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China allows access to English Wikipedia

China allows access to English Wikipediawhy don't we censor china?Heres a fun idea kids. Let's block china from accessing the American Internet. All I ever see come out of China is spam and lead tainted products. Im all for banning all Chinese ip space on our networks, who's with me?Already...

Tags: NETWORKING, English Wikipedia, login attempt

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

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Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia

Google has unveiled its own "unit of knowledge" with a competitor to Wikipedia called Knol. Google's online encyclopedia promises to lend some credence by identifying the authors. by Andy Smith

Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wikipedia, Online Communications, Andy Smith, Google, Knol, wiki, encyclopedia

Image galleries 2008-07-24

Google creates a new market and wreaks havoc on another

When they first announced it, I was certain Knol was simply a way for Google steal some of the attention away from Wikia search -- and I'm still sure that's what was actually happening. Google doesn't normally pre-announce applications months in advance. After a long wait, Google finally...

Tags: Google Inc., Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines

In a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia, Google opened Knol, an encyclopedia-like wiki site that requires writers to post their names and expertise. SAN FRANCISCO--Google opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a...

Tags: Google Inc., DuPont Co., Web Site, Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Reuters, Google, encyclopedia

News items 2008-07-24

Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?

Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?Sure it canIf you are using gnome (Ubuntu's default desktop envrionment) just go to gnomelook.org and look at the screen shots people have posted. There are a lot of creative folks out there. It's pretty easy to make gnome look and act like auqa....

Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Compiz-fusion, Even Linux, Ubuntu, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Mika's Touch Type Trainer (zip)

Mika's Touch Type Trainer is the most popular Touch Type Tutor in Japan. First it was developed in 1991, and publicized as free software. Since then many schools had adopted this Mika's Touch Type Trainer to teach computer literacy. Originally this Mika' Touch Type Trainer was made in Japanese Language....

Tags: School, Japan, Jiro Imamura, Mika, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-23

The App Store's buggy update process

The App Store's buggy update processI got mine to updateBasically when it gave me that "find all the updates" screen, I would just look for version numbers that had changed (this is easy to do now that everything is 1.0 generally, it will only get harder as time goes on,...

Tags: Desktops, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., App Store, cryptic error message, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

2009 Subaru Forester 2.5X Premium

Photo gallery:2009 Subaru Forester 2.5X PremiumIn a major update, the 2009 Subaru Forester features a longer wheelbase and a modernized exterior design. And, for the first time, a navigation system is available. Unfortunately, our test vehicle was the low trim 2.5X Premium model, and navigation can only be had in...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Subaru Forester, Subaru

Product reviews 2008-07-22

Kundli for Windows Pro (zip)

Kundli for windows, kundli 5.5, latest kundli version, vedic indian astrology, professional horoscope reports, planet position, shodash varga, ashtakvarga, match making, guna dosh milan, manglik consideration, 120 year varshphal, hindi, english language, export reports to pdf, jpeg, bmp and email them. User friendly, Most Accurate Calculations, Screen Preview, Storage of...

Tags: Phone, Version, Y2K, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Databases, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-07-22

Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?

Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Where's Sarah Connor?Will it change its shape to an LA policeman and chase me in a tractor trailer truck?Mercury?It's the only metal I know of that is liquid at room temperature.RE: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Reminds me of liquid-sodium-cooled nuclear...

Tags: liquid metal-cooled CPU, metal-cooled CPU, water-cooled system, Liquid metal-cooled CPU, CPU, Galinstan, Mercury, PC

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

WhenU make adware

WhenU make adwareAdware and Spybot Search and Destroy are old and InferiorI trialled many anti spyware programs foten simultaneously and then proceeded to deliberately install ad/spyware on my pc. Here is a good link if you want to run trials yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adware#Well-known_adware_programs.2Fprograms_distributed_with_adwareI then ran each one to see which...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, adware, spyware, WhenU, Spybot Search, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja

Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...

Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Top US Web sites in May 2008

Brand Audience, 000 Time Per User 1. Google 121,991 1:15:27 2. Yahoo! 114,661 3:13:38 3. Microsoft 97,663 0:44:04 4. MSN/Windows Live 97,626 2:06:54 5. AOL Media Network 89,736 3:37:37 6. Fox Interactive Media 70,250 1:50:01 7....

Tags: Web, Web Site, Wiki, Web Site Development, Branding, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-17

JLearnIt (dmg)

JLearnIt is a multilingual dictionary where words are sorted by categories. Each word has a level of use, so you can begin by learning words often used. The languages included are English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Hebrew, and many other languages. You can also find words even incomplete words,...

Tags: Word, Anthony Goubard, JLearnIt

Software downloads 2008-07-17

Government of Canada Google Gadget (gg)

Introducing the Government of Canada and ebay.ca search bar gadget. Access information on Canada, its government, and federal programs and services in english or french. Got a beef, contact your local MP through email directly. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Search Bar, Google Inc., Government Of Canada, Sidebar Gadgets, Government

Software downloads 2008-07-17

Top US domains in May 2008

Rank Website Market Share 1. www.google.com 5.78% 2. mail.yahoo.com 5.09% 3. www.myspace.com 4.76% 4. www.yahoo.com 4.04% 5. mail.live.com 2.35% 6. www.ebay.com 1.75% 7. search.yahoo.com 1.64% 8. www.msn.com 1.25% 9. www.facebook.com 1.06% ...

Tags: Hitwise, Domain, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Voting For A McCain

SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons So, poor John McCain. At the start of the year, he gets bounced around because he is "not well versed" in economics. In summer, he gets beat up again, because he says he is "illiterate" about technology (and the way he expresses...

Tags: Innovation, Network, John McCain, Obama, Taxes, Free Trade, Internet, Leadership, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-16

JaHoCa (zip)

Jahoca is simple system independent application which was created to administrate home finances. The program allows to manage more users. The user gets easy to handle environment to evide his money transactions incomes and expenses with additional completive informations. Summary of all operations is possible to be filtered by time...

Tags: Income, Period, Arcanea, JaHoCa, Operational Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2008-07-16

Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gaps

Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsRhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsHooray for RI! I haven't heard of any energy crisis in RI. You can bet the naval base there would probably want to get on this.You knowif we actually built power plants this wouldn't...

Tags: Blackstone, mill, river, Blackstone River

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Citrix versus the Xen community

As the virtual machine software competition heats up, one would expect representatives of each of the suppliers to take shots at one another in the media. I've seen a recent example of this.Two of the proponents of Xen, Citrix and Virtual Iron, appear to be having at it in the...

Tags: Community, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Technology, Virtual Machine, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-15