Category Archives: Technology

Texas Community College Bans MySpace.com

Apr 23, 10:56 AM (ET) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – Del Mar College students now have to use computers outside the school’s system if they want to visit the popular Web site MySpace.com. The community college has blocked the site … Continue reading

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NASA plans to crash into moon

NASA plans to send a two-tonne probe crashing into a crater on the moon in hopes of discovering if it harbours water that could be used for manned missions, the US space agency said on Monday. The $US73 million ($NZ120 … Continue reading

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Duke Nukem Forever – again

Broussard Updates Duke Nukem Forever Status The May 2006 issue of Computer Games Magazine, which includes a cover feature previewing 3D Realms and Human Head Studios’ long-awaited FPS Prey, has also included fresh information on 3D Realms’s epochally long in … Continue reading

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TiVo Shares Up on Partnership Extension

By MAY WONG SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Shares of TiVo Inc. (TIVO) rose more than 5 percent Wednesday morning after the digital video recording pioneer announced it had extended a partnership with satellite TV provider DirecTV Group Inc. for … Continue reading

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How I Work: Bill Gates

How I Work: Bill Gates Not much of a paper chase for Microsoft’s chairman, who uses a range of digital tools to do business. FORTUNE Magazine Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect, Microsoft, U.S.A. April 4, 2006: 8:11 AM … Continue reading

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Microsoft Makes Virtual Server R2 Free

Price drops from $199 or $99 to nothing for flagship virtualization software. Eric Lai, Computerworld Monday, April 03, 2006 BOSTON — Microsoft today announced that it will give away its Virtual Server R2 for free, a move seen as reflecting … Continue reading

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No Vista, but ‘Vista Capable’ Stickers Instead

Microsoft hopes marketing program may ease Vista delay fallout. Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service Friday, March 31, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO — Even though Windows Vista won’t be available until next year, Microsoft will work with hardware partners to prepare customers … Continue reading

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Comcast sees greater use of network DVRs

AP NEW YORK — A top executive at Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable TV company, on Thursday predicted that the cable industry would move toward adopting a networking technology that could significantly increase the use of digital video recorders. … Continue reading

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DirecTV

I have had DirecTV for a couple years now and it has been pretty decent. On several occasions I have had ‘rain fade’ when rather large intense storms go overhead. It isn’t a common occurrence but a pain when it … Continue reading

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Fla. Man Showing Off His OnStar Arrested

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) A man showing off his OnStar system in his Cadillac Escalade found out the system worked too well. Ralph A. Gomez, 38, was being held Wednesday on $15,000 bond on charges of possession of an illegal … Continue reading

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