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Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on August 10, 2005 at 3:01:34 PM
Cryptography: »http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=174
Microsoft directs money from spam king to NY.
Ring computing. No, I mean take your computer with you.
Waste plastic + waste Steel = Good Steel.
Yahoo buys into some Chinese company. Another US corp. shooting themselves in the foot. Nice job.
Space market uplifting.
Microsoft directs money from spam king to NY.
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After covering its legal expenses, Microsoft will dedicate $5 million dollars to helping law enforcement agencies address computer-related crimes, Smith said. "In appreciation of the role of the New York attorney general, another $1 million of this settlement money will be directed to New York state...to expand computer-related skills training for youths and adults," he said in the letter.
Ring computing. No, I mean take your computer with you.
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The trick is to store the virtual computer on a USB key, or any portable device with substantial storage space, like an MP3 player. The virtual computer’s "soul" - as the researchers dub it - can then be uploaded to a new PC simply by plugging the portable device in. This host machine needs no special software or even a network connection to take on an entirely new personality.
Waste plastic + waste Steel = Good Steel.
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Under the process, waste plastics are fed into electric steel-making furnaces as an alternative source of carbon and heated to super-hot temperatures of 1,600 degrees Celsius (2,912 Fahrenheit). Sahajwalla said many waste plastics, from shopping bags to dishwashing liquid containers and drink bottles, contain high enough levels of carbon to be useful in steelmaking.
Yahoo buys into some Chinese company. Another US corp. shooting themselves in the foot. Nice job.
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Yahoo Inc. is close to paying $1 billion and forking over its China operations for a 35 percent stake of China's second-largest e-commerce operator, Alibaba.com, a source close to the discussions said on Wednesday. The deal is in the final hours of discussions, the source told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. Members of the Chinese media have been invited by Alibaba to a news briefing set for Thursday in Beijing, according to one reporter.
Space market uplifting.
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The slump in the global space and satellite market is over, and government and commercial sales should reach $158 billion by 2010, up from $103 billion in 2004, according to a report released on Tuesday. "Now is a good time to be involved in the space and satellite industry," concluded the annual report compiled by the International Space Business Council, an independent consulting group based in Bethesda, Maryland.