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Internet-savvy voters shake up US presidential election
Barack Obama listens to Democratic governors during a economic discussion on June 20 at the Chicago History Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
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Internet-savvy voters shake up US poll
Videos shared on YouTube and blogs scrutinising candidates are part of an internet-age revolution shaking up the US presidential election.
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Yahoo still lives, but cheers are muted
The Internet company fended off a takeover bid by Microsoft, but larger issues about its future are unresolved.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Michelin Man goes retail in Upstate
Greenville-based Michelin North America announced plans Tuesday to take its ShopMichelin brand merchandising concept from the Internet to a retail store at WestGate Mall.
Anderson Independent-Mail |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 2nd Aug 2006 20:52 UTC
DesktopLinux.com reviews the Freespire release candidate , and concludes: "In short, I found it to be a fine Windows replacement desktop for home users.
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Internet-savvy voters shake up US presidential election
SAN FRANCISCO--Videos shared on YouTube and blogs scrutinizing candidates are part of an Internet-age revolution shaking up the US presidential election and sweeping in a new political era.
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Bill Gates surrendering Microsoft helm
SAN FRANCISCO - A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on June 27.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 20th Nov 2006 18:54 UTC, submitted by Jimmy M
"Microsoft is pushing Visual Basic 2005 Express as the best language for hobbyists and novices, and are offering it free of charge from the Microsoft Visual Basic Express website . Since the price is right, and I fall into the hobbyist category, I decided to give it a try . This review is intended for amateur programmers, students and hobbyists who are interested in programming their computers."
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Heise.de has an in-depth review of the OLPC laptop after testing the laptop. Their conclusion: "The XO laptops already shipped out are a clear sign of what can be done when visionaries, global firms, and international political organizations work together."
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Linked by Adam S on Sat 28th Jan 2006 13:25 UTC
Digg users just " dugg " an item from Silicon Valley Sleuth to the top of their queue. The article asks boldly, " is Windows Vista really vapourware?
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Internet-savvy voters shake up US presidential election
Videos shared on YouTube and blogs scrutinizing candidates are part of an Internet-age revolution shaking up the US presidential election and sweeping in a new political era.
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Commentary: Oh yeah, Ivanovic's got 'it'
Heads up, Maria Sharapova. Ana Ivanovic, described as the "Serbian girl next door" by cyberspace admirers, has grabbed your No. 1 ranking, is whipping you two to one in Web searches, and is flying high after her first Grand Slam title at the French Open.
The Palm Beach Post |
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Tennessee prostitution ring found on internet
Shelby County Sheriff's deputies arrested four people in an investigation into an escort service that was advertising on a popular classified Web site.
WBIR-TV Knoxville |
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Web only: Police Report
These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.
The Naperville Sun |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 22nd Apr 2007 02:30 UTC
FreeSoftwareMagazine has an article about burning software available for Gnome. Two more interesting choices are the GTK-based Graveman! and Nero which released NeroLinux 3.0 beta very recently.
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The US Justice Department has said that internet service providers should be allowed to charge for priority traffic . The agency said it was opposed to 'network neutrality', the idea that all data on the net is treated equally.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 8th Jun 2007 03:44 UTC
"In " Windows Vista: more than just a pretty face ," we began our extensive assessment of Windows Vista with a focus on the changes to the graphical framework of Windows. We also talked about improvements to the general Windows API, the media foundation, and improvements in sound.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 15th Apr 2006 17:00 UTC
When Sun trumpeted its 'open source DRM' last month, no one at first noticed an unusual name amongst the canned quotes . Lending his support to the rights enforcement technology was Free Software Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation board member, and Software Freedom Law Center director, Professor Lawrence Lessig.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Dec 2005 17:19 UTC
"Apple really is is the better way, but why? No, not for the trendy industrial design, not for the OS, not for the CPU, but for the money. It charges quite a bit, but it is not the 'reassuringly expensive' factor either, the price/performance is nothing to brag about.
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Wikipedia blamed for test score drop
The Scottish Parent Teacher Council blames students' reliance on Wikipedia and similar online sources for a drop in examination scores.Eleanor Coner, the information officer, told The Scotsman that students are good at working with computers but rubbish at doing research. She said they pick up information online and pass it off as their own work.It's dangerous when the Internet is littered with ...
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Negative TV ads are nothing new in political campaigns
PROVIDENCE — It was the most notorious political television spot of the 1960s: An angelic young girl — think Abigail Breslin — picks daisies in a sun-dappled meadow, then quickly dissolves into a nuclear mushroom cloud flashing across the screen.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th May 2006 18:16 UTC, submitted by anonymous
The spirit of the RISC OS desktop can now be easily be installed on Debian GNU/Linux systems , after the ROX desktop collection was released in a Debian package. The package came about after Dennis Tomas decided pull the suite into one place for users to download and install.
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differ in significant ways
"Sun and Red Hat have both submitted new versions of their trusted operating systems for Common Criteria certification evaluation. While these systems are being evaluated against the same CC protection profiles and at the same evaluation assurance level, these systems that affect how a customer might choose to use such systems."
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"How do the latest versions of each browser compare? For this prizefight, we looked at Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft's first new Internet browser since 2001 and Mozilla Firefox 2, Mozilla's update of its popular Firefox 1.5 browser released in November 2005."
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Michelle Mead and John Armor
The couple met about 36 years ago and were reunited by a curious email.
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