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Advertisers slow to embrace online advertising
One of the nation's leading sponsors of online media, Rob Wrubel lays out as much as $20 million a month for Internet ads. Over time, his firm's ad buys have supported a wide spectrum of Web content, from video clips of rock bands to coverage of the Iraq war, and an array of online names: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, CBS, MySpace and CNN.
Austin American-Statesman |
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CARD seeks barn-builders
Close your laptop, turn off the television and take a brief respite from work.
Collinsville Herald |
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Buyers demand data from Internet, Realtors
Why wouldn't real estate agents want their prospective clients and customers to turn to the Internet for information about houses?
Austin American-Statesman |
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Internet stoking political scandals flames
"Don't make this a big deal, OK?" When Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price uttered those now-infamous words to the police officer who stopped his SUV after it plowed through a barricade on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, he was likely just trying to avoid a ticket.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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No 'Street View' for Madison County
The sedan with the Google logo and the mounted periscope cameras was probably trolling area streets in the fall, maybe earlier. The process of capturing thousands of 360-degree images over and over probably took a few weeks, maybe longer. And it almost certainly took several cars, maybe more, over a couple of passes.
Collinsville Herald |
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Bill Gates moves on, but Microsoft keeps his ‘quests’ alive
SEATTLE (AP) — It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft’s leader.
Corvallis Gazette-Times |
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Santa Rosa District 3 newsletter now online
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Don Salter's June District 3 Newsletter is available online at www.santarosa.fl.gov, under "What's Hot."
Pensacola News Journal |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Jul 2006 21:08 UTC
In a Q&A , Neelie Kroes, who fined MS for not complying with the EC's antitrust ruling, said: "I regret that the Commission has had to take such a step today, but given Microsoft's continued non-compliance to date, I have been left with no alternative.
OS News |
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The Story Next Door: Former Iowan blogs back to his flooded homeland
While he’s lived in Corvallis for nearly four years, Eric Stoller will always identify himself as an Iowan.
Corvallis Gazette-Times |
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Recent Original Stories
"Novell signed a business agreement with Microsoft last year, and many in the open source community started taking shots at Novell. Others in the community are now jabbing at each other, with the rhetoric level rising.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 22nd Feb 2007 16:50 UTC
"Samsung knows a thing or two about designing notebooks. The Q35 Red that I recently reviewed created quite a stir every time I pulled it out of my bag at CES last month, and the ultra-slim Q30 won over many users who were looking for a machine that was ultra-thin and light.
OS News |
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Want to know ‘how-to’? It’s on the Web
Terri Rossman considers herself a visual learner. So when the 52-year-old marketing professional wanted to learn a new knitting stitch, she turned to the Web. “I searched for ‘knit bobble stitch’ on Google and I found a video of someone doing it,” Rossman said. “It was perfect for me.”
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Armed with common sense, restraint
A few years ago – before desktop computers but after the Comanche war bands were driven into Oklahoma – I grew up south of Midlothian. Those were dangerous times. By age 9, I was trusted with a firearm. Our old family place has, of course, since been annexed.
Waxahachie Daily Light |
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David Caminer, a Pioneer in Computers, Dies at 92
Mr. Caminer, as an employee of a legendary chain of British tea shops, found the earliest ways to use a computer for business purposes.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air
Microsoft’s flagship software, Windows, built upon the same core architecture as preceding versions, seems to move an inch when its competitors take a lap.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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The Oracle Collective
Yahoo Answers solicits replies — from everyone — to any and all questions.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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China: Hu Is Now Online
BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese President Hu Jintao took part in an online chat with Internet users, the first ever by a Chinese leader. “I have to make time to go online, although I can’t surf the web every day due to my busy workload,” he said in response to a question.
Sin Chew Jit Poh |
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Public Safety 06/29/08
Public Safety for June 29: Police, Fire, Rescue Computer stolen from home NORMAL — One A computer and duffel bag were taken about 3:55 a.m. June 21 from a home in the 900 block of North Center Street, Bloomington, a police report said.
The Pantagraph |
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China: Hu Is Now Online
BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese President Hu Jintao took part in an online chat with Internet users, the first ever by a Chinese leader. “I have to make time to go online, although I can’t surf the web every day due to my busy workload,” he said in response to a question.
Sin Chew Jit Poh |
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Rumors spreading like wildfire on the Internet
Somebody named Lawrence started his piece of the chain a few weeks ago. He saw the message, or got it in an e-mail, and forwarded it to at least seven friends, urging them to do the same.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Rash of auto break-ins hits area towns
Perhaps it's because people tend not to lock their cars in the suburbs and ripping them off is so easy. Or maybe it's a sign of a growing need for cash by drug addicts, or the ease of fencing GPS navigation systems or laptops.
Boston Globe |
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Linked by Andrew Youll on Fri 22nd Jul 2005 06:10 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Is the official new name for the Longhorn operating system is Microsoft Windows Vista ? Flexbeta seems to think so, and has posted a domain registration from MS that seems to support this idea.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 30th Nov 2006 22:51 UTC
Novell on Nov. 30 announced its latest NetWare upgrade operating system, the Linux-powered Novell Open Enterprise Server 2. OES, which will be based on Novell's SLES 10, is designed to be a drop-in replacement for Novell NetWare servers, and a direct competitor to Microsoft's Server 2003.
OS News |
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Untangled Web presents challenge for IB's model
When Internet Broadcasting Systems hatched its business of helping local TV stations build and run their own Web sites 12 years ago, few people knew much about the Internet
Pioneer Press |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 15th Dec 2005 00:53 UTC
PCStats is going to look at the new features which Microsoft plans to bring to the table with Internet Explorer 7, and examine how the underlying unctionality of the browser has changed to better protect your computer.
OS News |
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