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Monday, 23 April 2012
Clare Computer Solutions Names Jim Bender as Business Development Specialist - MarketWatch (press release)
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Computer tablet for technicians, farmers seen to 'revolutionalize' PHL agriculture - Business Mirror
Saturday, 21 April 2012 18:22 Ramon Efren R. Lazaro / Correspondent THE Department of Agriculture (DA)-Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), together with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), is seeking to develop an affordable computer tablet that will give the DA’s corps of technicians and farmers a tool for quick Internet access in a bid to advance agriculture entrepreneurship.The DA is seeking partnerships for a proposed Pinoy tablet computer, which, the DA said, will empower farmers with critical information such as soil nutrients and farm-goods markets.The tablet computer should have a 24-7 access to the Internet that must be purely focused on vital farm information (possibly blocking entertainment sites) and geographic information system (GIS).The GIS will be pivotal in enabling farmers to determine whether the crop they are planting in a particular location at any given season is suitable to that locality. It will help them in determine if the soil needs certain types of fertilizer, or whether water or moisture is needed in plant growth may be sufficient in a particular farm area.“We have an idea to revolutionize Philippine agriculture. We’re bringing a proof of concept tapping the power of information technology so we can inform farmers well. There’s no other than the DA [led by Secretary Proceso Alcala] that’s leading in enhancing the welfare of the farming community in the country,” said Dr. William Dar, Icrisat director general.Icrisat’s network in India, where Dar, a former DA secretary, is based, will extend the Philippines assistance in fabricating the hardware, the tablet PC.“If we want to move forward, we have to start the first step. That’s what a famous Chinese philospher said,” A journey of a thousand journey miles begins with a single step,’” said Dar.The BAR will provide content for the tablet. The Icrisat is also facilitating to provide the Agropedia, a farm-management system that a consortium of seven institutions, including Icrisat, developed to aid Indian farmers.“The Agropedia will be very useful to our own farmers, initially to our extension workers. We’ll discuss on how to implement this project with our partners in DA, the Itcaf [Information Technology Center for Agriculture and Fisheries] and the private sector,” said Dr. Nicomedes Eleazar, BAR director.Arun Tiwani, Indo-US Healthcare chairman, said the Indian Telephone Industry has the capability to develop the tablet given Philippine government’s approval.“We’ll have a bilateral agreement. William Dar is using his experience and influence in India to produce for the Philippines the kind of tablet computer that India will have for its students in three to six months,” said Tiwani in a discussion on April 10 in the Philippines on the tablet computer.Tiwani envisioned a “Pnoy” tablet computer that will cost only around $100 (P4,300) each. It may be provided for free by the government. In India the tablet computer for students costs only $50, of which $25 is shouldered by the government and the $25 is paid by the student.Access to Internet is provided by the Indian government, which also controls the telecommunications business, at only an equivalent of P100 per month. An initial 100,000 tablet computers will be produced in India for the pilot stage of the project. A similar volume may be produced for the Philippines.“When I first saw Agropedia in India, I thought it’s really revolutionary. It will be a giant leap for us in sharing experts’ information and practical knowledge between us and our farmers. We don’t want to miss the train. We will seek enough support for it to be approved,” said Itcaf Director Gary Glenn Fantastico.
Oslo attack: Breivik used computer wargames to plan attack - The Express Tribune
Once played Modern Warfare 17-hours straight, says he used such games to simulate the police response. 
Anders Behring Breivik attends the fourth day of proceedings in the courtroom 250 at Oslo's courthouse on April 19, 2012. PHOTO: AFP
Anders Behring Breivik attends the fourth day of proceedings in the courtroom 250 at Oslo's courthouse on April 19, 2012. PHOTO: AFP OSLO: Norwegian anti-Islamic fanatic Anders Behring Breivik told a court on Thursday that he used computer games to prepare for his attacks, once spending an entire year isolated from society playing a game for hours on end.
Breivik, on trial for massacring 77 people last July, said he spent “lots of time” playing Modern Warfare, a first-person shooting game, and also took an entire year off to play World of Warcraft, a multi-player role-playing game with more than 10 million subscribers.
“I don’t really like those games but it is good if you want to simulate for training purposes,” Breivik said as he discussed Modern Warfare, smiling when asked about the aiming system.
Breivik killed eight people with a car bomb in Oslo on July 22 and then killed 69, mostly teenagers, at a Labour Party summer youth camp on Utoeya island, in a gun massacre.
Although he pleaded not guilty, he admitted the killings, saying his victims were traitors who supported immigration and multiculturalism, threatening Norwegian ethnic purity.
Breivik, who once played Modern Warfare 17-hours straight on New Year’s Eve 2010/2011, said he used such games to simulate the police response and the best escape strategy.
“I calculated the likelihood of surviving unharmed at less than 5 percent,” he told the court in his third day of testimony, referring to the bomb attack on government headquarters, when he expected to be swarmed by police officers.
“I trained myself to get out of such a situation. That is what I was simulating.”
When he acquired the weapons for the actual attacks, he turned to Norse mythology in naming them.
“The rifle I called Gungnir, which is the name of the magical spear of Odin, which returns after you have thrown it. And the Glock I called Mjoelnir…It is the warrior god Thor’s Hammer,” he said, adding that he marked the weapons with their names in runes.
While playing computer games, Breivik said, he withdrew from his friends, saying personal relationships were not a priority. In 2006, he moved in with his mother to save money and rarely interrupted his game of World of Warcraft, even though his mother became anxious.
“Of course I couldn’t tell her I was going to take a sabbatical because I am going to blow myself up in five years’ time.”
“During that year I played perhaps 16 hours a day. It was a lot. Only playing for an entire year — playing and sleeping, playing and sleeping….It was a dream I had, and I wanted to do this.”
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, said such computer games could put Breivik in a state of delusion.
“When he went out on Utoeya, possibly at some level still believing he was still paying a computer game and shooting people in real life,” Eriksen told Reuters away from the court proceedings.
“He does not seem to be very successful at distinguishing between the virtual reality of world of Warcraft and other computer games and reality,” he said.
Breivik’s trial, set to last 10 weeks, turns on the question of his sanity and thus whether he can be jailed. He has said that an insanity ruling would be “worse than death”.
One court-appointed team of psychiatrists concluded he was psychotic, while a second team found him to be of sound mind.
On Wednesday he said he should either be executed or acquitted, calling the prospect of a prison sentence “pathetic”. Breivik has insisted he is a commander in a resistance movement but has acknowledged some of his claims were an exaggeration. He spent much of Wednesday defending the claim that it existed at all.
In court, he has Breivik struggled to defend his claim of being ordained into a militant-nationalist group called the Knights Templar in London in 2002 after preliminary contact in 2001, refusing to answer over 100 questions on the topic.
How to Recycle a Computer - Patch.com
‹ Back to Article Embed | Share Old computers, cell phones and other electronics need to be disposed of properly.
Patch users across the Philadelphia area have shown increasing interest in how to recycle or safely dispose of any number of household items. So we've put together a series of resources for you and your neighbors, including locations in Montgomery County. If we miss any item you want to know how to properly dispose of or recycle, please let us know in the comments.
For those looking to safely get rid of an old computer or monitor in the Ardmore area, there are a number of recycling options.
Bring it In
The following stores offer varying programs and offers to computer and monitor owners looking to recycle:
Check the Manufacturer
Many computer and electronic manufactures offer take-back and recycling programs to allow consumers to return their products safely.
HP, Compaq and Dell all offer free recycling for their computers and monitors.
Some manufacturers, like Sony and Apple, not only take back old products but may offer a gift card in return, if the item in question has value.
Let the County Handle It
Montgomery County operates a recycling center in Lower Merion that accepts computers and monitors. The center, which is located at the Robert J. Koegel Public Works Complex in Penn Valley, is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Contact the center by calling 610-667-1952 or emailing recycle@lowermerion.org.Take Care of it Locally
Pick up an iPad, iPhone, or computer at the Apple Store in Suburban Square lately that you're already eager to upgrade? Well before you recycle it, consider that it just might be worth something. Apple runs a reuse program where they'll pay customers, in the form of an Apple gift certificate, for any products the company still feels has value. Contact Apple here to find out if your equipment is eligible for the program.
SBA Offers Free Computer Security Workshops To Small Business Owners - MarketWatch (press release)
The U.S. Small Business Administration, Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's InfraGard will conduct a series of workshops on information security threats and solutions designed for small businesses. This joint federal partnership promotes information security training and computer protection for the nation's small business community and will help to identify information security vulnerabilities that can put small businesses at risk and the protective tools and techniques used to assess, maintain and guard their information and systems. The protection of sensitive data such as business invoices, payroll records, client and employee data and other proprietary information is essential to a company's success. A computer failure or other system breach could undermine a company's reputation, expose it to costly recovery expenses, and disrupt the business' overall operation. Small business owners will learn how to protect themselves from intentional attacks or unintentional damage, guard themselves from decreased productivity caused by security breaches and evaluate the needed security tools and techniques. Participants will also learn useful and practical steps to take to protect their business' operations. In addition, business owners often cannot afford extensive programs or a full-time expert in information security. The computer security workshops will help educate business owners on potential weaknesses and the corrective actions to take. For additional information on the computer security workshops, including local area registration information, visit online at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SMA/sbc/workshops.html #dates. The 2012 computer security workshops include the following cities (The locations marked TBD and TBA will be updated online with confirmed dates and times at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SMA/sbc/workshops.html #02): Tulsa, Oklahoma April 24, 2012: 8:30am - 12:30pm Oklahoma City, Oklahoma April 25, 2012: 8:00am - 1:00pm Denver, Colorado April 27, 2012: Time - TBD Lake Charles, Louisiana May 21, 2012: 8:30am - 12:30pm Lafayette, Louisiana May 22, 2012: 9:30am - 1:30pm Baton Rouge, Louisiana May 23, 2012: 8:30am - 12:30pm Slidell, Louisiana May 24, 2012: 8:30am - 12:30pm New Orleans, Louisiana May 25, 2012; 8:00am - 12:00pm LaPlace, Louisiana May 25, 2012: 1:30pm - 5:30pm Nashua, New Hampshire June 13, 2012: Time - TBD New Haven, Connecticut June 14, 2012: Time - TBD Rochester, Minnesota June 19, 2012: 5:30pm - 9:30pm Minneapolis, Minnesota June 20, 2012: Time - TBD St. Paul, Minnesota June 20, 2012: Time - TBD Duluth, Minnesota June 22, 2012: Time - TBD Austin, Texas June 26, 2012: Time - TBD San Antonio, Texas June 28, 2012: Time - TBD San Diego, California July 17, 2012: Time - TBD Los Angeles, California July 19, 2012: Time - TBD Cincinnati, Ohio September 24, 2012: Time - TBD Dayton, Ohio September 25, 2012: Time - TBD Columbus, Ohio September 26, 2012: Time - TBD Chillicothe, Ohio September 27, 2012: Time - TBD Sacramento, California TBA Indianapolis, Indiana TBA Albuquerque, New Mexico TBA Portland, Oregon TBA Contact: Cecelia Taylor (202) 401-3059Internet Address: www.sba.gov/newsFollow us on Twitter, Facebook & Blogs SOURCE U.S. Small Business Administration Copyright (C) 2012 PR Newswire. All rights reserved Computer recycling day Saturday - Montreal Gazette
Saturday is the last day to drop off unwanted computer equipment for recycling at computer refurbishing company Computation.
While the dropoff is free for the general public, the company asks that businesses, those with a large quantity of equipment, or people who require pickup to get in touch with them. Information stored on computer equipment will be securely destroyed, Computation says.
Equipment can be dropped off at 7080 Alexandra St., Suite 101, until 5 p.m. Saturday. 514-504-4358, mailto:recyclage@computation.ca twitter.com/computationmtl.
© Copyright (c) The Montreal GazetteSaturday, 21 April 2012
Computer game can help you treat deperssion - Times of India
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Weak computer sales trim Microsoft 3Q profit - msnbc.com
Microsoft Corp beat Wall Street's profit forecast as personal computer sales held up better than expected, lifting its shares 2.5 percent after hours.
The results buoyed optimism around the world's largest software maker, which is lining up a new tablet-friendly version of Windows for later this year and is looking to make a dent into Apple Inc and Google Inc's domination of the mobile market this holiday shopping season.
"The results were a fair amount better than we were looking for," said Rick Sherlund, an analyst at Nomura Securities. "Overall revenue growth was 6 percent, and this is before the new product cycle, which should come around October."
Microsoft - whose shares hit a 4-year high of $32.95 last month - has not said when its Windows 8 system will be released, but most in the industry expect it on devices from around October, offering an alternative to Apple's runaway iPad. New Windows smartphone software is expected around the same time.
"Next year at this time we should be talking about Windows 8 mobile and how it's contributing or not to the company," said Kim Forrest, analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group. "But we really need Windows 8 to come out on all devices, to see if it's going to have that synergy or not."
The Redmond, Washington-based company reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $5.11 billion, or 60 cents per share, compared with $5.23 billion, or 61 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter when it posted a one-time tax gain.
Profit beat analysts' average forecast of 57 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Sales rose 6 percent to $17.41 billion, driven by strong demand for its server software products and Office application. Analysts had expected sales of $17.18 billion.
Worldwide personal computer sales rose a modest 1.9 percent in the quarter, according to tech research firm Gartner Inc. That was better than expected in a market facing hard-drive shortages from Thailand and the onslaught of Apple Inc's iPad.
That helped Microsoft, which supplies the operating system for 90 percent of PCs, to post a 4 percent increase in sales of Windows, still its main product.
"The Windows beat was a positive surprise, looking at about 4 percent growth, versus expectations for about a 4 percent decline," said Josh Olson, an analyst at Edward Jones.
"We also had solid business and server performance as well. The Big Three, if you will, in terms of the revenue drivers, were all a little bit better than expected, with Windows a lot better than expected."
On the downside, Microsoft's usually profitable entertainment and devices unit posted a quarterly loss due to falling sales of its aging Xbox console and increased research and marketing costs for its new Windows smartphone software.
"There was weakness in entertainment and devices," said Sid Parakh, an analyst at McAdams Wright Ragen. "If that were to have come in in-line, it would have been a pretty nice beat."
Traditional console sales are down across the board this year - hurting Microsoft, Sony Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd - as Apple's iPad and other tablets grab a slice of the lucrative market.
Microsoft shares rose to $31.87 in extended trading, after closing at $31.01 on Nasdaq.
The stock is up 20 percent so far this year, outpacing the tech-heavy Nasdaq's 16 percent gain, and a 10 percent rise in the Standard & Poor's 500.
But it is still below levels of 10 years ago, as investors worry about the company's ability to match Apple and Google in online and mobile technology. Apple's market value is now comfortably twice that of Microsoft, and its sales of iPhones last quarter exceeded Microsoft's overall revenue.
Microsoft is the cheapest of the big tech stocks, with a price hovering around 10.7 times expected earnings for the next 12 months, or about 14 percent lower than its peers, according to StarMine.
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Man extradited to NY to face computer charges - BusinessWeek
NEW YORK
A man has been brought to New York from Estonia to face charges he steered millions of computers worldwide toward certain websites and advertisements.
Anton Ivanov was extradited Thursday to face an indictment returned in November. It accuses him of conspiring with at least six others to digitally hijack Internet searches and re-route computers to specific websites.
Prosecutors say Ivanov and others infected more than four million computers in over 100 countries. The government says they received millions of dollars when websites and their advertisements were visited by users of infected computers. Prosecutors say the malware prevented the installation of anti-virus software and operating system updates on infected computers.
He was held after pleading not guilty in federal court in Manhattan. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a message.
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