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Were letters inspired by nature? 
Natural shapes, contours found outdoors, appear to be the inspiration for letters in most alphabets, concludes a study in The American Naturalist journal. The study, essentially a computer analysis of letter shapes, sorted letters by their “topology,” which classifies and characterizes shapes.

Police National Computer no help in tracing missing ex-cons 
Police cannot trace more than 20 of the 80 most dangerous foreign prisoners freed in the UK without facing deportation because their details are not on the Police National Computer.

Fore-arm support may spare workers some pain 
Equipping office desks with a simple fore-arm support may help prevent the pain that can come with long days at a computer, new research suggests.

Hurting? Lonely? Just call Martha 
TALLADEGA - Late at night, when the house grows still and her husband falls asleep, she makes her way to the computer. She signs on, and a Buddy List a mile long stretches down the screen. Almost immediately, an Instant Message appears.

Virtual reality grant outcry 
CHILDHOOD obesity experts have attacked a $1.5 million Federal Government grant for a company to create “the ultimate computer gaming experience”. Sydney firm Emotiv Systems has been awarded the Commercial Ready innovation grant to help develop a headset that reads brainwaves.

U.S., China discuss piracy, beef ban 
China has agreed to crack down on copyright piracy of American computer programs and lift a ban on beef from the United States as part of an effort to reduce a record $202 billion trade gap, the Bush administration said Tuesday.

Fears over council computer voting plans 
A SENIOR city councillor has called for reassurances over the electronic counting system expected to be used for next year’s local authority elections in Scotland.

Commissioner of Higher Educations office faces computer security breach 
HELENA A hacker may have gained access this week to some files on a computer server in Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education, forcing officials to shut down and reformat the server, Commissioner Sheila Stearns said Friday.

Event to show computer users ways to uplift themselves 
A free gathering Saturday at the Kudu coffeehouse aims to take the mystery out of podcasting, blogging and the creation of Internet-ready video. The informal seminar is called Uplift, and one of its pioneers is a Conway computer programmer and blogger named Dave Slusher.

Student Winners Recognized at PA Department of Education Middle School Computer Fair 
Nearly 150 students from across the state put their Web page and graphics design, digital movie-making and desktop publishing skills to the test today in the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Second Annual Middle School Computer Fair.

Engineers Unveil Futuristic Unmanned ‘Crusher’ Vehicle 
Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) in the School of Computer Science’s Robotics Institute is unveiling a unique unmanned ground vehicle that offers new strength, mobility and autonomy features for the Army’s effort to keep its troops out of harm’s way.

BUSINESS DIGEST 
Local and StateNews Advanced Micro Devices, the Sunnyvale maker of computer processors, offered Friday to replace 3,000 defective Opteron server chips.

What is a text message? 
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Ink at Discount Prices 
(ARA) - It seems everyone has a computer and printer these days. They’ve come way down in price over the years; but one thing that hasn’t come down is the cost of ink.

Mercury Computer Systems “market perform,” target price raised 
NEW YORK, April 28 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Ryan Beck & Co maintain their “market perform” rating on Mercury Computer Systems ( MRCY.NAS ), while reducing their estimates for the company. The 12-month target price has been raised from $13 to $15.

U of T professor joins Microsoft fellowship program
Globe and Mail - Aaron Hertzmann, assistant professor of computer science at the University of Toronto, and four others were chosen from a pool of more than 100 individuals representing universities in North America to join Microsoft Research’s New Faculty Fellowship

Gadget Guy: New Personal Internet Communicator
KEYE Austin - (CBS 42) AUSTIN Next week Austin plays host to the World Congress for Information Technology. At the top of their agenda is bringing the Internet to the technological ‘’have-nots.'’ When Hurricane Katrina filled the Austin Convention Center with

Computer Associates’ Kumar Takes Blame
1010Wins - NEW YORK — A financial scandal was already engulfing Computer Associates in 2003 when CEO Sanjay Kumar vowed at a conference on corporate governance that he would make the software giant the “gold standard'’ in the industry when it comes to ethics

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Microsoft profit rises, outlook disappoints
ABC News - SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. posted a 16 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday but missed Wall Street expectations and set a disappointing profit target due to increased costs on products from Windows to the new Xbox 360 game