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New Detroit teen center is worth the H.Y.P.E.
Need motivation to visit the new H.Y.P.E. Teen Center at the Detroit Public Library? How about free access to Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, CD and DVD stations, TVs, computers and lots of books.
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Microsoft to Stop Selling Windows XP on Monday
June 30, 2008 (Associated Press) REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.
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New map service can put advertisers' interiors online
The popular Internet service Google Maps can guide you to the Upstairs on the Square restaurant in Cambridge, Mass. Google Maps' Street View feature will even show you a picture of the street outside the restaurant. But Google Maps can't show you the interior.
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Google’s search for TV help aids local shop
A small Woburn marketing agency is helping online search giant Google Inc. burrow its way into yet another advertising segment: television.
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Information Technology / Perspectives
Between May 21 and 23, Microsoft held its third Latin American Microsoft CIO Forum in Florida, gathering over 200 CIOs from companies in the retail, manufacturing, financial services and government sectors.
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Hey, Cherie!
Hey, Cherie! I am a girl in 10th grade who spread a virus. It wasn't herpes or a disease; instead it was a computer virus that had attached itself into my computer.
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Where is a map to mapping maps?
Q: I recently did a tour of gardens in the North Bay. Before heading out, I went online to print out maps of the addresses as well as driving directions. However, I was frustrated because I couldn't put all the locations on a single map, which could have...
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XP hooked users, but now it gets the hook
Petitions are a time-honored political tool to save endangered species, preserve open space and agitate for change. Now Microsoft Corp. finds itself the target of a petition drive to save - get this - a PC operating system. Today the Redmond, Wash., software...
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Recent Original Stories
Here is a page discussing various myths surrounding Firefox . "We have all seen these banners before or heard people say 'Firefox is faster, Firefox has lower requirements, Firefox is secure, Firefox defends me from all spyware, etc.' How misleading is it? Read on."
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A group of state attorneys general urged a federal judge on Tuesday to hold Microsoft to a 2002 antitrust settlement ...
so that the company can't stymie embryonic Web 2.0 rivals of its Windows operating system.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 18th Oct 2007 21:59 UTC
Ars reviews a Dell Ubuntu laptop , and concludes: "The Dell Inspiron Notebook 1420n with Ubuntu preinstalled delivers software freedom and solid value.
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Entertainment
Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless.
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Mossberg's mailbox, June 30
After reading your positive review, I downloaded Firefox 3.0, only to discover that some of my favorite add-ons, including a search toolbar, are incompatible. What can I do about this?
Rocky Mountain News |
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Senior Centers and Groups
Senior Centers & Groups Ambler Senior Center 45 Forrest Ave., Ambler; 215-619-8863. Tai Chi & yoga classes, computer classes, line dancing, art classes, health screenings, legal discussions & more.
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Yahoo investors unsure of Icahn support
Several major investors say they are not sure if they will support activist shareholder Carl Icahn's proxy battle to oust Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang.
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MedPlus expands its e-prescribing with Fla. program
Cincinnati-based MedPlus has added Florida to the list of areas where it's pushing its health-information software as more state programs look at computer technology as a way to keep patients safer.
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AP Interview: Ex-Intel head pushes electric cars
During the past year and a half, Andy Grove has created his own crash course in electric power, plug-in hybrid vehicles and finding ways of shifting the nation's fleet of vehicles from gasoline. His goal: To draw more attention to electric vehicles.
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When pickup sales dived, automakers changed plans
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Every morning, just after getting coffee, Mark Fields fires up his laptop to pore over a computer model showing real-time U.S. auto sales figures.
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Slum kids get international schooling in Chandigarh!
By Alkesh Sharma, Chandigarh, June 30 : A building to match any corporate establishment, ultra-modern classrooms with audio-visual aids for teaching and computers - this is not an upscale city school, but a unique private institution exclusively for Chandigarh's slum children.
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Biz Monday: Picture program lesson draws comments
This Good Boot was to be Day 5 of helping your adopted novice become computer literate.
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Report on UAE human rights now online
Dubai: The public can access general outlines of the UAE's Periodic Report on Human Rights in 2008 online.
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Film downloads help buffs discover movies at home
Darmstadt (Germany), June 30 : A perfect couch potato set-up, with chips and the remote in easy reach, is pointless when there's nothing good on TV. But where a lack of good TV would have once meant running to the video store, nowadays home viewers can turn on their computer to download one of their favourite movies.
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The Natchez Democrat
SHREVEPORT La. — After a 45-minute discussion about computer programming with a group of high school students, the sales pitch begins. LSU-Shreveport assistant professor Marjan Trutschl switches the slide on his presentation.
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Parenting Tip of the Week: Keep your child active
Exercise does not have to be boring and a chore for children. With computers and interactive games, it is easy for children to become a couch potato. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "the number of overweight children in our nation has more than tripled over the past three decades, and with 12.5 million young people facing weight problems."
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Untangling the Web
Paging Dr. Google! The search giant has entered the medical arena with Google Health, a Web site that helps users find doctors and medical information. What’s more, if any of your healthcare providers have signed up for the service, Google Health ( www.google.com/health ) allows you to import your medical records from them and share the data with other doctors. But Bob Gellman, a privacy ...
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