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911 standalone system proves successful
POINT PLEASANT - A computer problem in the Charleston office of Verizon was to blame for telephone lines being down throughout the state last week.
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2K Sports to Reveal Cover Athlete for NBA(R) 2K9 During Pre-Game Show for Game One of the NBA Finals on June 5
2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that the cover athlete for the highly anticipated basketball video game NBA 2K9 will be revealed through a 30 second TV spot scheduled to air during the NBA Countdown pre-game show for Game One of the 2008 NBA Finals, June 5 on ABC.
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Google Search Share for April Up Again, Why are We not Surprised?
Here you go folks, comScore has just released its search engine report for April. As expected, Google toppled its competition again, getting 61.6% of all U.S. core searches. It’s not really a big leap from previous month’s 59.8%, but what is noteable is the fact that Google’s search stat went up by 1.8%. And if [...]
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft has released a Windows Media Player plugin for Firefox . The plugin obviously only works on Windows.
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Yahoo director resigns, board cut to nine members
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Thursday that Edward Kozel, one of its 10 directors, has resigned from the board.
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Reporter's Notebook: Stephen Peacock
The U.S. Embassy in Bogota currently is looking to arrange a swift shipment of millions of machine-gun bullets and tracers to Colombia, revealing an urgent need to bolster the lethality of Colombian military and national police forces.
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Vision Effects releases Twixtor 4.5 FxPlug for FCP
Beginning this week Vision Effects is now shipping Twixtor 4.5 for Apple Final Cut Pro (FCP) in an FxPlug version, which is Final Cut Pro's native effects plugin architecture. Twixtor enables users to speed up or slow down image sequences with quality results. In order to achieve its image quality, Twixtor synthesizes unique new frames by warping a...
MacNN |
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Reporter's Notebook: Luis Gomez
While Delegate Zero now tours the states of central Mexico, back in the autonomous municipality of San Blas Atempa , Oaxaca, Nicanor Salud Resgado, an indigenous man of 40, was unjustly imprisoned by the State Judicial Police on Sunday, February 19. A few hours later, hundreds of people mobilized and won his release.
The Narco News Bulletin |
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Wall Street Beat: Salesforce, HP Weigh in as Tech Steadies
Solid earnings from Salesforce.com and Hewlett-Packard helped investor confidence in the tech arena this week.
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QB: Photo on web was him having fun with Texas friends
Associated Press - May 22, 2008 5:35 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee quarterback Vince Young is defending himself from a photo that appeared on the Internet showing him shirtless and...
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Microsoft dangles rebates for web shoppers
Attention shoppers: There may be bargains available at Microsoft's search engine.
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Bank of New York Mellon security breach: The Real Deal
You may have heard about a huge security breach at the bank of New York Mellon. A box of computer tapes with the personal information for more than 4 million...
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Spb offers Windows Mobile facelift with Online Shell
German developer Spb has unveiled its latest iPhone-like Windows Mobile enhancement, but has refused to rule out developing software for Google's rival Android mobile platform.
iTNews |
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EC to investigate Microsoft ODF announcement
The European Commission (EC) is to investigate Microsoft’s announcement that it will build support for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard into a forthcoming update of Office 2007.
iTNews |
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Microsoft touts e-shopping cashback deal
Microsoft has introduced a service which offers ad-funded cash rebates to customers who search for and buy products..
iTNews |
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Microsoft to support more document formats
Microsoft is to add support for new document formats to Office, including XML Paper Specification (XPS), Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.5, PDF/A and Open Document Format (ODF) v1.1..
iTNews |
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Cyber-criminals turn to LinkedIn
Scammers have turned to social networking site LinkedIn in a bid to bypass corporate spam filters, a security firm warned today..
iTNews |
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Samsung touts 1TB 'green' hard drive
Samsung has unveiled a 1TB "eco-friendly" hard drive designed to minimise power consumption..
iTNews |
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Expert dissects Estonian cyber-war
A security researcher involved in defending against last year's Web attacks on Estonia has shared his account of the crisis, and is offering advice on how to prevent similar assaults in the future..
iTNews |
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Apple to 'rule the home' by 2013
Apple is poised to become the hub of the digital home by 2013, according to a new study from Forrester Research..
iTNews |
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Google pushes white space plan
Google co-founder Larry Page is promoting the company's proposal for a new generation of wireless devices to operate on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves.
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Yahoo board member resigns
Yahoo board member Edward Kozel has resigned, citing personal reasons. His resignation comes as the company faces a proxy fight with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who is angling to replace the entire board at the July 3 shareholders meeting.
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Google's Page Pitches 'White Spaces' Broadband
Allowing access to unused swaths of spectrum known as "white spaces" will help the United States improve its broadband standing, and any objections from broadcasters are purely political, Google co-founder Larry Page said Thursday.
PC Magazine |
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UK's Yokels Into Social Networks, Online Shopping
Look for the CEOs of online retailers and social networks to start acting kindly towards the UK's rustic types; new Hitwise data indicates that people living in rural areas tend to out-participate city folk in these two categories. read more
WebProNews |
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Google Kills Rivals In Search For April
Google increased its U.S. dominance in search in April, extending its lead over rivals Yahoo and Microsoft, according to comScore. Google's search properties grabbed a record-high 61.6 percent of the U.S. market in April, up from 59.8 percent in March. Out of the top five search engines, Google was the only company, that saw an increase in the number of searches in April. Yahoo, Microsoft, ...
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