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Hansen: Iowan’s footage of ’76 twister won a Peabody
Run an Internet search for "tornado video," and take your pick. Are half a million options enough?
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CRIME BRIEFS
A family reported a home invasion robbery in the 100 block of South Burbank Drive on Thursday. Two men armed with handguns forcibly entered the house and stole various electronics including computers and cell phones from the four men and two women at the house, according to a police report.
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"For at least a decade, the standard advice to every computer user has been to run antivirus software. But new, more commercial, more complex and stealthier types of malware have people in the industry asking: will antivirus software be effective for much longer ? Among the threats they see are malware that uses the ability of the latest processors to run virtual machines that would be hidden ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 15th Oct 2005 15:55 UTC
"Today [14-10-05] just so happens to mark the third birthday of Microsoft's Media Center Edition of Windows XP, which is likely why the company is rolling out a major update to the MCE product. Dubbed Rollup 2, the update is available to current WMC customers via Windows Update.
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SAN MARCOS: Palomar College donates computers to Vista high schools
SAN MARCOS ---- Two hundred computers aren't easy to move. But after Palomar College donated 200 Dell desktop computers to the Vista Unified School District this week, information systems director Richard Rodriguez said he and two other district empl
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Citizen police academy schools elder rookie
LEWISTON - The first time Noella Landry picked up a gun, the 84-year-old grandmother plugged a computer-generated hero in the head. On a wall-sized video screen, the hero crumpled. Lewiston Patrol Officer Thomas Murphy laughed.
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Flood is long gone, but some remain in shelter
Art Rockwell is trying to stay positive. It's been more than a month since he left his Lower Lincoln apartment by boat, only bringing along a few clothing items and a laptop, and he hasn't been back.
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Time to put a cork in online wine buying
Today is the last day for Illinois wine enthusiasts to order online before new restrictions limit their options. On Sunday, a state law takes effect that prohibits out-of-state retailers -- including Internet sites, brokers and auction houses -- from shipping products directly to Illinois consumers.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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A dash of genius
It's simple math: X + Y = Awesome for all values of X, when Y = Bacon. With portable technology, the principle is the same, only Y = Internet Connectivity. When you learn that a company has created a GPS navigator that's always connected to the Internet . . . well, you immediately get it.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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New law restricts purchases of wine
Today is the last day for Illinois wine enthusiasts to order online before new restrictions limit their options.
SouthtownStar |
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Local business owner admits making illegal bathroom videotapes
BEEKMANTOWN -- A local business owner is now serving probation for secretly videotaping people using the bathroom of his private residence. Integrity RV owner James Racine was arrested late last summer after someone spotted inappropriate downloads on the 47-year-old's laptop computer.
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Howard: 'Muse won't follow in Radiohead's footsteps'
Rockers Muse have ruled out following Radiohead and releasing their next album online - although they admit they are looking for a more "organic" way to share their music with fans.
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Publishers open up digital portals
When it comes to video marketing and connecting with readers online, innovation takes myriad forms.
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NOVEL IDEAS NEEDED FOR BOOK WORLD
Clusters of TV and computer screens beam chatty videos about cooking, travel and wellness books. A music kiosk lets visitors download MP3s or burn CDs, while another offers tips on how to publish your own novel. Welcome to the newly opened Borders bookstore in Southbury, Conn.
The Monterey County Herald |
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IBM plans to mount its most ambitious challenge in years to Microsoft's dominance of personal computer software, by ...
. Steven A. Mills, senior vice president of IBM's software group, said the programs promote an open-source document format.
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft has released an interim build of Windows Vista, Build 5342 , today to a select group of testers. This is the first build to come with the 'real' Aero Glass: fully scalable vector based transparencies that take advantage of pixel shading.
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Judge denies Entwistle request to dismiss
WOBURN - A judge refused yesterday to dismiss murder charges or change the location of a trial for a British man accused of killing his wife and infant daughter, and delayed ruling on whether prosecutors can introduce evidence Neil Entwistle trolled the Internet looking for sex.
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Anti-porn test not too revealing
It means "fudge" in Spanish, but in the electronic Babylon that is the Internet, "panocha" apparently implies something else as well.
San Jose Mercury News |
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More cell competition can't come soon enough
The big news this week was the federal auction of wireless airwaves, which could result in lower cellphone bills. Wireless is dominated by three players – Rogers Communications Inc., Bell Canada Inc. and Telus Corp. – whose reputation for sterling customer service is a wee bit tarnished.
Toronto Star |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 2nd Aug 2007 23:02 UTC
"In all the excitement about Vista Service Pack 1 betas that were imminent and then not so imminent , the company continues to release patches to select groups of testers.
OS News |
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Bell defends 'shaping' Internet traffic
Bell Canada Inc. has submitted detailed information to regulators in support of its controversial practice of "throttling" certain types of Internet traffic, a move the phone company argues is necessary to relieve congestion on its network.
Toronto Star |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Dec 2005 14:08 UTC
Yonah, a dual-core notebook chip based on a new design, will be released in January, said Keith Kresslin, director of mobile platforms marketing at Intel. It is expected to provide around 68 percent better performance than current Intel notebook chips, which sport one processing core.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 18th Jan 2006 10:59 UTC
Opera 8.5 Pocket PC beta version is based on the same core as the Opera 8.5 desktop browser and brings the full internet to mobile Pocket PCs.
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Councilman deleted emails he should not have
John Simmonds says he forgot that he had to save messages for years.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Critics say Facebook knows you too well
Your summer plans. Your political views. Your work history. Your favourite quotes. The seven photos of you in the too-revealing Paris Hilton Halloween costume. Comments on the seven photos of you in the too-revealing Paris Hilton Halloween costume.
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