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Mom and son fight off robbers at apartment 
Salt Lake City police on Sunday were looking for two men who broke into an apartment late Saturday and tried to steal a computer while the residents were inside the home.

Computer woes briefly hobble Postal Service 
Glitches in the computer network that links U.S. post offices caused delays and limited services across the United States for several hours on Thursday, a U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman said.

Popular Web Site Falls Victim to a Content Filter 
A filtering system has caught a few popular sites, including Boing Boing, in its net.

Mercury Computer Systems Releases VistaNav Version 1.5 3D Synthetic Vision Syste 
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. has released VistaNav version 1.5, its multi-function flight display system with synthetic vision technology. This latest release of the VistaNav system integrates XM satellite weather information including NEXRAD Precipitation and Cloud information, Live TFRs, METAR Flight Rules Indicators (FRI), as well as detailed METAR and TAF text information.

Police get new video equipment 
DANVILLE, Va. - Danville police will be able to get a clearer picture of the suspects they are seeking using new computer-based equipment.

New nanotech process could increase computer memory
PhysOrg - A team of scientists from the Department of Physics at the Universitat Aut noma de Barcelona, in collaboration with colleagues from the Argonne National Laboratory (USA) and the Spintec laboratory (Grenoble, France), has for the first time produced

Bank Won’t Cover Customer’s $90,000 Computer Fraud Loss
WTOL-TV - TOLEDO — If you think your bank will bail you out if your accounts gets hacked by cyber crooks, think again. There’s a case out of Florida that’s bound to have lasting effects all over the world, including right here in Toledo. A major bank is

Looking for a Home? Start at Your Computer 
Add Real Estate to the List of Industries Being Forever Changed by the Internet

Couple want to ensure portfolio has enough muscle 
Bruce and Patricia Khoury are young retirees.

Health info sold accidentally by B.C. government 
HIV status, history of substance-abuse problems and mental illness are some of the sensitive information that was available on computer tapes sold at a public government auction.

Taiwan stocks rise, HTC leads rally 
TAIPEI, March 6 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks rose in early trade on Monday as some investors bet that tech companies such as High Tech Computer would post better sales in February thanks to stronger demand.

Officials Working To Secure N.H. Liquor Computer Server 
MANCHESTER, N.H. — State officials are working to secure the New Hampshire liquor computer server after someone hacked into it. Information technology officials said the site was defaced on Thursday.

89% to increase outsourcing budgets for corporate technology - Patni Computer Systems 
Patni Computer Systems (NYSE:PTI) today announced that in a recent survey of top decision-makers on corporate technology and spending, 89 percent plan to increase their outsourcing budget …

HEADLINE 
Apparently, Freud wasn’t the only one fixated by trains. More than 300 people waxed poetic about love and trains last month for Caltrain’s first poetry contest. Caltrain officials on Thursday declared computer consultant Joel Katz the winner for his free-verse ode to a scene from a train station:

Forgent’s business model takes litigious path 
AUSTIN, Texas - While most technology companies still make electronic gadgets or computer software, a few have found it more profitable to cash in on ideas.

Couple charged with developing ‘Trojan Horse’ computer spyware 
Ruth Haefrati and her husband Michael, alleged developers of the “Trojan Horse” virus used by private investigators for corporate spying, were indicted on Sunday in the Tel Aviv District Court for a series of computer-linked crimes.

Computer Security Institute in e-mail flap 
Blog: The Computer Security Institute apparently needs some training of its own. The organization, which organizes trainings for security…

Computer Woes Briefly Hobble U.S. Postal Service
Information Week - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer glitches caused delays and limited services at nearly 2,000 post offices across the United States for several hours Thursday, U.S. Postal Service officials said. Spokeswoman Patricia Licata in Washington D.C. said

Looking for a Home? Start at Your Computer
Hartford Courant - SEATTLE — Years ago, Molly Bolanos looked for a home the old-fashioned way: She spent hours driving around in her real estate agent’s car, hoping for the best and girding for the worst. One recent morning, the process went like this: Bolanos and her

Hynix Execs Head For Jail in DRAM Scandal
InternetNews.com - Four Korean Hynix executives are heading to a U.S. jail for their roles in a global conspiracy to fix prices on dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a key type of memory found in most PCs. The latest development comes after Hynix, the world’s second

SiteAdvisor Plug-In Warns Surfers of Dodgy Sites
PC World - SAN FRANCISCO — Web surfers can now get a little free advice on the trustworthiness of the sites they visit, thanks to a new browser plug-in released Wednesday by Boston’s SiteAdvisor. The SiteAdvisor software, downloadable here , works with

Computer closings
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Computer Woes Briefly Hobble U.S. Postal Service 
Computer glitches caused delays and limited services at nearly 2,000 post offices across the United States for several hours Thursday, U.S. Postal Service officials said.

Parish schools receive computer grants 
monterey Kindergartner Jake Moreland focused on his Ts Wednesday morning. He caught them in a dump truck, moved them with a forklift and put them in a basket. All other letters went in the trash.

HELP FILE 
Q My computer couldn’t download one of Microsoft’s critical updates. I’ve tried to get this to work four times, but I keep getting the same error message: “Update was unable to be successfully installed.”

Computer bully needs kick in his hard drive 
Dear Abby: I’m confused about my husband’s behavior. He is very smart and works as a computer programmer. Whenever I have a problem with my computer and ask him to help me with it, he gets mad and rants and raves about how he “told me how to fix the problem months ago,” or insists that I really should “know” how to fix it or figure it out myself.

Looking for a home? Start at your computer 
One recent morning, the process went like this: Bolanos and her fiance were alerted to a new listing online. They checked out the pictures on the Internet, then drove over for a real-life look and, within hours, were preparing to make an offer.

Use 2 monitors for greater productivity 
You can add memory and lessen your system’s load to increase your computer’s performance, but if you want to improve your productivity, add a second monitor. Researchers at Microsoft found that workers increased their productivity 9 percent to 50 percent by adding a second or third monitor.

HEADLINE 
Apparently, Freud wasn’t the only one fixated by trains. More than 300 people waxed poetic about love and trains last month for Caltrain’s first poetry contest. Caltrain officials on Thursday declared computer consultant Joel Katz the winner for his free-verse ode to a scene from a train station:

We Are All In This Thing Together: Liveblogging The Oscars 
Welcome to our second annual Oscars liveblog. If you feel a little dirty about being here while the show’s on (seriously, who watches TV while on the computer?), think about the guy who’s sitting in…

User-friendly computers developed - daily 
Iran - Technology - Computer Iran said Saturday it has developed a new generation, user-friendly computer, named ‘Colonizer’, a daily wrote Sunday. The project manager Mehdi Kashani said the ground breaking scheme has taken 150 billion rials to become operational, the English-language ‘Iran Daily’ quoted Fars News Agency as saying.

Stop motion “Wallace & Gromit” wins animation Oscar 
“Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” a film about a cheese-loving inventor and his long-suffering canine companion, walked off with the Oscar for animated feature, a victory for a movie that used old-fashioned, stop.m.otion animation techniques in lieu of modern computer images.

Child obesity levels expected to soar by 2010 
Childhood obesity rates will soar dramatically in most parts of the world by the end of the decade and raise the risk of diabetes in young people, health experts said on Monday.

Model examines levee breach 
Computer models only go so far. So engineers will soon be making waves in a 4-foot-wide model of the canal between New Orleans and neighboring Jefferson Parish.

Club treats viruses at computer clinic 
Part of the way through a scan for viruses, the diagnosis for Richard Stevenson’s computer was severe. “It has eight viruses so far, and I never use it,” the Hagerstown resident said. “My family uses it.”

Intel could launch new dual-core processors by June 
Computer makers are planning to use Intel’s next generation of dual-core processors to build smaller, cooler machines. The first of those chips will launch in volume quantities by June, Intel is expected to announce at its Intel Developer Forum trade show in San Francisco next week.

Garden City Senior News Computer Course Offered For Adults 
The Garden City Recreation Department is offering a seven week computer class for adults on Thursday mornings beginning March 23

User-friendly computers developed - daily 
Iran - Technology - Computer Iran said Saturday it has developed a new generation, user-friendly computer, named ‘Colonizer’, a daily wrote Sunday. The project manager Mehdi Kashani said the ground breaking scheme has taken 150 billion rials to become operational, the English-language ‘Iran Daily’ quoted Fars News Agency as saying.

DISNEY BUYS INTO BIG CHANGES
Mickey News - So at first glance, Walt Disney’s $7.4 billion stock purchase late last month of the computer animation studio Pixar might not seem like a good thing for Pixar and its employees. Not to worry. No matter who paid what for which, in the end Pixar ended

Symantec Takes Heat For Changing Adware Advice
Information Week - Symantec’s out-of-court settlement with an adware maker is a loss for users, an anti-spyware researcher said this week. Friday, Feb. 24, the Cupertino, Calif. security company announced that it had dismissed its lawsuit against browser and e-mail

Former government IT worker guilty of hacking
Computerworld - He secretly monitored his boss’s e-mail and computer use When it comes to information security these days, most organizations remain in a tenuous position. Despite their best efforts, enterprises continue to be successfully Comprehensive Threat

Computer Simulation, Lab Synthesis Sift Through Universe of Possible
Duke University - Computer visualization shows how different chemical building blocks can be ranked (vertical bars) for satisfying a certain property, and “cloaked” with a yellow-colored surface to allow researchers to find the “mountaintop” for that trait Durham, N.C

Close Reading: Military Maneuvers With Computer and Color
New York Times - From the day when Eric Chan and Heather Schatz switched seats in a figure drawing class as undergraduates at the University of California , Berkeley, and finished each others’ compositions, they have engaged in a back and forth that underpins all of

Software helps the illiterate find work
CNN - The software uses pictures, video and voice commands to tell workers what jobs are available, how much the jobs pay and where they are. REDMOND, Washington (AP) — Microsoft Corp.’s Office software and Windows operating system is typically associated

Recycling program expands 
Macon’s curbside paper recycling program will now pick up not only newspapers and magazines but also junk mail and home office paper, such as white paper and computer paper.

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-03-05 14:15 GMT: Apple Computers plans to open retail stores in Germany - report 
FRANKFURT (AFX) - Apple Computer Co Inc plans to open several retail stores in Germany, WirtschaftsWoche reported citing unnamed real estate industry sources in an advance copy of an article to appear in this week’s edition.

89% to increase outsourcing budgets for corporate technology - Patni Computer Systems 
Patni Computer Systems (NYSE:PTI) today announced that in a recent survey of top decision-makers on corporate technology and spending, 89 percent plan to increase their outsourcing budget …

Weekend Project 2: DIY iPod nano dock 
Flickr user Simple Simon has published a very cool photostream of embedding a minimalist iPod nano dock into his computer desk with the free insert and cable that came with the nano. The end result…

Apple’s MP3 lead faces legal, technical challenges 
For Apple Computer, life at the top of the digital music heap is not all it is cracked up to be.

U.S. mine-safety official blames unpaid fines on computer trouble 
Senate Democrats criticized federal mine regulators yesterday for failing to collect safety fines in more than 8,000 cases since mid-2003, which a top official blamed on computer problems.

Special agent reels in abusers with teen talk, computer savvy 
DETROIT - Most weekdays, and some weekends and nights, find Special Agent James May sitting in front of a PC in his Detroit office, waiting for some cyberjohn to hit on him.

Garden City Senior News Computer Course Offered For Adults 
The Garden City Recreation Department is offering a seven week computer class for adults on Thursday mornings beginning March 23

Back to the future with school reports 
My, how school reports have changed. I realized this as my seventh-grade son recently showed me the PowerPoint presentation he’d put together on Mt. Everest on his mom’s laptop computer. PowerPoint is a computer program that allows users to create reports with lots of slick-looking visuals.

Officials Working To Secure NH Liquor Computer Server
WMUR Channel.com, NH - 5 hours agoMANCHESTER, NH — State officials are working to secure the New Hampshire liquor computer server after someone hacked into it. Information …

Computer Sciences Corp service deal with UT expanded to China ops
Forbes - Mar 1, 2006BEIJING (AFX) - Computer Sciences Corp said it has expanded its information technology (IT) outsourcing contract with United Technologies Corp to include UT’s …

Govt warns of new computer virus, Windows OS under attack
Hindustan Times, India - Mar 2, 2006Department of Information Technology on Thursday warned of a computer virus which is very destructive in nature and is being activated on every third day of …

Microsoft researcher honored as computer-graphics pioneer
Seattle Times, United States - Mar 2, 2006… sciences of motion pictures.”. Platt’s Technical Achievement Award was for pioneering work in computer graphics. To see the results …

Club treats viruses at computer clinic
Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD - 8 hours agoPart of the way through a scan for viruses, the diagnosis for Richard Stevenson’s computer was severe. “It has eight viruses so …

New computer
Atomic, Australia - Mar 4, 2006Hey im looking for a good motherboard, just dont know wether i should go AMD or intel, 64bit or 32. For the time being till my funds …

Technology-savvy students get with the programming
Salem Statesman Journal, OR - 6 hours agoCompetitive computer programming might be a few years away from breaking onto the ESPN schedule, but a dozen high schools were vying for state bragging rights …

Microsoft works on computer foot pad
USA Today - Mar 1, 2006Computer scientists in Microsoft’s research division have developed a color-coded “dance pad” with buttons you can tap with your feet or jump on to …

New nanotech process could increase computer memory
PhysOrg.com, VA - Mar 2, 2006… magnetic states, known as displaced vortex states , that will allow an increase in the size of MRAMs (which are not deleted when the computer is switched …