Monday 31st of October 2005 08:50:56 PM
Dell plans to replace components on some of its Optiplex business PCs but will not issue a product-wide recall, a spokesman for the company said Monday.
Performance problems with the company’s GX270 and GX280 Optiplex computers were specifically named.
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Monday 31st of October 2005 06:48:37 PM
U.S. communications regulators Monday unanimously approved Verizon Communications’ purchase of MCI and SBC Communications’ acquisition of AT&T after intense wrangling over protecting consumers and Internet access.
The Federal Communications Commission voted to clear the deals after days of negotiations over conditions. The two Republican commissioners opposed some of the conditions while the two Democrats on the panel said they did not go far enough.
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Monday 31st of October 2005 06:24:19 PM

Developer TVHarmony’s new AutoPilot beta software automatically transfers, converts and stores TV shows from TiVo into your favorite formats, including AVI, Sony PSP and iPod Video.
You’ll need a networked TiVo with TiVotoGo capabilities and Win2K or WinXP.
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Monday 31st of October 2005 06:18:10 PM

Harmon Kardon has intorduced a new solution to using yiour iPod in your car called the Drive + Play. It’s controls are similar to the iPod’s.
ars technica has a review here…..
Harmon Kardon web site here….
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Monday 31st of October 2005 06:12:08 PM

From an Apple Press Release: "Apple® today announced that iTunes® Music Store customers have purchased and downloaded more than one million videos since they debuted on October 12. Customers can choose from over 2,000 music videos, Pixar short films and hit TV shows for just $1.99. Top downloads include music videos from Michael Jackson, Fatboy Slim and Kanye West; Pixar’s “For the Birds” and “Boundin’”; and episodes of ABC’s hit TV shows “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives.”
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Sunday 30th of October 2005 10:20:19 PM
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Sunday 30th of October 2005 10:15:29 PM

In a move sure to make Dell, HP, Lenovo and other computer company execs quake in their shoes, students at U. of A. have gone where no geek has gone before. If you own stock in a computer company, sell it now….
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Sunday 30th of October 2005 10:06:07 PM
From The Journal of the American Chemical Society:
"Magic-sized cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanocrystals have been pyrolytically synthesized. These ultra-small nanocrystals exhibit broadband emission (420-710 nm) that covers most of the visible spectrum while not suffering from self absorption. This behavior is a direct result of the extremely narrow size distribution and unusually large Stokes shift (40-50 nm). The intrinsic properties of these ultra-small nanocrystals make them an ideal material for applications in solid state lighting and also the perfect platform to study the molecule-to-nanocrystal transition. "
Don’t feel bad if none of that makes any sense to you. Suffice to say it’s a break-through in the development of a longer-lasting replacement for the light bulb
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Sunday 30th of October 2005 09:59:09 PM
A central device that stores all your music. A device that allows you to record your vinyl, burn your favorite music to CD, and update your iPod. That lets you stream the same, or different, songs throughout your home. All that without a PC.
“…you might not have high hopes for the Olive Symphony, a $900 hi-fi component that merges all of those technologies and more. But instead of creating a multi-headed digital Frankenstereo, the company managed to make all of those technologies and features feel natural together. The resulting box takes a long time to describe, because it does so much. But it takes surprisingly little time to master, and most of its features are usable whether you own a computer or not. “
Read the entire NY Times review here…..
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Sunday 30th of October 2005 09:45:22 PM

Want to know the National Security Agency guidelines for keeping your computer system secure? Their site has downloadable guides for Apple, Microsoft and Sun Solaris operating systems.
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