1. '05 RTC Annual Conference
    The Rural Telecommunications Congress and Connect Kentucky, the host of Rural Telecon ‘05’, are pleased to announce that on-line registration for the conference is now open. The Rural Telecommunications Congress (RTC) is a national membership org...
  2. A Journey to a Thousand Maps Begins With an Open Code
    Why use Google Maps for just directions when you can use it to pinpoint kosher restaurants in Cincinnati, traffic cameras in Dublin, or find coffee shops in Seattle that provide free wireless access?...
  3. A Pride of Princesses at the Door
    Some things are too awful to contemplate, and living in a world where third graders know how to turn on one-click ordering is one of them....
  4. A new way to bypass Windows heap protections
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  5. AOL Plans to Lay Off 700
    America Online plans to lay off more than 700 employees, mainly in call centers, as its base of dial-up subscribers continues to slump....
  6. AOL Will Buy Weblogs
    The America Online unit of Time Warner agreed to buy Weblogs, the owner of 85 Web sites that serve as hosts to the popular online diaries called blogs....
  7. An Actress Pardons (and Poses for the Cover)
    Catherine Zeta-Jones, the actress who had an unfortunate experience with Glamour magazine four years ago, is gracing its December cover....
  8. An iPod Worth Keeping an Eye On
    The latest iPod model, unveiled last week, is deliciously thin, and in addition to its usual repertoire, it can now play video....
  9. Bank of America Delays Security Update
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  10. Bill Is Signed to Restrict Video Games in California
    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation to outlaw the sale to teenagers of electronic games featuring reckless mayhem and explicit sexuality....
  11. Bracelet navigates Net
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  12. Brand Blogs Capture the Attention of Some Companies
    Some companies are starting to pay attention to blogs dedicated to brand-name goods, using them as a kind of informal network of consumer opinion....
  13. CHEOPS RPMs available
    SuSE source and binary RPMs are now available for CHEOPS. CHEOPS (CHEss OPponent Simulator) is a fully-functional AI chess program capable of human vs. human, human vs. computer, and computer vs. computer play....
  14. China to Develop Its Own DVD Format
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  15. Colleges Protest Call to Upgrade Online Systems
    A U.S. order aimed at facilitating court-ordered monitoring of Internet activity could cost billions, opponents say....
  16. Court Ruling in BlackBerry Case Puts Service to U.S. Users at Risk
    A court decision Friday renewed the possibility that service to BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices might be cut off for most users in the United States....
  17. Crack down on refillable cartridge industry
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  18. Curtain goes up on premium web video
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  19. EBay promises free phone calls
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  20. Electronic Paper Goes Color
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  21. Exchange Server 2003 SP2 Available
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  22. Experts Give Scientists Roadmap on Nanotechnology Research
    Toxicologists studying whether materials being invented by nanotechnology researchers can be hazardous to humans have been given a "screening strategy" by a government-sponsored panel....
  23. First Look Apples VideoReady iPod
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  24. Flash Drives Make Any Computer Personal
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  25. For This Group, Snail Mail Is All There Is
    The proportion of American adults who have never used the Internet and do not live in an Internet-enabled home has remained almost unchanged since 2002, a study claims....
  26. For the Children
    by Francis Cullooyah "For the Children". The Kalispel Tribe has taken this message to heart. The Kalispel Tribe located in Usk Washington has a long history of community. ... Half way through the last year of our Technology Opportunities......
  27. GNU/Linux on a Sony Vaio PCG-FX801
    I have posted a brief article describing my experiences installing GNU/Linux on a Sony Vaio PCG-FX801 laptop. This article is pursuant to my previous one on ...
  28. GPP RPMs available
    SuSE source and binary RPMs are now available for GPP. GPP is a general-purpose preprocessor with customizable syntax, suitable for a wide range of preproces...
  29. GPP ports for FreeBSD and Mac OS X available
    A web search has revealed some third-party ports of GPP to FreeBSD and Mac OS X. Links to these ports are now available on GPP's home page. (GPP is a general-purpose Get Used to Windows XP SP2 SP3 Looks to be a Long Way Off
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  30. Google drops Gmail address in UK
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  31. Google tests personalized news feed service
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  32. Hackers Jailed for Global Computer Worm
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  33. Hewlett Urges Compromise in Battle Over New Formats for DVD
    Hewlett-Packard, a member of the Blu-ray Disc Association developing the next-generation DVD, urged the group to adopt software that has already been included in the rival format....
  34. How to go from office equipment to WISP in a few easy steps
    Marlon K. SchaferOwner Odessa Office Equipment(509) 982-2181 Well, I've FINALLY had time to sit still and write the story of how I started my WISP. Back in '96 while I was working on copiers and other assorted office machinery I......
  35. Howard Stern Prepares for Life Without Limits
    In an interview, Howard Stern dampened expectations that his new satellite radio show would go way past what the F.C.C. allowed on his old show....
  36. ICTs in Rural Community Development
    by Corry Bregendahl, Research Associate, NCRCRC-Iowa State University While the notion of rural often conjures up singular images of remote places with small and scattered populations, rural areas are anything but homogenous. Some are racially and cu...
  37. In a Challenge to TiVo, DirecTV Promotes Its Own Box
    DirecTV is introducing a $30 million advertising campaign on Monday to promote its highly anticipated digital video recorder....
  38. In a Grueling Desert Race, a Winner, but Not a Driver
    The Grand Challenge was a Pentagon project meant to spur development of technologies for 21st-century automated warfare....
  39. Intel Posts 5% Profit Increase on Demand for Notebook Chips
    Intel said Tuesday that its third-quarter profit rose nearly 5 percent, to $2 billion, on strong demand for chips for notebook computers....
  40. Intel Settlement Revives a Fading Chip Designer
    Intel's agreement to pay $300 million to settle a patent dispute with a tiny chip design company is a vindication for a Silicon Valley technologist....
  41. Intel leads WiFi chipmakers in new forum
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  42. Introducing the New Power Mac G5 Quad Power Mac G5 Dual
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  43. Japan To Encourage Use Of Open Source Software
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  44. 'King Kong' Blurs Line Between Films and Games
    With "King Kong," the worlds of films and games are getting closer....
  45. LMI Team Assesses Central Asian Republics
    by by Steve Rynecki, Senior Program Officer dot-ORG/RITI Access Project Academy for Educational Development www.aed.org www.dot-com-alliance.org In April 2005, Last Mile Coordinators Michael Tetelman and Steve Rynecki of AED's dot-ORG team conducted ...
  46. Microsoft Nothing to gain from Firefox flaws
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  47. Microsoft promotes thirdworld computing
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  48. Microsoft to Enter Market for Business Intelligence
    In a new bid for growth, the Microsoft Corporation plans to announce that it is making an ambitious push into the market for business intelligence software....
  49. Mongolia: Last Mile Initiative
    by Darrell Owen The focus of this Mongolia LMI Assessment was to identify and evaluate potential opportunities for expanding rural telecommunications access in Mongolia. This assessment took into account the USAID Mission's programmatic components as...
  50. Motorola Expects Its Earnings Euphoria to Continue
    The company surprised Wall Street by posting earnings of 30 cents a share in the third quarter, 2 cents ahead of analysts' forecasts....
  51. Municipal WiFi catching on in other countries
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  52. My Songs, My Format
    Those who want to remain neutral in the digital audio format wars may spend more and endure inconveniences....
  53. Netscape update fixes Firefox bugs
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  54. New Ogg Vorbis music files available
    Full-length, high-quality Ogg Vorbis files of my "Theme from M.U.L.E." and "Eleanor Rigby" remixes are now available for download....
  55. Next MS Patch Day Plugs 9 IE Exchange Holes
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  56. No News Is Good Blogging
    A joint news conference by Google and Sun Microsystems was so vague that bloggers and analysts have since been constructing wildly disparate interpretations of it....
  57. Nokia Unveils Three New Phones
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  58. Once It Was Direct to Video, Now It's Direct to the Web
    The Internet offers a truly independent way of distribution for indie films....
  59. Opening Arguments, Endlessly
    Several influential blogs seem to be run by lawyers, who constitute considerably less than 1 percent of the population....
  60. Opteron Rules HP Says
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  61. Parents Fret That Dialing Up Interferes With Growing Up
    As kids log 6½ hours a day of screen time, parents worry their social skills are withering. The kids say, LOL!...
  62. Pharmacies Endorse Crackdown on Fraud
    Late last month, federal drug investigators shut down 4,600 illegal Internet pharmacy sites and arrested 18 people who ran them....
  63. Photographer Turned Business Man—Washington Assistive Technology Foundation's Telework Fund at Work
    By, Hillary Rossi Don Schluter is the founder of a digital imaging / photography / teaching / web design business called Natural Settings Digital Imaging and Design. http://www2.localaccess.com/naturalsettings/ Don has a great story to tell about how...
  64. Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC's, Report Says
    The report says that the unusable equipment is being donated or sold to developing nations as a way to dodge the expense of having to recycle it properly....
  65. PowerBooks
    Meanwhile the PowerBooks are just limping along. I guess they call it "Freefall" for a reason....
  66. Products of Future Shown at TechWorld
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  67. Quad HighDefinition LCD Unveiled
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  68. Quarterly Profit Rises at EBay; It Lightens Forecast for 2006
    EBay reported that its net income rose 40 percent in the third quarter, driven largely by growth in the United States and German markets....
  69. Robot Racers Rev Processors for 2M Purse
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  70. Robotic Vehicles Contend for the Battlefield
    The Pentagon's research arm for years has offered a prize to those who could build an autonomous vehicle capable of navigating a lengthy desert course. This year, there may be a winner....
  71. Russia TestLaunches MiniSpacecraft
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  72. SMS Attack Could Harm Cell Phones
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  73. Samsungs 7Megapixel Camera Phone Hits Road
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  74. Satellite to Study Polar Ice to Launch
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  75. Satellitetocellphone service test called successful
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  76. Save the Date
    When:October 19, 2005 from 10a to 4:30p Where:Ellensburg, Washington - Kittitas County Fairgrounds This all-day meeting will be the first Communities Connect meeting to which all persons in Washington State who are interested in Community Technology ...
  77. Search Engine Google Opens Lobbying Office
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  78. Shuttle XPS SD11G5 Pentium M SmallFormFactor PC
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  79. Skype security and privacy concerns
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  80. Sony's VAIO XL1
    Sony's VAIO XL1 is a ginormous HTPC with a built-in DVD changer. But with disclaimers like this, it's clear that HTPCs aren't yet ready for prime time: "Once a new device is plugged into the second i.LI...
  81. SuSE RPMs for sam2p and tif22pnm
    RPMs for sam2p, a bitmap to PostScript/PDF converter, and tif22pnm, a TIFF/PNG to PNM converter, have just been posted. The ...
  82. SuSE pledges to rectify GPP dependency problem
    It has been reported that the SuSE RPMs for GPP may cause dependency errors for those who also have the GNU Compiler Collection installed. This ...
  83. The BeBox is 10 years old.
    The BeBox is 10 years old....
  84. The Washington CONNEVyT Portal: An Educational Bridge to Economic Opportunity
    by Bill Gillis Immigrants have always played a crucial role in contributing the US economy both in starting new entrepreneurial businesses and meeting critical labor force needs. Today, particularly as our agriculture and broader economy faces pressu...
  85. The new G5s
    The new G5s look good. There seems to be a big gap between the middle and top models. It's nice to finally see ECC, and the pro 3D users will be happy to finally have a "Quadro" graphics card, although I w...
  86. To Bundle or Not to Bundle Thats the Microsoft Security Question
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  87. Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn't Add Up
    Despite the efforts of manufacturers to convince consumers that printing at home is fast, convenient and fun, the evidence shows that many are tuning out the marketing....
  88. Windows XP N Stands for No Sales
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  89. Windows XP SP2 Hotfix Posted for SBP2 Problem
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  90. Windward in the Windy City
    The National Coalition for Community School's Forum was recently held in Chicago and The Washington Team shared their program with Forum participants from all over the world, such as Canada, the Netherlands, Nepal and the United Kingdom. The theme......
  91. ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 60
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  92. dlg2html RPMs available
    SuSE source and binary RPMs are now available for dlg2html. dlg2html is a set of Bash shell scripts which help automate the conversion of DLG Pro message bas...
  93. eoconv 1.3 released
    eoconv is a tool which converts text files to and from various Esperanto text encodings. In this release, support has been added for postfix-H, postfix-X, and LaTeX notation. Many aliases have been added for ISO and UTF encodings...
  94. eoconv RPMs available
    SuSE source and binary RPMs are now available for eoconv. eoconv is a tool which converts text files to and from various Esperanto text encodings, including Unicode, ISO-8859-3, HTML, and various ASCII notations....



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