Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 10:40:22 PM CEST
Microsoft's Ballmer fights Linux in Munich
Munich , which is widely viewed as the IT capital of Germany , is considering a switch from Microsoft to Linux following a study that claims the city will save money and increase security with open-source software, the newspaper reported Friday.
Microsoft is worried that if a big German city like Munich falls into the Linux camp, others will follow, according to the report.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 10:04:20 PM CEST
Computers that watch while you work
Canadian researchers have designed a computer that pays attention to the person using it.
With modern-day computer users struggling under a deluge of e-mail, instant messages and phone calls, researchers from the Human Media Lab at Queen's University in Ontario have decided to ease the burden.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 9:34:51 PM CEST
Computer games now playing in theaters
On the second floor of San Diego's Pacific Theaters Gaslamp 15, in Room 10, there's no movie playing.
But there are 100 computer stations on which patrons can choose from 200 PC games or the latest offerings on PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube.
This upscale PC arcade lets you play alone, compete with a friend or a team of buddies nearby, or against online competitors. You also can watch your action displayed digitally on the big screen.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 7:28:54 PM CEST
Microsofts Leitfaden gegen Linux
Einige Unternehmen haben von Microsoft eine Broschüre zum Thema "Windows versus Linux" zugeschickt bekommen. Es handelt sich um einen Argumentationsleitfaden für Verkäufer, damit diese "das Gespräch steuern können und es zu einem erfolgreichen Verkaufsabschluss bringen". Als Hauptargumente für die Vorteile von Windows werden unter anderem angeführt, dass es bei Linux keine klare Roadmap gebe, die Produktweiterentwicklung nicht sichergestellt sei und Linux-Lösungen meist schlecht skalierbar seien.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 6:51:03 PM CEST
InterVideo Tabbed by Microsoft to Port Windows Media to Linux
InterVideo, Inc. announced today that Microsoft has chosen the company as a provider of its Windows Media Technology for Linux-based consumer electronics. Under the agreement InterVideo is licensed to take the components of the Windows Media Format, port them over to Linux and provide them to manufacturers who are interested in running Windows Media Technology on Linux-based consumer devices such as set-top boxes, personal video recorders and other hybrid multimedia devices.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 6:33:39 PM CEST
Windows CE to outship PCs in five years - researcher
In five years' time, more Windows CE devices will be shipping than Windows PCs. So reckons PC and PDA market researcher eTForecasts.
So while 2002 saw 126 million PC shipments worldwide and nine million WinCE device shipments, come 2008 and 190-200 million PCs will ship compared to 200-220 million WinCE devices, according to eTForecasts' numbers.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 5:56:14 PM CEST
Windows key leak threatens mass piracy
A key code for installing Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 has leaked onto the Internet, a loss that could lead to widespread piracy of the software.
A Microsoft representative confirmed the leak late Monday and said Microsoft was investigating the matter. The leak comes more than two weeks before the software's scheduled release on April 24.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 7, 2003 at 3:56:17 PM CEST
How much is "cyber-slacking" costing
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 7, 2003 at 3:18:11 PM CEST
Homeless man's blog a place to call his own
Five months ago, Barbieux, started a Web log about his life. His goals for the "blog" were modest. Mainly, he wanted to show people a different side to homelessness.
But a strange thing happened. Barbieux's site, TheHomelessGuy.net, took off. What started as a few dozen hits a day grew to a few hundred a day, then a few thousand. At last count, more than 195,000 people from around the world have visited, and the number continues to grow.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 6, 2003 at 11:18:52 PM CEST
how to make a starship enterprise out of an old floppy disk
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 4, 2003 at 8:30:49 PM CEST
U.K. government picks Linux
The organization responsible for the U.K. government's procurement policy has opted for Linux to underpin its new online purchasing system. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) hopes the system will allow public sector agencies to buy products more quickly, easily and cost-effectively.
The Linux-based system is being operated by OGCbuying.solutions only for customers in the department of work and pensions. The technology is used for the purchase of printed forms, stationery and associated items but in the long term is likely to encompass a much wider range of goods and services.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 4, 2003 at 2:17:41 PM CEST
Bill Gates' Tod lässt Börse einbrechen
Der vermeintliche Tod von Microsoft-Gründer Bill Gates hat die südkoreanischen Aktienwerte am Freitag auf eine kurzfristige Achterbahnfahrt geschickt.
Der führende Index an der Börse in Seoul sackte um 1,5 Prozent ab, als der halbstaatliche Fernsehsender MBC TV die "Schock-Nachricht von einem tödlichen Attentat" auf Gates brachte.
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