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Craigslist hearing continued
By Nancy Huddleston, Editor A hearing in the Craigslist murder case was continued until Nov. 19 so that representatives of the popular online advertising business and of the e-mail service America Online ( AOL ) can be brought in to testify. read more
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IT glitch causes Heathrow chaos
Thousands of air passengers in Britain have faced travel chaos after a computer fault at the main air traffic control centre caused delays and cancellations.
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Pencil This In
ART: Everyone is talking about Eyebeam's Untethered exhibit , which opens today. The installation is a "sculpture garden of everyday objects deprogrammed of their original function, embedded with new intelligence and transformed into surrealist and surprising readymades, including a photocopier that reads the night sky; a PDA turned guitar; and a piano that plays the Internet." The exhibit ...
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Man pleads guilty to using Internet to find boys
A suburban Kansas City man pleads guilty to one federal count of transporting a minor across state lines for sex. U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren said Thursday that 41-year-old Timothy Kessler of Kansas City, Kan., admitted that he used a Web site to find teenage boys for sex. The FBI launched an investigation of Kessler in 2003. Local police had learned that Kessler persuaded a boy from Blue ...
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EADS announces delay in first flight of A400M military plane
An undated computer generated image released by Airbus shows an Airbus A400M being refuelled. European aerospace group EADS said Thursday the first flight of its A400M military transporter, planned for the end of the year, is now postponed to an indefinite date.
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A simpler way to test quantum computers
More 'classical' approach works wonders
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New Hands-On Course from Learning Tree Provides Introduction to Microsoft Tools for Business Intelligence
Learning Tree International (NASDAQ NM:LTRE) announced today the addition of a new course to its Business Analysis curriculum entitled Introduction to Microsoft Tools for Business Intelligence: Hands-On. The 3-day course offers attendees the opportunity to gain practical experience working with Business Intelligence tools through extensive exercises led by an expert instructor.
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Distribution Network for Eutelsat's Tooway(TM) Broadband Service Gathers Speed With Numeo in France
PARIS , September 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced the expansion in France of the distribution network of its Tooway(TM) service with the signature of an agreement with Numeo S.A.. Eutelsat's innovative Tooway(TM) service offers a fully satellite-based broadband solution to consumers beyond range of ADSL networks.
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Engadget Cares: save us from Apple's groundbreaking, developer-shackling App Store
Filed under: Cellphones Engadget editor-at-large and gdgt co-founder Ryan Block contributes Engadget Cares , a friendly advice column for the people who make your technology. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/How_the_App_Store_is_Hurting_Devs'; It's not hard to argue that the App Store's inspired success for the mobile software world, with over 100 million programs ...
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Intellectual Property
For many technology companies, developing a patent strategy is an important component of the business plan. However, for many the approach for developing a patent strategy is more happenstance than execution of a precisely defined plan.
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Brain imaging study provides new insight into why people pay too much in auctions
( New York University ) Auctions are an old and widely used method for allocating goods that have become increasingly common with the advent of internet auctions sites such as Ebay. Previous economic research has shown that in an auction people tend to bid "too high," or overbid, given the value of the item for sale. By combining brain imaging techniques with behavioral economic research, ...
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New nanoscale process created by UCSB scientists will help computers run faster and more efficiently
( University of California - Santa Barbara ) Smaller. Faster. More efficient. These are the qualities that drive science and industry to create new nanoscale structures that will help to speed up computers. Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have made a major contribution to this field by designing a new nanotechnology that will ultimately help make computers smaller, ...
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MySpace tries to strike new chord in digital music
In a bid to spruce up its popular online hangout, MySpace plans to flip the switch today on a much-anticipated service that will give its roughly 120 million users free access to hundreds of thousands of songs from the world's largest recording labels.
The Shreveport Times |
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Computer fault causes flight cancellations in UK
(AP:LONDON) A computer glitch at Britain's air traffic control center on Thursday led to delays and cancellations across the country, officials said. Airport operator BAA PLC said flights were still landing and departing at London's Heathrow Airport but that the process was "slower than normal."
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Michael Dell Sure Looks Green
Can eco-friendly laptops grow Dell's greenbacks?
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Symantec claims speedy security
Symantec claims the latest version of its flagship Norton security products is faster and easier on both the user and the host PC. Norton Internet Security 9 installs in less than a minute and can scan your files in a little over 30 seconds, with 'zero impact' on performance, the company claims.
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Conservatives Promise Anti-Spam Law, Gas Pump Watchers And Text Message Protection
But will any of their vows actually amount to anything?
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* Windows x64 Watch List *
A Windows developer and Sysadmin has compiled a "Watch List" of the small but annoyingly important things to keep in mind when moving from 32 bit Windows to Windows x64. Read more on this exclusive OSNews article...
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$6 million in computer parts stolen from cell towers
About $6 million worth of computer parts have disappeared from Atlanta area cell phone towers within the past year, and police believe a former Metro PCS employee is to blame.
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Delivery grocer accepts telephone orders
Grocery shopping online is on the rise, especially with the high cost of gas.
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File picture of Raja Petra Kamarudin.
Those writings - a heady brew of facts, innuendos, speculation and hearsay - have now landed the Malaysia-Today news portal editor two years in the Kamunting Detention Camp, sparking outrage for most and relief for those at the receiving end of his scathing articles.
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Oracle Launches Hardware Business
Shares of the company rose after it announced plans to sell hardware for the first time.
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New trial granted in music downloading case
MINNEAPOLIS -- A federal judge granted a new trial to a Minnesota woman convicted of pirating music files in the nation's first file-sharing trial, ruling Wednesday he made an error in the jury instructions that "s
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Hurricane Ike affects News-Herald readers
Hurricane Ike affected thousands along the Texas coast, including several of the Del Rio News-Herald’s sister papers. Though the massive storm didn’t reach Del Rio, it took a toll on the News-Herald’s service when web site capabilities were knocked offline.
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Oracle To Sell Database Hardware
qazsedcft writes "In a move the company is billing as its first foray into the hardware business, Oracle Corp. said Wednesday it will begin selling server computers that come with its database software pre-installed." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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