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Digitizing and Geocoding Old Maps?

alobar72 writes 'I have quite a few old maps (several hundreds; 100+ years old, some are already damaged so time is not on my side). What I want to do is to digitize them and to apply geo-coordinates to them so I can use them as overlays for
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New HP software links MediaSmart NAS severs with TiVo

Owners of the TiVo digital video recorder (DVR) and a -based NAS server from HP, I have some good news. HP announced Wednesday the free HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo. This is a software application that lets the TiVo DVR use the storage of HP
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The Lost Film That Accompanied Empire Strikes Back

An anonymous reader writes ''Alien' and 'Star Wars' art director Roger Christian was given 25,000 by George Lucas in 1979 to make a 25-minute medieval B-feature called 'Black Angel.' This spiritual tale of a knight on a strange quest was inspired by
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OpenSSH 5.4 Released

HipToday writes 'As posted on the OpenBSD Journal, OpenSSH 5.4 has been released: 'Some highlights of this release are the disabling of protocol 1 by default, certificate authentication, a new 'netcat mode,' many changes on the sftp front (both client
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Intel's redemos six-core Gulftown

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Tricks to Keep Your Device?s Battery Going and Going

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6 Smartphone Keyboards Compared

Barence writes 'A debate that crops up time and again is whether it's better to have a dedicated keyboard on your smartphone or whether an on-screen keyboard with text correction is adequate. Some phones with screen-based keyboards have started to
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In Abu Dhabi, rulers grill tech and media gurus on monetization

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is pushing officials in Abu Dhabi to open up, encourage creativity, and allow outside media companies to gain more of a foothold. Photo: Jon Fortt ABU DHABI ? News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch told government officials
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Mobile Apps That Outperform Web Sites

Since the great app rush began, Web companies have scurried to build mobile apps. In some cases, they have realized that their services are better suited to cellphone screens than computers. Take Zillow.com, the real estate Web site where people can hunt
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Window Maker Desktop: Lightweight Linux Minimalism

Window Maker is a fast, lightweight window manager based as closely as possible on the look and feel of the NeXTStep interface. (You may be familiar with NeXTStep an ancestor of Mac OSX, although the look and feel has changed a fair bit between the two.)
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IBM hopes to make mobile devices more accessible

IBM is embarking on a research project to design mobile gadgets that are easier to use for people who have disabilities or aren't fully literate. As part of the project, announced Wednesday, Big Blue will collaborate with India's and the University of
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Microsoft looks to 'Elevate' California

Microsoft's year-old , which offers free technology training and certification, is coming to California. The program was as the country was gripped by recession, with Washington state as the first government partner. Since then, other states have slowly
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Code Bubbles Rethinking the IDE's User Interface

kang327 writes 'As Java developers we are used to the familiar file-based user interface that is used by all of the major IDEs. A team at Brown University has developed an IDE for Java called Code Bubbles that makes a fairly radical departure from
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Next-Gen Augmented Reality Rears Its Unreal Head

andylim writes 'Separate teams at Oxford university and Zentium, a South Korean company, are working on next-gen augmented reality solutions, which make it possible to fuse real and 3D computer-generated visuals on the fly using mobile phones. The team
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What Apple's and Microsoft's patent threats mean for start-ups

Perhaps retirement doesn't suit former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Just weeks into his post-Sun life, Schwartz offers some delicious anecdotes in a blog post, summarizing Apple's and Microsoft's threats to sue Sun for patent infringement as
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Farewell To the South Pole Dome

Julie188 writes 'After more than three decades of service to researchers and staff stationed at the bottom of the world, the dome at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was deconstructed this austral summer. Designed and constructed by the Seabees the
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Google to Digitize Old Books From Rome, Florence

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10 Geeky Gadgets You're Embarrassed to Admit You Want

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LHC Will Be Shut Down In 2011 Because of "Mistake"

astroengine follows up to a story about the LHC shutting down that seems to have hit all the news replicators today. 'It's to be expected when pushing the frontiers of physics, but the LHC's epic 'will it or won't it' saga continues. Due to an unforeseen
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Ex-Sun boss punts Apple-Microsoft-world 'tried to sue me' missive

Former Sun Microsystems boss Jonathan Schwartz has claimed that Apple chief Steve Jobs threatened to sue the newly-Oracle-owned database maker in 2003. The erstwhile Sun CEO said on his
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IBM, Stanford make breakthrough in green plastic

photo: IBM In The New York Times on Tuesday, I wrote about how scientists at IBM and Stanford University have developed a new process for making plastic that could have major environmental implications: Researchers at I.B.M. and Stanford University said
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EU Parliament Rejects ACTA In a 663 To 13 Vote

An anonymous reader writes ''The European Parliament defied the EU executive today (10 March), casting a vote against an agreement between the EU, the US and other major powers on combating online piracy and threatening to take legal action at the
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Google launches app store

Google has announced that it has opened the Google Apps Marketplace to developers. More than 50 companies wil be involved in the Apps Marketplace, which will offer business software such as a project management application, a tax and a payroll program,
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Microsoft skips patch for PowerPoint add-on

Latest security update fixes eight flaws in Windows and Office, but passes on patching Producer 2003 add-on for PowerPoint Microsoft fixed eight flaws in Windows and Office Tuesday, but passed on patching one Windows component because it cannot be
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Study Shows TV Makes Kids Fat, Computers Don't

Xemu writes 'Computer's don't make children fat, but watching TV for the same length of time does. This is shown by a recent Swedish study of all school children in Lund's county conducted by RN Pernilla Garmy. The results were clear: The child's obesity
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Ex-Sun Chief Dishes Dirt On Gates, Jobs

alphadogg writes 'Forrmer CEO of Sun Microsystems Jonathan Schwartz has taken to his personal blog, provocatively titled 'What I couldn't say...,' to dish some industry dirt and tell his side of the story about the demise of Sun. He has already hinted at
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Microsoft researcher wins Turing Award

By Joab Jackson The (ACM) has awarded the 2009 A.M. Turing Award to Charles P. Thacker, for his work in pioneering the networked personal computer. In 1974, while at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), Thacker built a prototype of a desktop
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Cisco Shares Rise Before Significant...

(Adds sales growth goals in eighth paragraph.) March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Cisco Systems Inc. shares rose to their highest level in more than a year the day before the network-equipment maker promised to make a significant product announcement. Cisco, the
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IBM Well-Positioned as Economy Recovers,...

(Updates share price in fifth paragraph.) March 8 (Bloomberg) -- International Business Machines Corp., the biggest computer-services provider, is well- positioned to grow as the economy recovers, Chief Executive Officer Sam Palmisano said. I am
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Bank of Hawaii Offering Coupons Free Online

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