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State approves funding for senior complex in Southport
SOUTHPORT -- It took four years and a lot of intense lobbying, but New York state will finally provide funding for a low-income senior citizen apartment complex in the town of Southport.
Elmira Star-Gazette |
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Klaus's hip joint put up for sale
Prague, June 30 (CTK) - President Vaclav Klaus's hip joint was Monday offered at the Czech auction portal Aukro.cz for the reserve price of 35,000 crowns, but it was later withdrawn, the server Aktualne.cz writes.
Prague Daily Monitor |
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Hackers hit Dave & Buster's in credit-card fraud
The U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed arrests and the name of the national restaurant chain in a credit and debit card fraud case that hit Tallahassee last week when Envision Credit Union deauthorized 612 cards it had issued to members.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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Wavion Wins a Wide-Area Wi-Fi Project in San Luis Province, Argentina
YOQNE'AM, Israel----Wavion™, a company transforming the Metro and Rural Wi-Fi market with a new category of Wi-Fi Base Station, the University of La Punta, responsible for the San Luis province network design, and Xiden Networking today announced the deployment of Wavion WBS-2400 Base Stations in the province of San Luis, Argentina.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Yahoo questions Microsoft deal
Yahoo Inc have sought to rally shareholder support in the face of a proxy battle with billionaire Carl Icahn, saying the activist investor had an "ill-defined plan" for the future of the Internet company.
TVNZ |
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No 'Street View' for Madison County
The sedan with the Google logo and the mounted periscope cameras was probably trolling area streets in the fall, maybe earlier. The process of capturing thousands of 360-degree images over and over probably took a few weeks, maybe longer. And it almost certainly took several cars, maybe more, over a couple of passes.
Granite City Press-Record |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Apr 2007 23:18 UTC
"Sun's CEO Jonathan Schwartz loves to splatter the media with the line that Windows, Red Hat Linux and Solaris stand as the only operating systems of significance in the server kingdom. We've spent the last few years struggling to appreciate the seriousness of that claim.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jun 2008 18:48 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
Through all the Windows and Microsoft bashing on the intertubes, it's almost easy to forget that Windows does, in fact, have quite a few positive aspects as well.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Dec 2005 22:28 UTC
"Linux works. This is a very matter-of-fact statement, but it is one many people (myself included) make every day when they boot up their computers.
OS News |
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WATCH GOOGLE MAPS WATCH FIRST COAST
In what might be the gas-saving move of the summer, you can take in the full panoramic views of scenic Florida A1A while sitting at your computer.
The Florida Times-Union |
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Cell laws to begin Tuesday
- Drivers under 18 are prohibited from using a wireless telephone, pager, laptop or any other electronic communication or mobile service device while driving. They cannot talk on a cell phone, even with a hands-free device, nor can they text-message.
Madera Tribune |
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Yahoo defends rebuff of bid by Microsoft
Yahoo began pressing a case 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.
Houston Chronicle |
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IBM supercomputer boosts cancer research
An IBM supercomputer is to be deployed at Canada's Ontario Cancer Institute to search for more effective treatments for cancer..
iTNews |
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Oracle holds lead in database market
Oracle again led the relational database market last year, according to the latest figures from IDC..
iTNews |
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Around the nation
Microsoft Corp. published thousands of pages of technical documentation showing developers how to make outside programs work with the company's applications.
Houston Chronicle |
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World’s first systems analyst dies
David Caminer, a pioneer of commercial computing, has died at the age of 93..
iTNews |
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France Faults eBay Over Fake Goods
PARIS, June 30 -- A French court on Monday ordered eBay to pay more than $61 million to luxury goods group LVMH for letting counterfeit products and its branded perfumes be sold on the auction site.
Washington Post |
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Yahoo takes its defense against Icahn to investors
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. The missed opportunity to sell to Microsoft...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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City eyes break for businesses
SIERRA MADRE - Sierra Madre City Council members are considering imposing a cap on the utility tax for businesses.
Pasadena Star-News |
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Best of the Online Weekend
Maybe the smoke clearing from the Napa skies had you outside and away from a computer this weekend, leaving you without the ability to see what was published Saturday and Sunday in the register online.
Napa Valley Register |
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Femtocells -- Picking up where the Macro Network Left Off
XAVi Selects Ikanos' Vx180 Gateway Processor XAVi Technologies, a supplier of broadband residential gateways and customer premise equipment, has selected the Ikanos Fusiv Vx180 high-performance gateway processor for its VDSL2/ADSL2+ triple play residential gateways.
Converge! Network Digest |
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Industry spotlight
Apple's iPhone, with its touch-screen, and Samsung's similarly styled Instinct make phones with QWERTY keypads seem dated. But analysts think the two keypads can coexist. If growth continues, this could benefit Research in Motion, maker of Black
The News & Observer |
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Council to spend $800,000 on wireless plan
The City Council voted Monday to spend about $800,000 over the next five years to provide free wireless Internet service in and around downtown Akron.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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PMMV, Ministry of Public Health, Qualcomm, CAT Telecom and Huawei Technologies Provide Advanced 3G and High-Speed ...
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, today announced the provision of next generation broadband services, note
Thaipr.net |
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Microsoft Launches Server Virtualization
Microsoft has released its hypervisor server virtualization software, bringing the benefits of virtualization to Windows Server 2008 customers.
Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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