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St. Charles school janitor charged in internet sex sting
(KMOV)- A St. Charles school janitor is caught in an internet sex sting. Marty Crimson is charged with exposing himself on the internet. Prosecutors said he thought he was chatting with a 13-year-old girl.
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STOCKS NEWS ASIA-Shares seen rising on upbeat U.S. earnings
SYDNEY, April 17 (Reuters) - Asian shares are expected to post strong gains on Thursday as solid earnings from big U.S. banks and International Business Machines Corp (IBM) IBM.N ease concerns that a slowing U.S. economy would crimp profits.
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Microsoft 1, blogosphere 0
When is a video so bad that it's actually good? An uber-lame Microsoft internal video making the rounds turns out to have been a spoof.
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Urchin 6, Google's much-delayed Web analytics software, is now shipping. A major upgrade to Google's Urchin Web analytics server software has finally shipped after a delay of about three-and-a-half years.
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Recent Original Stories
"If you want to run Windows applications on your Intel powered Mac, you will be happy to learn that there are three different ways. The first method is by using Crossover for Mac, the second is using Parallels, and the third method is using Boot Camp. Each has their own advantages and disadvantages.
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Corel's Office competitor gets BI, more PDF
Corel today rolled out WordPerfect X4, a suite designed to remain feature compatible with Microsoft Office while adding more interoperability with Adobe Acrobat. Added to the suite is a new spreadsheet in addition to Quattro Pro.
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Construction set for Aerospace CenterConstruction set for Aerospace Center
Construction will likely begin this summer on a 600-acre aerospace research center on the west side of Hill Air Force Base. The Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park will include software, engineering, computer and other manufacturing companies.
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PC shipments post double-digit rise as US lags
BOSTON (AP) - Anemic U.S. growth didn't prevent computer makers from posting another double-digit gain in shipments worldwide in the first quarter. Details are from two technology research firms that say the increase beat their forecasts.
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IBM 1Q Earnings Jump 26%
The tech giant blew past share-price expectations with the help of continued weakness in the dollar
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PC shipments post double-digit rise as US lags
Associated Press - April 16, 2008 6:55 PM ET BOSTON (AP) - Anemic U.S. growth didn't prevent computer makers from posting another double-digit gain in shipments worldwide in the first...
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'The Sims' sells 100 million copies
There are no scary monsters to slay, no enemies to shoot and no cars to hijack. But with more than 100 million units sold since its launch in 2000, "The Sims" is the world's best-selling computer game.
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Windows Server reliability crashes in 2007
The downtime experienced by Windows Server 2003 increased 25 percent to nine hours per server per year, while the reliability of mainstream server-based Linux distributions improved significantly, according to a Yankee Group survey.
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Virtualisation security threatened: XenSource
XenSource and VMware, two major figures in virtualisation security have warned of challenges facing IT managers in implementing secure virtual environments.
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Central man is state internet task force's 121st arrest
A Central man has been charged with having illegal contact with a teen in a chat room.
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Apple Patches MacBook Air Hijack Flaw
The Safari 3.1.1 update includes a patch for the flaw that allowed the hijack of a MacBook Air laptop at the CanSecWest PWN to OWN security contest. ... Win a Dell XPS Ultra-Portable Notebook Free Registration to Insight24 Directory - Access Over 5,000 B2B Webcasts, Podcasts, and Videos.
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SureWest to halt paying stock dividends
SureWest Communications, a Roseville-based provider of telephone, Internet and TV, will stop paying a quarterly stock dividend, the company announced Wednesday.
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Doctor-Rating Websites
Every time you go to the hospital for a procedure, you`re putting your life in your doctor`s hands. As the Internet has grown, so have the number of websites devoted to rating doctors and publishing whether they are in good standing.
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Immersion Medical Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Mentice AB, Mentice SA, Simbionix USA Corp., and Simbionix ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Immersion Corporation , a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Immersion Medical, Inc, filed a lawsuit for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Mentice AB, Mentice SA, Simbionix USA Corp., and Simbionix Ltd.
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Squabble over net neutrality resumes
When the FCC convenes its second hearing on what it calls "network management" Thursday, it will have covered both coasts and the universities that played midwife to the Internet.
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Marlin investigators working to bust identity theft ring
Updated: Apr 16, 2008 5:39pm Investigators with the Marlin Police Department are trying to bust an identity theft ring. They say thieves are stealing personal information right out of mailboxes, and using it to buy new computers.
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The resurrection of the music single
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” –– Yogi Berra When I read that Apple’s iTunes had recently surpassed Wal-Mart as the nation’s largest seller of music, I thought about Bill Carter in downtown Gig Harbor.
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Computers Emulate Neanderthal Speech
Clarence writes "After some 30,000 years of silence, the Neanderthal race is once again speaking thanks to some advanced computer simulation. A Florida Atlantic University professor is using software vocal tract reconstructions to emulate the speech of our long-dead distant relatives. 'He says the ancient human's speech lacked the "quantal vowel" sounds that underlie modern speech. Quantal ...
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Technology and the Internet
China today is making up for its technological deficits by undergoing an industrial revolution the size of which has never been seen. While it is one of the world’s fastest growing economies, there is still an important human perspective to what is taking place.
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NEW YORK ( Map , News ) - There are no scary monsters to slay, no enemies to shoot and no cars to hijack. But "The Sims" video and computer game has sold 100 million units since its launch in 2000.
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Plainview tech exec sentenced in sabotage case
A Long Island expert on the production of computer microchips has been sentenced to a year of home detention, a $100,000 fine and ordered to pay $15,500 in restitution for attempting to sabotage a test of a rival's technique during a competition in the Philippines, according to officials.
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