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Fake IDs common in area, says law enforcement
Some people make them on their computers. Some people steal them from friends or relatives. False identification documents like Social Security cards or alien resident cards are being used by many to get jobs in this area, federal and local officials say.
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Women convicted in murder-for-profit case
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Two elderly women accused of killing two homeless men to collect millions of dollars in insurance payouts were convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to murder, and one of them was convicted of the murders themselves.
CNN.com |
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To Cut of What? The World Butts In
An increasing number of Internet users are polling online to decide whether to trim or grow, to shave or cultivate a goatee.
New York Times |
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Bald cockatoo flying high
Broward Humane Society's bald cockatoo is drawing Internet and TV attention The oversized bird's flesh is saggy and wrinkly and the color of a purple bruise. An Einstein-like halo of scraggly feathers adorns — to use the term lightly — its head.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Police say inmate tried to have teen witness killed
He tried to hire someone to kill a teen witness, police say Authorities have arrested a local man on charges he tried to hire someone to kill a teen he met online and allegedly raped in 2005.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Recycling may do more harm than good
RECYCLING rubbish could be doing more harm to the environment than good or have no net benefit at all, research shows.
News Interactive |
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RACKSPACE AWARDED TOP IT SERVICE COMPANY IN THE SUNDAY TIMES' BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR 2008
Fun and caring environment gets Rackspace on top of the employer list Rackspace ( http://www.rackspace.co.uk/ ), a leading provider of hosted IT services, today announces it has been voted in the top 25 Best Place To Work in the UK, in the Best Mid-sized Companies category of the prestigious Sunday...
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DIA to revisit decision to censor its free wireless Internet service
Denver International Airport will take another look at its controversial decision to block "offensive" content on its free wireless Internet system after city officials expressed concern about the policy.
Rocky Mountain News |
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E-mail to God: Americans practice their religion on the internet
Washington - When 28-year-old Trent Paul was seriously injured in a bad accident and hospitalized, his friends spontaneously decided to pray for him. ...
EARTHtimes.org |
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Ofcom explores internet cables in sewers
The telecoms regulator is exploring the potential for putting fibre-optic cables into sewers and existing communication ducts.
Financial Times |
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by Laurence (4.24) on Mon 2nd Apr 2007 22:03 UTC
I know any OS, with as wide target base and as many lines of code as Windows does, is vulnerable to attack. However this has to be, by far, the funniest securiety threat i've heard to date!
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Rival to Visa and Mastercard without cards? - Mobilisation - community blog from Dean Procter
Rival to Visa and Mastercard without cards? - Mobilisation Any new rival to Visa and Mastercard should seriously consider ditching the card concept altogether and utilising customer's mobile phones. A solution which didn't require the current EFTPOS system might save a few costs as well.
Finextra |
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AOL, Verizon enter advertising pact
Time Warner's AOL landed one of its biggest advertising deals since the division's restructuring as the sole representative of telephone company Verizon Communications's online advertising inventory, a Reuters report said.
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Does Seagate own the flash hard drive?
The company's patent spat with STEC could be one of a series of suits and licensing disputes that follow.
ZDNet Asia |
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Computer maker Lenovo will not install or support the Linux operating system
on any of its PCs, including ThinkPads and a series of new notebooks, the company said this week. The company is clearly positioning itself as an exclusive partner of Microsoft, several weeks after the companies announced they were "reaffirming" global market development and cooperation agreements.
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CEO Subpoena Scam Fires up Anew
After tricking several thousand executives into downloading malicious software earlier this week, online scammers started up...
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Debbie Gibson seeks restraining order against Spanish man
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer Debbie Gibson filed for a restraining order Tuesday against a Spanish man who runs a fan club and has allegedly followed her on concert tours and showed up at her door.
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Wall St rallies on strong earnings; ADRs gain
The Wall Street ended with significant gains on the back of good numbers from Intel, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo & Co. The Dow Jones industrial average rallied 257 points to 12,619. The Nasdaq surged 64 points to 2,350.
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IT’S NOT TRUE THAT THE INTERNET has changed everything, and one thing it surely hasn’t changed is the disposition of True Believers of the Right and Left toward the media — neither group much liked the Old Media — always ready to blame them for not giving their failing pet causes and candidates what they believed to be a fair shake.
LA Weekly |
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Watch the Sunset From Google Earth 4.3
A new beta version of Google Earth includes revamped navigation, 3-D buildings and time-lapse images.
Addict 3D |
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How Deep Should Deep Search Go?
For years, people have talked about the "deep web" or "dark web" of information that's hidden from the public (and search engines), sometimes behind registration or paywalls, but more often behind specific forms.
Addict 3D |
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Students find ways to stay in touch
The Internet will be the main means of staying in touch this summer, whether staying in the country or going overseas, according to UTC students. Students traveling abroad will rely heavily on the Internet to stay in touch with people in the United States, Tara Kerr, a Jackson, Tenn.
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County approves dog breeding operation
ALAMOSA — On a 2-1 vote Alamosa County Commissioners on Wednesday approved a conditional use for a dog breeding operation for Richard Alan Smith in rurally zoned property on Griego Road west of Alamosa.
Alamosa Valley Courier |
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Keystone Kerfuffle: First Thoughts
The Fix is overloaded on pretzels and Alka-Seltzer cold medicine at the moment, but we couldn't shut down the computer for the night without offering a few additional thoughts on what we just witnessed. We'll be back tomorrow with a...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 3rd Dec 2005 20:49 UTC
Charles Torre again sits down with some of the people behind MSR's Singularity research OS. This time, they drill down into the architecture of Singularity and discuss design decisions, usage of safe code, Channels, SIPs, etc. They even manage to get Galen Hunt, the OS Guy, up to the white board to map out some of Singularity's architecture.
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