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Continental Prison Systems Attends Texas Jail Conference
FRESNO, Calif., July 2, 2008 -- Continental Prison Systems, Inc. : a leader in Prison kiosk technology to streamline the inmate release process and a growing provider of the cost reducing process for loading funds onto an inmate's account over the internet or through a kiosk announced today that the EZ Kiosk and EZ Card divisions of Continental Prison Systems, Inc. have completed a successful ...
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Yahoo shares jump on report Microsoft may partner for Yahoo bid
Yahoo shares shot up nearly 6 percent in earning morning trading on Wednesday, as reports surfaced that Microsoft may seek partners to make another bid for the company's search business.
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What Can We Improve Around Here? [Reader Poll]
My dearest Lifehacker reader: We're at the midway point of this glorious year 2008, so it's time for a check-in. We want to know what you'd like to get more and less of from us on these pages, so...
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AMB New Generation Data Empowerment(TM) Announces Profiling/Metadata Integration into IBM DataStage/Information Server ...
CHICAGO----AMB, a leader in the development and marketing of data profiling and cleansing tools, is introducing AMB-InfoPublish support for IBM DataStage/Information Server ETL tools.
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Microsoft to sell Office 'value pack' for $70 per year
Microsoft has chosen the name "Equipt" for a forthcoming package of products that includes its Office suite, Internet security software and other services, and will sell it for an annual subscription fee of US$69.99.
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Recent Original Stories
"The world is changing and online applications are becoming more and more popular, whether for e-mail or word processing. The developers behind Bigboard and Gnome's 'online desktop' initiative think it's time our desktops started catching up.
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Ex-Intel Chief Andy Grove Using Electric Cars To Achieve Relevance [I Feel Gassy]
Andy Grove, retired CEO of chipmaker Intel, apparently has grown bored of sailing the South Pacific and decided to insert himself into the debate over the future of transportation. A proponent of...
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Police arrest Illinois man suspected in 8 murders
An Illinois man suspected in a killing spree in which eight people, ranging from a 2-year-old boy to a 93-year-old man, were beaten or hacked to death was captured by police outside a bar, authorities said.
Regina Leader-Post |
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Google's Street View spycar clocked in London
Lock up your daughters It's time to lock up your daughters, and here's why: The roving spycar of Google's Street View has been spotted prowling the mean streets of London...…
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Sony website hacked
SONY'S US GAMER PORTAL has been compromised by hackers apparently attempting to wheedle credit card details out of hapless Playstation owners.
The Inquirer |
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CADNA's Paris Forum: Brand Owners Working Together to Curb Domain Name Abuses and Improve the Internet
This past week, the 3rd Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) international domain abuse forum was held in Paris to coincide with one of the most contested ICANN meetings in years. Brands from around the world gathered at the CADNA forum with academic and business leaders to discuss the future of the domain name space and what can be done to improve the landscape for consumers and brand ...
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Microsoft held talks to find Yahoo buy-up partner
Microsoft has held discussions with companies including News Corporation and Time Warner about a joint deal to buy and split Yahoo, according to a US media report. Under the new deal Microsoft would take Yahoo's search business while another partner, such as News Corporation's MySpace or Time Warner's AOL, would inherit the rest of the internet company's operations. According to report in ...
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Freedoms Taken for Granted!
As I sit down at my computer to write this column I don’t feel any fear or pressure from any outside force that could harm me. I have a wide range of freedom to write what I please within the realm of reason.
The Thomaston Times |
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O2 details iPhone launch; Rogers lists high ECF fee
O2 UK stores will begin selling the iPhone 3G at 7AM on July 11th, the company has announced. The timing is even earlier than that of AT&T in the United States, which has announced that its doors will open at 8AM on the 11th, an hour before normal operations. The move is rumored to be necessary due to Apple's mandatory in-store activation policy,...
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Macessity releases SlimKey V2 display stand
Macessity on Wednesday announced SlimKey V2, a new display stand with an integrated powered USB 2.0 Hub. Designed to match Apple's Cinema Display, the SlimKey sports an 'Apple centric' powder coated aluminum finish. Macessity says the stand can support up to 35 pounds, has an easily accessible 4-port side access USB 2.0 hub, and a recessed storage ...
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OneTouch Ping: Glucose management in OS X
Animas Corporation this week announced that it has been granted FDA clearance for the OneTouch Ping, a fully Mac OS X compatible glucose management system. With a full-feature insulin pump that wirelessly communicates with a blood glucose meter, the system is run under OS X by Animas's 'ezManager MAX' software. Enabling users to calculate insulin d...
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Stay in Sync: Sync your personal data
Synchronizing personal data such as contacts, calendars, keychains, and bookmarks has support built into OS X. You just need the right software to take advantage of it.
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Stay in Sync: Sync your e-mail messages
Whether you use Apple Mail or Microsoft Entourage, you can make sure you have all your messages with you, whichever of your Macs you happen to be using.
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ETH Zurich and IBM improve diagnosis of osteoporosis
With the goal of developing an accurate, powerful and fast method to automate the analysis of bone strength, scientists of the ETH Zurich Departments of Mechanical and Process Engineering and Computer Science teamed up with supercomputing experts at IBM's Zurich Research Laboratory.
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Microsoft to sell Office subscriptions for $70 a year
Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software.
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Microsoft Preparing "Another Run" At Yahoo As Justice Dept. Begins Formal Investigation Of Google-Yahoo Search Deal
Yesterday, after Microsoft announced it was buying semantic (or "natural language") search engine Powerset, reporters asked the question: was this deal motivated by Redmond's failed run at Yahoo? The two deals are and aren't related. If the Yahoo acquisition had happened Powerset might not have, but Microsoft didn't buy Powerset because it failed to buy Yahoo. Wait a minute. The Wall ...
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eMachines Launches Three Desktop Computers
eMachines announced three new computer systems today with low price tags aimed at students going back to school. The eMachines T3656 is the lowest priced of the three new systems with a MSRP of only $299.99. the machine runs on an Intel Celeron, had 1GB or...
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Will Traditional Software Vendors Disappear?
“Oracle, SAP and Microsoft really need to re-think their fee structures. On-demand applications, open source software and the growing repository of Web-based components will threaten existing software delivery models to the breaking point.
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AT&T Expands Wireless Network for Syracuse Customers
AT&T Inc. is supporting its continued commitment to Syracuse area customers with the largest wireless network investment in the region since 2005.
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Sony's U.S. Gadget Demand Good Despite Rising Costs
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote , Profile , Research ) is seeing little or no sign of softer demand among U.S. consumers for its range of digital TVs, cameras and computer goods despite a weakening economy, a top regional executive said on Tuesday.
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