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Inside the Dow deal: The unraveling of 'Project Achilles'
The Compleat Angler Hotel advertises on its web page that it is the hotel with the "romance of The River Thames and the convenience of the location."
Midland Daily News |
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Rock Band 2 Makes Exclusive Debut on Xbox 360 This September
Entire Rock Band Downloadable Content Music Catalog Compatible with Rock Band 2
GameInfoWire |
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Campbell’s longest-serving social worker retires
RUSTBURG — Delores King didn’t just manage the Campbell County Social Services offices. She mopped floors, outlined budgets and handled everything to do with department computers.
The News & Advance |
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Surge of new software for the iPhone
Aiming to capitalize on the new features of Apple's iPhone 3G, developers are planning an array of applications, including several for business.
ZDNet Asia |
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Owen: Internet makes for new bowling experience
One thing that the United States Bowling Congress did when it became the new governing body of bowling, is to take over the Web site, bowl.com, the center of all that is bowling. This site offers information for bowling from professional to amateur to collegiate and high school.
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Trial date set in activist's legal challenge to records law
RICHMOND Betty andquot;BJandquot; Ostergren won't be getting fined, for the moment. In a federal courtroom Monday, the state attorney general's office agreed not to seek penalties against Ostergren, an Internet activist who has posted the Social Security numbers of officials on her Web site, at ...
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Vermont Bans Online Cigarette Sales
Vermont residents can no longer buy cigarettes on the Internet.
WCAX-TV Vermont |
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Missouri signs bill outlawing cyberbullying after teen's suicide
O'FALLON (Missouri) - MISSOURI Gov Matt Blunt signed a bill on Monday outlawing cyberbullying, just miles from where a 13-year-old girl committed suicide nearly two years ago after being harassed on the Internet.
Straits Times |
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Bag Helps Laptop Pass Air Security
New laptop bag approved by the Transportation Security Administration makes it possible to go through X-ray inspection without having to take the laptop out.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Thieves Break Into Lexington Apartment Complexes
At least two upscale Lexington apartment complexes were broken into this weekend and thieves got away with a computer and hundreds of DVD's.
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What should your email archiving policy look like?
We're finally rolling out email archiving this summer for all users to comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure related to ediscovery processes. A bit behind the times, but who isn't on this one? We all acknowledge that it has to happen and the unions can't even...
ZDNet |
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Where Google isn't Goliath
Russia's Yandex--set to go public on Nasdaq--is innovating in a hurry to hold off the U.S. giant.
ZDNet Asia |
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eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes
PARIS (AP) - 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.
Philstar.com |
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Offense stays hot in win
(Trenton, NJ)- Thunder starting pitcher Eric Hacker tossed seven solid innings as Trenton defeated Portland 6-1 on Monday night from Waterfont Park. Trenton has now won three straight over Portland, and the Thunder have opened a five-game lead over the Sea Dogs in the Northern Division.
OurSports Central |
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Rock Band 2 gets official
It's official. Rock Band 2 is coming this fall. Harmonix is making a few changes to the original Rock Band game which will have better instruments, an online community, and a new soundtrack. In an interview with Harmonix's Lead Designer Dan Teasdale , IGN got a few more details about the game, but it looks like we won't see an actual demo until later this month. Apparently, after ...
Yahoo! Tech Advisors |
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My Take
Google Labs has released Picasa for Linux, ported using Wine by CodeWeavers . The free Picasa download is available now. : The software requirements are fairly hefty in that some features require cutting edge programs like HAL and a 2.6+ kernel, but this is fantastic news for Linux users.
New Mobile Computing |
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A nice customer service experience with Dell?
Our central office needs a new server. Configuration is hardly rocket science: it's a mission critical application, DNS, and DHCP server, as well as a domain controller for the office. Fortunately, there are never more than 10 people accessing it, so a single server can get the job...
ZDNet |
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Cerner makes its moves beyond software
Cerner Corp ., a pioneer in the computerization of health-care records, is broadening its repertoire.
The Kansas City Star |
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Bella Vista Planners To Refine Sign Ordinance
BELLA VISTA -- Bella Vista's mayor and planning commissioners will work more on a sign code after aldermen identified some sticking points in a council meeting Monday.
The Morning News |
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Hollywood studio, Google forge new ground on Web
A major Hollywood studio and online search engine Google Inc on unveiled separate moves on Monday to put movie and TV-like content on the Web, highlighting the way in which both see the Internet as critical to reaching customers.
China Daily |
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VMware Virtual Desktop Manager Delivers Rich Multimedia to a PC
VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, announced enhancements to its next generation connection broker, VMware Virtual Desktop Manager 2.Designed for enterprise desktop customers, this updated release provides an enhanced user experience, lower total cost of ownership and improved scalability.
Yehey! |
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Minnesota Pays $65,000 in Legal Fees to Video Game Industry
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced today that the state of Minnesota paid $65,000 in attorney fees and expenses incurred as a result of their successful challenge to Minnesota's unconstitutional video game law.
GameInfoWire |
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Yahoo makes its case to investors
NEW YORK -- Yahoo Inc. began pressing a case to major shareholders Monday that its board and management deserve a chance to prove they made the right move when they rejected a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Buying online? State sales tax now awaits
For the countless consumers who buy online to avoid paying state sales tax, the party is ending.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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eBay Branded By French Ruling
LVMH wins $40.0 million in damages against auction site, relating to counterfeit claims.
Forbes |
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