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HELTER SHELTER: Celebrating Mother
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: On January 5, 1988, at 4 a.m., I was minding my own business, sleeping on my side of the bed, not bothering anybody, when I felt the bed shake.
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THE FABRICATOR: Google Street View Saps Nashville Productivity
Street View, the Google application that allows web surfers to virtually walk down almost any street in Nashville, has caused thousands of hours of lost productivity since it became available several weeks ago.
Nashville Scene |
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BroadRamp Licenses vPopcorn(TM) to Power QMoviesNow(TM)
BroadRamp, creator of the Managed Content Delivery Services(TM) (MCDS(TM)), announced today that it is licensing its vPopcorn(TM) technology and content for the movie portal, QMoviesNow(TM). By utilizing BroadRamp's patent pending MCDS(TM) and vPopcorn technologies and licensed content, QMoviesNow(TM) is able to provide its users with the highest quality experience for on-demand movies.
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Telecom Report: Sprint's WiMax move the first of many
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Sprint Nextel Corp.'s move to fold its wireless-Internet assets into a new joint venture is just one of many steps it's likely to take to fix its faltering phone business.
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DESPERATELY SEEKING THE NEWS: ‘We Will Prevail’
While Andrea Conte kept a smiling, tolerant public face as critics lambasted her for digging a gigantic hole in the front yard of the governor’s mansion, from behind her computer our demure first lady was quietly denouncing “partisan political hacks” acting out of “meanness of spirit and selfishness.”
Nashville Scene |
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Student involved in Wachusett fight expelled
HOLDEN - A teenage boy facing charges in connection with a fight near Wachusett Regional High School which was posted on the Internet has been expelled. The 15-year-old...
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AhnLab founder home to teach and share wisdom
Ahn Chul-soo, a Korean computer security guru, has come back to Korea from the United States. He has been studying there since stepping down as CEO of AhnLab, the nation¡¯s leading provider of anti-virus and content security software, three years ago.
JoongAng Daily |
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Mad cow rumors trample beef sales of any kind
Rumors about mad cow disease and its effects are spreading like wildfire on the Internet due to the U.S. beef import controversy. As a result, Korean customers are becoming less willing to eat any kind of beef.
JoongAng Daily |
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Sun heading into the cloud
Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz sheds some light on Sun's plans to become a provider of infrastructure services for the cloud and its JavaFX strategy.
CNET |
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USB HID class on an embedded device
This application note discusses and provides a HID device function driver that can be integrated with almost any application running on Microchip 32bit PIC MCU products with USB eripheral.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Crackdown to aim at mad cow rumors online
Prosecutors are poised to go after people involved in Internet scare campaigns about U.S. beef imports, defining such actions as ¡°cyberterrorism.¡± But local civic groups and lawyers said the government is suppressing freedom of speech to push its political agenda.
JoongAng Daily |
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Microsoft to show new search tech this month
The software maker plans to show off some of its search improvements at its advertising conference this month. Improvements in overall relevance and shopping-related queries are expected.
CNET |
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Microsoft To Move On Without Yahoo, Gates Says
Despite firm statements by Microsoft's top two leaders that it's no longer interested in acquiring Yahoo, some investors appear confident that a deal will still happen.
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Studios win $100 million judgment against TorrentSpy
Los Angeles federal court judge also issues a permanent injunction against the former search engine of BitTorrent files.
CNET |
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A prequel to the Apple-PA Semi saga?
Word on the street is that there is still a little more light to be shed on the saga of PA Semi and Apple.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Google will take Viacom suit to Supreme Court
Viacom's Redstone says he's standing up for the principle of copyright protection, but Google is willing to go all the way to the mat in its legal fight.
CNET |
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Number Cruncher
BEFORE Apple, IBM and Microsoft, there was Charles Babbage, the grandfather of computers. And after more than a century and a half of waiting, Silicon Valley finally gets its chance to see Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2, a working version of one of the earliest computer designs.
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Is the new Sprint/Clearwire venture doomed to failure?
The deal between Sprint and Clearwire has finally been completed, but there are still many hurdles the companies have to overcome to make their 4G broadband wireless network a reality.
CNET |
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Jack Henry shares tumble after fiscal 3Q profit misses
(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of Jack Henry & Associates Inc. dropped Wednesday after the company, which sells computer systems to financial institutions, posted fiscal third-quarter profit below Wall Street's expectations and analysts continued to worry about economic uncertainty.
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Google looking golden again after challenging stretch
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - It's hard to believe that Google actually looked vulnerable just two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted 45% from its peak. And its two biggest rivals, Microsoft and Yahoo, appeared poised to combine forces and launch a double-barreled attack.
KTVN Reno |
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Student Involved In Pipe Beating Expelled
HOLDEN, Mass. (AP) -- A teenage boy facing charges in connection with a fight near Wachusett Regional High School which was posted on the Internet has been expelled.
WCSH 6 Portland |
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NASA, Intel, SGI launch supercomputer project
Program dubbed "Pliades" would vastly improve speed and capacity, allowing supercomputers "to push the limits of scientific discovery."
CNET |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 22nd Sep 2006 04:48 UTC, submitted by Anonymous
NeoSmart has published their Windows Vista RC1 Monster Review , which tries a kind of "thorough overview" of everything Vista will ship with this close to RTM. Especially interesting is the brief security run-down . And of course, there are screenshots as always.
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New Trier student charged for hacking school's records
A New Trier Township High School senior was charged Wednesday with one count of misdemeanor computer tampering for allegedly breaking into the school's electronic student records in February, police said.
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Hyundai gets Microsoft help in in-car infotainment
Microsoft and Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group will co-develop next-generation in-car infotainment systems.
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