Judge: Woman must turn over computer hard driveNews from msnbc.com: DENVER — Readily available, easy-to-use software can encrypt a computer hard drive so thoroughly it would take years for a hacker to break in. But that seems to be no impediment for government prosecutors, who have obtained an order compelling the disclosure of a computer’s contents [...]
Dell Earnings and Forecast Fall Short of Wall St. ViewsNews from New York Times: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Dell Inc. issued on Tuesday a forecast for fiscal first-quarter revenue that was below Wall Street’s expectations, stoking fears that the personal computer industry had not fully emerged from its downturn. Tony Avelar/Bloomberg News Michael Dell, chairman [...]
Colorado woman must turn over computer password after appellate court refuses …News from Washington Post: DENVER — A federal appeals court in Denver refused Tuesday to get involved in a mortgage and real estate fraud case that raises questions about whether turning over a computer password amounts to self-incrimination. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of [...]
Physicists Foretell Quantum Computer With Single-Atom TransistorNews from Wired News: Physicists have built a single atom transistor — with unprecedented precision (Photo: University of New South Wales) Physicists at Purdue University and the University of New South Wales have built a transistor from a single atom of phosphorous precisely placed on a bed of silicon, [...]
Apple, Foxconn offer world a glimpse into Chinese manufacturing plantsNews from Fox News: Chinese manufacturing giant Foxconn has opened the doors to its massive factory, where China’s largest exporter employs thousands of workers at $ 1.78 an hour to piece together Apple iPads and iPhones — mind-numbing work that may have led to 18 suicides. [...]
Nano-transistor breakthrough to offer billion times faster computerNews from The Age: Return to video Video settings Please Log in to update your video settings Return to video Video feedback Use this form to: Ask for technichal assistance in playing the multimedia available on this site, or Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Return to video [...]
Apple’s App Store Closes in on 25 Billion DownloadsNews from PC Magazine: February 18, 2012 05:17pm EST Tick-tock: No, not the Kesha song. Rather, the sound that a giant clock is undoubtedly making over at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, as employees and enthusiasts gather to count down the days until the App Store hits its [...]
Computer salesman get 18 months for sales to IranNews from Sacramento Bee: WASHINGTON – The owner of an electronic wholesale business has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for selling computers to Iran without obtaining licenses from the U.S. government. Jeng Shih, a 54-year-old U.S. citizen, was sentenced in Washington federal [...]
With Apple’s Mountain Lion OS, Twitter is a winnerNews from Washington Post: It looks like Twitter may have an even brighter future given that it’s the social network of choice for Apple’s latest operating system Mountain Lion. VentureBeat.com reports: Apple has integrated Twitter into OS X Mountain Lion, the next-generation operating system for Macs announced [...]
Computer literacy made must for Karnataka govt staffNews from Times of India: BANGALORE: Tech-savvy Karnataka will offer Rs.5,000 per annum to its government employees for becoming computer literate, as knowledge of using computers has been made compulsory for its staff below 50 years. “Knowledge of operating computers in Kannada, the state’s official language, is a [...]
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