Computer Updates and Site Info

Elderly couple’s new computer really wasn’t 
Dear Greg: We purchased a Hewlett-Packard computer at Circuit City on Jan. 1, 2002. Before the year was out the CD burner stopped working.

State computer access disrupted 
FRANKFORT, Ky. Some Kentucky state Internet access was disrupted Monday morning for several hours. The cause of the outage and how much had been restored was not immediately available. Check www.courier-journal.com for updates.

Straight Shift for Computer Street 
Dubai Computer Traders Group (DCTG) have initiated one of its first campaign for Computer Street traders. The meeting was held yesterday at Everest Hotel at Dubai.

CSC gets $20M Airbus North America IT contract 
Computer Sciences Corp. has signed a six-year, $20 million information technology outsourcing contract with Airbus North America Engineering, the company said Monday.

Fort Pierce man charged with promoting child sex 
A Fort Pierce Realtor was arrested Friday after detectives said they found pornographic photos of children, including a local girl, in his computer files, court records show.

Plugged In
Austin American-Statesman - All Star runs a network of Web sites that feature 5,500 schools and focus on fields including health care, business, teacher education, computer training and nursing. “We are acquiring a very well-run and profitable firm with a scalable

Tools for mere mortals: Vox and Google Reader
ZDNet Blogs - Google is contributing to computer ease of use for mankind beyond its pioneering simple and fast search interface. Google Reader has the right model, at least to me, for dealing with the human processing of RSS feeds and other data buckets. Click on

EDITORIAL: Voting machines need safeguards
TMCnet - According to Philadelphia Inquirer political columnist Dick Polman, those problems have been found in at least nine reports “from places such as Princeton and Stanford, all authored by reputable computer-security experts with esteemed university

Softbank Down 1.7%;Deutsche Keeps Hold Rating
Newratings.com - 0012 GMT [Dow Jones] STOCK CALL: Softbank (9984.TO) down 1.7% at Y2,570, outpacing Nikkei’s 0.9% decline, after news its computer system overwhelmed by flood of applications to switch mobile carriers. Shares could fall to Y2,100, says Deutsche

Officers suggest safety tips for young ghosts to enjoy Halloween
Goldsboro News-Argus - We’re putting them on floppy disks so parents can access them by computer or e-mail it to grandparents if they go away for the summer,” Davis said. “We’re not storing any information in the computer.” The GPD Crime Prevention Unit wants to ensure

Here’s what to do when icons run amok
Arizona Daily Star - Q: I’ve always thought I was computer-literate, but Windows XP has me stumped. My “Start/All Programs” menu is so full it is now running off the screen with little icons. I want to place some of the programs I don’t often use into one folder to make

NCAA: UConn’s Thabeet Eligible to Play
Caspar Star-Tribune - E-MAIL THIS STORY PRINTABLE VERSION BRAILLE FILE This will download to your computer a computer braille ASCII file of the current story translated into grade 2 braille. This file may be sent to any standard braille embosser.

Electronic Chip, Interacting With The Brain, Modifies Pathways For
Medical News Today - The possibility that these neural signals can be recorded directly and used to operate a computer or to control mechanical devices outside of the body has been driving the rapidly expanding field of brain-computer interfaces, often abbreviated BCI

Man arrested for sending explicit e-mails
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pawlicki used a computer in the electronics store where he worked to contact the girl four times between Aug. 29 and Sept. 15, Mr. Corbett said. He was not permitted to contact minors or use a computer as conditions of his release on bail after his

Identity-theft computer scheme uncovered in apartment search
Denver Post - An identity-theft scheme that could affect thousands of Americans has been uncovered in Denver, the district attorney’s office warned in a consumer alert Friday. “The potential harm to people is huge,” said Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman for the

11/4 FAMILY HISTORY SEMINAR TO BE PRESENTED IN HUNTSVILLE
WAAY-TV - Richard White, researcher and instructor of genealogy classes and Computer Genealogy Librarian in the Heritage Room of the Huntsville/Madison County Library; and Howard Blood, a past president of the Huntsville Genealogical Computing Society and

Market wrap
The State - AT&T is introducing a home monitoring service $9.95/month, compatible with any broadband Internet service that includes live video surveillance on a computer or cell phone, lighting controls and sensors for motion, temperature and flooding

Police to seek help of Computer Emergency Response Team
Newindpress (subscription), India - 27 minutes agoT PURAM: The State police will seek the assistance of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) in New Delhi to crack the e-mail source from which the …

Hon Hai Precision to Spend $163.5 Million More on China Plants
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago… Hon Hai’s board has approved seven investments in plants that make mobile phones, their parts and computer components, according to statements to the Taiwan …

Goodwill teaches computer expertise
York Dispatch, PA - Oct 26, 2006PITTSBURGH — Crystal Kenney didn’t know how to take the back off her home computer, let alone tell the difference between a motherboard and a hard drive. …

Oil giant Chevron’s 3Q profit hits a record $5 billion
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 12 hours ago… Tech headlines: Cupertino Macintosh and iPod maker Apple Computer has won an extension to avoid delisting from the Nasdaq Stock Market. …

Apple issues MacBook shutdown fix but skeptics remain
iTWire, Australia - 6 hours agoBy Stan Beer. Apple Computer has issued a fix for a problem afflicting some MacBook owners since July which caused their computers to randomly shutdown. …

Apple Bolsters Leopard Interface, Security 
Mac OS X 10.5, code-named “Leopard,” will include a new performance measuring tool along with security and user interface enhancements, according to an Apple Computer Leopard developer information Web page.

Computer glitch blamed for overcharging on Broward water bills 
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A computer glitch is to blame for an overcharge on some Broward County water bills. Some customers saw a six-dollar increase in their water bills…

Computer whiz kid expelled 
A Janesville Craig High School student has been banned from district schools after being accused of disrupting the school’s computer system. The student is accused of causing intermittent outages of the Craig computer system over two weeks in September.

Computer, wireless products boost On Semiconductor sales 
ON Semiconductor Corp. Thursday reported a 12 percent increase in quarterly revenue to $421 million, up from $375 million for third-quarter 2005.

Graphic wiz riding wave a long time 
Computer scientist Jim Kajiya is a visionary man. You don’t become general manager of research for Microsoft by not thinking outside the box, ahead of the curve and well beyond the envelope.

Windows Forensics: The Field Guide for Conducting Corporate Computer Investigations 
Se in genere vi sono pochi libri che si occupano di sicurezza informatica in ambiente Windows, ancora meno sono quelli che trattano specificatamente il tema della Computer Forensics in casa Microsoft.

Computer Glitch Makes Broward Water Bills Higher 
If your water bill came too high this month, a computer glitch might be to blame for an overcharge on some Broward County water bills.

Computer spots benefits cheat
Peterborough Evening Telegraph, UK - 1 hour agoA HOUSING benefit fraudster was ordered to pay back all the money he had illegally claimed. Peterborough Magistrates Court heard …

Workshop designed to protect kids
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - 4 hours ago… “The prevalence and creativity of online predators make it imperative that parents monitor their children’s computer use,” Superintendent Ed Hightower said. …

Man arrested for bot net, Akamai attack
SecurityFocus, CA - 15 hours agoFederal prosecutors charged on Tuesday a 32-year-old Florida man with computer trespass in connection with the creation of a bot network and the targeting of …

ID theft scam hunt goes global
Register, UK - 22 hours ago… As previously reported, a computer seized in the US contained personal data - including names, addresses, credit card information, and transaction records …

Playstation 3 Launch Titles
Myth Games - 21 hours agoSony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced its debut game titles and unveiled the online strategy for its Playstation 3 system, the company s …

Weighing price of fraud at CA
Newsday, NY - 4 hours agoA fraudulent accounting scheme at Computer Associates, directed by former chairman and chief executive Sanjay Kumar, reduced the value of the company’s stock …

Advanced Computer Engineering Services, Inc. (ACES) Expands Operations
PRWeb - With another office location, the company’s expansion aims to enable more customers to benefit from its proven website design, Internet marketing, graphic design, copywriting and custom software development expertise. Greensboro, NC (PRWEB via PRWeb

Personal info in stolen computer
Rocky Mountain News - A desktop computer containing personal information of Colorado human services department clients involved in child support payments was stolen this month, officials said Tuesday. Affiliated Computer Services, which operates the state’s Family

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grants $50 Million to University of
WTNH.com - AUSTIN, Texas, May 15 /PRNewswire/ — The University of Texas today announced a $50 million gift from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to put Austin at the leading edge of pediatric health research, computer science and the advancement of healthy

Apple’s “other” Steve opens up
Reuters - Oct. 24 - Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak takes a break from a book tour in support of his “iWoz” autobiography to speak to Reuters TV. The engineer who built the first Apple computer is an icon in technology circles, but remains largely

The Hacker Made Me Do It
Motley Fool - Their most widely used approach involves installing spyware in your computer that logs passwords and then mails them to the hackers. You are probably well-versed on the proliferation of spyware, adware, and computer viruses. They are often seen as

Big trial for new ways of voting
Denver Post - Larimer County had to purchase extra security seals for computers, new video cameras to train on election equipment and $20,000 worth of extra computer storage space for video. “This could be a $300,000, a $400,000 hit by the time we’re done

Arrow Electronics 3Q Profit Climbs
MSN MoneyCentral - MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Arrow Electronics Inc., a maker of electronic and computer parts used by manufacturers, on Wednesday said third-quarter profit rose 35 percent on stronger sales. Net income grew to $85.9 million, or 70 cents per share, from $63

Are YOU weakest link?
Reading Eagle - Don’t look now, but you may be the weakest link in your company’s computer network security. If you’re polite, curious and find it hard to say no to people, then convicted super hacker Kevin D. Mitnick wants to be your friend. If a hacker

PCHS Foundation Raises $20,000 for Auditorium and Computer Lab 
They’re almost halfway there. The PCHS Education Foundation, Inc., has raised around $20,000 toward two projects aimed at updating Pinckneyville Community High School’s computer lab as well as the third-floor auditorium.

Satyam Computer Services “neutral weight,” target price raised 
NEW YORK, October 24 (newratings.com) - Analyst Bryan C Keane of Prudential Financial maintains his “neutral weight” rating on Satyam Computer Services Limited ( SAY.NYS ), while raising his estimates for the company. The target price has been raised from $18 to $23.

MacBooks driving Apple’s computer sales 
With its highest ever quarter for Mac shipments on the books and a rising computer market share, Apple executives said its portable computers are responsible for over 60 percent of the reported shipments.

IM monitoring on company computers a growing business
Virginian Pilot, VA - 14 hours ago… We re very clear in our advice to our clients and even in our own firm, Mytelka said. If you re the owner of a computer system you must …

Dartmouth grad donates money to help student entrepreneurs
Boston Globe, United States - 7 hours agoHANOVER, NH –A Dartmouth College graduate who started a successful computer software firm has donated one (M) million dollars to help students who want to …

Study rebuts EPA on mercury deposits 
UNDERHILL, Vt. The computer models the Environmental Protection Agency used to issue new emission control rules for Midwestern power plants show the mercury in their…

Computer engineer wins ABC’s opera comp 
The winner of ABC program Operatunity Oz, David Parkin, says he doesn’t deserve the triumph.

Vt. researchers rebut EPA theory on mercury pollution 
Environmental Protection Agency computer models, developed as the federal agency prepared emission rules for coal-fired power plants, showed that no mercury from their stacks would fall on Vermont.

IEEE Computer Society’s Boise Chapter Banquet Set 
By The Idaho Statesman, Boise Oct. 20–The Boise Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society will host its annual banquet from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Boise.

SALINAS / Ex-teacher sentenced for Internet child porn / 303 images found; lawyers say he used school computer 
A former Salinas elementary school teacher was sentenced Thursday to six years in federal prison for possessing and transmitting child pornography, prosecutors said. In his guilty plea in July, Larry Michael Mead, 46, admitted using a home computer to…

Computer technology isnt about just computers anymore 
The Lenoir Community College Computer Engineering Technology Club has begun a new season with new technology added to the curriculum.The club and curriculum isnt just about computers.

In 5 Years, iPod Has Become a Pop Icon: MARKET’s BESTSELLER HELPS APPLE, CHANGES INDUSTRY 
By Troy Wolverton and John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Oct. 22–Five years ago today, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPod, the company’s most important product since the original Macintosh and one of the most successful consumer electronics products ever.

Apple’s Steve Jobs: The Harder They Fall? 
The pending resignation of UnitedHealth Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive William McGuire provided an inescapable sign that no executive is too big to be toppled by a stock option scandal — despite having many fans in the boardroom and on Wall Street. That news also could rekindle a question: Is Apple Computer’s iconic CEO Steve Jobs truly safe?

‘Y’ cable will link tape deck, PC 
Question: I have old cassette tapes that I’d like to move to my computer. How can I do this? Answer: You need to connect your tape deck or receiver to the computer. Usually, you connect two line-out ports on the audio equipment to a line-in port on the computer. You will need a “Y” cable. The single end would be an eighth-inch jack.

BELLEVUE 
THEFT: A laptop computer was stolen from an office between Oct. 13 and 16 at Newbay Software in the 1600 block of 114th Avenue Southeast. It was valued at $2,000.