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Learning the Jargon Helps Buying a Computer 
NEW YORK - So you’ve decided to take advantage of the sales to buy a computer this holiday season. You’ll soon be confronted with a bewildering array of jargon to determine the type of computer you need. Deciphering the tech-speak can be a challenge. Here’s a breakdown of the basics:

Computer glitch mails multiple bills, leaves citizens confused 
DURANT- A computer glitch sent copies of county residents tax bills to both homeowners as well as their mortgage companies. Every year mortgage companies request property tax bills allowing homeowners to pay their taxes through the company.

Computer virus wrecks the news for high school journalism students 
BRENTWOOD - Ravenwood High Schools student newspaper The Black & Red will not be published this month because of a computer virus.

Computer firm officials say piracy rampant 
DAGUPAN CITYThe ongoing battle between software developers and pirates in the country has continued to escalate, with no foreseeable victory for the government in the near future, an official of software firm Microsoft Philippines said here.

10 steps to Intel-ligent computer buying 
The ultimate dream “techno gift” this holiday season is a new desktop, laptop or all-in-one entertainment PC. And if this year is like last, consumers will have a new desktop or laptop PC on their wish list.

Schaeffer’s Daily Market Blog Features: C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Apple Computer, Microsoft, Google, and Ford Motor 
CINCINNATI—-Among the stocks featured in the November 27 edition of Schaeffer’s Market Blog are C.H. Robinson Worldwide , Apple Computer , Microsoft , Google , and Ford Motor . Schaeffer’s Market Blog is just one of the many free market commentaries written every day at www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer’s Investment Research.

Digital Insight and Computer Services Inc. Renew Strategic Relationship 
CALABASAS, Calif., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Digital Insight Corp. ( Nachrichten ) ( http://www.digitalinsight.com/ ), the leading on-demand banking provider, announced today Computer Services, Inc. (

Chinese firm develops under 200 dollars computer 
Children play computer games in a Hong Kong game fair in July 2006. A Chinese technology company has developed a low cost computer that will be priced under 200 dollars and fitted with a home-grown microprocessor.

Ahead of the Bell: MP3 Player Makers 
Microsoft Corp.’s answer to Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod is not eliciting much consumer interest, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal Tuesday.

Mid-Range DIY Computer Buyer’s Guide
TheTechLounge, TX - Nov 26, 2006This is our Mid-Range DIY Computer Buyer s Guide for the holiday season. The following components are very practical and solid …

The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not Black Friday Sales or the …
Schaeffers Research, OH - 11 hours agoEarly results and expectation for Black Friday sales… A move by Apple Computer (APPL) to become the exclusive online music store for the Beatles catalog… …

Mac OS X Spyware Sample Spotted
eWeek,  NY - 7 hours agoAnti-virus researchers have spotted the first signs of an adware/spyware program capable of launching browser windows on Apple Computer’s Mac OS X. …

Inboxes groan under weight of billions of bogus e-mails
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 47 minutes ago… Brian Gilmore, the university’s head of computer services, said: “You are fighting a running battle with these people [spammers]. …

CSC’s Army Logistics Modernization Program wins awards
Los Angeles Business, CA - 6 hours agoComputer Sciences Corp.’s US Army Logistics Modernization Program has won one award and received an honorable mention in another, the company said Monday. …

Kramnik and ‘Deep Fritz’ Vie for Chess Supremacy
Spiegel Online, Germany - 8 hours ago… commentary. The first match between chess grand champion Vladimir Kramnik and the computer “Deep Fritz” took place in 2002. And …

Online social networking finds new takers 
Take away Meenakshi Reddy Madhvan’s laptop and she’s a fish out of water. “I’m so addicted to the Internet. If I’m out somewhere without my computer, I keep looking for a cybercafe. Seriously, I have withdrawal symptoms,” said Meenakshi.

USC is win away from title game after jumping Michigan in BCS 
Southern California is a win away from returning to the national title game. The Trojans moved into second place in the Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday, passing idle Michigan on the strength of a 44-24 victory over Notre Dame and closing in on a matchup with undefeated Ohio State in the title game.

RTX presenta il primo dual-phone cordless per Skype che non ha bisogno di un computer 
- RTX ha presentato il rivoluzionario DUALphone 3088, il primo dual-phone cordless per Skype che non richiede la disponibilit di un computer.

Computer Thieves Strike 
By NO BYLINE THIEVES made off with a cache of computer equipment from a West Lothian high school. Four computer hard drives, two flat screen monitors and two keyboards were stolen from Deans Community High School, Livingston in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Man charged with illegally accessing police computer system
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - 11 hours agoA Christchurch man has been arrested and charged with illegally accessing the police national computer system. He is accused of …

Computer donation
Charles City Press,  United States - Nov 22, 2006Tim Speas (left) of Fareway presented Charles City Superintendent David Bradley with a new Dell computer on Monday. Fareway earned …

D-Wave Systems Inc.: Quantum Computer Developer Names Director …
CCNMatthews (press release), Canada - Nov 22, 2006BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(CCNMatthews - Nov. 22, 2006) - D-Wave Systems Inc., The Quantum Computing Company TM , today announced …

Around the Markets: Chip stocks get no bump from Vista
International Herald Tribune, France - 3 hours ago… Computer users switching to Vista may also shift more slowly than when Windows XP was released in 2001, according to analysts at Credit Suisse Group. …

INVESTIGATION ON IN COMPUTER THEFT
Pine Bluff Commercial, AR - Nov 22, 2006… Tyler said the computers, valued at $59,000, were to be used to record inmate medical information so the data could be put into a prison computer system. …

Special use permit approved for Del City computer store
Midwest City Sun, OK - Nov 22, 2006… Explaining why the couple chose to locate in Del City, Bradley noted Del City and Midwest City have only one computer store each, while Oklahoma City has 26. …

PC help: Computer hibernation
IT Week, UK - 23 hours agoI recently reinstalled Windows XP and found that I could not put my computer in hibernation mode even though this was possible before the reformat. …

300m move to store patient files on computer database
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Nov 21, 2006PATIENT records will be transferred to a computer database under an ambitious project to be launched today by Health Minister Andy Kerr. …

Imagination ups revenue, cuts losses 
Half year results from Imagination Technologies were well received today as the computer chip designer more than halved losses for the period and hiked revenue by 63%.

Calif. man who leaked file on Diebold gets probation 
A former temp worker has pleaded guilty to taking computer records from Jones Day on the rollout of electronic voting equipment in California by Diebold Inc. of Summit County.

School computer thief sentenced 
Paul C. Fischer, Mason, was recently convicted in Ashland County Circuit Court of felony burglary, as a party to a crime, for a July 2005 incident involving computer thefts from Marengo Valley School.

New Super Computer Deal for NHS 
EVERY NHS patient in Scotland is to have their health details stored on a super computer. Health Minister Andy Kerr today signed a GBP300million deal with a private consortium which plans to open a high security data centre in Livingston.

Mercury Computer Systems Signs Agreement with Medical Imaging Solutions Provider Genesis Digital Imaging 
CHELMSFORD, Mass./FUERTH (ots) - Leading solutions provider to integrate award-winning Mercury Visage PACS into its industry-leading product offerings Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced a three-year agreement to …

Apple Computer has made the world a better place 
I have right here in my hot little hands, which actually aren’t all that little and are only slightly warm at the moment, a brand-new, lick-ready, smooth-as-love Apple MacBook Pro with Core 2 Duo Super Orgasm Deluxe Modern Computing Device Designed by God…

Computer industry ‘faces crisis’ 
The computer industry faces a skills crisis, the president of the British Computer Society tells BBC News.

PARENTING ON THIN ICE 
For the past month or so, my kids have gathered around the computer every afternoon after school, eagerly elbowing each other to get a better view of the screen.

Technology Q&A: Customizing your list of programs 
Q. Something nasty has happened since I installed a couple of new programs on my Windows XP computer. When I call up the All Programs list by clicking on Start, the list of programs runs off the bottom of the screen, which means that I no longer can see what I’ve got at a glance. I don’t like it. My husband says that’s just the way it has to be. Is he correct?

People on the move 
NewTec CEO: Charles R. Garcia has been appointed president and chief executive officer of NewTec Corp. LLC by Computer Sciences Corp. NewTec is the range support contractor for White Sands Missile Range and the Electronics Proving Ground in Huachuca, Ariz. Garcia will also serve as the program manager for the company’s White Sands Missile Range contract, a 450-employee contract that will begin

Holiday views see Vista on horizon 
The first and most important tip for holiday-season computer shoppers is to do your homework on the upcoming Windows Vista operating system, expected out in January.

A quantum (computer) step 
University of Utah physicist Christoph Boehme works with equipment that he uses to show it it feasible for a superfast quantum computer of the future to read data that is…

A WORD TO THE WIRED: Stupid computer tricks 
Most of us know, by now anyway, that the little tray that pops out of our computers is for a CD, and not a handy beverage holder.

HP to maintain Mercury R&D plant after buyout 
LOD, Israel, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Computer and software giant Hewlett Packard Co. said on Sunday its largest research and development centre will be located in Israel in the wake of its acquisition of Mercury Interactive .

DeLay Successor Seeks Inquiry Into Missing Computer Files 
Just when it seemed things could get no stranger regarding the House seat once held by Texas Republican Tom DeLay, his successor called for an investigation into missing computer records last night, and an aide accused her of “disrespect and unprofessionalism.”

H-F Park District announces computer classes 
HOMEWOOD | Those who need personalized help taking a byte out of todays technology can sign up for a Homewood-Flossmoor Park District private computer lesson.

Nokia prepping N97 “multimedia computer”? 
As much as we love to give Nokia crap for calling these S60 smartphones of theirs “multimedia computers,” it’s getting harder and harder to argue with the moniker.

‘Happy Feet’ stays on its toes 
There’s a lot more going on besides toe tapping in Happy Feet, but the rousing opening musical numbers will leave an indelible first impression. The computer-animated film about penguins who find their mates through song has exhilarating music. It also has an almost mythic story (with occasional echoes of March of the Penguins) and extraordinarily lovely photorealistic visuals.

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces 20 Games in Development for the PLAYSTATION(R)3 Computer Entertainment  
NEW YORK, BUSINESS WIRE — Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) today announced twenty games in development for the PLAYSTATION (R)3 computer entertainment system, with more than seven titles from Rockstar Games , including Grand Theft Auto IV which is expected to be in North American stores on October 16, 2007 and European stores on October 19, 2007. Additional Rockstar Games