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The motherboard of all straits: Cobb Manor with no computer
I don’t know what a “motherboard” is. But I know I need a new one. For $300. I know of no one more dependent on a computer than I am. My day starts at 7 a.m. with a review of the news and, of course, e-mail. I have demented contacts from Florida to Maine and back again.
Bangor Daily News |
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Review: Tiny flash drives improve their security
Flash memory drives, the size of your thumb, are dirt cheap and offer gigabytes of storage. It"s tempting to fill one of them with important computer files, clip it to a key chain and hit the road. But what if you lose it while fumbling for change at Starbucks and the hacker in the corner finds it? This is not a good thing.
San Jose Mercury News |
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State comptroller hits Vestal schools
VESTAL -- Weak internal controls in the Vestal Central School District led to $15,305 in questionable spending and inappropriate use of computers, including the accessing of pornographic Web sites, an audit by the state Comptroller's Office concluded.
Elmira Star-Gazette |
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Northwest Academy gains online students
CHARLEVOIX — Northwest Academy has adopted a seat time waiver that allows it to enroll students who cannot attend the school in an online program.
Charlevoix Courier |
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Review: Tiny flash drives improve their security
Flash memory drives, the size of your thumb, are dirt cheap and offer gigabytes of storage. It"s tempting to fill one of them with important computer files, clip it to a key chain and hit the road. But what if you lose it while fumbling for change at Starbucks and the hacker in the corner finds it? This is not a good thing.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Computers, jewelry stolen from Penn Township home
Someone broke into a Penn Township home Thursday and stole several items, state police at Newport said.
The Sentinel |
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Sheriff's Office gets funds for cruiser updates
ELYRIA — The Lorain County Sheriff's Office received $46,000 in federal dollars to keep its cruisers' computer equipment effective and up-to-date.
The Morning Journal |
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MCKINNEY: Excess and the city
BLOG: “The Real Housewives of Collin County” take down the absurdity and hilarity of soccer dads and hockey moms, one rhinestone tank top at a time.
McKinney Courier-Gazette |
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Latest in-vehicle computers launched in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Public Safety and Homeland Security solutions providers Nurizon Corporation have unveiled their latest and most advanced in vehicle mobile computing system to date in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
AME Info |
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Time for Fall Cleanup Day in Little Elm
The Town of Little Elm will hold Fall Cleanup Day from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 11. Enter the Service Center on Brenda Lane. The following items will be accepted: Computers and anything used along with a computer, hazardous waste materials, including old paint, household chemicals, cleaners, used motor oil, any unused or unwanted household items.
The Little Elm Journal |
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Consumer Watch: Take a look at extended warranties
Consider a warranty for a high-definition TV or computer, not a clock radio.
Houston Chronicle |
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Apple MacBook 2008 Event: All the Rumors In One Place [Apple]
New MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and probably an updated MacBook Air are coming up next week, at the Apple MacBook 2008 event. The MacBook and MacBook Pro are long due for a case redesign but, beyond...
Gizmodo |
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Court overturns ERA ruling on email dismissal
An employment court judge has found that a Wellington company, ordered to compensate an employee fired after she sent an email containing pictures of naked people, acted appropriately.
Stuff |
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Computers help docs spot breast cancer on X-rays
A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Employment Court overturn ruling on dismissal over email
An employment court judge has found that a Wellington company, ordered to compensate an employee fired after she sent an email containing pictures of naked people, acted appropriately.
Otago Daily Times |
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AMD divulges details of move-in
SARATOGA SPRINGS - About 300 members of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Saratoga Holiday Inn Friday afternoon to hear officials from Advanced Micro Devices talk about their impending arrival and to learn more about how it will affect them.
The Saratogian |
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Google rewires Washington in challenge to Microsoft Office
WASHINGTON — Vivek Kundra, recruited by the city of Washington to overhaul computer networks plagued by cost overruns and viruses, treats his projects like stocks. The biggest "buy" on his trading floor is Google Inc.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Bart's Bytes:
Protect Yourself from Internet Criminals - Part 2 (Or How to Become Really Paranoid in No Time!)
Westerly Sun |
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Sheriff's Office gets funds for cruiser updates
ELYRIA — The Lorain County Sheriff's Office received $46,000 in federal dollars to keep its cruisers' computer equipment effective and up-to-date.
The Morning Journal |
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Employment Court overturns ERA ruling
An employment court judge has found that a Wellington company, ordered to compensate an employee fired after she sent an email containing pictures of naked people, acted appropriately.
NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News |
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Wonderful World of Software Engineering
The world has felt the explosive impact of computers and the IT industry in its very core and the increasing need for computers in the daily life of people has made it imperative that new designs and new computer software systems be developed, so that advancing technology can be applied in a growing range of applications.
Navhind Times |
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Feds link prescription drug ring to Poulsbo
Federal agents have raided a Poulsbo online pharmacy linked to an illegal nationwide prescription drug distribution network.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Here's how to justify buying an iPhone
I remember getting my first computer, an Apple II, back in the late '70s. What mostly stands out about those times wasn't the fun I had playing with it or the sense of discovery and accomplishment I achieved as I learned how to program it and figured out ways to use it in school.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Here's how to justify buying an iPhone
I remember getting my first computer, an Apple II, back in the late '70s. What mostly stands out about those times wasn't the fun I had playing with it or the sense of discovery and accomplishment I achieved as I learned how to program it and figured out ways to use it in school.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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NMU expanding wireless services
MARQUETTE - In the near future, a student at Northern Michigan University will be able to live in the middle of the woods and still get wireless Internet. The Federal Communications Commission recently granted NMU an Educational Broadband Service license that will allow the university to provide wireless high-speed Internet throughout Marquette County.
The Mining Journal |
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