Open Systems Journal

AP - General Electric Co. has reached an agreement to buy the 20 percent stake in NBC Universal held by French media conglomerate Vivendi SA, The Associated Press has learned.
,AP source: GE, Vivendi in tentative deal for NBC
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Thrill-ride-seekers today get high off mammoth loops, 97-degree drops and Dippin’ Dots. Brave roller coaster riders of tomorrow will queue up for minitrips to the cosmos and back.

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A shopping video and eBay promotion are part of Microsoft’s effort to give IE 6 users a reason to upgrade. The company also is trying to move corporate customers away.

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Readers offer their best tips for using touch screens in the cold winter months, middle-clicking with your laptop’s touchpad, and staying focused on your work when that work is in your browser.
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California expects to save $1.5 billion over five years from a statewide IT consolidation.

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An EV enthusiast sets out to ride his Brammo Enertia electric motorcycle across the United States, from Portland to Atlanta. Unfortunately, he never makes it out of Oregon.

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Last week, a number of Windows users started complaining their computers were locking up and displaying a Black Screen of Death (BSOD, not to be confused with Blue Screen of Death, which is usually due to hardware or driver failure) after the last [...]

A shopping video and eBay promotion are part of Microsoft’s effort to give IE 6 users a reason to upgrade. The company also is trying to move corporate customers away.

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No cure for authentication bypass
Virtual private networking software from Cisco Systems, Juniper, and other manufacturers can make users susceptible to a variety of web-based attacks, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned on Monday.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
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Ryan Gallagher, founder of Camera Toss, offers up a crash course on how to flip your shooter into the air and produce light-trail imagery.

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