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Trash program off to good start
Braintree is “very pleased” with its new trash program and the “huge effort” Capitol Waste has put into making this new service seamless for residents, recycling coordinator Jeffrey Kunz told the Forum.
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Web Hosting? What Web Hosting?
The folks over at Royal Pingdom have discovered an interesting trend: Google Trends shows that the number of searches for both “web hosting” and “hosting” has decreased quite rapidly in the past few years. This could be for any number of reasons, as they’ve noticed in the post: change of terminology, or people using sources [...]
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ITV hits out over web video ruling
ITV on Monday accused the Office of Fair Trading of handing the UK’s nascent online video market to Apple and Google as the body referred its proposed video-on-demand joint venture with BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 to the Competition Commission.
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New Era For Courthouse Computers
(URBANA)---Monday was the start of a new era for workers at the Champaign County Court House. The circuit clerk's office launched their new computer system, dealing with court files and information.
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Missouri governor signs Internet harassment bill
Mon, Jun 30, 2008 (3:21 p.m.) Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signed a bill Monday outlawing cyberbullying, just miles from where a 13-year-old girl committed suicide nearly two years ago after being harassed on the Internet.
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Tor Project Blocked in China -- Finally
After years of aiding those seeking anonymity and bypassing censorship, Tor is finally blocked by the Great Firewall of China. China's Overeager American Censors "Practically every U.S.-owned search engine has caved to the Chinese government's demands that they censor political Web sites in China.
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Newsletter Subscription
Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. Yesterday was the day. That's it for Windows XP.
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BLOG: Viva Las Vegas!!!
Editor's Note: Herald-Press reporter Jennifer Kannon took time off this week to head out to 'Sin City' for the IPOP! convention. She will be blogging her adventures to keep us posted about her trip.
The Herald-Press |
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Start Using the New iGoogle Today [Screenshot Tour]
Last week we told you about iGoogle's new look, which they've rolled out to a few users in June and will continue to roll out to users through July. However, if you're dying to start using the new...
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Recent Original Stories
Kevin Carmony of Linspire/Freespire has announced that the first beta of Freespire has been released earlier than anticipated . Get it from the download page . According to Carmony, this release includes out-of-the-box support for proprietary formats such as .mp3 and WMV, plug-and-play support for Ati and nVIDIA cards without user intervention, Click-N-Run, and much more.
OS News |
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Leahy: Parents Must Protect Kids Online
Vermont's senior senator says the Brooke Bennett case is a sad reminder of the need to protect children in this country.
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Hutto man sentenced for check cashing scheme
A federal judge in Austin sentenced a Hutto man to 72 months in prison for his part in a fraudulent check cashing scheme. Bradley Davis, 43, was convicted for unlawful access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft.
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$75 SODIMM-sized SBC runs Linux
— Jun. 20, 2008 — India-based E-con Systems has announced a Marvell PXA270-based system on module (SOM) that sells for as little as $75. The SODIMM-sized eSOM270 comes pre-installed with Linux, includes 64MB or 128MB of RAM, and has a camera interface and a LCD controller, E-con says. ...
Linux Devices |
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Tech-sector sissies hide from SF Pride weekend [Totally Gay]
The most shocking sight at yesterday's SF Pride parade wasn't the contingent of marching Googlers. It wasn't the Yahoo booth handing out temporary tattoos. It was the total absence of other tech... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
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Photos: Where Gibson guitars are custom-made
In Nashville, News.com's Daniel Terdiman gets a rare look inside the factory that crafts unique guitars for rockers--and Microsoft employees.
CNET |
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Blunt signs bill outlawing Internet harassment
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2008 at 5:06 p.m. O'FALLON, MO. (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signed a bill Monday that updates state laws against harassment to keep pace with technology by removing the requirement that the communication be written or over the telephone.
KHQA Quincy |
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Massive TradeMe scam uncovered
Internet watchdog group ScamBusters has issued an urgent warning for TradeMe members who may have purchased a laptop from a trader known as n_sale_z.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Dash Express GPS Update Remembers Your Alternate Routes
The first software update for the Dash Express has now been issued and it is available for download through the unit's embedded Wi-Fi connection.
MobileMag |
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Global business
Nokia proposed to buy the 52 percent it does not already own of Symbian, which creates software used in about two-thirds of so-called smart phones (for Web browsing, e-mail and the like).
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Bhutan Government Bans All Notebook Computers
Depending on how they are used, laptops can seriously improve your productivity. It means that you can get work done no matter where you are, whether it be at the coffee shop on the street corner or sitting through a boring legislative assembly.
MobileMag |
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Current Newswire:
"I prefer to use PhishTank since they have a very easy email submission process... which works whether or not you're sending them phishing information from your PC email client or from your Linux or Unix box (or any box that you may not have actually "received" the message on -- more below).
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LeCroy Introduces WavePro(R) 7 Zi Series Oscilloscopes Integrating Deep Toolbox with 10 to 20 Times Faster Throughput ...
LeCroy Corporation's new line of WavePro digital oscilloscopes, Serial Data Analyzers, and Disk Drive Analyzers--the 7 Zi Series--integrates performance, speed, and a user interface optimized for analysis to enhance the design, debug and validation process beyond any other instrument in the 1.5 GHz to 6 GHz bandwidth range. A superior feature finder, a new rare event capture technology, and the ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Google Converts Performics To Affiliate Network
Google kept DoubleClick's Performics affiliate business unit post-acquisition, and announced its rebranding today as the Google Affiliate Network. read more
WebProNews |
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Missouri governor signs Internet harassment bill
Missouri Gov.
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OpenSolaris 2008.5
, the new distribution based on the OpenSolaris operating system, has been released into the wild.
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