It appears the ride on cheap computer pricing is coming to an end, as the ‘China Effect’ is about to end. The days of cheap materials and cheap labor may become a thing of the past as the 3 major computer suppliers start to negotiate with companies such as HP, Dell and Acer over cost. …
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No More Cheap Computers - Prices Will Rise
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Thieves Switch Out ATM Card Reader, Steal Credit Card & PIN Numbers
http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/05/08/thieves-switch-out-atm-card-reader-steal-credit-card-pin-numbers/At the San Jose Mercury News they are reporting a unique type of theft, in which ATM card readers were actually replaced by crooks, so that they could read credit card and pin numbers. Seems that the switch was made to a ATM machine in a local supermarket, and the bad guys were able to steal some 212 numbers for their own use. …
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Has American Idol’s Voting System Been Hacked?
http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/05/07/american-idol-get-software-to-manipulate-the-voting-votes-are-rigged/Over at PC Mag they have an article about how they believe American Idol is being hacked by users who are employing software to jam the system. This prevents honest people from voting for their favorite and also skews the results. …
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One Laptop Per Child - Production Delays Caused By Microsoft, Intel?
http://fluoxitine.us/2008/05/one-laptop-per-child-production...started off as a worthy project to bring laptop systems to the worlds children, now is facing production delays, and the systems may not get into the hands of children until late 2007 because Microsoft and Intel, may be playing a part in the delay. read more | digg story
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Microsoft Announces Some New Activation…
http://mailcleaning.com/2008/03/29/microsoft-announces-some-...source: Microsoft Announces Some New Activation…
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Boycott Novell
http://boycottnovell.comearlier this year told the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum, “Geez, get a decent computer where you can actually read the text and you?re not sitting there cranking the thing while you’re trying to type” (see Bill Gates Mocks $100 Laptop). 3. One Laptop Per Child - Production Delays Caused By Microsoft, Intel? I sincerely hope that no matter what the people who are running the OLPC project decide, that their project will continue and not get bogged down in a play of corporate greed and ambitions. 4. Negroponte says Intel should be
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100 things people are really saying about Windows Vista
http://winvista.nireblog.com/post/2008/01/26/100-things-peop..."Unless Microsoft pulls a rabbit out of its hat, Vista may go down in history as the software that brought down a mighty empire... [P]eople are not going to lay down their hard-earned money for something that doesn’t work." http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/02/28/vista-even-the-experts... A case in point is this long-term Longhorn/Vista tester's widely-read tale of surrender: "I gave Vista a real chance. I just can’t use it as my primary OS anymore." http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/02/27/windows-vista-im-breaking-up-with-yo...
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100 things people are really saying about Windows Vista
http://winvista.nireblog.com/post/2008/01/23/100-things-peop..."Unless Microsoft pulls a rabbit out of its hat, Vista may go down in history as the software that brought down a mighty empire... [P]eople are not going to lay down their hard-earned money for something that doesn’t work." http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/02/28/vista-even-the-experts... A case in point is this long-term Longhorn/Vista tester's widely-read tale of surrender: "I gave Vista a real chance. I just can’t use it as my primary OS anymore." http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/02/27/windows-vista-im-breaking-up-with-yo...
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How the Open Source Movement Has Changed Education: 10 Success Stories
http://moobloog.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-open-source-movemen...and even API code to any browser or OS. Google has won the hearts and minds of many instructors and students. But, that's not the only story behind this success. Google offers a page for educators to learn how to use these apps in the classroom. Google employees are out into the field in efforts to reach University of Washington classes as well. Other educational options are few and far between at this point; but, since Carnegie Mellon West's Software Management program has incorporated a course
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