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Concern as website sells Pill without visit to GP
Women will be able to buy the contraceptive pill without having to visit their doctor under a new internet service launched yesterday.
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Woman drowns after falling off dock in Lago Vista
Divers have recovered the body of a woman who drowned overnight Sunday in Lake Travis.
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When trust got 9/11 mastermind to speak up
In a makeshift prison in the north of Poland, al-Qaeda's engineer of mass murder faced off against his Central Intelligence Agency...
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A Delicious New Add-On For IE
Users of Microsoft Internet Explorer, and del.icio.us social bookmarking now have a new add-on to enjoy. Nick Nguyen, senior product manager of del.icio.us announced on the del.icio.us blog the release of the "Delicious Bookmarks" add-on that brings with it features from the Firefox add-on, plus some new stuff. read more
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 31st Oct 2005 15:42 UTC
Google plans to hire programmers to improve OpenOffice.org, a demonstration of its affinity for open source initiatives and one the company believes also shows sound practical sense . "We want to hire a couple of folks to help make OpenOffice better."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 24th Nov 2006 20:02 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"It's been a good week for Microsoft's documentation efforts as the company achieved important milestones with regulators on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 19th Mar 2006 15:35 UTC
Apple released another version of the security patch it distributed on March 13 to users of its OS X operating system software, in order to address a problem reported with the update.
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Missouri investigators search for child porn
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Child-exploitation investigators found something unsettling when they recently took a 30-day snapshot of files being shared through computers in Missouri.
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What The World is Reading
It was arguably the biggest Net event since the launch of Gmail. On June 17, a record 8 million Internet users downloaded Firefox 3...
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‘Santa’ trial for techie death
Houston, June 22 (PTI): A murder trial opened here, three years after a young Indian software professional was allegedly shot dead in a park while meditating.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Vodafone Romania offers, for the first time, in the Romanian market, the new phone HTC Touch Diamond, regarded as being the phone model with the best Internet and multimedia experience, according to a press release.
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On a paperless trail
A scanner and an OCR software are the key components of a 'paperless office'-the scanner (or a digital camera) helps you bring existing paper documents into the computer, while an OCR software converts these scanned images into editable and searchable digital formats like PDF, Microsoft Word, etc.
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Watching while you surf
Is IT a worrying invasion of privacy for web surfers, or a lucrative new business model for online advertising? A new 'behavioural' approach to targeting internet advertisements, being pioneered by companies such as Phorm, NebuAd and FrontPorch, is said to be both of these things.
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Eating into VCs pie
What is common to Rediff.com, India Infoline, 123 greetings, Subex, Makemytrip and Bharti Telesoft? Their growth, at some stage or the other, has been funded by a global IT major.
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Philips to launch hi-tech products in India soon
Philips Consumer Lifestyle is planning to launch breakthrough technological products in India such as a common charger for all branded mobile phones, mobility accessories for laptops and high audio sounded MP3 players, S Nagarajan, head-sales, Philips Consumer Lifestyle.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Oct 2006 14:12 UTC, submitted by george
Linus Torvalds has picked up one of Apple's new Intel-based Mac minis to play with, but the Linux creator still prefers Apple's old PowerPC architecture for his primary desktop machine.
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FCC moves ahead with plan for smut-free wireless broadband
As promised, FCC Chair Kevin Martin has launched a proceeding on his porn-free- broadband-for-the-masses plan. The sparks should start flying soon. Read More...
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Inquiry after publication of papers from Nastase and Mitrea files
Reactions were immediate: while the legal committee of the House says the material posted to the Internet contains no privileged information, therefore it does not impair a possible court case, DNA claims the confidentiality of investigation has been violated.
Nine O'Clock |
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Georgia's New State Health Plan Is Google
theodp writes "In yet another case of life imitating Dilbert, the State of Georgia has issued a press release touting how helpful Google products will be in getting Georgians to go outdoors. According to the release and a follow-up Yo-State-So-Fat Official Google Blog post, this includes AdWords, Analytics, Maps, Earth, Picasa, Gadgets and a branded YouTube channel for the GO Georgia initiative ...
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Defective DRAMs bring spot prices down
Spot prices are falling amid reports that there is a flood of defective DRAM parts in the marketplace, which are said to be made by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, according to reports in the market.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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ABI: Wireless HDTV to hit 1M installations in 2012
According to a study from ABI Research, optimistic forecasts point to 2012 as the earliest year for the milestone of 1 million wireless HDTV installations worldwide.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 30th Jun 2006 19:19 UTC, submitted by Yadav Ji
"Over the years, I've had a number of people asking me what I believe the problem was with further migration over to Linux by the public at large. To be frank, I don't believe that there is a simple answer to this.
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TI DSP to power Polycom IP phones
LAS VEGAS, USA: Texas Instruments (TI) announced that Polycom Inc. selected TI's field-proven digital signal processing (DSP) technology to power its new SoundPoint IP 670 desktop phone.
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2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid
2008 CHEVROLET TAHOE HYBRID STYLING [8 out of 10] Cars.com: "Stylish appearance" Edmunds: "13 examples of hybrid badges...on this SUV's flanks" AutoblogGreen: "A much bigger vehicle than [many] people actually need" Car and Driver: "Attractive exterior" The 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid is nearly identical to the handsome ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Oct 2005 12:03 UTC
Microsoft's new operating system won't be out until late 2006, but here 's a look at some of the new security features expected. This includes less kernel-level code, IE7 in restricted mode, and more.
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