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From TechRepublic: A young girl has become the first swimmer in the U.K. saved from drowning by a computerized pool-monitoring system. The accident happened on Aug. 24 when a 10-year-old girl in a swimming pool in Bangor, North Wales, sank to the bottom of the deep end. A Poseidon monitoring system installed in the pool …
From TechRepublic: The first thing any visitor to Robert McKeown’s home notices is the toy collection. Vintage Barbies dominate one wall of the living room, with several rows of dolls showing her evolution from the mid-1960s. Action figures from the ’60s television show “Man From UNCLE” stare patronizingly at the suburban icon. A Shadow Crime …
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From VNUnet: A couple in Scotland who claimed to be addicted to computer gaming have been jailed for three months after admitting that they neglected their four children. The father, 28, claimed to have become addicted to online gaming, and that his wife had also been affected. Arbroath Sheriff Court was told that the case …
CyberMatrix Corporation has launched DVD Trades. DVD Trades is a completely free web site that enables people in their own communities to trade legitimate DVDs, movies, CDs, games and software amongst themselves. There are many DVD trade sites out there, but DVD Trades is very different. Unlike other DVD trade sites, DVD Trades is completely …
I’ve posted twice before about how to get files to people over the web when you can’t use email. Well, Box.net is a site that offers online storage. But you can also share folders, as well as offer some folders/files as an RSS feed. I haven’t tried it myself, but it sounds interesting. Box.net is …
From TechRepublic: General Motors is expected to announce a new laptop next week that’s styled after its popular Hummer multi-terrain vehicles. The carmaker has signed an exclusive three-year licensing agreement with Spokane, Wash.-based Itronix to make a portable computer designed for people who work outdoors: police officers, firefighters, claims adjusters and construction workers, for example, …
Every since I did a review of Inboxer, I’ve been using it quite successfully to filter my email. I check a dozen accounts and get about 2000 messages a day. There are probably only a couple dozen messages that are good. However, I’ve noticed lately that Inboxer seemed to be classifying more and more messages …
From TechRepublic: A new Web site aims to help determine whether a specific computer has been sending legitimate e-mail or spam. The TrustedSource Web site uses data from reputation filters, which are billed as the next big thing in e-mail security. Makers of spam-fighting tools collect data on e-mail senders and use that to assign …
Opera is giving away registration keys for their 8.02 version of their Opera Browser. The CNET.com download site has a notice posted: Note: For one day only, you can get an ad-free version of Opera. Simply e-mail registerme@opera.com to obtain a registration code. This offer is valid from 12 a.m. Tuesday, August 30 to 12 …