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How The Open Net Closed Its Doors
BBC NEWS How the open net closed its doors
By Clark Boyd Technology correspondent,

in Boston A new book details the extent to which countries across the globe are increasingly censoring online information they find strategically, politically
or culturally threatening.

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Three Cheers For Target For Fighting Accessibility
IT-Analysis.com Thursday, October 18, 2007
Three cheers for Target for fighting accessibility
By Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams, Practice Leader, Accessibility and Usability, Bloor Research

In March this year I wrote an article about accessibility law suits going through the American courts. Read the rest of this entry »

Wi-Fi On Steroids?

Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY
I wouldn’t ordinarily mention wireless networking and baseball in the same breath. But I couldn’t resist. The so-called Mimo technology I’ve been testing
is kind of like, um, Wi-Fi on steroids.

There’s nothing objectionable about this impressive new wireless technology except maybe its name. Mimo (pronounced My-moh) stands for multiple input, multiple output. Read the rest of this entry »

TapMemo Voice Activated Personal Data Assistant Instruction Manual
TapMemo Voice Activated Personal Data Assistant

TapMemo Users Manual
Table of Contents:
CHAPTER ONE -GETTING TO KNOW YOUR TAPMEMO………………………3
CHAPTER TWO -SETTING UP YOUR TAPMEMO…………………………………5
CHAPTER THREE -USING YOUR TAPMEMO ………………………………………8

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Blind Man Back In Business, Starts Used Car Lot

Mlive.com. Michigan USA Saturday, March 31, 2007
By Pat Shellenbarger Saturday, March 31, 2007

GRAND RAPIDS — Willie Scales can tell you all about the used cars on his lot: make, model, year, color, miles. Read the rest of this entry »

Opening society’s eyes
People with visual impairments say they just want chance to contribute. Jim Pfiffer

You can’t tell that Mariann Graley is legally blind by looking at her. That’s the problem. Read the rest of this entry »

Fuel Cells Now Providing Power For Some Japaneese Homes
By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer Mon Mar 3, 3:38 PM ET

HIRATSUKA, Japan – Masanori Naruse jogs every day, collects miniature cars and feeds birds in his backyard, but he’s proudest of the way his home and 2,200
others in Japan get electricity and heat water — with power generated by a hydrogen fuel cell.

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Many New Electronic Gadgets Are Coming With Viruses Pre-Installed
By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer Fri Mar 14, 6:53 AM ET

From iPods to navigation systems, some of today’s hottest gadgets are landing on store shelves with some unwanted extras from the factory — pre-installed
viruses that steal passwords, open doors for hackers and make computers spew spam.

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Memory Trick Breaks PC Encryption
BBC NEWS
Memory trick breaks PC encryption

Encrypted information held on a laptop is more vulnerable than previously thought, US research has shown. Scientists have shown that it is possible to recover
the key that unscrambles data from a PC’s memory.

It was previously thought that data held in so-called “volatile memory” was only retained for a few seconds after the machine was switched off. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m Blind, But There’s No Need To Talk To My Dog
The Herald, Scotland (UK) Tuesday, February 06, 2007
By IAN HAMILTON

I’m utterly exhausted with people constantly asking how I became blind. Considering that I’m 42, and blind since birth, it could be imagined that by now
I would be familiar with this question.

On the contrary, if anything I’m getting more impatient with the same old questions day after day. “Have you been blind all your life?” To this I always
respond: “Not yet”.

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