PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China

BEIJING — Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory.

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WASHINGTON - IBM is offering its laid off employees in North America a chance to take a job with the company in India, Nigeria, Russia or other countries through Project Match, a media report said.

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As you may be aware, if you are following my tweets, that we are testing a highly scalable WordPress delivery platform, which can serve over 10000 requests per second from a single server and handle over 20000 concurrent requests without failure. Sounds amazing? then read on…

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Are you really annoyed with Windows Instant Messenger popping up every time you log into your internet? And if you have used Windows, then you know that unnecessary, unwanted, unacceptable- such terms are nothing but a sheer waste o time. Because you are made to toil for almost every good thing you do from Windows XP. So how do you remove Windows Instant messenger anyway? Here is a simple tip.

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Vodaphone sent the pricing for iPhone 3G 8GB and 16GB models in India and I have to tell you it is daylight robbery!

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Fedora Core 6 has recently been updated to Kernel version 2.6.22.5-49. When you depend on compiled kernel modules, as in the case of nVidia drivers from Livna, you have to update them too. Livna does a nice job of providing updated drivers as soon as, or even earlier, Fedora repositories are updated. However with the recent release of Fedora Core 6, the Livna repository is presenting the kmod-nvidia driver version 100.14.19-1.2.6.22.7_57, which works only for Linux kernel version 2.6.22.7-57. So you are forced to either use the old kernel version 2.6.22.5-49 and wait for a compatible update from Livna or forgo using nVidia drivers, which is most likely an unacceptable solution. Fortunately the solution is simple. Here are the steps

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I am using at Tata Indicom Broadband connection (unlimited 1Mbps plan) as a backup broadband connection in Kolkata. Browsing the web you will find several pretty negative experiences with Tata Indicom Broadband connection (provided below). Here is a review of experiences with Tata Indicom Broadband connection; must-read if you are considering Tata Indicom broadband for home or business.

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A class action lawsuit against Sony BMG Music Entertainment has been filed in California, and more lawsuits are expected as lawyers enter the Sony Rootkit copy protection software fiasco.

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