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Florida man stabs his computer as police search for kiddie pornNews from MiamiHerald.com:By Monique O. Madan The Miami Herald
A Florida man stabbed his computer with a Samurai sword after being accused of downloading kiddie porn. He was in his underwear when he did it.
Kamil Mezalka, 21 stabbed his hard drive with a two-handed sword after police stormed his home looking for evidence of his alleged downloading hundreds of child-pornographic files, according to an arrest affidavit.
Mezalka faces a federal charge of downloading child pornography over the Internet. If convicted, he [...] Continue Reading…

Magnetic bacteria help build computer hard drivesNews from msnbc.com:

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Itsy-bitsy, super-speedy computers of the future may be grown with bacteria, according to researchers who’ve already harnessed a magnet-making microbe to start building hard-drive components.
The little living factories may come in handy as the computer industry races to build smaller and smaller components at the nanoscale for supercomputers the size of a pinhead. 
We’ve already seen a hard drive that stores a [...] Continue Reading…

HP ultrabook prices sink, widening gap with MacBook AirNews from CNET:Ultrabooks are already priced fairly aggressively against the MacBook Air at some retailers.
HP Folio 13 ultrabook.
(Credit: Hewlett-Packard)
Just-announced HP EliteBook Folio.
(Credit: CNET)
Best Buy has kicked HP’s Folio ultrabook down to a new low of $ 798. This is happening as HP announces new competitively priced ultrabooks and as rumors about a $ 799 MacBook Air have begun to fly.
The HP Folio 13 (model 13-1035nr) is now priced at $ 797.77 at Best Buy. That includes a “Sandy [...] Continue Reading…

Why Super Micro Computer’s Earnings May Be Less Than AwesomeNews from msnbc.com:
It takes money to make money. Most investors know that, but with business media so focused on the “how much,” very few investors bother to ask, “How fast?”
When judging a company’s prospects, how quickly it turns cash outflows into cash inflows can be just as important as how much profit it’s booking in the accounting fantasy world we call “earnings.” This is one of the first metrics I check when I’m hunting for the market’s best stocks. Today, [...] Continue Reading…

Patni Computer Systems that spawned offshoring, moulded Infosys men, finally …News from Economic Times:
MUMBAI: Patni Computer Systems, a name intimately connected with the beginnings of India’s software industry, faded away 34 years after it came into being. Patni was where NR Narayana Murthy and most of the other founders of Infosys met. On Monday, the man referred to as ‘the other Murthy’ oversaw the retirement of a brand which was the forerunner of outsourcing.
Phaneesh Murthy, the CEO of iGate Corporation and a former protege of Narayana Murthy, announced that [...] Continue Reading…

RIM takes shots at Apple and iPhone owners with new campaignNews from Fox News:
Despite its new CEO promising a renewed focus on marketing, Research In Motion hasn’t been known for effective campaigns of late. The company launched a sizable advertising blitz earlier this year that focused on its new BlackBerry Bold smartphones, but the commercials had no apparent impact on smartphone sales in key markets including the United States.
Late last month, RIM and its Australian marketing agency Tongue began a campaign that takes a different approach to raising brand [...] Continue Reading…

Computer technology could identify anonymous Lincoln writingsNews from The State Journal-Register:
The practice of writing scathing letters and columns under a pseudonym to skewer opponents is as old as newspapers themselves.
Think Ben Franklin’s persona of  Silence Dogood, the Federalist Papers and Abraham Lincoln, who admitted to writing one of the “Rebecca letters” that nearly got him engaged in a saber duel.
“They pulled few punches when it came to vilification of their opponents,” said Daniel Stowell, director and editor of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln.
A $ 50,000 grant will help [...] Continue Reading…

Not all growth mutual funds take a bite of AppleNews from Chicago Daily Herald:
Article posted: 5/6/2012 7:45 AM

This undated photo provided by Loomis, Sayles, & Company, shows Aziz Hamzaogullari, manager of the Loomis Sayles Growth Fund. Mutual fund managers are used to justifying why they invest in a particular stock. But the market impact of Apple Inc. is so great these days that some managers must explain why they don’t own the powerhouse stock, or why they own relatively little of it. (AP Photo/Loomis, Sayles, & Company)
 

This undated handout [...] Continue Reading…

Television, computer have impacted many livesNews from Houma Courier:Irene C. MichelColumnist
Published: Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 4, 2012 at 11:23 a.m.

The automobile had made its appearance by the time I was born, but television was probably not even an idea. Well, maybe it was an idea, but so few people had the same idea that television did not become a real issue until much later. Computers came even later than that.

It just amazes me that people that far back had the foresight to come [...] Continue Reading…

Assistive Technology Computer Products for Low Vision Designed by Ai Squared …News from Seattle Post Intelligencer:
The products from Ai Squared are available in 20 languages and are sold in 45 countries throughout the world. They have helped over 100,000 individuals with early vision loss, computer vision syndrome and visual impairments such as glaucoma and macular degeneration. They offer a wide range of screen magnification and screen reading software products to suit every individual low vision need. Their state-of-the-art products include ZoomText, ZoomText USB, the ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard and ZoomText [...] Continue Reading…