On May 1, with federal authorities hot on his tail, Abdi cancelled a reservation he had on a flight out of San Francisco to London, and then over the next few days somehow managed to flee to Canada where he remains at large. The money itself, however, has since been recovered. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133437
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The Lego Guggenheim and Falling Water house are available now as part of the Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward exhibit. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10247882-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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So things seem to be operating very much the way an open source software project should. http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/05/mysql-faster-better-and-still.html
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GPS performance could degrade but won’t fail, Air Force says
Posted by alan Published in Uncategorized“No, the GPS will not go down,” said Col. Dave Buckman, command lead for position, navigation and timing at the Peterson Air Force Space Command in Colorado. However, citing an earlier report by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, Buckman added, “GAO points out, there is potential risk associated with a degradation [...]
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Google has released a new API for Google Maps designed to relieve developers of the burden of maintaining their own repositories for geographical data. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133389&source=CWNLE_nlt_app_2009-05-21
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What’s an example of something that’s been commercialized? We developed at FES a hand-grasp system for people with spinal cord injuries who can’t move their hands. That was commercialized and is now in use by several hundred people worldwide. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=338632&source=CWNLE_nlt_app_2009-05-21
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When Wikipedia was founded in 2001, the Creative Commons licenses didn’t exist, so it adopted the GNU Free Documentation License — created for software documentation by the Free Software Foundation — because it allowed for content re-use and re-distribution. However, the Creative Commons licenses have been widely adopted since their creation in 2002. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133401&source=CWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2009-05-22
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Microsoft won’t let Windows Marketplace users share apps after all
Posted by alan Published in UncategorizedContrary to an earlier report, Microsoft Corp. said that purchasers of applications from its upcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile e-store won’t be allowed to share their wares with friends and family. But they will still be able to install and run an app on up to five Windows Mobile 6.5 phones at a time, provided [...]
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Competition for domain registration dollars is so fierce that well-established companies have thrown in lots of freebies — including free Google Apps or templates to help create a starter Web site — to lure customers. Of the top ten fastest growing registrars (according to domain market research site RegistrarStats), three — GoDaddy, 1&1 Internet and [...]
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This summer AT&T will be going nationwide with its offer of a low-priced netbook in combination with its Internet at Home and On the Go broadband services. On April 1, AT&T introduced the offer in only Atlanta and select locations in Philadelphia, and reports that the trial was a success. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Netbook-for-50-ATandT-Says-You-Got-It-111335/?kc=EWKNLBOE05222009STR2
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