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Apple missing golden .Mac opportunity
Few Mac users take advantage of Apple's .Mac service, probably because of its US$99-a-year price tag. But .Mac could be used to sell hardware if the price--and features--were right.
ZDNet Asia |
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Branson teens show off 'fun fights' on Internet sites
Across the country, kids volunteer to be battered, bruised and bloodied. Videos of this dangerous form of entertainment are posted to Web sites such as YouTube.
KY3 Springfield |
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Nokia and France Télécom Form Joint Venture
Nokia and France Télécom said they had agreed to a joint venture to provide Internet services over mobile telephones in nine European countries.
New York Times |
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The New American Idol is....
A new American Idol was chosen at the show's season finale Wednesday night. He is David Cook. Fox 40 News went live to Hollywood for the report, which can be viewed in full on this web site:
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State agency approves computer recycling mandate
Manufacturers will have to offer free programs, but no standards set. It's official. If you want to make computers and sell them in Texas, you need to have a free program to recycle the equipment when customers are finished with it.
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Microsoft will give cash rebates
Microsoft Corp. is offering cash rebates when people use its search engine to make purchases as the software maker begins to reveal how it plans to take on Google Inc. following the failure of its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo.
Long Beach Press-Telegram |
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FTC Wants to Know What Big Brother Knows About You
How do you find a bride these days? One of the nation's leading online tracking companies knows.
Washington Post |
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Microsoft woos search engine users with cash rewards
Microsoft said Wednesday it has adopted a new strategy to offer cash rewards to users in its fight against Google for the lucrative Internet search and on-line advertising business. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, at an annual confere ...
People's Daily |
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Microsoft to add support for PDF, ODF in Office 2007
Microsoft said on Wednesday that it will add support for the ODF (Open Document Format) and now-standardized Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) into its next service pack for Office 2007. The updating service pack -- Microsoft Offi ...
People's Daily |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 25th Oct 2006 19:29 UTC
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says that Apple did not need NeXT , the company that provided the foundation for Mac OS X; he argues that System 7 wasn't nearly as bad as it was made out to be.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 20th Nov 2006 18:54 UTC, submitted by Jimmy M
"Microsoft is pushing Visual Basic 2005 Express as the best language for hobbyists and novices, and are offering it free of charge from the Microsoft Visual Basic Express website . Since the price is right, and I fall into the hobbyist category, I decided to give it a try . This review is intended for amateur programmers, students and hobbyists who are interested in programming their computers."
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violates more than 200 of Microsoft's patents ."
"Free software is great, and corporate America loves it. It's often high-quality stuff that can be downloaded free off the Internet and then copied at will. It's versatile - it can be customized to perform almost any large-scale computing task - and it's blessedly crash-resistant.
New Mobile Computing |
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Teachers given job to monitor gangs
Teachers should scan a pupil's computer accounts and gather evidence including photographs if they believe they may be a member of a gang, according to new Government advice.
Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Sites sue Oregon for right to publish its laws online
Public.Resource.Org and Justia have filed for declaratory judgment in federal court. The sites want to republish Oregon's Revised Statutes online, but the state continues to exert copyright over tables, numbering, notes, and more. Read More...
Ars Technica |
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KMBC Investigates Computer Repair Stores
Companies tell you they can fix your broken computer and that they have got the experts. See what KMBC found in a three-month investigation.
KMBC-TV Kansas City |
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Beating, Raping, Burning, and Killing Foreigners in South Africa
In South Africa, fellow Africans are being raped, beaten, burned, and hacked to death. Poor townships and informal settlements around the South African city of Johannesburg exploded in xenophobic violence two weeks ago, with South African black people lynching, raping, and killing legal and illegal immigrants from other African countries. The scenes of mobs of young and old holding knives, ...
Blogcritics.org |
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FOX Files - Missing State Property
The Fox Files uncovers expensive state property missing from various departments. Thousands of items like computers and printers, and even firearms are gone. Investigative reporter Chris Hayes reveals what it's costing you in this edition of the Fox Files.
FOX 2 News St. Louis |
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Budget - $350m boost for broadband
A $350 million five-year funding boost to speed the roll out of faster broadband is among a package of infrastructure measures announced in today's budget.
NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News |
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Apple iPhone tunes into India
Two operators will introduce the Apple device in India, which industry observers say would provide a large customer base, even among those who own hacked iPhones.
ZDNet Asia |
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ERIE COUNTY NOTEBOOK: County to educate gardeners on pesticide use
With warm weather just around the corner, home owners will be intently tending their lawns and gardens. That will likely include using one or more pesticides to keep them looking beautiful, but that can be a problem if the person applying the poisons isn’t acquainted with New York’s pesticide laws.
Tonawanda News |
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Current Newswire:
"Linux is one of the great mysteries of the computing world. It's an operating system that looks like a clear winner by most standards, from technical to functional. Linux supports more hardware than any other operating system and is virtually virus free.
Linux Today |
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Cable & Wireless, LSE, Tate & Lyle: U.K., Irish Equity Preview
May 22 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.K. and Irish markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are from the last market close.
Bloomberg.com |
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SKorea's Lee apologises, urges MPs to pass US free trade pact
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's president apologised on Thursday for failing to ease "mad cow" fears over US beef imports, but urged legislators quickly to pass a broader free trade pact with Washington.
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Dalton's Brittain is Tom Jones Award winner
Dalton High School Spanish and French teacher John Brittain could not believe what he was seeing. The 13-year teaching veteran added computers to his classroom this semester and used Web programs to “pre- and post-test” students on material he teaches.
The Dalton Daily Citizen |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 16th Sep 2007 13:16 UTC, submitted by D. Suse
Google has released a statement regarding the decision not to fast-track Microsoft's OOXML for certification.
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