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PaperBackSwap.com Lets You Recycle Your Books; Launches Sister Sites SwapaCD.com and SwapaDVD.com for CDs and DVDs
PaperBackSwap.com, an innovative web site that allows the public to recycle used books, launched two sister sites, SwapaCD.com and SwapaDVD.com, due to demand from club members.
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Yahoo shareholders push judge for speedier trial date
Attorney sends judge letter dishing up more material to support quickly setting a hearing date in the shareholder's lawsuit over the company's controversial employee severance plans.
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Tumbleweed's MailGate and Secure Messenger Earn Perfect Five-Star Ratings in SC Magazine Group Test Reviews
Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. , an industry leader in managed file transfer and email security, today announced that its Secure Messenger product received a 5-star rating in SC Magazine's Email Security Group test, and its MailGate® product received a "Recommended" rating in addition to its 5-star rating in SC Magazine's Email Content Management Group Test.
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Google co-founder books flight on Russian rocket
Space tourists are getting their own ride.
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Safari "Carpet Bomb" Attack Code Released
snydeq writes "A hacker has posted attack code that exploits critical flaws in the Safari and Internet Explorer Web browsers. The source code can be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's machine, and could be used by criminals in Web-based computer attacks, security experts say. The public example of the attack code allows attackers to litter a victim's desktop with executable files, ...
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Icahn, Yahoo Heighten Drama in Play for Shareholder Votes
The ground battle in the proxy war between Carl Icahn and Yahoo has begun in earnest, with Yahoo urging shareholders to back the board's slate of directors and ignore Icahn's pleas for change. Yahoo filed a copy of the proxy solicitation notice it sent to shareholders with the SEC, urging them to vote to keep the current leadership in place and warning that backing Icahn could lead to further ...
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Video game makers spent $714K to lobby in 1Q
The Entertainment Software Association, whose members include Microsoft Corp., Electronic Arts Inc. and Atari Inc., spent more than $714,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government, according to a recent disclosure form.
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Security breach after top spy leaves file on train
A top intelligence official left a file with secret documents about Iraq and al Qaeda on a train, in an embarrassing government security breach that was exposed on Wednesday.
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Starbucks and T-Mobile settle dispute
Starbucks Corp. said Wednesday it had settled a legal dispute with Bellevue, Wash., cellular carrier T-Mobile USA.T-Mobile filed suit in New York June 5, claiming Starbucks, the world's largest coffee retailer, had broken a contract, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.Starbucks recently announced it was working with AT&T to provide some customers with free wireless Internet service.Stacy ...
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Recent Original Stories
Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0 share a logic flaw . The issue is actually more severe, as the two versions of the Microsoft and Mozilla browsers are not the only ones affected.
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Blog - Revealing Pluto's Secrets: A Dress Rehearsal
Today, as the International Astronomical Union’s decision to reclassify Pluto as a ‘plutoid’ was announced, Hal Weaver, who is something of a Pluto expert, couldn’t be bothered. When I queried him, he emailed back in shorthand Blackberry fashion to say that he was in a “very important meeting.”
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We've gotten smart: Movie's spy gadgets do exist
By SANDY COHEN LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The shoe phone on TV's "Get Smart" wasn't just a sneaky spy gadget, it was a technological marvel: a wireless, portable telephone that could be used anywhere _ though it did require a dime to make a call.
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HP iPAQ 910 Business Messenger Preview
The iPAQ 910 Business Messenger is HP's next smartphone. Jerry Jackson has had some "hands-on" time with this upcoming device, and brings us his first impressions.
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Google co-founder buys seat to outer space
NEW YORK (AP) - 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.
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WELCOME GUEST! The first private space flight to the International Space Station will blast off in 2011 in a deal with the Russian space agency and could be carrying space tourist Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
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ISO puts standard for Microsoft's OOXML document formats on hold
In another setback to software giant Microsoft, it will have to wait for "several months" before the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) can take a final decision on whether its Office Open XML (OOXML) file format will be an international standard or not.
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Web site offers insiders' look at major employers
Ever wonder whether you'd be better off working some place else? A new Web site called Glassdoor.com is trying to make it easier to find out by compiling free snapshots of the current salaries paid by hundreds of major employers, along with reviews...
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Popular business directory searches
WEEKEND HELP Now Hiring For Weekend Help Apply in Person: Weatherford Farmers Market 213 Ft Worth Hwy- Weatherfor ... >MORE Computer Skills Required. Must Live In Parker County.
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ZoneAlarm Pro misidentifies Yahoo Messenger as a Trojan...again
It's getting more difficult to keep track of the various stages and permutations of malware, whose definition has expanded to mean "anything you didn't ask for and don't want running." But since when did Yahoo IM become malware?
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TheFind.com Partners with buySAFE, Inc. to Power buySAFE Shopping and Join buySAFE Bonded Shopping Network
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & ARLINGTON, Va.----TheFind, Inc. , one of the fastest growing comparison shopping engines, has partnered with buySAFE, Inc., the leading bonding company for e-commerce transactions, to power buySAFE's comparison shopping website www.buysafeshopping.com and participate in the buySAFE Bonded Shopping Network.
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Google co-founder buys seat to outer space
NEW YORK -- The company that sends wealthy tourists to the International Space Station says that Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid US$5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight.
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Google co-founder Brin books space flight
Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants to go to space and has made a $5 million down payment to book a seat on a future orbital space flight with Space Adventures, the space tourism company said on Wednesday.
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Google co-founder buys seat to outer space
Associated Press - June 11, 2008 2:53 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - The company that sends wealthy tourists to the International Space Station says that Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5...
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We've gotten smart: Movie's spy gadgets do exist
The shoe phone on TV's "Get Smart" wasn't just a sneaky spy gadget, it was a technological marvel: a wireless, portable telephone that could be used anywhere - though it did require a dime to make a call. Today, almost everyone has a pocket-sized version that also takes photos, shoots video, sends e-mail and surfs the Internet. About the only thing it doesn't do is protect your feet. "Get Smart" ...
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Web site offers insiders' look at major employers
Ever wonder whether you'd be better off working some place else? A new Web site called Glassdoor.com is trying to make it easier to find out by compiling free snapshots of the current salaries paid by hundreds of major employers, along with reviews anonymously written by current and past workers. "We think it's super important that people are able to find a job where they can go home happy at ...
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