Computer Updates and Site Info

Apple Computer delays Apple TV device 
NEW YORK, February 27 (newratings.com) The launch of Apple Computer Incs ( AAPL.NAS ) Apple TV device, for playing computer-based video on television sets, has been delayed, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

In A Reversal Of Fortune, Sun Micro Gains Market Share 
Sun Microsystems has pulled off a bit of an upset, gaining market share amid a sluggish year for top-tier computer server vendors.

Photo Report: Training session for ISS Expedition 15 (ISS-15) and Visiting Crew (VC-12) held at S.P. Korolev RSC Energia 
The Corporation specialists familiarized cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, (RSC Energia) and Oleg Kotov, (GCTC RGNII) with the Russian Segment onboard computer system software exchange procedures.

Police believe man killed in highway crash was using laptop computer 
YUBA CITY, Calif. Authorities investigating a fatal crash in California say they found a dead man’s laptop computer in the wreckage. It was still running.

Hong Kong accounting firm is charged by SEC with insider trading 
Blue Bottle made $2.7 million by hacking into computer systems shortly before the release of market-moving information, the SEC said.

The Bottom Line on Bots 
Does your computer act like it’s possessed? Millions know what you’re feeling. We asked an expert at security software maker McAfee to shed some light

MIT Research Mimics How Humans Recognize Street Scene 
MIT researchers create world’s first computer model that is able to adequately mimic artificial vision …

No Plans to Test F-22 for Computer Bugs 
The Air Force on Tuesday said it is fixing technological glitches in roughly 87 F-22 Raptor fighter jets after several aircraft computer systems were disabled earlier this month during a test flight.

Deft fingers and nimble minds win the day in computer challenges
Anchorage Daily News - The cables were the problem. Or wait! Maybe it was the RAM. Or the processors. Or Marcel Krenzelok, 16, leaned over the bowels of his computer tower, screwdriver in hand, forehead damp with sweat as he pulled, puttered and pleaded for the

Website Offers Legit Movie Downloads
Time - The service is squarely aimed at young men and boys who regularly use BitTorrent to trade pirated versions of the same films and who more often watch such files on their computer instead of on a big screen TV in the living room. The San Francisco

Tech rant: Technical ignorance
BBC News - Recently in South Warwickshire some bright spark realised that it was taking too long for A&E staff to log in to their new computer system - so now the shift leaders log in on one computer and everyone uses it. An interesting take on security, wouldn

WomenGamers.Com and National Computer Camp Announce New Scholarship
dBusinessNews.com - RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK — For the June/July 2007 enrollment, WomenGamers.Com and National Computer Camp (NCC) are offering scholarships valued at $945 to two female students ages 8-18 for one week. These will be the first scholarships ever given to

No jail for hack attack
Newsday - service account and setting up dates with several strange men was sentenced to no jail time and no probation because he is enlisting in military service. Michael Valentine, 29, was charged in April with 197 counts that included stalking, computer

Former O.C. judge collapses during sentencing
Los Angeles Times - Kline was arrested in November 2001 after a Canadian hacked into his home computer and discovered hundreds of images of boys engaged in sex. The hacker, Bradley Willman, relayed the information to a Colorado-based Internet watchdog group, Pedowatch

Samsung to Use Pixelworks Chip
MSN MoneyCentral - TUALATIN, Ore. (AP) - Pixelworks Inc., which makes technology for computer and television visual displays, said Tuesday Samsung will use its new co-processor chip for two slim cathode-ray tube, or CRT, television models. Pixelworks said the co

H-P profit up 26% to $1.5B
MSN MoneyCentral - Citing gains in its computer, printer and software divisions, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday reported a first quarter profit of $1.5 billion, up from $1.2 billion in the year-ago period. Palo Alto-based H-P (NYSE: HPQ) had revenue of $25.1 billion in

Former Judge Collapses as He’s Sentenced to 27 Months for Child Porn
Law.com - A former Orange County (Calif.) Superior Court judge collapsed in court Tuesday upon learning he was being sentenced to 27 months in prison for possessing child pornography on his home computer. Ronald Kline fell into his attorney’s arms as Judge

State scraps faulty computer project 
Madison - The state has pulled the plug on what was to be a $41.2 million computer project after it spent $10 million on a key component that has yet to work.

Computer Skills Offer Hope: Haitians Proud to Earn Diplomas From Program 
By Joel Hood, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Feb. 19–WEST PALM BEACH — Quetel Osterval stood at the podium in a black suit and yellow tie, flashing a sparkling white grin that would not be contained. “Yes, you did it,” Osterval said, pumping his fist for emphasis.

2007 Notable Computer Software for Children announced 
CHICAGO The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected its 2007 list of Notable Computer Software and Online Subscription Services for children.

Three Minutes: The FTC Chief Takes on Cybercrime 
Over the past few years, computer crimes and annoyances have become an increasingly important part of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s work. In the past year, the FTC has announced settlements with spammers, adware distributors, and even Sony BMG Music Entertainment, over its distribution of rootkit software.

Computer’s tale makes all the write moves 
Most authors need a computer to write a book. Meet a computer that doesn’t need an author.

Era of Tera 
A tera is 10 raised to the power of 12. Or one trillion. So when Intel showcased an experimental teraflop computer chip last week, it was basically highlighting the fact that the device was capable of performing more than a trillion calculations per second.

VA reeling from latest computer data breach 
Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson has suspended activities at seven specialized research centers across the country after an unprotected computer hard drive disappeared from one of the facilities in Alabama last month.

Discount labor dispute dims central computer in Tel Aviv 
Israel Discount Bank employees launched sanctions yesterday, suspending operation of the central computer at the bank in Tel Aviv. Disruptions are expected in services to customers as a result.

IBM claims a computer memory speed record 
IBM researchers say they have set a speed record for a type of computer memory to be used in a new generation of microprocessors.

Time to move into a new PC? 
Most of you will only get chummy with Windows Vista when you buy a new computer. Your current PC may not be robust enough to run the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system well, making an upgrade unattractive if not impossible.

Goodbye Computer Horizons 
Shareholders of services provider Computer Horizons Corp approved the sale of its remaining two business units on Tuesday, with more than 73% of outstanding shares voting for the sale.

Gathering virtual evidence - Second of two parts about MPDs forensic computer lab in our ongoing series on cyber-crime 
The extent of some of the cases we have worked with computer forensics include a couple of homicides, child exploitation and child sexual assault cases, auto theft, quite a few identity theft and credit card fraud cases, child pornography, harassment, suicide investigations, securities fraud, counterfeiting and even DNR environmental violations, reported Sergeant Andy Crouse of the Menomonie …

Start-up shows off quantum computer 
D-Wave Systems has plans to rent out time on its Orion quantum computer to corporate customers next year

IBM says it can triple memory stored on computer chips 
SAN JOSE, Calif. I-B-M says it has devised a way to triple the amount of memory stored on computer chips that will double the performance of processors.

Affiliated Computer rises on upgrades 
RBC Capital Markets analyst Cynthia Houlton upgraded Affiliated Computer shares to “Outperform” from “Underperform,” and raised the price target to $60 per share from $48. She noted the Dallas-based company received greater demand from government clients.

Daylight-saving may let loose computer bugs 
It’s not exactly Y2K, but when daylight-saving time starts next month, beware of computer glitches. That’s because clocks will spring forward an hour on the second Sunday in March, three weeks earlier than usual.

Affiliated Computer Services “outperform,” target price raised 
NEW YORK, February 14 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Robert W Baird maintain their “outperform” rating on Affiliated Computer Services Inc ( ACS.NYS ), while reducing their estimates for the company. The target price has been raised from $54 to $55.

IBM says it can triple memory stored on computer chips 
SAN JOSE, Calif. I-B-M says it has devised a way to triple the amount of memory stored on computer chips that will double the performance of processors.

Schools hope to help eighth-graders pass computer-skills test 
The Rowan-Salisbury School System will hold a series of Saturday academies during February and March to provide additional remediation for students who have yet to pass the state-required computer skills test.

News: Start-up demos quantum computer 
c|net - About a year from now, banks, pharmaceutical companies and other large institutions will be able to rent time on a computer that calculates by studying the behavior of a niobium atom, according to D-Wave Systems.

Computer News 
By Anonymous VERNIER SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY recently released two new educational aids-a lab book, Human Physiology with Vernier, and an updated version of its Logger Pro 3 data-collection program. Human Physiology with Vernier, by Diana Gordon and Steven L.

Brevard County, Florida Contracts with Tiburon, Inc. for a $1.0 Million Computer Aided Dispatch System 
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—-CompuDyne Corporation , an industry leader in sophisticated security products, integration and technology for the public security markets, announced today that the County of Brevard, Florida has signed a $1.0 million contract with CompuDyne’s Public Safety and Justice unit, Tiburon, Inc., to provide a Computer Aided Dispatch system for the Sheriff’s Office.

I.B.M. Reports a Speed Record for a Type of Computer Memory 
The announcement sets up a potential confrontation between I.B.M. and Intel over the design of new, faster microprocessors.

Earlier DST could foil computer calendars 
For three weeks this March and April, Microsoft Corp. warns that users of its calendar programs should view any appointments … as suspect until they communicate with all meeting invitees.'’

Affiliated Computer Services Moves Ahead on Boosted Revenue 
After yesterday’s closing bell, Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), which according to Hoover’s “provides business process outsourcing and technology-related services for commercial enterprises and government agencies,” reported second-quarter earnings of 72 cents per share, compared with 81 cents per share, in the year-earlier period…( Read More )

Computer confounds census forms 
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. A glitch in the software that scans town Census forms into the states records system is causing up to 1 out of every 20 forms to be ignored.

Area students invited to vie in Computer Olympics 
Cochise County high school and middle school students are once again invited to participate in the Computer Olympics, to be held March 2 at the Sierra Vista campus of Cochise College.

TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies and DECOMSYS Introduce First Oscilloscope-Based Time-Correlated Measurement System for … 
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & VIENNA, Austria–Agilent Technologies Inc. and Dependable Computer Systems GmbH (DECOMSYS) today introduced a measurement system that provides the highest-level FlexRay triggering and protocol decode measurements available in an oscilloscope.

SkyCon computer conference for UL 
SKYNET, or the University of Limerick Computer Society, are holding a three day open-soure software conference from February 16 to 18 at various locations in the University of Limerick.

Thorntons Attorney Fights To See Computer Evidence Firsthand 
Kevin M. Thornton was granted his court-approved investigator in a continuance hearing Thursday in Christian County Court in Taylorville, but his attorney is fighting for the right to see computer evidence firsthand.

ELECTRONICS SECTOR Cal-Comp results lifted by sales of peripherals 
Last year’s net profit for Cal-Comp Elec-tronics (Thailand) grew 37 per cent to Bt2.43 billion, thanks to a significant increase in sales of computer peripheral products manufactured in Thailand and China.

5:00AM 
A small Auckland technology company which supplies touch-screen displays for everything from shopfronts to poker machines has hit the jackpot, winning a multimillion dollar deal with computer giant Hewlett-Packard.

Farmers trade tips, shoot the breeze online 
Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse in Martinsville, Ohio, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer. The screen’s soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.

Maytag overwhelmed by dishwasher recall notice 
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The national recall of 2.3 million Maytag dishwashers which could short-circuit and catch fire has hit a glitch. The phone and computer system set up to handle consumer inquiries staggered under the high volume of calls and temporarily shut down, leaving many frustrated consumers on hold.

iLearn Express Unveils 99-Cent Downloadable Interactive Learning Activities 
iLearn Express, an innovative provider of downloadable learning activities, announced today that it has launched a new service that enables parents and teachers to search for and purchase activities that meet the specific learning needs of their children in K-5 math and spelling. Each activity available through iLearn Express is downloaded to the local computer at a cost of only 99 cents or less.

Trail of cheating can be tracked on your computer 
There’s a new trend developing among cheating spouses. It’s a trend that may have you taking a closer look at your home computer.

Coaches hit on game plan 
When he started his own company, Hall Data Solutions in Riverside, Chris Hall had a degree in computer information systems and knew how to customize databases for clients.

Free computer education in Chandigarh schools 
Chandigarh is all set to impart free computer and information technology (IT) education in all government schools from the coming academic year, a senior official said Monday.

ACS lands $14M contract in France 
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a three-year, $14 million contract to provide a contactless ticketing system for a public transportation operator in France.

Vodafone plots Google Maps for mobile phones 
View of the African and European continents on Google Earth on a computer screen in 2005. British telecom company Vodafone said it would provide Google Maps services for its mobile phone customers with the assistance of the US Internet search giant.

Report predicts job losses to offshoring 
Silicon Valley is likely to lose at least one out of every five computer programming, software engineering and data-entry jobs that existed in 2004 due to offshoring over the next decade, according to a first-of-its-kind report being released today by the Brookings Institution.

Computer Pioneer Ken Kennedy Dies 
Ken Kennedy, a pioneer in computer science whose work can be seen in today’s supercomputers and video games, has died in Houston at 61. Kennedy taught at Rice University, where he founded the computer science department in 1984.

Microsoft’s new OS Vista spurs computer sales 
US sales of computers carrying Microsoft’s new operating system Vista soared in the week after it was launched, defying the expectations of analysts who gave Vista lackluster reviews.

Computer Glitch Delays Firefighter Response 
Fire destroyed a home on Fort Wayne’s southwest side Friday morning, and a computer glitch slowed down some firefighters from arriving.