Autodesk Will Reintroduce Its AutoCAD Design Software for Macs The New York Times | SAN FRANCISCO — When it comes to Apple products, the iPad and the iPhone get all the headlines. | But in recent years, the company’s Macintosh line of computers has enjoyed a remarkable revival that has been vital to Apple’s emergence as the most valued technology company on Wall...
2008 Attack on Military Computers Is Confirmed The New York Times | WASHINGTON — A top Pentagon official has confirmed a previously classified incident that he describes as “the most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever,” a 2008 episode in which a foreign intelligence agent used a flash drive to infect computers, including those use...
Disabled Find New Horizons Through The Internet redOrbit | People once restricted from a large part of society due to physical and mental impairments are now finding a virtual world of Internet gadgets, tools and software that offers them opportunity and equality. | “It is not about being able to do ever...
Internet an equalizer for people with disabilities PhysOrg --> | A customer surfing the internet at a store. Internet gadgets and software are creating a virtual world of equality and opportunity for a large segment of the population once marginalized due to physical or mental impairments. | Sally Harrison i...
Internet an equalizer for people with disabilities Inquirer | SAN FRANCISCO – Sally Harrison is developmentally disabled, but on Facebook the 35-year-old woman is just like anyone else. | Victor Tsaran scours the Web at lightning speeds and loves his touch-screen iPhone in seeming contradiction to the fact th...
WIN IT! Sara Bareilles Tix OK! magazine | Sara Bareilles’ “King of Anything” just hit No. 1 on VH1’s Top 20 countdown. She says she plans to celebrate by “going to Chuck E. Cheese. Then I’m getting a pedicure.” Enter today for a chance to win tickets to see Sara on tour in th...
Could Cheap iTunes Rentals Change Television Online? The New York Times | During today’s press event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that 450 million TV episodes, along with 11.7 billion songs, 100 million movies and 35 million books, have been downloaded from the iTunes store, making it the number one digital medi...
Forget gut instinct, computer models and mathematics tell forecasters where storms go Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard math have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago. | And last year, they proved it: The three-...
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Can Facebook survive growing discontent? Gulf News | A few weeks ago, the American Consumer Satisfaction Index ranked Facebook in the bottom five per cent of all privately held companies in the United States. | By that measure, the...
Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled The Wichita Eagle | Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with...
India looks at South America for farm revolution Gulf News | New Delhi: India, looking to launch a second green revolution to boost its food security, has begun looking at distant South America where countries have been able to ramp up foo...
Indian stocks advance beyond expectations Gulf News | Mumbai: Most Indian stocks climbed amid expectations local companies will benefit from strengthening economic growth. | Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd, the nation's biggest copp...
FileMakin' for the UN NZ Herald By Mark Webster 12:20 PM Friday Aug 27, 2010 Email Print | FileMaker is a database, but the fact of the matter is that it has so many capabilities for hooking up into web services, other databases, accounting packages and many other systems, it is in...
Internet safety facts: keeping kids safe The Examiner | There are many benefits for children using the internet. | When kids use the Internet the educational advantages are endless. The Internet is used by schools, universities, libraries, businesses and more. The Internet is a virtual encyclopedia. | A...
2008 Attack on Military Computers Is Confirmed The New York Times | WASHINGTON — A top Pentagon official has confirmed a previously classified incident that he describes as “the most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever,” a 2008 episode in which a foreign intelligence agent used a fl...
In History-Rich Region, a Very New System Tracks Very Old Things Herald Tribune | The field of archaeology and the timeworn Middle East would not seem the obvious places to look for a wiki revolution. But next month in Jordan, officials who oversee that country’s vast store of antiquities will begin an experiment aimed at...
Facebook generation gears up to monitor Nigeria poll The Star | LAGOS (Reuters) - Tech-savvy young Nigerians are gearing up to use BlackBerries, mobile phones and social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook to monitor polls in January, in an effort to stamp out electoral fraud. The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California May 26, 2010. Tech-savvy young Nigerians are...
Globe borrows P5B for capex Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Globe Telecom Inc. has secured a P5-billion loan from state-run Development Bank of the Philippines to finance its expansion activities this year. | The DBP loan caps the year's financing requirements for the country's second biggest telecommunications firm. | 'Proceeds of the loan will be used to finance the company's capital...
