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Microsoft’s plans for post-Windows OS revealed

Microsoft’s plans for post-Windows OS revealed - Software Development Times On The Web
Microsoft is incubating a componentized non-Windows operating system known as Midori, which is being architected from the ground up to tackle challenges that Redmond has determined cannot be met by simply evolving its existing technology.
SD Times has viewed internal Microsoft documents that outline […]

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The Case for Precaution in the Use of Cell Phones — Analysis of Recent Studies

I’ve been following this issue casually for some years. Because of the short time this technology has been in use, definitive conclusions are not yet available. Prudent consideration of the information in this article, and understanding of the simple precautions recommended, would seem to be reasonable.
Electromagnetic fields generated by cell phones should be […]

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People for Sale

Most people imagine that slavery died in the 19th century. Since 1810,more than a dozen international conventions banning the slave tradehave been signed. Yet today there are more slaves than at any time inhuman history.People for Sale

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The Three Most Under-utilized Keyboard Shortcuts

I use these things all the time, but some folks might not know all of them. Unfortunately, Ian thought of writing about them first, so I have to give him the honors:
The Three Most Under-utilized Keyboard Shortcuts | Gizmo’s Tech Support Alert

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Zoho Press Release

I received the following from Zoho this morning.  We hear a lot about Google, and it’s nice to see the competition doing well.
We are delighted that Swisscom (incumbent telco in Switzerland) has chosen Zoho for a six month pilot for its Zoho Business Suite which is now available on their Software-as-a-Service portal Teamnet.
Zoho and Swisscom […]

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War Crimes

The Mahablog brings us a conversation between Rachel Maddow and Jonathan Turley, an expert on Constitutional law, about the possibility that members of the Bush administration could be prosecuted as war criminals by an international court of law.The Mahablog » War Crimes

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Zone Alarm Free Edition Conflicts With New Microsoft Update

According to my buddy Steve Bass, over at PCWorld.Com, the latest MS update to correct the DNS vulnerability keeps folks using ZA Free Edition from accessing the Internet after reboot.
If you have any friends using Zone Alarm’s free firewall along with Windows Auto Update, it might be nice to give them a call (they won’t […]

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The New Era

It isn’t exactly pretty — and certainly isn’t tidy — but peace really does appear to be breaking out in the Middle East.
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FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos

I suppose FOX News’ lack of integrity will come as a surprise to no one else, but it still occasionally surprises me — not the lack of it, as much as the poor job of demonstrating it. It’s not even good ’shopping. Apparently they have no more respect for themselves or their viewers […]

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Note to Phone Manufacturers

I want a phone with no external buttons. If you have to put external buttons on it, at least recess the bloody things! Perhaps two: one to shut the alarm clock off, and one to snooze it. The same two could answer the speakerphone and reject it.
Other than that, forget […]