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Recent Original Stories
In light of the many misunderstandings about Linux, software repositories and installation of packages, part one of this season's Mandriva Linux 2006 review includes an extensive background article about it.
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Jabil Circuit is top IT gainer in S&P 500 in 2Q
Buoyed by a strong fiscal third-quarter report, electronic parts manufacturer Jabil Circuit Inc.'s shares gained more in the second quarter than other information technology companies in the S&P 500.
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eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes
(AP:PARIS) A French court ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company Monday because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site.
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Lenovo pushes ahead with desktop PCs for the States
On the heels of its first consumer desktop, the IdeaCentre K200, in China in May, Lenovo has now released the IdeaCentre K210, a consumer desktop machine for use globally.
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New Cell Phone Law Goes into effect Tuesday at 12:01 a.m.
California motorists must use a hands-free device while driving and talking on their cell phones as of Tuesday when a new state law takes effect. This morning on KSEE Sunrise, Faith Sidlow talked with the CHP's Paul Solorzano about the new law.
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Ruby Tuesday, Inc. to Host Fourth Quarter FY 2008 Earnings Conference Call on the Internet
Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE:RT), will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter results on Wednesday, July 9th at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The call is being webcast and can be accessed live at the following websites:
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Pitchfork Festival: Set Times Revealed! Tix Going Fast!
Friends, music lovers, citizens of the internet: the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival draws nigh! Today we're pleased to present the set times for all the acts primed to invade Chicago's Union Park July 18-20. Grab a pencil, bust out the PDA, or hit the "print" button and have a look: A = Aluminum Stage; B = Balance Stage; C = Connector Stage Friday, July 18 (in conjunction with All ...
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Re-cap most popular IPL Twenty20 cricket
VANCOUVER, CANADA & MUMBAI, INDIA: Live Current Media Inc., a media company built around content and commerce destinations, and the DLF Indian Premier League announced online traffic results of the official league site: www.IPLT20.com from its inaugural season.
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Dell says it will delete data from stolen laptops
Dell Inc. is joining a long list of other computer makers that offer a service designed to track lost or stolen laptops and delete sensitive data if the finder connects the machine to the Internet.
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Mazda3 Concept images leaked on the internet
Some are calling these pictures ‘photo renderings’ while some are saying these are ‘official’ pictures from Mazda that have been leaked over the internet.
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Analyst says Time Warner's stock is a top pick
An analyst added Time Warner Inc.'s shares to his list of top stocks on Monday, arguing that the separation of its cable unit and the potential sale of AOL's advertising business are near-term positive catalysts.
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Guy Makes a Comic to Try to Justify Acting Like a Jackass at the Apple Store [Bad Customers]
Jim Dougan wanted to install an Airport Card in his wife's MacBook. He realized that a normal screwdriver wouldn't open the case to allow him to do so. A Google search would have shown him that he...
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Three reasons why GNU/Linux is better for Web servers than OS X
Apple's OS X, which has been an official certified Unix system for some time now, is often installed onto Internet-exposed or intranet-only Web servers for serving up dynamic content. I've worked with such configurations for a couple of years, and with GNU/Linux alternatives for even longer. There are at least three reasons why GNU/Linux systems do the job better.
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Yahoo spent $630,000 lobbying government in 1Q
Yahoo Inc. spent $630,000 in the first quarter lobbying on intellectual property and international censorship issues, according to a disclosure report.
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eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes
PARIS - A French court ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company Monday because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site. The fashion company, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, is home to such prestigious brands as Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Fendi, Emilio Pucci and Marc Jacobs, and had complained that it was hurt by the sale of knockoff bags and ...
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Analyst sees higher sales for Yucheng
Yucheng Technologies Ltd., which provides computer support to the Chinese banking industry, should benefit from the approaching Olympics, said a Roth Capital Partners analyst on Monday, raising his revenue estimates.
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Charter Launches High-Speed Internet Max with Speeds up to 16 Mbps in Michigan
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., BUSINESS WIRE -- Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) today announced that it is launching its Charter High-Speed Internet Max service, with download speeds of up to 16 megabits per second (16 Mbps). Charter High-Speed Internet Max is available throughout most of Charter's Michigan service area.
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Laptops lost like hot cakes at US airports
Close to 637,000 laptops are reported lost at around 106 U.S. airports each year, according to a survey by Ponemon Institute.
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Windows XP Era Ends Today
Tried-and-true Windows version virtually disappears for buyers at Microsoft's behest.
US News & World Report |
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Blunt signs Internet harassment bill
JEFFERSON CITY Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt today signed into law two bills aimed at making the Internet safer for children.
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Blunt signs Internet harassment bill
O'FALLON, Mo. Long after Gov. Matt Blunt appeared at a St. Charles County library to sign into law a bill outlawing cyberbullying in Missouri, Tina Meier stood inside, counseling well-wishers about the dangers of the Internet.
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Flash Mob! [Flash Mob]
Flash mob tonight at 7:00 at Grand Central! It's a group of M.I.T. students assembling "in support of photographers' rights." So, kinda like that earlier flash mob at Grand Central where everyone...
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AT&T begins Wi-Fi service in downtown St. Louis
AT&T Inc. introduced Monday its wireless broadband service across a one-square-mile area in the downtown business district of St. Louis. (T)
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Capital Earnings & Research Rolls Out Dynamic Opinion Polling Process
With a private showing to programmers and pollsters at their national headquarters today, Capital Earnings & Research
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Recent Original Stories
"Over two years ago a group was founded to reverse engineer the Broadcom Wireless LAN chipsets to provide Linux drivers.
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