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Mini-Me actor Verne Troyer fighting release of sex tape
LOS ANGELES -- Verne Troyer successfully shut down the distribution of a sex tape featuring the "Austin Powers" actor and a former girlfriend - for now. The celebrity Web site TMZ posted a 25-second snipped of the video Wednesday, but pulled the clips down Friday evening after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order requested by Troyer's attorneys.
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Packing It In: The Evolution of Online Video and Audio Tech, Part 2
The choice of particular audio-video compression technology is of vital interest to commercial and not-for-profit organizations involved in producing and delivering digital multimedia products and services. New York-based Paltalk's choice is a case in point. "Our codec choice proved to be wise indeed," Paltalk founder and Chief Technical Officer Perry Scherer told LinuxInsider.
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Costa 'demands an extra $245m' for school computers
Documents have revealed New South Wales Treasurer Michael Costa has demanded the Federal Government provide an extra $245 million towards the high school computer scheme.
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Big message with little dialogue
Wall--EEEEEEEEEEE. Another computer animated flick put together by Pixar and Andrew Stanton, who directed “Finding Nemo,” “Wall--E” is an simple tale about a robot and his search for his place in the universe....
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Nov 2005 19:08 UTC
The first commercial Apple Macintosh computers running on Intel processors may be released a bit earlier than expected, believes UBS Investment Research analyst Ben Reitzes.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 22nd Oct 2005 17:31 UTC
OpenOffice.org's latest update includes a database that matches Microsoft's popular and competing Access database , experts say. The stand-alone database rounds out the offering by bringing long-missing, important database power to users.
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HuffPo Local: Boon or Bane to Traditional Media?
Arianna Huffington is planting her flag -- or at least a Post -- in Chicago this summer. Reached last Friday in London, Huffington said she looked last week to finalize plans for a Chicago version of The Huffington Post Web site, the first of what the writer/Internet entrepreneur hopes will be dozens of localized news sites throughout the United States.
E-Commerce Times |
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'Penny Arcade,' 'Teenage Zombies' bring the funny
Late last year, when I was playing Valve’s brilliant puzzle game “Portal,” I felt a weird sensation: Laughter.
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Recent Original Stories
The theory behind open-source software is that it avoids many of the pitfalls - including cost - of closed alternatives. But Steven Buckley, who runs Christian Aid's common knowledge programme, prefers to buy software from the likes of Microsoft. Is this not odd for a charity?
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Mar 2007 22:27 UTC
"Although the .NET vs. Java war is basically over for control of the Windows desktop, where .NET is sure to become the managed language of choice for new Windows desktop applications, there is a new battle brewing.
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Recent Original Stories
Hewlett-Packard, the world's Number 1 PC maker, will try selling pre-loaded Linux on PCs in several countries as it expands a test program - evaluating a market that some competitors have already entered - and moves its personal computer business into a new generation of form factors and functionality.
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Smart Shopping ... Online
Comments ( No comments posted. ) (Family Features) - It's out there, it's easy and, believe it or not, it saves you money.
Beaches Leader |
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Recent Original Stories
"Why tune my system? This is probably the first thing you want to know. When a distribution is packaged and delivered to clients, it is designed to be fully compatible with most of the computers available in the market.
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In-flight Web access making a comeback
Several airlines are now planning to conduct tests of a new generation of wireless Internet equipment this summer despite facing fuel-induced financial woes, saying the fee-based service could provide much needed extra revenues.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Chrysler turns cars into Web hot spots
It may not be as exciting as finding the perfect parking spot, but Chrysler is going to let drivers turn most of the company's 2009 vehicles into hot spots — at least for mobile Web access.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Police: Woman put blood on guards
WOODSTOCK – Authorities charged a Crystal Lake woman with two counts of aggravated battery after she allegedly wiped fresh blood on two hospital security guards, police said Friday.
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Author hunts for what can't be found in the produce aisle
When you read Adam Leith Gollner's "The Fruit Hunters," you think you've stumbled into a particularly lucky Google search. From the first page, exotic facts about fruit lead to hairpin turns into more exotic facts about fruit.
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Teen allegedly strikes peer with baseball bat
ALGONQUIN – A Fox River Grove teenager faces an aggravated battery charge after he allegedly struck another teen with a baseball bat.
Northwest Herald |
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Tooling Around With Ajax
Social networks are peppering the Internet with Facebook-like interactive features. Ajax is fast becoming the defacto programming tool for Web developers. But by itself, Ajax is a daunting challenge that requires demanding coding skills. Ajax toolkits offer Web developers a shortcut method to build in the convenient and useful features that visitors of Web 2.0 sites have come to expect.
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SHIP delivers answers to reader's Medicare questions :Verizon's new broadband service in Wyatt doesn't reach everyone.
I need help with a Medicare Part D issue that I have been trying to fix since May 2007. It is a very long story. My husband and I are both on Social Security Disability, Medicare Parts A and B and the fairly new Part D for prescription drugs. We also have Medicaid.
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All About Cary & FRG: Trojans build from '04 foundation
Former Cary-Grove offensive lineman Mike Yocius retains vivid memories of his freshman football season, when he was invited for the ride of his life.
Northwest Herald |
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Great Falls computer was one of world's largest
For a quarter century, Malmstrom Air Force Base boasted one of the world's largest, most sophisticated and earliest digital computers, the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system, which was used by the U.S. air defense system to track and react to incoming threats.
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Plant needs to meet new standards to sell power to Washington
Demand for power is surging in central Washington's Grant County, where computer server farms owned by Microsoft, Yahoo and several other business giants hum 24 hours a day.
Great Falls Tribune |
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County suspends Wireless Oakland
Oakland County has pulled the plug on its highly touted Wireless Oakland initiative.
Farmington Observer |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 6th Nov 2006 18:26 UTC
"Someone just asked me whether, now that Novell's become buddies with Microsoft, I'll be turning away from Novell/SUSE as one of my favorite Linux distributions. My answer is no. I'm sticking with SUSE Linux on both my desktops and servers.
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