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Travel: Holidays
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (right) and CEO Steve Ballmer during a farewell event celebrating Gates' years at Microsoft, on his last day as a full-time employee on Friday, June 27, at the company headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
The Times of India |
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Montgomery Ward didn't tell customers about data breach
NEW YORK » An old name in retail was hit by a modern scourge -- a hack of its customers' credit-card numbers -- but didn't inform the consumers. At least 51,000 records were exposed in the breach at the parent company of Montgomery Ward. Catalog company Direct Marketing Services bought the brand name out of bankruptcy in 2004. It now runs a Wards.com Web site, along with six other sites. Direct ...
The Indianapolis Star |
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Exposure makes Indian art prices gallop in global mart
The price curve of Indian art is shooting north in the global market because of 'increased consciousness' about it, say experts. This has been brought about by greater visibility of art and artists from the country and easy access to relevant information about Indian art from the internet, they say.
Calcutta News |
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CQ: Two amateur radio clubs transmit invitations
Even with cell phones, laptops, text and instant messaging, amateur radio still has its place in the communications world.
Stamford Advocate |
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PC PLUS
Main » Computers » You will get great advice on do it yourself Case Mod projects that will save you money. You will find "well written and photographed case modding worklog that allows us to follow a modder's project in a step-by-step fashion
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Council continues push for broadband
The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania is planning a meeting of local broadband service providers to help spread high-speed Internet service throughout Somerset County.
The Daily American |
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CQ: Two amateur radio clubs transmit invitations
Even with cell phones, laptops, text and instant messaging, amateur radio still has its place in the communications world. Especially during emergencies.
Norwalk Advocate |
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Plea to delay doctor's incarceration denied
A federal judge was unmoved by pleas Friday to delay the imprisonment of a hospitalized Oklahoma doctor who was convicted in an Internet pharmacy case of conspiracy to unlawfully distribute prescription drugs. U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown denied Wilbur Hilst's request for a second medical extension of his prison reporting date, now scheduled for Monday. Hilst, 76, was hospitalized after a ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Cyber-bullies
New face of anti-social networking
BBC News |
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HP to IT workers: Move to Fort Collins or lose job
Hewlett-Packard Co. has told about 150 information technology workers in Colorado Springs that they must move to Fort Collins by April 30 as part of a consolidation or they will lose their job, according to employees who asked to remain anonymous.
Colorado Springs Gazette |
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Gates bids farewell to Microsoft with tears
REDMOND, Wash. - On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went onstage to reminisce with longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present.
The Journal News |
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Casual PC games draw fans
Not all gamers crave violent hack-and-slash adventures or fast-paced sports games. A growing segment of the playing population is turning to casual games, those downloadable try-before-you-buy PC titles that don’t require a 200-page manual or 12-button controller.
Florida Today |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Jan 2006 20:59 UTC
A representative of the European Commission faced down a Microsoft exec on the BBC Radio 4 programme this morning, accusing it of holding a press shindig in Brussels but not popping round the corner to tell it what was going on.
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 11th Sep 2005 20:18 UTC
"Although a relatively new platform, Tablet PC continues to revitalize and broaden its appeal to developers . By expanding existing features, adding new investments, and simplifying deployments, developing for Tablet PC becomes even more alluring with Windows Vista.
OS News |
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EMPA Middle East honoured at prestigious Samsung Global Summit 2008
EMPA Middle East FZCO, one of the largest IT distribution companies operating in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa regions, received an award of appreciation during the Samsung Global Summit 2008 held in Seoul, Korea recently.
AME Info |
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Net name rules relaxed
NEW YORK . The Internet's key oversight company relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ..com,. making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old addressing system. The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers unanimously approved the new guidelines on the final day of weeklong meetings in ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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Recalls: Fax machines, garments, garlic bread
The following recalls have been announced: -About 367,000 units of HP Fax 1010 and 1010xi machines, made in China and imported by Hewlett-Packard Co., because an internal component failure can cause overheating, posing a risk of burn or fire. The company has received three reports of overheating, including two resulting in minor property damage. No injuries have been reported. The fax ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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County creates Internet crimes task force
SUNBURY — Northumberland County District Attorney Tony Rosini announced his office has formed an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
The Shamokin News-Item |
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Intellectual Property
Proposed rules changes at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), along with the possible passage of the Patent Reform Bill and a sliding/fluctuating economy, have led some to conclude that the rules of the "patent game" have completely changed.
Mondaq |
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Child porn suspect loses argument
DANBURY -- A city man charged with trading child pornography on the Internet lost a motion in Superior Court that requested the names and dates of birth of the children who are allegedly depicted in the photos.James K. Surovy, 63, of Belmont Circle, faces charges of possession of child pornography and promoting a minor in an obscene performance.
The News-Times |
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Gates quits his day-to-day job, admits strategic errors
Microsoft Corp.'s biggest ''screw-ups'' happen when the software maker fails to predict changes in the technology industry, such as the growth of Internet advertising, Bill Gates said Friday.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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Up-the-skirt images will be allowed at trial
GRAND RAPIDS -- A Byron Center High School teacher had more than a dozen up-the-skirt images of females on a digital data card seized from his computer bag during a 2007 police search of his home, authorities said.
The Grand Rapids Press |
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Web address can now be in Arabic
The board of the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted unanimously to liberalise the way the web's addressing system works, and will now enable web addresses to be typed in scripts like Arabic and Chinese, The National has reported.
AME Info |
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Saturday, 28 June, 2008
Bill Gates wiped his tear when he prepared to depart amid applause, thereby ended an era. On his final day in Microsoft, the 52-year-old icon worked as a full-time executive Friday.
News Today |
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Wyo. teen charged in computer fraud case
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged a Cheyenne teenager with creating a malicious computer code they say allowed him to take over thousands of computers nationwide to steal credit-card information and defraud people.
Rocky Mountain News |
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