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Internet safety class coming to B-C Middle School
CARROLL - Officer Randy Bailey issues a single forewarning before every seminar he conducts for parents in Ohio.
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Recent Original Stories
"One and a half years. A large number of developers contributing. High expectations and a lot of pressure. The wait is over, GStreamer 0.10 has arrived . GStreamer 0.10 is a huge step forward for GNU/Linux and Unix multimedia.
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Linked by alcibiades on Sun 28th May 2006 15:10 UTC
In this, the 60th anniversary year of the computer, it may be interesting to look back at a couple of key events in the evolution of this very important market. This is a market now amounting to extraordinary numbers of machines.
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Facebook adds safeguards for youths
Facebook , the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from Hawaii and other states said Thursday.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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Two-prong strategy for success
In recent weeks, Synoptek , a Santa Ana technology services company, has signed on to be the IT department for the city of Lake Forest and to integrate multiple computerized functions for the Orange County Water District.
Orange County Register |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 2nd May 2006 19:33 UTC
Google has made informal complaints to competition authorities in Europe and the US about default settings in Microsoft's IE7. The latest Microsoft browser includes a small window so users can search without opening up a specific page.
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Linked by Adam S on Tue 1st Jan 2008 17:05 UTC
From all of us at OSNews, we'd like to wish you a happy and healthy new year. In honor of the new year, we'd like to ask you: what headlines do you expect to read in the tech world in 2008? Are you expecting iPhone rev2? Or maybe Vista SP1's success? Perhaps Hardy Heron's world domination?
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Tip about pornography leads to arrest
A tip about child pornography on a computer led to the arrest of a Salina man on charges of sexual exploitation of a child. James E. Miller, 38, 618 Ralph, was arrested Friday morning.
Salina Journal |
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Xenitis forecasts Rs.13 bn turnover for 2008-09
Kolkata-based Xenitis Group, which rocked the market in 2005 with its desktop computers Aamchi PC and Apna PC, has projected a turnover of Rs.13 billion for 2008-09. It now plans to enter the mobile handset market also.
Calcutta News |
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North County FYI
North Coast League of Women Voters, Oceanside/Vista Unit, will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Buena Vista Audubon Nature Center, 2202 S. Coast Highway, Oceanside. (760) 736-1608.
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Cell phone spam's victims fighting mad, fighting back
If you thought spam on your computer was a bother, brace yourself: Spammers want to find you on your cell phone. Cell phones have become consumers' most personal technological devices. Some industry executives, along with consumer groups and security experts, are concerned that unwanted text messages on phones will be an even greater headache than unwanted computer messages.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Customer growth gives Leap big boost
Leap Wireless shares jumped nearly 9 percent yesterday, after the San Diego fixed-price cell phone company said it added more customers than Wall Street had expected and reported rising revenue and a shrinking quarterly loss. Shares closed up $4.38, or 8.8 percent, at $54.48. In after-hours trading, however, they fell back to $50.75.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Apr 2006 20:31 UTC
Bill Gates himself writes about how he works in his office . "It's pretty incredible to look back 30 years to when Microsoft (Research) was starting and realize how work has been transformed. We're finally getting close to what I call the digital workstyle.
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Health Care Authority to spend additional $9 million on computer project
The state Health Care Authority plans to spend an additional $9 million on a computer project that the Legislature tried to cancel this year.
The Olympian |
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Technology giant silent on plans
Grappling with major layoffs and a stock price that has nearly halved since last year, Advanced Micro Devices is keeping new details about its turnaround plans close to its chest.
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Parents in faith-healing death of toddler ready to fight 1999 Oregon law in court
OREGON CITY, Ore. – The Oregon City parents charged in the faith-healing death of their year-old daughter have launched a counteroffensive, pledging through lawyers to defend their right to religious freedom and unveiling a Web site aimed at rallying nationwide support.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Reporter's Notebook: Al Giordano
When "60 Minutes" Asks for My Contacts... I received an email today from a producer of the "60 Minutes" TV news magazine program.
The Narco News Bulletin |
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Reporter's Notebook: Sean Donahue
What did the Fascist regimes in Italy, Germany, and Spain have in common? They consisted of a highly militarized state, backed by corporation and a wealthy elite, that rose to power through a false populism that exploited the public’s fear of foreigners and “moral degenerates.”
The Narco News Bulletin |
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Reporter's Notebook: Al Giordano
According to Brazilian government records, President Lula da Silva's expected presidential decree authorizing decriminalization of drug users, the creation of safe-use rooms for injected drug users, and the change in the name of the lead agency from "National Anti-Drug Secretary" to "National Secretary about Drugs," was not issued on November 24th.
The Narco News Bulletin |
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Recent Original Stories
What's eating the battery life of my Linux laptop? Which software component causes the most power to be consumed? These are important questions without a good answer... until now.
New Mobile Computing |
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Why Ballmer Bailed on Yahoo
According to consultant Jeffrey F. Rayport, there are five reasons Microsoft's chief gave up on his bid for Yahoo, including its cost and its not making sense
BusinessWeek |
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Man sentenced for selling steroids over Internet
Associated Press - May 10, 2008 5:54 AM ET MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - The husband of a Missoula police officer who pleaded guilty to selling steroids over the Internet has been sentenced to five...
KPAX Missoula |
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Change urged in 911 case
Changes need to be made to Internet phone services, say some Calgary aldermen after a city probe into last week's tragic death of Elijah Luck found the local 911 call centre never received word of the family's distressed call through their phone provider.
Calgary Sun |
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GAINING CONTROL OF YOUR E-MAIL
Stop the chaos in your Outlook! A free download allows you to quickly navigate your inbox to find the information you need. In 2000, individual corporate users sent and received about 15 e-mails a day. Today, about 133 messages are zipping back and forth.
Orlando Sentinel |
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Your sentiments exactly
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Some of its greeting cards play music and sound clips. Now, Hallmark Cards Inc. is letting customers get into the act. The nation's largest greeting-card seller has just released a line of recordable cards that allow the sender to save a 10-second message on a computer chip embedded in the card, followed by a 15-second snippet of music.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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