the user’s screen black if the installed software fails a validation test, is Microsoft’s latest weapon in its war on piracy in China, where the vast majority of 200 million computer users are believed to be using counterfeit software,... Read more »

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Terrorist ‘tweets’? US Army warns of Twitter dangers

Posted by admin October 27, 2008

WASHINGTON: A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools. The report by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, posted on the website of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), examines a number of mobile and web technologies and their potential uses by militants. The posting of the report on the FAS site was reported Friday by Wired magazine contributing... Read more »

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