Dell gives the go-ahead for Linux
BBC News - Dell has not released details of which versions of Linux it will use or which computers it will run on, but promised an update in the coming weeks. “Dell has heard you,” said a statement on the firm’s website. “Our first step in this effort is
Source: www.it-analysis.com
Brazil to offer free internet to Amazon tribes
Reuters - While the Brazilian government will provide the Internet access, state and local governments will have to come up with a way to provide computers so the Internet can be used. Indigenous leaders support the program but worry that computers might erode
Source: today.reuters.com
Get e-mail alerts: Personal computers
CNET News - Security researcher says his company won’t let him release Jikto, which turns PCs of unknowing Web surfers into crawlers. With a new management team in place, the computer maker could be preparing to make changes to some of its core ideals
Source: news.com.com
Al Roker makes child obesity documentary
USA Today - Many factors contribute: sugary junk food made attractive by relentless television advertising, the rise in fast-food restaurants, sedentary kids more interested in video games or computers than running in the yard, and schools that don’t offer much
Source: www.usatoday.com
US ‘no longer technology king’
BBC Business - India was four positions down on last year to 44th, suffering from weak infrastructure and a very low level of individual usage of personal computers and the internet. China was knocked to 59th place, nine positions down, with information
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Data Theft Grows To Biggest Ever
Washington Post - At least 45.7 million credit and debit card numbers from customers in the United States, Britain and Canada were stolen over a period of several years from the computers of TJX, the discount retail giant disclosed in a regulatory filing this week
Source: www.washingtonpost.com