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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Programming</title>
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		<title>Top 10 features of JDK 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had already focused on JDK 7 features in our post - Java/JDK 7 downloaded. According to the roadmap in OpenJDK site, JDK 7 would be arriving at the first quarter of 2010. Going by the schedule 6 milestone are expected in 2009, with the milestone M3 encompassing JSR 292's VM Support for non-Java languages, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-features-of-jdk-7/</link>
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		<title>Gates still Forbes&#8217; richest American, 4 Indians among top 400</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Four Indian Americans are among America's super-rich with Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates still holding the top spot on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans with a fortune of $50 billion. 

Warren Buffett, who's worth $40 billion, comes in No.2 in the Forbes magazine's annual ranking, followed by Oracle founder Lawrence Ellison [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/gates-still-forbes-richest-american-4-indians-among-top-400/</link>
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		<title>Komodo Dragon most likely evolved in Australia 3-4 mln yrs ago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A team of palaeontologists and archaeologists, who studied fossil evidence from Australia, Timor, Flores, Java and India, has shown that Komodo Dragons most likely evolved in Australia around 3-4 million years ago and dispersed westward to Indonesia.

According to study author Scott Hocknull, Senior Curator of Geosciences at the Queensland Museum, Australia is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/komodo-dragon-most-likely-evolved-in-australia-3-4-mln-yrs-ago/</link>
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		<title>How to install / enable Java Plugin / Applets in Firefox on CentOS 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CentOS comes with OpenJava JRE installed. However that doesn't provide the required libraries to run Java from browsers (read: applets). Here are the steps to install and enable applets / Java plugin in Firefox browser on CentOS 5.
Note: The instructions may be applicable to other versions of CentOS, Fedora, others Linux distros too. However it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-install-enable-java-plugin-applets-in-firefox-on-centos-5/</link>
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		<title>How to download &amp; install JDK 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I never thought I would have to write this article. Downloading Java was the simplest thing possible. Just go to java.sun.com and download the JDK. Unfortunately Sun has (intentionally?) complicated the procedure to such an extent that it almost takes an expert to download the proper version of JDK and without any extra and often [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-download-install-jdk-6/</link>
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		<title>How to Run PHP in JSP/JAVA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Apache Tomcat developers can enable PHP only in one web application and run it globally for all applications under tomcat. Generally, PHP is said to have several orders of magnitude more open source code and projects. Those developers favoring the Resin application server have the ubiquitous of PHP. Implementing PHP in Java would benefit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-run-php-in-jspjava/</link>
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		<title>Oracle shares slip after fiscal 1st-quarter revenue falls, missing analyst estimates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oracle shares slip after 1Q revenue disappoints
SAN FRANCISCO — Shares of Oracle Corp. slipped in premarket activity Thursday after the information technology company reported sales fell below analyst expectations in the latest quarter, showing that businesses are still reluctant to buy new software.

The stock slid 68 cents, or 3 percent, to $21.45 ahead of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-shares-slip-after-fiscal-1st-quarter-revenue-falls-missing-analyst-estimates/</link>
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		<title>Bali bombing mastermind killed in police raid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA - Terrorist mastermind  Noordin  Mohammed Top was killed in a police raid on a militant hideout in  Central Java on Thursday, Indonesian police have officially confirmed.

The   41-year-old  Malaysian-born  extremist  was  one  of   four militants  killed  in the raid near Solo, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bali-bombing-mastermind-killed-in-police-raid/</link>
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		<title>Oracle profit rises 4 pct sales drop 5 pct as businesses stay tightfisted; shares fall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oracle net rises 4 pct but sales drop, stock slips
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Corp.'s profit rose 4 percent in the latest quarter, matching Wall Street's forecasts, despite a drop in sales that revealed businesses are still being tightfisted about buying new software.

The sales figure was short of analysts' expectations, and Oracle's shares fell 4 percent.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-profit-rises-4-pct-sales-drop-5-pct-as-businesses-stay-tightfisted-shares-fall/</link>
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		<title>Handique inaugurates Central Geological Programming Board meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Union Mines Minister B. K.  Handique  on Friday  inaugurated  the 45th Meeting of the  Central  Geological Programming Board (CGPB) and exhibition in the national capital.

The  exhibition  depicts  countrywide  activities  of  Geological Survey  of  India  (GSI), its  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/handique-inaugurates-central-geological-programming-board-meeting/</link>
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		<title>Java Management Extension (JMX) FAQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Java Management Extensions (JMX) is Sun Microsystem's new Java-based tool for managing enterprise applications. JMX is a Java framework designed to manage enterprise applications in a distributed environment. The JMX technology equips the developers with the ability to add monitoring and management to their Java applications. These APIs can manage anything Java enabled- web servers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-management-extension-jmx-faq/</link>
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		<title>Java / JDK 7 Downloaded?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just started playing with JDK 7 (JDK stands for Java development kit and is suitable for Java developers, others should just download the JRE). Java 7 comes with some impressive features. My personal favorite is the WatchService API, more on it later.

Java 7 hasn't been released at the time of this writing. However [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-jdk-7-downloaded/</link>
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		<title>Summary Box: EU applies brakes to Oracle-Sun deal on questions about database market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary Box: EU applies brakes to Oracle-Sun deal
SLOW DOWN: European Union regulators are launching a formal antitrust investigation into Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. Oracle expected to complete the acquisition this summer, but European regulators now have until Jan. 19 to decide whether to clear or block the deal. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/summary-box-eu-applies-brakes-to-oracle-sun-deal-on-questions-about-database-market/</link>
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		<title>Can you hear me now? New computer virus could let criminals and spies eavesdrop on Skype calls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP
SAN FRANCISCO — Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations that go over computers instead of a regular phone line.

The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/can-you-hear-me-now-new-computer-virus-could-let-criminals-and-spies-eavesdrop-on-skype-calls/</link>
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		<title>US Geological Survey sounds Tsunami alert for Indian Ocean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The US Geological Survey on  Wednesday issued a tsunami alert for the Indian Ocean in the wake of a 7.4-magnitude earthquake striking Indonesia's Java island.

According to the USSGS, the quake struck less than 200 kilometres south of the capital Jakarta at a depth of 63 kilometres.
A  powerful  underwater earthquake [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-geological-survey-sounds-tsunami-alert-for-indian-ocean/</link>
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		<title>Sun absorbs $147M loss in sign of choppy finances that forced sale to Oracle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sun absorbs $147M loss as Oracle deal looms
SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc. recorded a $147 million loss while sales eroded 31 percent in the April-June period, likely the server and software maker's last full quarter as an independent company.

Sun's latest numbers, reported Friday in a regulatory filing without the usual news release and conference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-absorbs-147m-loss-in-sign-of-choppy-finances-that-forced-sale-to-oracle/</link>
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		<title>Java EE 6 Features Overview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Java EE 6 arrives as a big leap transforming into an ideally simple, streamlined and well-integrated platform. Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) has grown over the years since its in 1999. After years of development the Java EE platform has accumulated a chunk of outdated APIs that are not well supported or not widely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-ee-6-features-overview/</link>
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		<title>Apple &#8216;continues to study&#8217; Google Voice for iPhone; AT&amp;T claims no role in blocking program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple denies 'rejecting' Google Voice for iPhone
SEATTLE — Apple Inc. told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device — yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application outright.

"Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/apple-continues-to-study-google-voice-for-iphone-att-claims-no-role-in-blocking-program/</link>
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		<title>Justice Dept says OK to Oracle&#8217;s $7.4 billion deal for Sun; approval still needed in Europe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oracle says Justice Dept allows $7.4B Sun deal
SAN FRANCISCO — Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.

The deal still needs the go-ahead from the European Commission.
Clearance by the Justice Department had been held [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-dept-says-ok-to-oracles-74-billion-deal-for-sun-approval-still-needed-in-europe/</link>
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		<title>Oracle: Justice Dept OK&#8217;s Sun acquisition; go-ahead still needed from European Commission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oracle: Justice Dept OK's Sun deal
SAN FRANCISCO — Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.

The deal still needs to get the go-ahead from the European Commission.
Clearance by the Justice Department had been held [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-justice-dept-oks-sun-acquisition-go-ahead-still-needed-from-european-commission/</link>
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		<title>Bhuvan - Indian Earth Observation to compete Google Earth: Analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has launched a national variant of Google Earth yesterday, named Bhuvan (means Earth in sanskrit). This feature provides satellite imagery of geographical regions all over India and is optimistic about giving a tough time to Google Earth (much talked about service from Internet search company Google Inc. that allows ordinary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bhuvan-indian-earth-observation-to-compete-google-earth-analysis/</link>
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		<title>A Close Look at Monalisa, a Dynamic Service Architecture Framework to Control and Monitor Large Distributed System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ MonALISA is  a framework based on dynamic distributed service architecture and was developed by Caltech for its HEP(High Energy Physics) dept.  The abbreviation stands for Monitoring Agents using Large Integrated Service Architecture. The scope of the framework is to monitor, control and optimize complex systems. The design principle of Monalisa is based on multi-threaded, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-close-look-at-monalisa-an-integrated-services-architecture-framework-to-control-and-monitor-large-distributed-system/</link>
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		<title>Fingerprint analysis confirms Indonesia&#8217;s most wanted  terrorist is alive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Fingerprint analysis has confirmed that one  of two men reported killed in a central Java shoot-out  with police  was  not  Indonesia's  most  wanted  terrorist,   Noordin Mohammed Top.

Malaysian-born  Top  is  a prime suspect  in  last  month's  near [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/fingerprint-analysis-confirms-indonesias-most-wanted-terrorist-is-alive/</link>
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		<title>New operating software for machine monitoring systems can work automatically</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Scientists have developed a new operating software for condition monitoring (CM) systems that are used to monitor machines remotely, which can be adapted for use with various types of facility without the need for manual programming.

CM systems monitor machines remotely, with sensors mounted on the equipment feeding continuous measurements back to a control [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/new-operating-software-for-machine-monitoring-systems-can-work-automatically/</link>
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		<title>Indonesia&#8217;s most wanted terrorist shot dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Indonesian police sources have said that one of two men killed in a central Java shoot-out with police is Indonesia's most wanted terrorist, Noordin Mohammed Top.

Malaysian-born Top is a prime suspect in last month's near simultaneous suicide attacks on Jakarta's JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, which killed nine people and wounded 53.
Police hunting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/indonesias-most-wanted-terrorist-shot-dead/</link>
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		<title>SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Exam 310-065: Review &amp; Download</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide an extensive repository of practice questions and answers for exam 310-065. It makes a good guide to describe and prepare for the SCJP exam. Although a little obsessed with trick questions that doesn't offer an in-depth study of syntactic molasses, but the variety of question is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/scjp-sun-certified-programmer-for-java-6-exam-310-065-review-download/</link>
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		<title>JDK 1.6 Compiler Optimization performance difference between IP address to long implementations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just to give all ya techies  some food for real geeky thoughts, here is a kind of an eye opener of how much JDK 1.6 compiler has optimized itself over the years. Our developers were working on a project that needed IP addresses to get simplified and be represented by numbers. Understandably it reduces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/jdk-16-compiler-optimization-performance-difference-between-ip-address-to-long-implementations/</link>
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		<title>Progressive Disclosure in API Design with example</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard about the progressive disclosure principle of UI design. In Progressive disclosure design you defer advanced or rarely used features to a secondary screen, making applications easier to learn and less error-prone. It has been successfully argued that the same principles can be and should be applied to API design, which are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/progressive-disclosure-in-api-design-with-example/</link>
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		<title>Carnegie Mellon &#8216;Last Lecture&#8217; prof&#8217;s 3D computer programming tool to be updated</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Last Lecture' prof's program to be updated
PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University will release an updated version of the animation-based software developed by late "last lecture" professor Randy Pausch to teach computer programming.

Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor and pioneer of virtual reality research, was involved with the Alice software project.
He died at age 47 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/carnegie-mellon-last-lecture-profs-3d-computer-programming-tool-to-be-updated/</link>
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		<title>Some key statistics on Microsoft, and Yahoo and Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft, Yahoo and Google at a glance
Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. announced a 10-year search advertising partnership Wednesday that the companies hope will help them compete against Google Inc. Some key facts about the three companies:

Microsoft:
— Founded: 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to bring the Basic programming language to an early computer, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/some-key-statistics-on-microsoft-and-yahoo-and-google/</link>
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		<title>The tale of the tape on Microsoft and Yahoo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft and Yahoo at a glance
Some facts about Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., which announced a 10-year search advertising partnership Wednesday:

Microsoft:
— Founded: 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to bring the Basic programming language to an early computer, the Altair 8800.
— Headquarters: Redmond, Wash.
— CEO: Steven A. Ballmer
— Employees: 91,000
— Earnings: $14.6 billion in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-tale-of-the-tape-on-microsoft-and-yahoo/</link>
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		<title>IBM&#8217;s $1.2B acquisition of SPSS shows importance of software in IBM transformation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM scoops up software maker SPSS in $1.2B deal
SAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. is bulking up its most profitable division with a $1.2 billion acquisition of business software provider SPSS Inc., a deal that also reflects the power of wealthy technology companies to throw their money around despite the recession.

The all-cash deal announced Tuesday represents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibms-12b-acquisition-of-spss-shows-importance-of-software-in-ibm-transformation/</link>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Baidu, Discovery Channel launch Web site to carry science, nature features</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China's Baidu, Discovery Channel launch Web site
BEIJING — Baidu Inc., which runs China's leading search engine, and the Discovery Channel launched a Web site Tuesday to carry nature and science features, adding to rivalry in China's competitive Internet market.

The site — discovery.baidu.com — will raise the Discovery Channel's profile in China, which restricts foreign access [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/chinas-baidu-discovery-channel-launch-web-site-to-carry-science-nature-features/</link>
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		<title>IAC and NBC&#8217;s Ben Silverman team up in new venture, but details remain scarce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Details scant in venture with IAC, NBC's Silverman
NEW YORK — A new venture that NBC Entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman is leaving the network to form with Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp promises better integration of ad campaigns by involving advertisers earlier in a show's development.

It also promises to develop content and marketing across every medium, "from Twitter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/iac-and-nbcs-ben-silverman-team-up-in-new-venture-but-details-remain-scarce/</link>
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		<title>PayPal set to become global payment platform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - PayPal is set to become the first truly global platform for payment.
San Jose-based PayPal, which is a company of eBay, announced Friday that it plans to open its online payment platform to third-party developers. Till now, PayPal could be used to pay for deals made by its members on eBay.	 	

In a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/paypal-set-to-become-global-payment-platform/</link>
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		<title>ESPN bans NY Post reporters from its shows after paper publishes images from Andrews video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ESPN bans NY Post reporters over Andrews video
HARTFORD, Conn. — ESPN banned staffers from the New York Post from appearing on any of its programming on Wednesday after the newspaper published photos this week taken from a video showing sideline reporter Erin Andrews nude in a hotel room.

The Post published three images from the blurry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/espn-bans-ny-post-reporters-from-its-shows-after-paper-publishes-images-from-andrews-video/</link>
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		<title>ESPN bans NY Post reporters from shows after paper publishes stills from Andrews video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ESPN bans NY Post reporters from shows
NEW YORK — ESPN has banned staffers from the New York Post from appearing on any of its programming after the newspaper ran photos from the video showing sideline reporter Erin Andrews nude in a hotel room.

The Post published three images from the blurry video.
"While we understand the Post's [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/espn-bans-ny-post-reporters-from-shows-after-paper-publishes-stills-from-andrews-video/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft sends final Windows 7 code to manufacturers, promises smooth transition for PC users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft says Windows 7 is ready for PC companies
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7 is complete.

The software maker sent the final code for its next computer operating system to manufacturers Wednesday, and said it's still on track for an Oct. 22 launch.
Mike Angiulo, a general manager in the Windows group, said in an interview [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-sends-final-windows-7-code-to-manufacturers-promises-smooth-transition-for-pc-users/</link>
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		<title>Stone-age rings unearthed at prehistoric sites in Central Java</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA - An archeological research team from  the Bandung  Institute of Technology (ITB) and  the  Purwokerto-based Jendral Sudirman University has discovered at least 50 new  sites rich  in prehistoric rings from the Stone Age along  the  Kliwang River in Purbalingga, Central Java.

"We  found  stone relics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/stone-age-rings-unearthed-at-prehistoric-sites-in-central-java/</link>
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		<title>Glitch in antivirus software generates annoying false alarms for users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Glitch in antivirus software troubles PC users
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Antivirus software cuts two ways. It's great at blocking known viruses, but it can sometimes misfire, mistakenly flagging clean files as malicious. That sends a computer into a tailspin trying to clean up stuff that's supposed to be on there.

The problem can crash a computer, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/glitch-in-antivirus-software-generates-annoying-false-alarms-for-users/</link>
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