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Rowdy pupils face bus crackdown
Pupils are encouraged to use a confidential web service to report problems on school buses.
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New Mexico: In Santa Fe, a wireless plan is delayed by opponents' health concerns
Deborah Baker June 11, 2008 - 12:33 a.m. SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Camp out in a coffee shop or hole up in a hotel, but don't bother lugging your laptop to the library.
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Open lines spark telco frenzy
A technology spend-up by phone and internet companies connecting their own equipment to Telecom's exchanges looks set to benefit other players in the telco sector, as well as delivering cheaper prices and better services to customers.
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Review: Asus Eee 900
Personal computers come and go with little fanfare these days, but an exception has been the diminutive Asus Eee PC, which for a computer weighing less than a kilo is causing some big ripples in the industry.
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Sideswipe: Thursday
Humour amid the economic doom and gloom, snapped in Mt Wellington. Dave writes: "An article in the paper made me think of the idiots that broke into our home. They stole, among other things, a camera and a small USB hard drive.
The New Zealand Herald |
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GSP East: How to battle the Facebook zombie army
Panel at Graphing Social Patterns: East conference pits moderator against four high-ranking Facebook Platform officials. Here's a preview: Lots of talking points.
CNET |
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Power, Phone & Internet Services Being Restored
National Grid reported early Wednesday afternoon that 11,000 customers in the north country were still without power following the powerful storms that swept through the region Tuesday. In the St. Lawrence County community of Edwards, all phone and Internet service was restored by early Wednesday morning.
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Va. Rep: Chinese Hacked Capitol Computers
Virginia Congressman: FBI says sources in China hacked congressional computers
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'N-variant' microchips could protect intellectual property, enable new services
Rice University computer engineers have created a way to design integrated circuits that can contain many multiple selves. The chips can assume one identify or a subset of identities at a time, depending on the user's needs. New research shows that multiple "personalities" in an integrated circuit can be even a more powerful security mechanism that can be used for a variety of digital rights ...
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School board addresses gangs, discipline policy
After a nearly five-hour closed meeting, the Greenville County school board gave initial approval to a new policy making it a violation for students to engage in gang-related activities at school and updating existing policies to address such infractions as Internet bullying.
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Google co-founder buys seat to outer space
The company that sends wealthy tourists to the International Space Station says that Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight. Space Adventures made the announcement Wednesday in Manhattan. Company officials also...
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Xerox eases laptop printing woes
Daniel Robinson, IT Week , Wednesday 11 June 2008 at 17:38:00 Xerox does away with having to install multiple drivers for printing Xerox has made available two free-to-download print utilities to make it easier to print without the need to install specific drivers for each printer on a network....
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STUMP THE GEEKS: Herky-jerky video on user's PC
Q. Before going wireless, I was enjoying watching television shows on my computer. Now that I'm not plugged in and am wireless, video streaming is so choppy and slow, it's impossible to watch. Is it because I bought the cheapest router in the store? If so, what kind of router should I get? Is there a fix for this?
Centre Daily Times |
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Anderson police nab 29-year-old in Internet predator sting
Conway man thought he was talking a 13-year-old girl when he was talking with undercover officers.
Anderson Independent-Mail |
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Xerox eases laptop printing woes
Xerox has made available two free-to-download print utilities to make it easier to print without the need to install specific drivers for each printer on a network.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Next generation broadband will create digital divide
The UKs move to next-generation networks will invariably create a digital divide, according to advisory body the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG).
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Motorola Honored by AT&T as Outstanding Supplier
Commitment to excellence over the past year has earned Motorola Inc. recognition as an outstanding supplier to affiliates to AT&T Inc. , one of the world's leading data, voice, wireless and Internet services providers.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Clearwire Announces Investor Meeting: Access Info
Clearwire Corporation ("Clearwire") (NASDAQ: CLWR), a leading provider of personal broadband and mobile Internet services, today announced that it will host an investor meeting on Thursday, June 12, 2008, in New York City. The event will begin at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time (4:30 a.m. Pacific Time) and conclude approximately one hour later.
Centre Daily Times |
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IBM's $1B 'Big Green' Gets Smaller
Big Blue's plans include bigger modular data centers and a portable data center that might sound familiar to Sun.
InternetNews.com |
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iStat menus 1.3
iStat menus adds a series of menus to your OS X menu bar so you can gauge your Mac's system activity.
Macworld |
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Syndie Ad Growth Strong in Weak Quarter
Spending on advertising in syndicated television shows jumped during a first quarter that overall showed little growth. Total measured ad spending rose 0.6% in the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007, according to new data from TNS Media Intelligence.
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Car Dealers Disclose Auto Industry Buying Tip to All the Smart Women Who Buy Cars
Every day in America women are buying cars yet automobile marketers aren't giving priority to improving a woman's car-buying experience. Forrester Research points to female car buyers who are "lost in translation," meaning: Auto manufacturers' web sites use technical car talk like "trim level" and "power train," so it's no surprise that women engage less with brand sites compared to men. After ...
Centre Daily Times |
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NaturalMotion and NVIDIA Bring a New Level of Realism to Games
The companies team up to integrate animation, AI and physics technologies. June 11, 2008 - NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, and NaturalMotion Ltd., the developers behind the highly acclaimed euphoria motion synthesis technology, today announced that the companies have teamed up to offer game developers and publishers ...
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by systyrant (2.88) on Thu 12th Apr 2007 14:04 UTC
I'll admit this puts a little blood back into my face. I realize XP can't be supported forever, but I just don't think Vista is going to be up to the task by the end of the year. Moreover I feel like now Microsoft is going to rush out patches for Vista that will probably only cause more problems.
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Theatre, Violin, Art, Italian, Computer Camps Scheduled to Start In July/August at DSLCC
Summer Theatre Camp – Monday through Friday, July 7 -11, from 9 a.m. to noon, Moomaw Center, with Tammy Scruggs as instructor. This introduction to drama includes a performance by the campers for family and friends on the last day. Tuition is $60.
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