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From desktop to dustbin: The evolution of the mouse
For almost 30 years, they have scurried across the globe with relentless speed, spawning new generations as they darted through holes in our desks to colonise the space beside our keyboards. The mouse has shown an extraordinary ability to survive the breakneck speed of technological evolution. Nobody has carried out a census of these denizens of the desktop, but it's certain that billions of ...
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Tucson man sentenced to prison on child porn charges
A Tucson man found guilty on charges related to child pornography was sentenced to 84 months in prison Monday. An August 2005 undercover FBI investigation traced William Ernest Fuller, 31, to trading child pornography from an Internet address in Tucson.
ABC 15 Phoenix |
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Google-powered phone launched in U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - T-Mobile USA will sell the first phone powered by Google Inc's Android operating system for $179, slightly cheaper than its rival, Apple Inc's popular iPhone, the wireless service said on Tuesday.
Victoria Times Colonist |
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Google Phone To Launch In LA
The first cell phone running Google Inc.'s mobile software looks like Apple Inc.'s iPhone and has a large touch screen, but it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google Maps.
NBC 4 Los Angeles |
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Recycling Ideas
DEP asks Floridians for recycling ideas.
WJHG Panama City |
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Letters - Military Community, Navy Community, military installations, discussions, blogs, photos, - Navy Times
Before I retired in 2004 as an E-6, I witnessed many of my fellow shipmates being screwed out of their advancement pay because the division chief, division officer, department head or commanding officer said: “We can’t afford to send this sailor to leadership school at this time.”
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Microsoft Gives Up, Strips Default Apps from Windows 7 [Windows]
No matter how hard Apple strives to make Microsoft look uncool, one fact remains: Microsoft owns the desktop. No matter what you do or where you go, somewhere or another, you're working with Windows....
Lifehacker |
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Yahoo unveils Messenger 9.0
Yahoo's latest instant messenger delivers a better-looking interface and a couple of standout features, plus two more to grumble about. Read about it in our complete review.
CNET |
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Gestures will force the Mouse into Retirement
The crude language of 'point and click' seriously limits the 'conversations' we have with our computers.
Usability News |
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Power outage cancels some UMSL classes
A power outage at the University of Missouri-St. Louis has forced the cancellation of classes in several buildings. Classes and activites in Marillac Hall, Ward E. Barnes Library, the South Campus Computer Building and the South Campus Classroom Building were cancelled, according to UMSL.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Google rolls out rival to iPhone
Tue 23 Sep, 2008 22:34
Interactive Investor |
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Study shows pop up warnings ineffective
A study by the Department of Psychology at North Carolina State University has shown that computer users largely ignore pop up windows warning them of unsafe computing use.
Infomatics |
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Police nab Maserati hacker
A 60 year-old man has been charged with hacking a database and using the stolen information to blackmail sports-car maker Maserati.
Infomatics |
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Police nab Maserati hacker
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Tuesday 23 September 2008 at 23:49:00 Man accused of stealing data, blackmailing company A 60 year-old man has been charged with hacking a database and using the stolen information to blackmail sports-car maker Maserati....
vnunet.com |
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Study shows pop up warnings ineffective
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Tuesday 23 September 2008 at 23:46:00 Users are the weakest link A study by the Department of Psychology at North Carolina State University has shown that computer users largely ignore pop up windows warning them of unsafe computing use....
vnunet.com |
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Study shows pop up warnings ineffective
A study by the Department of Psychology at North Carolina State University has shown that computer users largely ignore pop up windows warning them of unsafe computing use.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Police nab Maserati hacker
A 60 year-old man has been charged with hacking a database and using the stolen information to blackmail sports-car maker Maserati.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Yahoo unveils Messenger 9.0
Yahoo Messenger 9.0 is becoming available on Tuesday--a week after Yahoo's target launch date and interestingly, a week after Microsoft released its beta update of Windows Live Messenger.
CNET via Yahoo! News |
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Google rolls out rival to iPhone
T-Mobile has rolled out Google's answer to the iPhone as the Web search giant makes its biggest stab yet at leaping from consumers' computers into their pockets with a device cheaper than rival Apple offers.
TVNZ |
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Google unveils mobile phone, on sale in October
Internet search giant Google launched its long-awaited mobile phone on Tuesday, unveiling a handset developed with telecom carrier T-Mobile to compete with rival Apple's hot-selling iPhone.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Google unveils mobile phone, on sale in October
Internet search giant Google launched its long-awaited mobile phone on Tuesday, unveiling a handset developed with telecom carrier T-Mobile to compete with rival Apple's hot-selling iPhone.
AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance |
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National Bank reports theft of laptop with mortgage loan database
The Canadian Press September 23, 2008 - 6:45 p.m. MONTREAL - National Bank (TSX:NA) says its mortgage customers should be extra vigilant about suspicious activity in their accounts since Friday, when a laptop was stolen from the company's head office.
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Yesmail Creative Services Team Wins at the OMMA Awards by MediaPost
Yesmail(TM) (an infoGROUP (R) company)(NASDAQ: IUSA), a leading email marketing service provider, today announced that Yesmail and HP (www.hp.com) have been awarded 1st place for the best Online Advertising Creativity in the Stand Alone Email Category at the OMMA Awards presented on September 18th.
Centre Daily Times |
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Android to debut in T-Mobile's G1 smartphone
When Google announced the Open Handset Alliance (a group of wireless industry players looking to get their names associated with Google's Android open mobile platform project ), true open-source smartphones were a great idea that seemed far from commercial realization. This will change on October 22, when the T-Mobile G1 ? the product of an exclusive partnership among T-Mobile, Google, and ...
InfoWorld |
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Google rolls out rival to iPhone
T-Mobile has rolled out Google's answer to the iPhone as the Web search giant makes its biggest stab yet at leaping from consumers' computers into their pockets with a device cheaper than rival Apple offers.
TVNZ |
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