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Reporter's Notebook: Al Giordano
Larry Rohter, one of the most dishonest New York Times Latin American correspondents in history (and that's saying a lot), the "journalist" of whom Bush administration foreign policy fixer Roger Noriega once told a source of mine, when Noriega worked for Senator Jesse Helms, that Rohter never filed a story about Latin America without first checking with him, has just had his visa revoked by the ...
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Around 500 tickets left for Wembley
They go on sale at 9am on Monday morning from the ticket office. Supporters are reminded to bring their membership cards with them. Tickets only on sale from the ticket office. There will be no internet or telephone bookings being taken.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 20th Oct 2005 11:12 UTC, submitted by Witek Wasilewski
OpenOffice.org 2.0 has been silently released to servers. It can be found here . OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th Nov 2005 14:47 UTC
If Microsoft makes good on its self-destructive threat to pull Windows from the South Korean market rather than accede to local damands to un-bundle its proprietary media and IM apps, there's a safe harbour waiting in the form of blanket, country-wide licenses for the OS formerly known as Lindows.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 31st Jan 2006 17:57 UTC
Alan Cox, a leading UK Linux developer, has expressed his support for the next version of the General Public License. His viewpoint is in direct contradiction to Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux, who said last week that he won't convert Linux to GPL 3 as he objects to its proposed digital rights management provisions.
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India caught in hackers` net!
With hackers across the borders waging a cyber war, India's security agencies are now busy protecting the country's cyberspace from these new modes of infiltration, and surprise checks of government computers would be carried out to check preparedness.
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RBI sets financial inclusion at a distance with 15 km cut-off
Bangalore-based Comat Technologies runs e-kiosks in villages in Haryana and Karnataka providing anything from e-enabled computer courses to railway tickets and mobile recharge.
Business Standard India |
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Somalis Resettle Into New Life In Greeley
The four Somalis moved into the apartment last August, six floors up in a downtown Greeley building. The living room is furnished with only a metal folding chair and small table covered in papers and a laptop computer. A Somali flag, a white star against light blue, is the only wall hanging, draped behind the table.
KMGH 7 Denver |
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Fees for .org Top-Level Domain to Increase by 10%
Public Interest Registry, the organization in charge of ".org" top-level domains, disclosed a planned fee increase in a May 1 letter to ICANN [PDF]. The fee increase does not require the ICANN's approval. PIR did not cite a reason in its letter. Earlier this year, VeriSign Inc., the company in charge of managing ".com" and ".net," also announced price increases. More...
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05/11/08 1:16 p.m. American Red Cross has opened three shelters
Maps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more... LOOKING FOR A GREAT EXPERIENCE LOOKING FOR a great summer experience Sky Ranch Cave Springs is looking for dedicated individuals who want to make a dif ...
The Joplin Globe |
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State Asking for Taxes, Sends Out More Than 1,000 Letters About Internet Cigarette Purchases
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state's Revenue Department says it has sent out more than 1,000 letters this year to smokers who bought cigarettes online.
WSAW Wausau |
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Dreaming of Spring Gardens? Shop Early and Save
(ARA) - It's that time of year where garden centers are buzzing with anxious homeowners ready for some color in their landscape. If you're dreading the idea of crowds, get a head start now by going online.
Richfield Reaper |
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Win a free Sony VAIO from Intel
Here's your chance to win a free Sony VAIO laptop featuring Intel Centrino.
TheCelebrityCafe.com |
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Recent Original Stories
Exactly what I was thinking too... Those younglings! an OS in use is older then they are! Ha! In our time you had to manually start the computer! Naaa... i'm joking.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 24th Oct 2006 20:57 UTC
NetSurf users are reeling from HSBC's shock decision to suspend their accounts because their RISC OS computers are allegedly infected with spyware.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 6th Jul 2005 11:50 UTC, submitted by george
A Sun Microsystems desktop engineer has outlined plans to release the code for the company's Java Desktop System (JDS) environment and integrate it better with OpenSolaris.
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VW, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery-paper
TOKYO, May 11 (Reuters) German carmaker Volkswagen and Japan's Sanyo Electric Co will jointly develop a lithium-ion battery to be used in hybrid and electric cars, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Sunday.
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Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool
VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors.
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Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool
Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors.
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Volkswagen, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery
A model of Nissan Motor 's concept electric vehicle "Pivo". Volkswagen AG will join forces with Japan's Sanyo Electric to develop a lithium-ion battery, a key component of hybrid and electric cars.
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Volkswagen, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery
TOKYO (AFP) - Volkswagen AG will join forces with Japan's Sanyo Electric to develop a lithium-ion battery, a key component of hybrid and electric cars.
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Markets (May 9)
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Big Blue’s brew What’s brewing at Big Blue?Dr Ponani Gopalakrishnan, Vice-President and Head of IBM ISL (India Software Labs), who overseas technology development activities, tells eWorld how these labs, with over 20,000 people spread across the ...
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Newspapers' decline not so black and white
Extra, read all about it. Newspaper circulations in freefall. Readers desert to the internet. Abandon hope, all ye who enter print journalism.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Google one up on Microsoft
Washington, May 11: Software as a service and cloud computing might not ring a bell for many today, but that's what is going to rule the roost in future for corporate giants.
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Unplug the computer to reclaim true 'I' time
A reader writes: "It all started when my boss said yes. I asked him if it was cool to work at home, and to my surprise he agreed. At first it seemed like a dream come true, but soon it became a nightmare."
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