| Al Mansouri opens computers refurbishing centre | | Posted Saturday, February 10, 2007 12:50:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | Eng. Sultan Al Mansouri, Minister of Government Sector Development, has opened a Personal Computers Refurbishing Centre set up by Dubai Municipality in cooperation with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charity and Humanitarian Foundation in Al Qusais as part of a charity project aimed at refurbishing and reusing IT equipment. .... | |
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| | | Computers chip away at golf flaws | | Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:50:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | There are nine cameras and 18 special lights in the MATT (Motion Analysis Technology by TaylorMade) room at The Golf Club of Georgia, where PGA professional Stocke plies his trade. The equipment analyzes 100 images per second, which pretty much guarantees a student won't get away with sliding his hips through impact — or any other fault, for that matter. .... | |
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| | | Kurth Foundation grant will fund 180 additional laptops for LHS students | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 6:50:00 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Lufkin Independent School District has received a $168,800 grant from the Kurth Foundation to be used for the "Computers on Wheels" program, according to Lynn Torres, LISD assistant superintendent. The program is designed to increase the laptop capacity at the high school. The grant will assist the district in purchasing six portable wireless laptop carts, each consisting of 30 student laptops, a teacher laptop, a projector and a printer that can be networked between the laptops. During an LISD finance meeting Tuesday, Torres said the acquisition will allow students to improve technology application and research skills, benefiting students who may not have access to a home computer and assisting with state-mandated online testing. LISD Superintendent Roy Knight said the grant will "allow the district to move forward — a lot more quickly than anticipated — toward the goal of acquiring at least one mobile wireless cart for every elementary campus." Morty Halyard, head of maintenance for LISD, said the middle school auditorium remodeling project is a little behind schedule because of communication issues, but expects the drawings to be completed sometime next week and sent to J.E.... | |
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| | | Plant doc is always in when gardeners click on computers | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:58:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | Gardeners are using computers for everything from operating lawn-sized irrigation systems to determining how much insecticide should be dusted on tomato plants, from running digital weather stations to logging the return of the first migrating hummingbird. Some people use their computers to track the average dates of killing frosts. Many others buy special software to help landscape their property, plot the shape of their vegetable gardens and flowerbeds or suggest how to rotate their plants year to year. Computers can be used all winter to plant for the next gardening season. Use a spreadsheet to list every plant or seed you want from a certain catalog, and it keeps a running total as you go. It might help you stay within budget. With camera-capable cell phones, wireless laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other Web browsers, the plant doctor is always in.... | |
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| | | Education goes high-tech with free laptop computers for students | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 6:51:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | The sixth-graders at North Pole Middle School, like most of the students in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, have to bring pencils, notepads and textbooks to school each day. But the 60 or so sixth-graders at North Pole Middle School will now have a slightly more expensive piece of hardware in their backpacks. In October, each of these sixth-graders was given a $1,193.37 Apple MacBook laptop computer to use during class and for homework. "Its been my dream as a teacher that every child in my classroom would have access to a computer," said Jeff Jacobson, one of the two sixth-grade teachers at the middle school. "Now that dream has come true." In the classroom, the computers will become an integral part of the students' days, Jacobson said. With the laptops on their desks, the students will have instant access to the Internet thanks to a new high-speed wireless network installed in the school.... | |
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| | | Gang leader used Web for hits, police say | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:53:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | A high-ranking Chicago gang member used a state website to help kill his targets, authorities say in today's Chicago Sun-Times. The man is Melvin "Ben Ben" Martin, arrested after members of the New Breeds gang -- which Martin allegedly led -- had a deadly shootout with Chicago police. "Officials painted a chilling picture of Martin, who was so calculating that he'd have hitmen wear latex gloves so gunshot residue wouldn't show up on their hands, and their handprints wouldn't be found on the gun, authorities said. He'd have them carry out hits during busy times of the day -- including when school was letting out -- so shooters could better blend in to crowds, police said. "Martin also would go to the state corrections website, locate mugshots of his gang's intended targets and print them out for hitmen so they would know for whom they're looking." The website has a search engine with photos of inmates, parolees and fugitives.... | |
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| | | US poll computers can be hacked, experts show | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:54:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTONNew electronic voting machines to be used in the upcoming US legislative polls are raising concerns after several blunders that have revived memories of Floridas 2000 presidential election debacle. Americans will vote in state and local elections on Nov. 7 and for members of the US House of Representatives and Senate. Anything is possible, warned Kimball Brace, head of the political consulting firm US Election Data Services. Weve got more than a third of the nation voting on something new this year and history has shown that the first time somebody uses a new piece of voting equipment, thats the time that they are going to have problems. Brace said nearly 40 percent of voters on election day will be using paperless touch-screen machines that have raised concerns among many experts nationwide as they leave no paper trail and are vulnerable to hackers.... | |
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| | | Composting bins go on sale | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 1:24:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | Residents can buy a discounted backyard compost bin, drop off used computers, pick up some free mulch and learn how to recycle residential yard waste Saturday at the Baton Rouge Recycle Day at Memorial Stadium. City-parish Recycling Director Susan Hamilton said compost bins that retail for $80 will be sold for $30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hamilton also said 1,200 Earth Machine composters will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis in this city-parish subsidized program. The first 100 people who purchase a compost bin will receive a free kitchen pail. In addition, Hamilton said Nature’s Best Organics will give away free mulch by the bucket or scoop. Bring bucket or pickup truck. Other events Saturday include an electronics drive-through drop-off accepting the following items: used computers, telephones, ink and toner cartridges, calculators, fax machines, copiers.... | |
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| | | Goodwill Industries will accept used computers and accessories | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:54:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | Q: I used to build and repair computers. I no longer do this but still have a lot of computer parts and hardware including two working monitors and at least one keyboard. I have tried to no avail to find someone or some organization that teaches computer repair or needs parts for the repair of computers. I am not particular, but would prefer a charitable organization. Can you help? - Gary A: Gary, two places come to mind. Goodwill Industries, with stores in Ridgeland, Pearl and south Jackson, accepts used computers and accessories. Goodwill works with individuals to teach job skills, so the donation will help them learn to prepare and market an item and its eventual sale in a Goodwill store will help support the program. And, your donation may be tax deductible. Call Goodwill at (601) 853-8110 for directions or more information.... | |
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| | | IBM, After Selling Federal Business, Returns in a Big Way | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 6:49:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | Even as a low-level systems engineer at the FBI in her first assignment with IBM, Anne K. Altman felt she was fulfilling a higher purpose. She thought that her work with computers was helping her country, making it a bit easier for law enforcement agents to solve their cases. It was a personal and professional passion that would come to define her career over the next two and a half decades. Today, Altman is the head of a newly powerful group: IBM Federal, a Bethesda-based unit whose technology, software, hardware and services are used in more than 90 percent of U.S. government agencies. .... | |
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