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Water department employee accused of hiding fact her bill was past due
An employee of Bossier City's water billing department has been arrested on charges she altered computer records and kept getting city water, despite being past due on payments and subject to cut-off. Hilda B. Cranford, 52, was booked on charges of malfeasance in office, computer fraud and theft of utility
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Yahoo: Our poison pill isn't 'nuts'; Icahn guessing at plan costs
Yahoo in an SEC filing fired its latest volley at billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and defended its employee compensation plan. The company, embroiled in a proxy war with Icahn, outlined an FAQ that it sent employees. The key excerpts: Mr. Icahn says this Plan costs...
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Second Day of Phone Service Hang-ups
A glitch cuts phone and internet service across the Northeast for the third time this month. Local businesses say they're frustrated.
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360 Enterprises Acquires HybridSEM : Joe Whyte is Movin On Up
360 Enterprises Inc, which is the parent company of TextLinkBrokers.com and SponsoredReviews.com, has acquired HybridSEM.com, an SEO and social media firm headed by Joe Whyte, who has been a contributor to Search Engine Journal. “Access to 360’s resources allows HybridSEM.com to scale our services from a niche market to a massive market. I am proud [...]
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ISP giants lock down child porn sites
ALBANY - Internet providers Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to child pornography and eliminate the material from their servers, New York's attorney general said yesterday.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Newsletter Subscription
A leak on a Microsoft Web site hints at a 2009 release for the next version of Office, code-named Office 14.
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US Internet providers agree to block child porn sites
NEW YORK - THREE major Internet provides have agreed to block access to websites and online discussion groups featuring child pornography, New York state attorney general said on Tuesday.
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Author, MySpace Announce Worldwide Movie Exclusive
WELLINGTON—June 11, 2008— Paulo Coelho, the worldwide best-selling author is teaming up with MySpace, the leading global lifestyle portal, to create his first feature film, The Experimental Witch . Using the ‘mash-up’ video concept, Coelho will transform his most recent book, The Witch of Portobello , into a feature film using original videos and music created and submitted by users in the ...
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Local scribe discovers citizen journalism at cupcake event [I Hate It Here]
The San Francisco Bay Guardian's Susie Cagle went in search of that most elusive of user-generated content — actual good times at a Web 2.0 event. Her target: CupcakeCamp, a "crowd-sourced"... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
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Different Perspectives On Tantrums Past Age 3
An Atlanta pediatrician sent me an article from the February issue of Pediatric News describing research recently conducted concerning tantrums in children ages 3 to 6. Intrigued, I spent some time on the Internet reading other accounts of the study. I even left several messages for the primary author but haven't heard back at this writing.
Hartford Courant |
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Current Newswire:
"July 2004--Internet Explorer has held more than 95 percent of the browser market since June 2002. Over the last month, however, its market share has slowly dropped from 95.73 percent on June 4 to 94.73 percent on July 6.A loss of 1 percent of the market may not mean much to Microsoft, but it translates into a large growth, proportionately, in the number of users running Mozilla and ...
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Google says it would support U.S. privacy law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google has told a senior U.S Republican lawmaker concerned about privacy that the Internet search and advertising company supports a federal privacy law.
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Biblionet at Bucharest Metropolitan Library
The department of Internet public services – Biblionet will be inaugurated today at the central offices of the “Mihail Sadoveanu” Metropolitan Library.
Nine O'Clock |
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Delayed SQL Server 2008 hits release phase
Very close Microsoft's delayed SQL Server 2008 has inched closer to daylight, with the company's first release candidate (RC) code.…
The Register |
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DOJ tries again to revive Web porn law in free-speech fight
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Justice Department lawyers are trying to revive a decade-old law aimed at keeping online pornography from children, even though courts have said the law blocks too much legal speech.
WFMJ Youngstown |
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Get 'em while they're hot: critical security fixes from Microsoft, Apple
But still no relief from Carpet bombing menace Microsoft and Apple released a batch of critical security fixes within 24 hours of each other, patching a variety of components including the Internet Explorer browser, Bluetooth services and the QuickTime media player.…
The Register |
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Symantec fluffs up its backup getup
Netbackup integrates de-dupe and CDP Symantec Vision '08 Symantec's data protection suite received its annual booster shot of new features at Symantec Vision in Las Vegas this year.…
The Register |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Jun 2008 22:27 UTC
At the Worldwide Developer Conference currently underway in San Fransisco, Apple unveiled some of the new features coming in Mac OS X Server 10.6, Snow Leopard.
OS News |
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Spot On: Microsoft's Tokyo JPRG event
Namco Bandai and Square Enix show off the next wave of Japanese RPGs for the Xbox 360, including Tales of Vesperia, Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery, and Star Ocean: The Last Hope.
GameSpot |
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Analysts see slight slip in May sales
Extraordinary continues to be the norm, as industry watchers predict 30-43 percent software growth for May.
GameSpot |
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Microsoft to pilot a consumer health records management system
Just a few weeks after Google's release of its personal health care record tools , Microsoft has launched a pilot of its competing HealthVault platform, conducted with the help of the largest HMO in the US.
BetaNews |
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Graffiti crackdown: A clearer picture
West-metro police are using a new online database to crack down on graffiti artists.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Leaves degrade Wi-Fi service for some in city
Several Minneapolis readers have reported uneven city Wi-Fi service quality, and they wondered whether the leaves on the trees are blocking the signals more than expected.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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A dozen Phoenixville students get laptops for $10, thanks to Good Samaritans
Twelve eighth-graders at Phoenixville Area Middle School can do their homework on their laptops now, thanks to an Audubon non-profit and the Phoenixville Community Education Foundation.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Blast Works Review
Majesco has gone and done it. Wii owners finally have a reason to rassle with lofty concepts like Friend Codes and wireless Internet connections, thanks to the publisher's Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy , developed by Budcat Creations.
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