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Back to Basics
The dread that surrounds the issue of taxes can be attributed primarily to taxpayers' fear of the unknown. A surprising number remain confused about basic tax knowledge, preferring instead to transfer full ownership of their returns to a seasoned professional or computer system.
Investopedia |
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YouTube knows audiences
Video viewers Popular Web site offers extensive data on its users. Three days after Weezer posted its music video ''Pork & Beans'' on YouTube, 2.2 million people had watched it. And 65 percent of them were men.
The Morning Call |
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AARP To Testify In Support Of Health IT Legislation - Electronic System Promises To Improve Health Care Safety And ...
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee in support of health information technology legislation. AARP Board Member Dr. Byron Thames will encourage lawmakers to pass a health IT bill this year to improve the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of the country's health care.
Medical News Today |
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Even Better Broadband!
Broadband has developed into such a competitive market; we should be able to enjoy even better deals.
The Motley Fool |
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The Web Week in Review - Money Edition
Drama 2.0 has his mind on his money and his money on his mind more than usual lately, so this week's installment of The Web Week in Review is focused on cold hard cash - who's making it and who isn't.
e-Consultancy |
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Acer aspires to enter mini-laptop market
New PC to be the latest 'Asus killer'. Acer is joing the crowd jostling in the mini-laptop market.
TechWorld |
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Bluetooth and IE to get patched next week
Microsoft issues bunch of critical fixes. Microsoft is set to issue seven security patches, including critical fixes for DirectX, Internet Explorer and Bluetooth wireless software for Windows.
TechWorld |
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Murdoch University launches international study centre
MURDOCH University officially launched its International Study Centre yesterday. Revamped at a cost of $1 million, the centre along North Bridge Road features a dozen classrooms, a computer lab and a newsroom for journalism students.
Straits Times |
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Free Wi-Fi proposal stalls in Washington
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 3:53 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Efforts to implement free wireless high-speed Internet service nationwide have hit a snag in Washington.
WLFI Lafayette |
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Karate-themed 'Kung Fu Panda' has chops but leaves one hungry
By CHRISTOPHER KELLY As visually impressive as it is resolutely boring, Kung Fu Panda reminds us what happens when a team of state-of-the-art technicians go to work in service of a story that's sorely lacking in soul. Directors Mark Osborne and John Stevenson combine traditional computer-generated animation, anime-style dream sequences and a number of dazzling kung fu set-pieces. Like ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Go wireless
New models offer easy setup, speed and security
Toronto Sun |
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HK's web sites the world's riskiest
HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong web sites are the most likely to hit visitors with unwanted ads, viruses and spam, research from an Internet security company has found.
Borneo Bulletin |
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IBM gets chips to chill out in water
Cooling system fit for supercomputers
Silicon.com |
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City of London pilots cybercrime scheme
The City of London Police are taking the lead in setting up a national fraud reporting centre that will enable banks to report e-crime
ZDNet UK |
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'On Movies Online'
Inquirer film critic Steven Rea offers short takes, outtakes, information and interviews on films at http://go.philly.com/onmovies
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Luring nets 18 months
The apology came too late from a man sentenced for luring a child on the Internet. "I realize I made a mistake. I know how big my mistake is," Logman Pera, 36, said through a Kurdish interpreter in a London court. "I am prepared to apologize to the court and my family."
CNews |
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TW CABLE SUED OVER PRICE IN LA
Time Warner Cable Inc. was sued by Los Angeles over claims the company improperly raised prices and let cable-TV and Internet services decline following its 2006 purchase of two cable providers. Time Warner Cable customers experienced months of...
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Related Games
The first footage of Duke Nukem Forever since 2001 has hit the Internet. Former Monolith boss Jason Hall landed the scoop in his self-titled show on Crackle, the Sony-owned video sharing site. You can also download it on Xbox Live.
EuroGamer |
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Recent Original Stories
Kaj de Vos made two big announcements at SylCon 2007. The first was a new web browser, based on a port of WebKit. The second is Syllable Server, which will bring together the Syllable GUI with the Linux kernel to create a server operating system that compliments Syllable on the desktop.
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YAHOO! AN EGG-THROWING GAME TARGETS BALLMER
You, too, Mr. Icahn and Mr. Yang, can have a ball pelting eggs at Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer - all in good fun, of course. A runaway game on the Internet lets users re-enact a globally embarrassing stunt last month in which an angry student...
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Geek Patrol benchmarked a MacBook Pro and a PowerBook G4 . Not surprisingly, they concluded:
"The MacBook Pro outperformed the PowerBook G4 in almost every benchmark. Since all of the MacBook Pro's baseline scores are over 100, it even outperformed our baseline system, a Power Mac G5 1.6GHz!
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Free Wi-Fi proposal stalls in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) - Efforts to implement free wireless high-speed Internet service nationwide have hit a snag in Washington. Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin tells The Associated Press that the plan won't be voted on at the agency's meeting this month.
KWWL Iowa |
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Free Wi-Fi proposal stalls in Washington
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 3:53 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Efforts to implement free wireless high-speed Internet service nationwide have hit a snag in Washington.
KHQ Spokane |
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Autodesk possible white knight for Flomerics
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Software specialist Flomerics could escape the unwelcome clutches of Mentor Graphics by jumping into the arms of computer aided design giant Autodesk.
ShareCast |
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Google invites users to test new Gmail features
Users can try out 13 new features the company is considering adding to the service, and popular features will be incorporated into Gmail proper
ZDNet UK |
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