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Manchester students to access some books online this fall
NEW FRANKLIN — Starting this fall, students in the Manchester Local Schools District will get a bonus with some of their textbooks. In addition to the actual book, students will receive a password that will enable them to access the book’s contents online.
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Recent Original Stories
According to an announcement posted on the Carbon developer's mailing list, Metrowerks announced at AdHoc that the forthcoming release of CodeWarrior 10 will be the last for OS X. This isn't surprising given that Apple is transitioning to Intel chips and Metrowerks has exited the Intel market, but it's still the end of an era.
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Woman says Comcast published check for her "right arm"
A Pittsburgh woman who sent Comcast Corp. a check made out for "My Right Arm and Zero Dollars" is up in arms because she says someone published a copy of the check on the Internet.
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Usher makes birthday wish come true
An internet multi-millionaire has hired Usher to make a special appearance at his girlfriend's birthday party.
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Recent Original Stories
"A Chinese company called YellowSheepRiver wants to make affordable budget computing a reality with its new $150 Linux Municator , a highly compact and innovative PC built with inexpensive Chinese hardware components.
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Google Gadgets for Linux appears
Until now, Gadgets--the mini applications that can be placed anywhere on the desktop--have only been available on Windows and Mac. Google has announced the first release of Google Gadgets for Linux. Google Desktop has been available for some time now on the Windows, Mac, and...
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Exaktime Announces JobClock.NET
Exaktime, Inc., makers of The JobClock(R) System, announced the full availability of JobClock.NET, a service that enables subscribers to transfer time and attendance records over the Internet from the field. Prior to JobClock.NET, records collected on a PDA from JobClocks and PocketClocks(R) were typically driven into the office by a foreman, where they were transferred to TimeSummit(R), ...
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Kowabunga! To Exhibit e-Retailing Solutions At Internet Retailer 2008 In Chicago
Kowabunga!(R) (AMEX:THK), the leading provider of interactive performance-based advertising networks and technology platforms, announced today it will exhibit their suite of e-retailing solutions during the Internet Retailer 2008 Conference (IRCE) held in Chicago, June 9 - 12, 2008.
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Washington DC
BEIJING , June 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Baidu.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU ), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced that it filed its annual report Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2008 . The annual report can be accessed on Baidu's investor relations website at http://ir.baidu.com . Baidu ...
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Free Wi-Fi Proposal Stalls in Washington
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.
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HTC Eyes Market for Smartphones in Poor Nations
HTC may be a key in making Windows Mobile smartphones the Internet device of choice in developing nations.
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Regional business briefs
VisionAir Inc. has signed on the Murfreesboro, Tenn., Police Department for its Public Safety Suite, which includes software for computer-aided dispatch, law enforcement records management, mobile data, field-based reporting, Web-based data sharing and learning management. The Castle Hayne company provides public safety software.
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Asus quietly demos Eee Box
Desktop peers out of sub-laptop sibling's shadow Computex Asus may have focused its attention during the Computex show, held in Taipei this week, on its Atom-based Eee PC 901 and 1000 sub-notebooks, but that didn't stop it showing off its Eee Box desktop.…
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Exhibit e-Retailing Solutions At Internet Retailer 2008 In Chicago Business Editors/Advertising Editors
(AP:CLEARWATER, Fla.--) (BUSINESS WIRE) _ Jun. 06, 2008--Kowabunga!(R) (AMEX:THK), the leading provider of interactive performance-based advertising networks and technology platforms, announced today it will exhibit their suite of e-retailing solutions during the Internet Retailer 2008 Conference (IRCE) held in Chicago, June 9 -12, 2008.
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SQL Sentry Announces Their New Performance Monitoring and Optimization Tool - SQL Sentry Performance Advisor
SQL Sentry, Inc., the developer of award-winning software tools for Microsoft SQL Server, announced today the availability of SQL Sentry Performance Advisor. SQL Sentry Performance Advisor is a revolutionary new performance monitoring and optimization tool which provides unparalleled insight, awareness and control over the true source of SQL Server performance issues.
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Xenocode Nominated for SYS-CON's "Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards"
Xenocode's Virtual Application Studio allows IT professionals to convert their existing Windows, .NET, and Java-based applications into virtualized applications ready for instant deployment using the Xenocode Virtual OS.
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Ceedo Nominated for SYS-CON's "Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards"
Ceedo Personal enables you to create a portable virtual desktop comprising of your favorite Windows applications, carry it with you on a USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or any other on any portable storage gadget, and run it on any PC without installation.
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China denies hacking U.S. Commerce Dept.
China is denying allegations that its operatives tried to hack into Commerce Department computers using data from U.S. government laptop.
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The Video URL Is Not Always Optional in Google Video Sitemaps
Video search engine optimization has been a hot topic since the launch of Google Universal Search. A Google Groups thread I have been tracking for some time, gives us some insight into how to improve the visibility of your videos in Google search. If you take a look at the Google Video Sitemap specification, you will notice that a tag is optional, not required, for Google to index and ...
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Google Recommends You Split Sitemap Files By File Type
A Google Groups thread reports an issue (or a feature, depending on your view) with Google's Sitemap handling. In short, a webmaster used one Sitemap file for all his content. In that file, he specified the geo data by using tags. When the Sitemap was produced in Google, Google returned an error that read, "Status: Invalid XML tag." This confused the webmaster, because the tag is valid. ...
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Now for the iHype
South Africans will soon get to discover what all the fuss is about. Vodacom will shortly begin selling Apple's second-generation iPhone. The only question is what the new handset will be able to do. CEO Steve Jobs is set to answer everything on Monday.
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Former clerk gets 6 months for stadium attack hoax
NEWARK, N.J. - A former grocery clerk must serve six months in federal prison for making bogus internet postings warning of terrorist attacks against NFL stadiums, a judge ruled yesterday.
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L&M Turns A Deaf Ear
LAWRENCE & MEMORIAL Hospital has been developing plans to build a new computer system for patient medical records that administrators say could put them at
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Tech troubles, free speech concerns delay FCC's free broadband plan
NEW 6:50 a.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A plan by the nation's top telecommunications regulator to provide free wireless high-speed Internet service hit a snag this week over concerns about possible interference and a proposed censoring feature that upset free speech advocates.
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New Apple iPhone will be launched next week
Apple will on Monday unveil a new and improved version of the iPhone which could go on sale in the UK for as little as £100 next month.
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