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Security goes to the movies: Iron Man 16 May, 2008 08:32

Time once again for "Security Goes to the Movies," a leisurely look at the inevitable bleeding from the eyes that security folk experience when Hollywood takes liberties with technology, the laws of physics and other aspects of reality. Our shiny and metallic subject today is Iron Man. Our movie reviewer is Ken Gagne; our privacy/surveillance nerd is security channel editor Angela Gunn, commenting in italics.
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Ubuntu breathes new life into school's abandoned hardware 08 April, 2008 11:52

When 3Ghz dual core computers running 2GB of RAM weren't being used for many heavily CPU-intensive applications in a Victorian secondary school library, the school's IT department initially joked about replacing them with older and previously abandoned hardware. Then it saw the serious side.
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Leopard's hits and misses: A spotty record 06 November, 2007 12:04

Macintosh fans can be a peculiar lot. They may follow Apple's every move with rapt attention, but they're not shy about sharing their thoughts when they think the company has fallen short. That even applies to such feverishly anticipated developments as the release of a new version of OS X: Just check out almost any Apple OS forum these days for a sampling of Leopard-related snark, mere days after it shipped.
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MS ANTITRUST - Samba creator takes stand in Microsoft case 01 May, 2006 08:24

Andrew Tridgell, creator of the Samba server software used by free and open-source software developers alike, made an important contribution to the European Commission's defense of its 2004 Microsoft antitrust ruling at the Court of First Instance last week.
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BPL country trials generate new opposition 09 March, 2005 16:31

Regional and rural NSW utility Country Energy has announced it has been trialling Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) technology successfully at 45Mbps speeds with residents in the Queanbeyan area, with the promise of 200Mbps in the coming months.
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COMDEX: Mobility, free slacks steal the show 13 November, 2001 14:26

As the first official day of Comdex Fall 2001 wound down Monday afternoon, the chit-chat among attendees waiting in the winding taxi lines to escape the Las Vegas convention center focused on two things: mobility and productivity.
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Ariba reaffirms e-procurement future at show 07 May, 2001 07:52

E-procurement is becoming viable as a long-term solution for the business-to-business realm, but significant hurdles remain before confidence will return to the embattled sector, according to industry observers.
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2001: A Space Odyssey 04 January, 2000 13:01

I'm having a high-fat breakfast at Il Fornaio in San Francisco with George, the smuggest man in the world. He doesn't have a dot-com. He's not a 22-year-old entrepreneur. He doesn't want to make insanely great products. He's 50, fat, happy and has something that everyone really wants.