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Geren: 8 soldiers forced to move from barracks
The Army has inspected all of its barracks worldwide after an online video showed squalid conditions at a Fort Bragg barracks
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Papa John's hits online milestone
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers.
WHAS TV11 Louisville |
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S.J. congressmen fight for Air Force cyber unit
Two congressmen from southern New Jersey are trying to get a new Air Force cyber command for McGuire Air Force Base.
Courier-Post |
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Eds: UPDATES throughout with additional background, reax. ADDS byline, Internet note.
Hays Daily News |
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Google Android Gets Treated to TuneWiki Prior to Release
Even though there are no commercially available handsets that run on the Google Android platform just yet, that hasn't stopped people from developing applications for it. The TuneWiki app was initially made famous on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and it has already been ported over to Android.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Dec 2005 21:03 UTC
"When you've been anticipating something for a long time you often find yourself disappointed when you finally see/touch/use it - that won't happen with the Xbox 360. Microsoft has succeeded in pushing back the boundaries of gaming, and bringing media playback and streaming functionality into your living room.
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OnSSI and Splinternet form alliance
SUFFERN, N.Y., May 7 (UPI) -- New York-based On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. says it has formed an alliance with Splinternet Holdings Inc. to integrate their threat detection offerings.
UPI |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th May 2008 21:00 UTC
Ever since I started using computers, I've been baffled by the relative clumsiness of installing applications.
OS News |
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Washington DC
SAN FRANCISCO ( Map , News ) - A nonprofit digital library has successfully fought an FBI attempt to seize information about one of its users, and is now calling on other groups to challenge government agencies from obtaining online customer information without a judge's order.
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Google Wireless Plot Thickens
All's fair in love and war—and politics and business. While greased politicians, like good minions, slam Google for meddling in the 700 MHz auction, Google's own associations show the company is getting better at playing these high-stakes games. Chalk one up for razor's-edge stategery cutting right to the quick of Verizon and AT&T. read more
WebProNews |
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Google Tries To Help After Myanmar Cyclone
When Google's making an important announcement, posts will sometimes appear on more than one corporate blog. Posts relating to Myanmar have been put on at least three, and the Google homepage has been altered, as well. read more
WebProNews |
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Google looking golden again with stock on the rise and Microsoft-Yahoo deal scuttled
(AP:SAN FRANCISCO) It is hard to believe Google Inc. actually looked vulnerable just two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted 45 percent from its peak.
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UPI NewsTrack Business
U.S. markets tumble hard Wednesday ... Luxury real estate meets market realities ... Gates says Internet still a Microsoft goal ... Healthcare costs tip against U.S. firms ... News from United Press International.
UPI |
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Google Looking Golden Again After Challenging Stretch
SAN FRANCISCO - It's hard to believe Google Inc. actually looked vulnerable just two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted 45 percent from its peak.
KTHV Little Rock |
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Student involved in Wachusett fight expelled
A teenage boy facing charges in connection with a fight near Wachusett Regional High School which was posted on the Internet has been expelled.
Boston Globe |
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Kenner Police nab a 19-year-old for solicting sex online to a juvenile
A Kenner Police officer posing as a juvenile female in an online chat room caught a man from outside of Lafayette for soliciting sex. Jesse Lemoine, 19, Duson, La., was arrested with one count of computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes and four counts of indecent behavior with juveniles.
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans |
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RELM Wireless Reports 2008 First Quarter Results
RELM Wireless Corporation today announced its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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PixelJunk Eden - PS3 Network
PixelJunk Eden is the latest game from PixelJunk, the studio that brought us the Desktop Tower Defense-ish game PixelJunk Monsters on PSN. New screens from Eden have been released.
Games Radar |
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Microsoft files federal suit against Milpitas company
The Microsoft Corp. filed suit Monday in U.S. Federal Court against A&S Electronics Inc. of Milpitas and owner Alan Z. Lin, alleging that A&S has illegally imported Microsoft software to the United States, unlawfully distributed that software, and illegally sold unauthorized product keys.
The Milpitas Post |
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Ted Landau's User Friendly Blog - Consumer Reports gets it right (at last)!
For the past who knows how many years, Consumer Reports has dutifully provided its assessment of the best and worst in computers. And almost from the get-go, its overall assessment of the Mac has been negative. Over the past couple of years, however, the seemingly impossible has happened -- Consumer Reports’ attitude has turned around
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New York, May 7, 2008—
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for sedition charges to be dropped against Malaysian blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, who was jailed Tuesday.
CPJ Press Freedom Online |
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Recent Original Stories
The LA Times is speculating the arrival of a Google PC running an OS also made by Google.
New Mobile Computing |
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News Corp: Yahoo 'Talks' Overstated; No Discussions With Microsoft or AOL Ongoing
Asked during a press call today about cooling talks with Yahoo , News Corp COO Peter Chernin replied quickly: "Saying talks have cooled overstates them ... I'm not sure I would ever characterize as 'talks.' As for Microsoft , "we're not in discussions with Micrsoft.
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A Copyright Cop In Every Zune
Mike writes "As if the Zune wasn't already crippled and unpopular enough, now comes a story indicating that Microsoft may build a 'Copyright Cop' into every Zune. A future update of the software for Microsoft's portable media player will likely include a 'feature' that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted videos from being played on it. The president of digital distribution for NBC, J. ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 10th Aug 2005 21:05 UTC
Yes, they are still "just" desktops. I don't think that GNOME or KDE take the desktop idea too far, but rather that other "desktops" aren't really desktops but merely pretty shells to launch stand-alone applications.
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