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Technology helps commuters avoid traffic
State transportation officials have created Smart Work Zones, which rely on radar units and cameras to gather data on traffic flow. The information is then disseminated in real time on highway-side message boards and the Internet.
New Hampshire Union Leader |
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Fraudulent E-mails Trick Computer Users
If you get an e-mail from the FDIC saying the federal government is here to help you, don't believe it.
Highlands Today |
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Komputer Klinic: MP3 players for tight budgets
Apple’s iPods are unquestionably the most popular MP3 players on the market. But iPods can run hundreds of dollars. While they may suit your style, they might not fit your budget.
East Valley Tribune |
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Ringgold: Cities explore auto alternative
RINGGOLD, Ga.— Sue Lane Helton and her husband still are in the honeymoon period with their new golf cart. Ms. Helton drives the battery-powered vehicle to work, grocery and drugstore, and to church. Her husband comes up with ideas to use it at night.
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
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Sony Ericsson G705
Internet access via cell phone has become expected and desirable, and as the technical capabilities expand, it has been made possible to enjoy the web on a whole new level while on the go.
AskMen |
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Framingham company creates Web site for party planning
Punchbowl Software Inc. is a software development firm that has created an event-planning Web site.
The MetroWest Daily News |
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Supercomputing success: ORNL's breakthroughs in Cray machines make it hard to beat
OAK RIDGE - The hum of supercomputers in the National Center for Computational Sciences is now such that visitors are required to wear ear plugs. The success of the place rings even louder.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Deciding to move in together is about values, some sacrifice
Dear Carolyn: After a few of years of dating, my partner and I are talking about living together. I would be glad to sell my place and move into hers. I really only need space enough for a computer, a dozen items on hangers and a couple of drawers. If she felt like moving into my place, I could happily part with most of the stuff in my house.
The Beaufort Gazette |
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Magic Mirror: Former Romper Room hostess looks back
By today's computer-generated, HD-animated standards, Romper Room seems pretty tame stuff for kids. Just a show with a cute hostess, puppets and parades, and a "magic mirror" that didn't fool anyone.
Winston-Salem Journal |
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MCOT Public Company Limited.2008
BEIJING, Oct 13 -- IBM on Friday opened online doors to a virtual version of the famed Forbidden City in China that served for centuries as an exclusive realm for the nation's emperors.
MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency |
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HPD officers face suspensions
A 13 Undercover investigation brought questionable behavior to light
ABC 13 Houston |
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Elbot crowned king of artificial intelligence computers
Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions today, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.
Sydney Morning Herald |
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More Voices from the Defending the American Dream Summit
Dave talks with three more interesting, liberty minded conservative leaders at the DAD summit. On Saturday, at the Defending the American Dream summit, I got a chance to sit down with several interesting attendees and hold some short, purposeful interviews with interesting results. The blogging room was packed, but from what I could tell most of those there were still just doing exactly what ...
Blogcritics.org |
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Historic Senate candidates reminisce and rangle
By Justen Arnold Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 10:27 p.m. JUSTEN ARNOLD -- In an era before television media and internet blogging, getting the word out face-to-face was vital to candidates on the race to Washington.
KHQA Quincy |
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Technology firms squeeze as product demand slows
Bangalore: The presumed 'safe technology sector', smacked by the crushing economy, is squeezing as the demand for electronic products slows down. Infact computer and electronic manufacturers who generated 5, 100 jobs in August showed a completely halted a further expansion of their workforce.
SiliconIndia |
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Rupee slump pushes up prices of PC, laptop by 4-8 percent
New Delhi: Prices of PCs and laptops are set to go up four to eight percent, costing one buyer an excess amount of Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 per machine, reports Business Line.
SiliconIndia |
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Prediction time
Sure, Nostradamus looks like a wizard now, 450 years after the fact. But did he have to contend with variables like Facebook vote-swapping or wildly divergent rolling overnight polls? Did he have the wontons to put his predictions on the Internet and expose himself to post facto mockery in the blogosphere?
Ottawa Citizen |
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Pastor's briefcase stolen during Sunday sermon
By ANDREW CHAVEZ FORT WORTH — The Rev. Rob Hamby took the pulpit at Fort Worth Presbyterian Church on Sunday and delivered a sermon encouraging the congregation to go out and show mercy to others. And as he did so, someone sneaked into a back room at the church and snatched his briefcase, which he said contained a laptop, credit cards, keys and receipts for business expenses. In all, he ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Paying Texan is first American to follow father into space
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan An American computer game designer reached space Sunday, fulfilling a long-deferred childhood dream that began with the flight of his astronaut father.
The Kansas City Star |
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New Times Web design debuts today
When you log on to Delcotimes.com tonight or Tuesday morning, things are going to look a little different. In an attempt to get a little more reader friendly and interactive, the look and feel of the Web site is changing. Rest assured, the basic content will remain the same.
Delaware County Times |
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Hackers' malicious fake YouTube pages
Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker. But even some sophisticated surfers could get snookered...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Creating job resumes online or with software
Q: I would like to create a nice-looking job resume. What software do you recommend? A: You don't really need software. If you use a big Internet job board such as HotJobs.com or Monster.com, you can build a resume for free. The catch is that the resume can...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Is Chinese military sabotaging major American servers?
CHARLESTON — Is the Chinese government deliberately flooding main computer servers in America — even the West Virginia Legislature’s own site — in a trial run by military forces to disrupt the nation’s economy?
The Register-Herald |
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National Debt Clock Overflowed, Extended By a Digit
hackingbear writes "The National Debt Counter, erected in 1989 when the U.S. debt was 'merely' a tiny $2.7 trillion, has been moving so much that it recently ran out of digits to display the ballooning figure: $10,150,603,734,720, or roughly $10.2 trillion, as of Saturday afternoon. To accommodate the extra '1,' the clock was hacked: the '1' from "$10.2" has been moved left to the LCD square ...
Slashdot |
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Can Search's 'Beautiful System' Extend to Display?
NEW YORK If there's been a "killer app" of Web advertising to date, it's search. Targeting is near perfect, thanks to consumers directly expressing their intent. The auction system has proven an incredibly efficient way to match supply and demand.
AdWeek |
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