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Judge extends Microsoft oversight for two years
Reuters UK - The decree covers the company’s ties to computer makers, how its software works with other types of software and enforcement to ensure it does not repeat past practices. The consent decree’s expiration had been temporarily pushed back until

NY legislation to protect children, teens from predators online
Minneapolis Star Tribune - I pose the classic difficulty, I have three young girls they are frankly better on the computer than I am, but there is a certain level of naivety.” Parole officers would have the authority to check the offenders’ hard drives, but the legislation

Enfant terrible Jerome Kerviel becomes a hero to Francophobes and
Times Online - On one alone he has more than 900 fans, most of them saluting his achievement in burning up one tenth of France s annual budget deficit from his computer in SocGen s headquarters at La D fense.One group of fans is called Saving Trader Kerviel

Steve Alexander: Privacy policy makes it hard to play detective
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Even if you knew the offending IP addresses, you would have trouble tracing it to a particular computer or PC owner. Internet service providers typically share IP addresses among many customers, so that each time a customer logs off the Internet or

Less than 3pc of big firms have climate change plan
News.com.au - FEWER than 3 per cent of major Australian firms have implemented a climate change plan even though the Federal Government 6. Heath’s film to be finished by computer 7. Arrested man leaps four floors into pool 8. Jessica Rowe’s new late show 9. One in

Computer Sciences wins $25.5M Navy deal
CNBC - WASHINGTON (AP) - A division of Computer Sciences Corp. has won a $25.5 million contract boost from the Navy to provide technical and base support for a major range and test facility base used for deep- and shallow-water testing and training

Dell director ordered to pay $12 million in bankruptcy case stemming
CNBC - A Dell spokesman said the Round Rock-based computer company would have no comment on the bankruptcy court ruling. Michael J. Venditto, a bankruptcy lawyer not involved in the case, said loans like Mandl’s are common in executive contracts and

Af General: Spy Satellite Could Hit US
Guardian Unlimited - It carried a sophisticated and secret imaging sensor but the satellite’s central computer failed shortly after launch. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret, said the satellite is designated

Research sheds new light on asteroid disaster
CNN - Although the computer simulation shows the Tunguska asteroid was smaller, its physical size isn’t known. That would depend on such factors as speed, shape, how dense or porous it was and what it was made of, Boslough said. Smaller asteroids approach

Microsoft profit rises 79 pct, outlook bullish
CNBC - Microsoft posted strong Vista sales, helped by double-digit percentage growth rates in computer sales in the quarter. A strong performance for Windows drove Microsoft’s first-quarter results, which far exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. For the

Silicon Valley’s Coolest Investments
Forbes - Hyperactive Technologies, located in Pittsburgh, has created a combination camera and computer program (appropriately called “HyperActive Bob”) that uses video and predictive technology to tell cooks how many burgers and fries need to be cooked at

The Golden Google Touch
Forbes - They advised Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page on how to turn their computer science project into a corporation. But the roles of Kleiner and Sequoia diverged over time. According to the documentation filed by Google with the Securities and

Societe Generale uncovers massive fraud by futures trader
CNBC - The bank also filed a legal complaint Thursday accusing Kerviel of fraudulent falsification of banking records, use of such records and computer fraud. Elisabeth Meyer, Kerviel’s lawyer, said on French television network BFM that her client “is not

Evaluating Career Choices
BusinessWeek - Wouldn’t a master’s degree in Computer Engineering be a better fit for you? 2. Tell me Lawrence, you have a very young face, which would give an impression to people that you have a lack of credibility. How do you handle yourself or persuade clients

UPDATE 3-Japan exports soft, business mood dips to 2-yr low
Forbes - Brisk sales of computer chips and other electronic devices helped China, including Hong Kong, overtake the United States as Japan’s biggest export market last year for the first time in modern history. That growth could soften the blow of a U.S

Students tour career opportunities in autos
Detroit News - Julius Holmes, a 22-year-old engineering student at ITT Tech in Saginaw, said a strong electronics and computer background will make students more attractive hires later in life. “Most of the cars nowadays are computerized,” he said. “You are going

Study: seeing familiar face in crowd not easy
Xinhua News Agency - Images would flash onto a computer screen and subjects had to indicate whether the target face, for instance, was on the right, on the left or not present at all. The participants had the most trouble identifying target faces surrounded by

Family movie guide
St. Petersburg Times - (PG) - Those rowdy rodents get the computer-animation treatment, like Garfield, with Jason Lee as their best human buddy. Brief rude humor that is common in family films these days. Enchanted : A- (PG) - A cartoon princess (Amy Adams) is banished to

Canon U.S.A.’s New EOS Rebel XSi Places Superior Optics and
Forbes - The second part of the cleaning system involves post processing with a compatible personal computer and the supplied Digital Photo Professional software. Here the camera maps any spots that may remain on the sensor, saving it as Dust Delete Data and

Taipei shares close up on technical rebound as regional bourses
Forbes - Among other stocks in focus, Cathay Financial Holdings added 4.10 twd or 5.77 pct to 75.10, Far Eastern Textile was limit-up 2.85 twd or 7 pct at 44.20, Cathay Real Estate was limit-up 1.15 twd or 7 pct at 18.10 and High Tech Computer added 15.00 twd

Who’s Blogging
Washington Post - The OMB has posted an electronic version of the budget on the agency’s Web site for several years, but it has been difficult to search, and some tables are difficult to read on a computer screen. Evans said the electronic budget due next month will

Websites linked to series of young suicides
News.com.au - have been accused of “romanticising death” after the seemingly copycat suicides of seven young people in a small town in Britain. British police have denied media reports of an internet suicide cult, but said they were investigating the computer of a

The wealthy enemiesof capitalism
St. Petersburg Times - Just why investment bankers and traders out-earn, say, doctors or computer engineers is a question I’ve never heard convincingly answered. Are they smarter? Unlikely. Do they contribute more to the economy? Questionable. True, Wall Street often