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The Greenest Laptop on the Planet

The One Laptop Per Child non-profit headed up by MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte is coming up against its self-imposed deadline of May 31 to secure three million orders for its little green computers.  Lots of developing countries have shown interest, but none have yet signed on the dotted line.  In a 60 Minutes segment, Negroponte accuses Intel of trying to scuttle …

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MENGHUKUM DIRI SENDIRI

Suatu ketika, Raden Permadi didatangi sekelompok “orang kampung” dalam keadaan cemas. Kelompok orang tersebut minta pertolongan sang ksatria untuk menumpas sekawanan perampok yang sedang merajalela di kampungnya. Terdorong rasa kemanusiaan yang mendalam, apalagi mentaati posisinya sebagai penjaga ketentraman, Raden Permadi tanpa pikir masuk ke gudang senjata, mengambil panah sebagai sarana untuk menghadapi pengacau. Betapa terkejutnya dia, karena didapati kakaknya, Raden …

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Menggunakan Software Legal, Sudah Siapkah Kita?

“Migrasi ke opensource” yach kata ini ini yang sering terdengar oleh kita jika menemui seputar polemik dalam pemilihan atau penggunaan sistem operasi yang akan digunakan di warnet, instansi baik swasta maupun pemerintah dan untuk keperluan pribadi. Antara menggunakan Windows atau Linux (Opensource), antara ramai atau sepi, untung atau rugi? Bagi user atau pemakai menggunakan windows merupakan hal yang baru karena …

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Apa yang salah dengan Windows Vista?

Windows Vista adalah langkah besar menuju kemunduran kebebasan anda. Biasanya, software baru memberikan kebebasan untuk melakukan sesuatu yang lebih dengan komputer anda. Vista didisain untuk membatasi apa yang dapat anda lakukan. Vista memaksakan bentuk baru dari DRM (Digital Rights Management). DRM ini lebih tepat disebut Digital Restrictions Management, karena dengan teknologi ini perusahaan besar mencoba untuk menekan kita semua, dengan …

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Inside Windows Vista User Account Control

UAC’s Goal UAC is meant to enable users to run with standard user rights, as opposed to administrative rights. Administrative rights give users the ability to read and modify any part of the operating system, including the code and data of other users—and even Windows® itself. Without administrative rights users cannot accidentally (or deliberately) modify system settings, malware can’t alter …

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Mobile Messaging with Exchange Server 2007 – Part 1

Built-in support for Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) in the Exchange Server product has been available since the Exchange Server 2003 RTM version. But it wasn’t until the release of Exchange Server 2003 SP2, in which the DirectPush technology (aka AUTD v2) as well as device security policies were introduced, that mobile messaging got widely deployed in the organizations around the world. …

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PC Protection Part 2

How to protect your PC with Ad-Aware BargainBuddy, 180 Search Assistant, NavExcel: these names strike fear and loathing into the hearts of Web surfers the world over. But these are far from the only spyware components you need to worry about. Cyberspace is crawling with all kinds of vicious critters that can wreak havoc on your system, and the problem …

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Top SEO Tips

From the obvious to the “Hey-I-never-thought-of-that-great-idea-before”, here are 10 of the top 52 tips on how to optimize your website for its turbo-charge rocket ride up the search engine rankings. Be bold. Use the tags around some of your keywords on each page. Do NOT use them everywhere the keyword appears. Once or twice is plenty.

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PC Protection Part 1

Lesson 1: Viruses, worms, and Trojan horses in this lesson, you’ll learn what viruses and worms are, how they can enter your PC, and how you can remove them quickly and easily. Viruses and worms are computer programs deliberately designed and written to alter the way your computer works, without your permission or knowledge. A virus has two properties: It …

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