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Police Search Professor’s Office ; Computer Equipment Seized in Child Pornography Investigation 
By T.J. WILHAM AND OLIVIER UYTTEBROUCK Journal Staff Writers Police have seized computer equipment from the office of a University of New Mexico law professor after it was discovered a computer was used to visit child pornography Web sites, according to court records.

Fujitsu Joins Sony Battery Recall 
Fujitsu joins other computer makers in offering replacements for Sony batteries that pose a fire hazard.

Sony expands notebook computer battery recall 
Tokyo - Sony urged a dozen laptop computer makers Friday to recall more of its batteries that could overheat, the latest…

Chief vows successful courthouse computer switch 
For years, Mike Pinkney has kept two small ceramic pink pigs on his desk.

Computer company bags award
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 17 hours agoMANAMA: Bahrain-based Computer World took the Advanced Infrastructure Solutions category award at the 2006 annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in …

Peter Jackson to focus on computer games
Digital Spy, UK - 11 hours agoPeter Jackson has said he is “getting a little bored with films” as he turns his hand to producing computer games. The Oscar-winning …

Thieves take NC DMV computer with personal info
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Sep 27, 2006RALEIGH, NC - Thieves have taken a computer containing the sensitive personal information of thousands of North Carolina motorists, the state’s Division of …

Dell’s Free Computer Recycling
MyFox WGHP, NC - 20 hours agoDell announced it will offer a no-charge recycling program for US customers online beginning Friday, September 29. Consumers can …

British man pleads guilty to storing child porn
Tucson Citizen, AZ - 6 hours ago… was indicted on a charge of attempted transportation and shipping of child pornography and a charge of possession of child pornography in computer hard drive …

Hold Government Workers Accountable
Wheeling News Register, WV - 4 hours agoAfter the Department of Veterans Affairs revealed a serious security breach from the theft of a laptop computer containing personal data on thousands of …

Computer Sciences wins $3.73 bln British contract 
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Computer Sciences Corp. CSC.N said on Thursday it had been awarded a nine-year contract by Britain’s National Health Service valued at up to $3.73 billion.

Accenture, EDS, Perot, Affiliated Computer: Stock Risk From Increased Outsourcing? 
Eric Savitz submits: Cynthia Houlton, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, this morning cut her ratings on Accenture , Affiliated Computer Systems , Electronic Data Systems and Perot Data Systems to Underperform, based on what she expects to be the disruptive impact of those companies substantially increasing their mix of offshore employees. [… ]

Bangkok’s new airport opens quietly in shadow of coup 
Bangkok’s sleek new international airport has officially opened against the backdrop of last week’s coup, recording thousands of passengers and a few computer gremlins on its first full day of operation.

HP’s top lawyer out 
Ann Baskins, general counsel for embattled computer maker Hewlett-Packard, resigned from the company Thursday.

Report: Computer in HP case smashed to bits 
A Colorado man suspected of surreptitiously obtaining telephone numbers on behalf of Hewlett-Packard told an investigator last week that he had destroyed his computer, according to a published report.

Laptops stolen in computer store break-ins over weekend 
NORTH SMITHFIELD –Police are investigating the theft of a half-dozen laptop computers from a Great Road computer store that was broken into twice over the weekend, police said.

Computer glitches mar Suvarnabhumi inauguration 
Passengers at Bangkok’s new international airport Thursday faced delays in collecting their bags and checking in on the first full day of operations because of computer and mechanical glitches.

Parvis Zypad WL 10000 Wrist Computer
Gizmodo.com, Hungary - 8 hours agoHere’s what all the fashionable soldiers will be wearing on battlefields soon, the Parvus ZYPAD WL 1000, a wrist-wearable wireless computer that the company …

Opening a Digital Doorway
Independent Online, South Africa - 16 hours agoBy Di Caelers and Botho Molosankwe. Give a child a computer and within seven days they’ll have figured it out - without any training whatsoever. …

Northwest Vista creates new computer forensic technology degree …
Bizjournals.com, NC - 17 hours agoNorthwest Vista College launched a new associate’s degree program designed to help prepare students for a career in computer forensics. …

Last Call for Animex Entries
Animation Magazine - 40 minutes ago… Awards will be given for achievements in 3D computer animation, 2D computer animation, video-game animation, web Animation, visual effects, shorts …

Making any computer your own
International Herald Tribune, France - 7 hours ago… But thanks to a powerful new technology anybody can make any computer their own, just by plugging in a common digital device. A …

Firm scolded for privacy fumble
London Free Press, Canada - 15 hours ago… conducted the probe. The computer was taken from an MD Management employee’s locked car during a break-in last June. Earlier that …

Create posts of computer teachers
Newindpress (subscription), India - 20 hours agoT PURAM: Computer teachers of schools in the district have urged the State Government to create posts of computer teachers in government and aided schools in …

Cancer screening computer advance
ic Croydon, UK - 5 minutes ago… At present, two experts usually check the X-rays, but one expert and a computer gave better results, the study found. The computer …

Virgin Atlantic eases laptop battery restrictions
ZDNet - 12 hours agoVirgin Atlantic has lifted its total ban on the in-flight use of batteries for any Apple Computer or Dell laptop. The airline recently …

Cemetery records soon on computer
The Saginaw News, MI - 13 hours ago… ago. However, decreasing staff levels in the cemetery department and computer hardware and software issues curtailed the effort. …

Nasdaq Leads a Rally as Benchmark Rates and Oil Prices Fall
New York Times, United States - 2 hours ago… 1 contributor to the S.& P. 500 s advance, rose 1.4 percent, or 49 cents, to $34.89. Apple Computer was the biggest positive influence on the Nasdaq 100. …

Movie News: BRUCE WILLIS GETS TWO CO-STARS IN DIE HARD SEQUEL
iFMagazine - 9 hours ago… the fourth finds McClane trying to get to the bottom of a plot to disable America s hard drives via an attack on the country s computer infrastructure. …

New chip to boost China’s computer power 
BEIJING — China has begun manufacturing its latest home-grown microprocessor, which boasts speeds of 1 gigahertz and could significantly lower the cost of computers, state press reported Thursday.

Missouri man accused of viewing child porn on Amtrak train 
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Missouri man was arrested aboard an Amtrak passenger train after allegedly viewing child pornography on a laptop computer.

Dell facility may bring 488 jobs 
A Pittsburgh logistics provider has tentative plans to hire 488 workers to staff a computer repair and distribution center in Obetz.

‘Virtual Stomach’ Reveals Central Road That Helps Explain Drug Activation Variability 
A computer model or “virtual stomach” revealed a central “road” in the human stomach, dubbed the Magenstrasse, that could explain why pharmaceuticals sometimes have a large variability in drug activation times, according to a team creating computer simulations of stomach contractions.

Patni Computer ties up with publishing solutions provider Xplana …
domain-B, India - Sep 21, 2006Mumbai: Leading global IT services provider Patni Computer Systems Ltd has entered into a strategic partnership with Xplana Learning Inc to provide electronic …

Turn your computer into a digital radio!
SourceWire (press release), UK - Sep 22, 2006Enjoy perfect sound quality and listen to DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) radio through your computer with the PC DAB Radio. Equipped …

TGS 2006: No PS3 Price Drop In US
PSX Extreme - 7 hours ago… Europe. In a quote delivered to GameSpot earlier today, Sony Computer President Kaz Hirai gave the official company stance-. “In …

Pour your PC into your pocket
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 23 hours agoBy Ryan Blitstein. Ever wish you could stick your whole computer in your back pocket and take it wherever you went? MojoPac promises to let you do it. …

Guard dogs to watch over Web surfing
Charlotte Observer, NC - 2 hours ago… If you try to visit an objectionable site on a computer with K9 installed, you’ll see a “filtering alert” page instead of the questionable content. …

Vancouver airport shutdown blamed on computer glitch
CBC British Columbia, Canada - Sep 22, 2006Security officials say a screening machine software malfunction caused the two-hour shutdown that stalled thousands of travellers at Vancouver International …

Navy using computer game to help recruit 
A new computer game has been unveiled by the Australian Defence Force in a bid to entice young people into a navy career. -

Park district offers private computer lessons 
HOMEWOOD | Homewood-Flossmoor Park District will offer private computer lesson for teens, adults and seniors.

It’s All Wrong for Wright to Be Lecturing Obese Kids on Fitnesslevels 
Every other day or so a little email pops up on my computer telling me all the latest from the truly wonderful world of TV - and the most recent one was a gem.

Xplana Learning Forms Strategic Partnership with Patni Computer Systems, Inc. 
Xplana Learning, a leading provider of interactive educational software, today announced a strategic partnership with Patni Computer Systems, Inc. , a leading global IT services provider. Xplana will leverage Patni’s technology skills, processes and methodologies, while providing educational and training solutions tools to Patni customers. Together, Xplana and Patni will meet the needs of global

Computer evidence missing in John Mark Karr child porn case in California 
SANTA ROSA, Calif. Authorities in California have lost a computer belonging to John Karr that allegedly contained child pornography.

Computer Hacker Group Offers Stealth Internet Surfing 
by Staff Writers San Francisco (AFP) Sep 21, 2006 A group calling itself “Hacktivismo” launched a web browser Thursday that promises to protect the privacy of Internet surfers from “hostile governments” or “data thieves.”

Breakthrough In Computer Chip Design Eliminates Wires In Data Transmission 
Research slated to appear in the Oct. 2 edition of the Optical Society of America’s Optics Express will unveil that researchers have created a new laser-silicon hybrid computer chip that can produce laser beams that will make it possible to use laser light rather than wires to send data between chips, removing the most significant bottleneck in computer design.

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-09-22 05:36 GMT: Sony Computer to cut Japanese retail prices of PS3 console before Nov launch 
TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc said it is cutting the suggested retail price of its next-generation videogame console, PlayStation 3 (PS3), from the previously set price tag even before the official launch in November in a bid to keep its dominant share of the home entertainment market.

JAWS Offers Freedom: With Program, Visually Impaired Use Common Computer Skills 
By Paula M. Davenport, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Sep. 21–People with severe visual impairments can now send and receive e-mails, navigate the Internet and create documents and presentations at a new computer workstation in the Spokane Valley Library.

Louisville pair jailed in Harrison on counterfeiting, drug charges
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 6 hours ago… State police said yesterday the pair used a laptop computer to hack into the computers of their victims and obtain identifying information. …

US authorities lose Karr’s computer
Ninemsn, Australia - Sep 20, 2006AP - Authorities have lost the computer that belonged to one-time JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr and allegedly held child pornography images …

A new iPod rival; Free software for budding artists
Providence Journal, RI - 21 hours agoComputer Corner is a weekly video report examining the latest trends in technology. Helpful links are listed. Walt Zwirko reports from WFAA-TV in Dallas. …

Singapore police arrest 3 Britons for alleged thefts with fake ATM …
International Herald Tribune, France - 10 hours agoSINGAPORE Three 21-year-old Britons were to be charged in a Singapore court Friday with theft and computer misuse for allegedly using dozens of counterfeit ATM …

DIY computer fix-its
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),  USA - 3 hours agoMost technicians agree that do-it-yourself computer fixes cause more problems than viruses, spam or Mountain Dew spilled onto a keyboard. …

Census Bureau loses hundreds of laptops
Houston Chronicle, United States - 9 hours ago… Burglars stole the equipment from the home of a Veterans Affairs employee, but the computer was recovered and showed no signs of having been accessed for the …

Roll up, roll up: flexible computer screens on the way
Computeractive, UK - 23 hours agoA rollable computer screen, one of the technological advances frequently promised over the last few years, may be a step closer. …

BECK PUPPETS TRASH RADIOHEAD HOTEL ROOM
Contactmusic.com, UK - 6 hours agoCult rocker BECK was forced to apologise to British band RADIOHEAD after his stage marionettes allegedly trashed the OK COMPUTER stars’ hotel room. …