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Interview with Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder
Asia is moving in the same direction as the rest of the world in allowing greater freedom to access the internet as governments across the region are realising it's futile and not in its interest to restrict the free flow of information.
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Spears caught up in "Womanizer" hoax
Britney Spears is at the center of an internet hoax after computer whiz kids superimposed the singer's face on Tyra Banks' body - and passed the images off as the...
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Microsoft once again offering pseudo-open source on CodePlex
Microsoft can't seem to fully embrace open source, even when it tries to do so.
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Labor report indicates squeeze on tech sector
NEW YORK Ñ The economic slowdown has started to squeeze the technology sector. So far this has not led to wide-scale job cuts, but a slowing demand for computers and other electronics may already be weighing on some payrolls.
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Google postpones Yahoo online ad deal
SAN FRANCISCO, (AFP) - Google said it is postponing a planned online advertising tie-up with Yahoo to allow more time for US anti-trust regulators to consider the ramifications of the deal.
Muzi |
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What are Your Favorite Music Downloads? Users Vote for Their 50 Most Popular Songs.
MP3 Rocket's is proud to release the 'Most Popular Music' feature allows customers the ability to vote on their most favorite songs and then share them with others.
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NMC offers computer literacy courses
The Northern Marianas College, through the Division of Community Programs and Services' Community Development Institute, is offering short-term classes to interested individuals who wish to improve their computer application skills.
Saipan Tribune |
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Skirting the Pitfalls of Private Rentals
The Internet has made it ever easier for travelers to search for vacation rentals across the globe, but at the same time it has also made it possible for just about anyone to post a listing.
New York Times |
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T-Mobile G1 Pre-order Sales runs red hot
T-Mobile says that there is overwhelming demand for the first Google Android phone and the company is offering more T-Mobile G1 up for pre-order. If you have pre-ordered your T-Mobile G1 before October 3rd you are supposed to get it as early as October ...
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Photo-sharing from the October show
Only two and a half weeks until the Symbian Smartphone Show in London, then. Which promises to be the most interesting one for years, what with the Symbian Foundation and competition from RIM, Apple, Google, etc. Anyway, there's a new Flickr group set up for you to share photos taken at the show , you might want to bookmark it and contribute your own photo-finds.
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Wii solution to age old problem
Residents at a Lanarkshire care home are turning to computer games in a bid to prevent elderly falls.
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fring lets you make Skype calls from your iPhone, available for free
Back in April I wrote about the availability of fring on the iPhone, but at that time you needed a jailbroken iPhone to use it and the iPhone 3G wasn't yet available. You may recall that fring is a VoIP application that lets you use Skype, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo!, and AIM clients to chat and instant message. Well, the good news is that fring is available now for free in the Apple ...
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Give It Away: One Solution To The Book Publishing Blues
I'm willing to let people read what I've written. Now the question remains - are people going to be willing to read it? It's been slightly over two years since I finished writing my first novel, The Paths Life Takes. Since that day she has sat quietly in various computer hard drives, on CD data discs, on a floppy disc, and even in a cardboard box awaiting shipping to a publisher. She's been ...
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EXPENSIVE ENDEAVORS
Repairs needed to restore Fort Bend Independent School District campuses as a result of damages from Hurricane Ike will carry a hefty price tag for the district.
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Jewish 'modesty patrols' sow fear in Israel
In Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of God, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste. They hurl stones at women for such "sins" as wearing a red blouse, and attack stores selling devices that can access the Internet. In recent weeks, self-styled "modesty patrols" have been accused of breaking ...
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State put sex tips on Facebook
SOCIAL networking sites Facebook and MySpace will be used to carry safe-sex messages from the Queensland Government ? but only to over-18s.
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Fears rise in Israel as Jewish vigilantes attack women, stores deemed immodest
JERUSALEM (AP) _ In Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of God, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste. They hurl stones at women for such "sins" as wearing a red blouse, and attack stores selling devices that can access the Internet.
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Was the Yahoo-Google Deal a Ploy To Weaken Yahoo?
JagsLive writes with a link to a BetaNews story about a US Senator who is questioning whether the deal between Yahoo and Google was brokered with less than honorable intentions on Google's part. The advertising deal came under scrutiny from the Department of Justice recently for potential antitrust violations. The deal has now been delayed in order to allow investigators more time for ...
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Google, Yahoo ad deal delayed
A proposed joint advertising deal between Internet search engines Yahoo and Google is being delayed to allow more government scrutiny, the companies said.Antitrust lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice are still examining the proposal, but the delay is expected to be brief, The Washington Post reported Saturday.The companies have agreed to a brief delay in implementing this agreement to ...
Moldova.org |
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Deeds office goes high-tech
CLINTON — What used to amount to multiple trips to the Sampson County Register of Deeds Office and hours of scanning through any number of the office’s more than 1,700 index and records books is now accomplished without so much as moving — except for fingers along a keyboard and computer mouse.
Sampson Independent |
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UPI NewsTrack Business
Euro leaders gather for financial summit ... Dutch government nationalizes Fortis ... Paulson lays bailout implementation plans ... Google, Yahoo ad deal delayed ... News from United Press International.
UPI |
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Super-fast downloads 'by 2012'
LIGHTNING-FAST wireless internet is just around the corner, with cumbersome cables banished from our lounge rooms within two to four years, according to Adelaide scientists.
Adelaide Now |
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Nursing home residents turn to Wii solution for their exercise
Residents at a Lanarkshire care home are turning to computer games in a bid to prevent elderly falls.
BBC News |
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Ex-County Official Sentenced For Obscenity
A former county official will serve 15 months in prison for viewing lewd images on his computer.
WCMH Columbus |
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Google, Yahoo ad deal delayed
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A proposed joint advertising deal between Internet search engines Yahoo and Google is being delayed to allow more government scrutiny, the companies said.
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