Computer Updates and Site Info

TiVo Adds Podcasting Support; Still Too Complicated
Podcasting News - from your PC to your TiVo DVR. Improved video quality and aspect ratio in the Series3 and TiVo HD DVRs when downloading high-quality video. Automatically transfer shows from your TiVo DVR to a Windows PC or laptop. Browse and listen to your computer s

SocGen’s Kerviel to Be Released From Prison Today (Update2)
Bloomberg - Kerviel told the judges that he took open positions on his boss’s computer in his presence. Eric Cordelle , Kerviel’s manager on the Delta One trading desk, said he “didn’t have the software on his computer at the time and couldn’t have been present

Old meets new at Etsy: You’ll find all kinds of handmade items for
Charlotte.com - But in this marketplace, buyer and seller can be separated by thousands of miles, and their transaction can happen with a few computer keystrokes.

Coroner questions bail for killer
BBC UK News - But when police checked, they found that no one else had used a cable tie to kill themselves in this way, and the suicide note was actually typed on the family computer at a time when Mrs Weddell, a teacher, was known to be invigilating at an exam.

Baghdad, a city crushed by grief
Chicago Tribune - BAGHDAD I asked a close Iraqi colleague, Nadeem Majeed, to write down a list of the people he knows who have died in the five years since the Iraq war began. It took a long time. And as Nadeem tapped away on the computer, unknown to us, another

Okla. lawmaker assailed for anti-gay comments
Baltimore Sun - Kern’s office received more than 23,000 e-mails in less than a week, mostly condemning her views, and thousands more to her home computer, many of them “vulgar, vile and profane,” she said.

The popular Web site is feeling growing pains
Berkshire Eagle - The annual budget is $4.6 million, more than half of it dedicated to 300 computer servers and other equipment. On the other hand, the foundation has a tough time raising a few million dollars.

‘Check engine’ light defies diagnosis
Orlando Sentinel - Question: I just bought a used 2002 Toyota Corolla , and the “check engine” light is on, which I took to mean there was a trouble code stored in the computer.

There are still ways to have a moment of refreshing solitude
Northwest Herald - Having a shared moment of complete silence with a group of people is a really interesting way of being quiet, says Daniel Bryan, a computer programmer in Boston. It s kind of awkward, but it s awesome, too.

5 Simple Choices for Cheap Long Distance
US News and World Report - Making phone calls across the Internet once meant a tether to your computer, where you spoke into a PC microphone and listened through its speakers. Kinda looked like a ham radio, and the sound wasn’t much better. The magicJack dongle is about the

Teens Spending Too Much Screen Time
BusinessWeek - In fact, a study published earlier this month reported that cutting TV and computer time in half helped younger children eat less and lose weight.

Thank God it s pi day
Times Education Supplement - Ever since the ancient Egyptians, people have tried to calculate pi with greater and greater accuracy, but even with today s most powerful computer we only know the first trillion places or so.

Face reality and tackle your vulnerabilities
Express Computer India - It is very hard for people who have enjoyed success to face reality and accept the fact that certain things they do could be significantly improved. It goes against their pride and their self-image. One of the most important things an individual or

LJ man gets prison on child porn charges
Brazoria Facts - He is accused of possessing several pieces of child pornography on his computer while he lived in Lake Jackson in 2003. The images were discovered by investigators after three children had visited Doehring s residence and saw pictures of naked men

Business Intelligence and the CIO
Express Computer India - BI is gradually becoming a part of every business process. While CIOs are optimistic about its benefits they would like some changes, writes Neeraj Gandhi True to its name, Business Intelligence (BI) has, and is essentially helping enterprises to

Land of secrecy
The Sun - The whistleblower, LGT s former data expert Heinrich Kieber, is now living under an assumed name in Australia after swiping computer discs detailing 1,250 super-rich clients.

Tip of the Week: Viewing Images in 3-D
New York Times - PicLens makes viewing photos on your computer screen a 3-D experience. You can do a Google search for a particular image, and a wall of images floats across your screen. You pull the stream of photos across the screen as if you were Tom Cruise in

Set DMA Mode on IDE devices
Express Computer India - Just like Windows 2000, Windows XP still fails to set the DMA mode correctly for an IDE device designated as the slave on the primary and secondary IDE channels. Most CD-ROM drives are capable of supporting DMA mode, but the default in XP is still

Greening your purse
Salon - Replace throwaway towels and napkins with cloth; use reusable shopping bags; print out fewer computer documents, but when you do, use recycled paper to print on both sides, then recycle the used paper again.

Chavez warns of war with Colombia
Grand Forks Herald - Oscar Naranjo said documents from a computer seized where Reyes was killed suggested Ecuador’s president is deepening relations with the FARC.

Cost of some colleges ‘getting outrageous’
Sentinel & Enterprise - The scholarships aren’t going to pay for college, they’re going to give you a boost that could pay for books or a new computer.” Some students back away from applying for scholarships, but Bayley said the effort is often worth it.

Upstart investor this week takes his fight for control of struggling
Indianapolis Star - Big investment firms control 80 percent of Steak n Shake. The largest shareholder is MSD Capital, investment arm for the family of Texas computer maker Michael Dell.

Madeleine McCann And Shannon Matthews: And Jamie Bulger
Anorak - No, if you cut jokes yesterday and have switched off your computer before finding the right place to paste them, they will no longer be there.

Taking customers under their wings
San Diego Union-Tribune - The Bishops have computer software available and can help customers identify birds using a product called Identification Wizard. They sell books and DVDs, and they provide a bench for customers who want to watch the DVDs.

Ten years gone and the question lingers: How did Kevin McGinley die?
St. Petersburg Times - Then he goes home, where a computer and fax machine are ready for the next letter, phone call, or update to his Web site, www.plea4justice.com.

Your favourite newspaper is now available to you cover to cover
East African Standard - You can flip through the pages on your computer just as if you were turning the pages of the print copy. The service allows you to access the newspaper from your computer or print it off to read later.