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New Mac Clone Maker ‘Quo’ To Open Retail Store

bughunter writes “Cnet is reporting that Mac clone maker Quo Computer plans to open its first retail location, selling Mac clones, on June 1st. To start, Quo will offer three desktop systems: the Life Q, Pro Q, and Max Q. While details of the components are not yet available, founder Rashantha De Silva said they […]

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Microsoft Not the Only Firm Blocking IM Service To US Enemies

ericatcw writes “It was reported last week that Microsoft had cut access to its Windows Live Messenger instant messaging service to citizens of five countries with whom the US has trade embargoes. Now, it turns out that Google and, apparently, AOL have taken similar actions. According to a lawyer quoted by Computerworld, even free, downloaded […]

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Developer Creates DIY 8-Bit CPU

MaizeMan writes “Not for the easily distracted: a Belmont software developer’s hand-built CPU was featured in Wired recently. Starting with a $50 wire wrap board, Steve Chamberlin built his CPU with 1253 pieces of wire, each wire wrapped by hand at both ends. Chamberlin salvaged parts from ’70s and ’80s era computers, and the final […]

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Google Adds Scripting Capabilities To Google Docs

snydeq writes “Google will add scripting capabilities to Google Docs, allowing organizations to customize their online applications and automate tasks. Google plans to sign up about 1,000 customers over the next few weeks to test the feature, called Google Apps Script. It will be tested initially in Google Spreadsheets and extended to other Google Docs […]

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Human Language Gene Changes How Mice Squeak

archatheist writes “Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany have engineered a mouse whose FOXP2 gene has been swapped out for a different (human) version. This is interesting because the gene is implicated in human language, and this has changed how mice squeak. ‘In a region of the brain called […]

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White House Cybersecurity report: Making the Internet safe will require time and patience

Melissa Hathaway, Acting Senior Director for Cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils, and leader of the team that produced the Obama administration’s cybersecurity report, at the event today in which the report was unveiled. (Click to enlarge.) [Photo: Jeff Fox] Bearing the title,”Cyberspace Poicy Review,” and just 38 pages long (if you […]

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Obama cybersecurity speech: A serious commitment to change

President Obama speaking on America’s cyber infrastructure. Photo: Jeff Fox In launching his cybersecurity initiative at the White House today, President Obama promised determination, cooperation, accountability, and a return in the 21st century to the can-do spirit that made America great in the 20th century. As expected, Obama did announce the creation of a “cyber […]

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Obama cites Consumer Reports survey figure on cost of cybercrime

In a speech on cybersecurity this morning, President Obama used a figure from a Consumer Reports survey to document the financial impact of cyber crime on U.S. households. “According to one survey,” the President said in his remarks, delivered to an audience of reporters and cybersecurity experts at the White House, “in the past two […]

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Palm Pre will work with iTunes, may have AT&T and Verizon availability

The hotly anticipated Palm Pre smart phone will be an even-more formidable alternative to Apple's iPhone, if some new reports prove true. Where the iPhone is available from AT&T, it appears the Pre won't long be shackled only to Sprint, its exclusive carrier when the phone launches on June 6—and the lowest-scoring carrier in our […]

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Superzooms slim down or bulk up

The Canon PowerShot SX10 IS, an example of a bulky superzoom. (Click to enlarge.)” Some of the new superzoom cameras I reported on earlier this year, which were shown at CES and PMA, are just starting to show up in stores. All have 20x or more optical zoom, which is a good thing, but they’re […]

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