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Amazon says it owes no sales tax to state
Amazon.com Inc. said Friday it believes it's in compliance with state laws after the Texas Comptroller's Office said this week it is investigating whether the Internet retailer should charge sales tax to Texas customers.
Dallas Morning News |
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Data recovered from Columbia space shuttle disaster
Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires.
The Kansas City Star |
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Computer Tech Support Pretty Dismal
10TV has the best and worst when it comes to getting your computer fixed.
WBNS-10TV Columbus |
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TomTom releases enhanced maps for USA and Canada, unveils MapShare service
May 10, 2008 [General] By Edward J. R. TomTom is a Dutch company that offers many stand-alone GPS devices (for usage in cars mostly) but also they offer very popular GPS navigation software for Windows Mobile...
MS Mobiles |
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FBI probes counterfeit China computer parts
The FBI on Friday said an investigation into the sale of counterfeit Chinese computer components to the U.S. government has recovered about 3,500 bogus devices with a retail value of $3.5 million.
Muzi |
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Somerset may go high-speed
Somerset County may be hitting the fast lane en route to high-speed Internet access. Representatives from the Central Pennsylvania Technology Council talked about ways to accomplish this at a meeting Friday in the RTC Room of the Somerset County Office Building.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 16th Aug 2006 23:40 UTC
Check inside for our photo review of this year's LinuxWorld. In short, Novell rocked the show, while Red Hat and Sun were missing completely! We think that there were fewer people visiting this year...
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Recent Original Stories
BentUser has Part II of an in depth preview of Windows Vista, which includes a look at some more Vista features as well as some analysis of overall performance, including a numerical comparison with Windows XP. Also takes a look at the new error reporting/self healing features and the cross-computer syncing features.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Nov 2005 22:50 UTC
GNOME 2.12.2 has been released , as the second maintenance release in the 2.12 series. Download the tarballs of the platform , desktop and bindings .
New Mobile Computing |
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Boomers not planning rebate-check spree, survey finds
Yet another Internet poll testifies to the fact that consumers are feeling miserly about their rebate checks.
The Kansas City Star |
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Clarion University students use Internet to make impact for the environment
The group did work on Web site for global sustainable development. CLARION — A group of Clarion University students has demonstrated a “Demo Camp Unit” in front of Gemmell Student Complex to raise awareness about their project to enhance Appropedia.org for global sustainable development.
The Derrick |
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Department of Revenue error trips up 1,200
For Jeff Fray of Reedsburg, a tiny investment in a California oil well has turned into a big headache -- and for that, he blames the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. Fray said the electronic form on which he declared that he 'd paid $86 in California taxes on the income from the oil well wasn 't accepted by the Department of Revenue 's computer system. As a result, the agency erroneously billed ...
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Chavez accuses the Colombian government of fabricating the computer files [AFP]
US intelligence officials have said computer files seized from a Colombian rebel leader's laptop computer are authentic and show strong ties between Farc and Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president.
Aljazeera |
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I-Team Blog: Read Bernie's Plea Deal
Read for yourself what Bernie Ward pleaded guilty to and the possible sentence.
KGO-TV Bay Area |
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Where are your Facebook friends?
With the ranks of online social networking sites burgeoning, Charles Xie thinks it's getting too hard to pick out new...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Stolen Laptop Helps Turn Table on Suspects
A criminal is photographed remotely through the camera on the laptop computer he had stolen, identified and brought to justice.
New York Times |
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Linked by David Adams on Mon 27th Aug 2007 03:47 UTC
The earliest OSNews articles and news postings have not been available online in many years, as they were mostly static HTML, and when we made the switch over to our v1 CMS, I just filed it away on my hard drive.
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Recent Original Stories
"DesktopBSD 1.6RC3 for AMD64 is now available for download via BitTorrent and from our mirror sites.
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Dozens Of Faux Fashion Replicas Confiscated From OC Home
Investigators seized dozens of suspected counterfeit Louis Vuitton, Coach, Fendi and Gucci handbags and wallets Friday from the home of a Foothill Ranch woman who sold the items over the Internet and via private appointment, authorities say.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Apr 2006 21:18 UTC
Linux on desktop computers will begin taking off in mainstream markets in the next 12 to 18 months, Novell President Ron Hovsepian has predicted.
New Mobile Computing |
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Nvidia says to increase orders to TSMC, UMC-paper
TAIPEI, May 10 - Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp plans to increase its chip orders to Taiwan's TSMC and UMC , the world's top two contract chip makers, as demand for consumer laptops remains robust, said the Commercial Times.
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Facebook to let users carry profiles with them
Fri, May 9, 2008 (7:57 p.m.) Facebook Inc. is loosening its grip on millions of personal profiles to allow inhabitants of its popular Internet hangout to transplant the information and applications to other Web sites.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo
Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc., a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp. renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo.
Austin American-Statesman |
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Recent Original Stories
"Intel was surprisingly talkative when it came to future technologies and products this year. As a result, most of the technical audience is up to date regarding the upcoming micro architecture based on the 65 nm Merom design.
New Mobile Computing |
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FBI probes counterfeit China computer parts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI on Friday said an investigation into the sale of counterfeit Chinese computer components to the U.S. government has recovered about 3,500 bogus devices with a retail value of $3.5 million.
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