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Vermont ban on Internet tobacco sales in effect
Associated Press - July 1, 2008 9:15 AM ET MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's new ban on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products via the Internet is now in effect.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 3rd Sep 2006 12:29 UTC
Here are some screenshots of the new test version of Ubuntu, and a video showing no slowdown after loading over 40 applications on a 1 GB RAM, P4 desktop.
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THE AUTHORITY ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND LOSS PREVENTION
ADD OH ISSUE HEADLINES ON YOUR DESKTOP! You can now add HLR headlines to or or any other RSS reader by using our feed. Also receive a custom newsletter on just the industry you are interested in.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Jan 2007 21:09 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Today, you can do everything you want with a Linux desktop, except play the latest games. Even there, Linux is catching up. So, why do only a handful of people run Linux instead of Windows? Here are my top-four reasons why Windows wins and Linux loses."
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Microsoft in another new pricing initiative
Company claims new structure makes it easier for volume discounts. Microsoft is set to introduce a programme that allows its larger customers to combine separate product licensing agreements under one master contract, which could help them to get bigger volume discounts.
TechWorld |
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Mozilla Weave Synchronizes Your Browsing Experience [Screenshot Tour]
The newest version of Mozilla's experimental browser-syncing tool, Weave, just hit the net, and it's seen a few marked improvements since it was first available. Going beyond bookmarks, Weave can...
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Kent County phone customers will pay fee for 911
GRAND RAPIDS -- Telephone customers in Kent County will see an increase in their bills as a new 911 surcharge becomes effective today. It imposes a 45-cent monthly fee on any device that can connect with a 911 dispatcher, including land lines, cell phones and computer-based telephone services.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jun 2008 21:28 UTC
We've already said quite a few words on this one already, so we are going to leave it at a short announcement today. Today, Monday 30 June 2008, marks the last day of sales for Windows XP , the seven year old operating system a lot of people really don't want to let go.
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Airlines Try to Hedge Against Soaring Fuel Costs
The computer screen on Scott Topping's desk at Southwest Airlines flickered with row after row of dates and numbers, but they had nothing to do with arrivals and departures.
Aircraft Maintenance Technology |
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Espial set to buy California competitor
Espial Group is buying a California competitor in bid to jump start growth in the emerging internet television software market.
Ottawa Citizen |
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Viewpointe Announces Internet Connectivity to Its Popular Pointe2Pointe Image Exchange Product
NEW YORK, July 1, 2008 -- Viewpointe, a leading provider of check image exchange and archive services, announced today that it is offering a new connectivity option for financial institutions to conduct image exchange.
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'Sawtelle' author doggedly pursued excellence
Debut novelist David Wroblewski can never be accused of rushing his first book into print. Wroblewski, a software designer in Colorado, worked on the critically acclaimed The Story of Edgar Sawtelle for more than a decade.
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Sub-$500 128GB Drive from OCZ May be the SSD You've Been Saving For [Ssd]
OCZ's new Core Series SSD's are designed to be large and affordable. So the new 2.5-inch SATA II flash drives are coming in 128GB, 64GB and 32GB sizes at $479, $259 and $169 respectively. They don't...
Gizmodo |
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Feral offers Chessmaster 9000 Universal patch
Chessmaster 9000 now runs natively on Intel-based Macs.
Macworld |
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SPEEDtv.com Delivers High Quality Online Video Using Digital Fountain's DF Splash Video Delivery Network
FREMONT, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Digital Fountain, a leading provider of advanced standardized solutions for digital media delivery, today announced that SPEEDtv.com is using Digital Fountain's DF Splash video delivery network to deliver its extremely popular PINKS series to online viewers.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Google Launches Google Affiliate Network & Retires Pay-Per-Action/Referrals
Google has launched a new affiliate network named the Google Affiliate Network . In an effort to consolidate the DoubleClick acquisition , Google created the Google Affiliate Network and has announced the retirement of AdSense Referrals , which is part of Google's Pay-Per-Action product. Google launched Pay Per Action ads in March of 2007. I saw first signs that the product would be ...
Search Engine Land |
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Macs Get Enterprise Management Help
Over the past few years, more of Apple Macs computers (desktops and notebooks) have been making their way into the enterprise through the back door, i.e. not necessarily with IT’s approval.
IT Management |
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Bayreuth's Wagner Festival Will Be Screened Live on Internet
`` Richard Wagner dreamed of making the festival accessible and affordable for everyone,'' the Web site says. ``We take his ideas seriously and realize them using modern technology.''
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Cable/Satellite, Overseas Tech Support Irk Users
All PC users have likely had a moment of rage when the PC goes blank and the only advice offered is simply, "Reboot". But according to a new survey, it's the cable and satellite business that needs to worry, apparently.
PC Magazine |
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Flash Sites Become Searchable
Adobe announced Tuesday that pages inside Flash-based sites will be indexed in search sites such as Google and Yahoo!
PC Magazine |
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nuBridges Exchange(TM) Solutions Earn Drummond Certified Seal
nuBridges, the secure eBusiness authority, announced today that its nuBridges Exchange(TM) C.S. 3.4 and nuBridges Exchange i(TM) 3.2 software solutions for B2B integration have completed the AS1-2Q08 Interoperability certification and are now Drummond Certified®.
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SkyPilot Lowers Broadband Wireless CPE Prices
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class broadband wireless networks, today announced new pricing and new products for broadband wireless operators.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine July 1, 2008
1. Benefits of Tight Glucose Control Remain Uncertain for Older Diabetics In a computer modeling study, researchers set out to assess the effects of comorbid illnesses and functional status on the expected benefits of intensive glucose control.
Medical News Today |
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Citizens Republic Bancorp Announces Second Quarter Conference Call
FLINT, Mich., July 1, 2008 -- Citizens Republic Bancorp announced today that it will release its second quarter earnings results on Thursday, July 17, 2008. In conjunction with the release, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on July 18, 2008 at 10 a.m.
PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Supercomputer Used To Track Pathways In Myoglobin
Some 50 years ago, after decades of effort, John Kendrew determined the structure of the small globular protein, myoglobin, which is responsible for oxygen storage in cells. For this discovery, he shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry with Max Perutz, who did similar work on hemoglobin.
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