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How to Shut Down an Internet Argument [The Internets]
Just post this video, each and every time, when things appear to be getting out of hand in a comments thread or whatever. Makes everyone involved feel stupid. [via Cajun Boy]
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Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 (2:06 p.m.) This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 2nd Nov 2006 22:05 UTC, submitted by anonymous
At a press conference in San Francisco, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to announce a new partnership between Microsoft and Novell . The unprecedented deal will have Microsoft offering a degree of sales support for Novell's SUSE Linux while both companies work towards better interoperability between their respective operating systems.
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Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs
NEW YORK -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a US$1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 19th Apr 2007 18:11 UTC, submitted by fiji
An enhancement to the Mac OS X operating system under development by Apple looks to pave the way for active desktop pictures, or desktop backgrounds that can include motion graphics and alter themselves based on user actions or the time of the day.
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Laptops stolen from Manlius-Pebble Hill School
Police are investigating the recent theft of about 20 laptop computers from Manlius-Pebble Hill School.
WSYR 9 Syracuse |
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HSC online study guide a big hit
HSC students, teachers and librarians have viewed more than 185,000 pages of information via the Board of Studies new Students Online web site - less than one month after it was launched.
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St. Charles cops use Web to net seven
HAHNVILLE – Investigators from the St. Charles Sheriff’s Office used a 30-second video posted on an Internet community web site to nab seven Destrehan individuals who were allegedly involved in a retaliation plot against another suspect, said Sheriff Greg Champagne.
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Google Under Pressure as App Engine Requests Rise
Requests are piling up from enthusiastic programmers using the App Engine hosted application development environment,
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Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses
This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, said it happened when an Internet registration company it oversees got fooled into transferring the domain names to someone else. The attack was quickly noticed, and ICANN's domain names were restored within 20 ...
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Google Consolidating Denver And Dallas Offices
Google's recurring physical expansions may have gone a little too far. There's word that the search giant now plans to shrink a bit by closing offices in Denver and Dallas. read more
WebProNews |
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Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses
(AP) -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.
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Powerset: Why A Google-Killer Sells So Cheap
Of all the post-Google search engine startups, Powerset was touted as the most likely Google-killer. We waited with bated breath, we rubbered our necks around to get a better glimpse—early reports were stellar, yes this was the one to take on Google and. . .Wait, what? Sold to Microsoft. $100 million? Wait, what? read more
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Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs
(AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.
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Internal Facebook valuation points to strategic merit
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Court documents have revealed an internal valuation at Facebook Inc. far below the $15 billion cited publicly at the time Microsoft Corp.'s investment in the popular social networking site, reflecting its immense strategic value in the eyes of the software giant.
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Kingston man arrested after chatting online with Scugog 'girl'
The girl's parents contacted police when they became aware of online conversations she'd had with a man who went by the online name "theleprechaun16ster".
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MacBook Air SSD Now $500 Cheaper
Apple has slashed price on the MacBook Air SSD version by $500. The 13-inch 1.8GHz MacBook Air with SSD now starts at $2,598. Read our in-depth review of the MacBook Air notebook here:http://www.mobiletechreview.com/notebooks/MacBook-Air.htmHere are the detailed specs:Display: 13.3" LED ...
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When I win the lottery...
Everyone wants to win the lottery. Many plan their lives around their future winnings. But what has really happened to the big winners. At the encouragement of a friend, I have engaged in an non- scientific Internet study of lottery winners.
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Google RatProxy looks for cross-site flaws
Free tool helps Web developers analyze their site for a variety of cross-site vulnerabilities.
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Are You Over Paying for Auto Insurance?
(ARA) - We're increasingly relying on the Internet to research, find that great deal and add convenience to balance out our hectic lives. That's why more of us are looking for car insurance online. We want a company that's reliable, gives us the best rate and offers online convenience.
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Sanyo plans lithium-ion battery plant in Hyogo
OSAKA (Kyodo) Sanyo Electric Co. will build a new factory to manufacture rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in Minamiawaji, Hyogo Prefecture, sources said Thursday. The factory will kick off production next spring, the sources said, and hike the maker's overall monthly lithium-ion production capacity by 20 percent to 30 percent from the current 70 million units. Lithium-ion batteries are used in ...
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Kontron shifts production focus on Asia
In a move to improve further production cost and taking total control of production, embedded computer systems provider Kontron AG has acquired 100 percent of its production location in Penang, Malaysia.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Four 'important' Microsoft patches due Tuesday
Microsoft will release four security patches for its Windows, Exchange, and SQL products next Tuesday, all rated "important." The Exchange and SQL flaws are "Elevation of Privilege" bugs, meaning that an attacker could theoretically exploit them to get administrative access to a PC. One of the Windows flaws is labeled a "spoofing" bug, meaning that it could help hackers trick the user ...
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Cemaphore joins Google enterprise partner program
SAN MATEO, USA: Cemaphore Systems Inc. has joined the Google Enterprise Partner program, which extends the power of Google across the enterprise and helps customers get more value out of their Google enterprise deployments.
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DataMind ports Jade photo tool to Aperture
DataMind Srl says it has released Jade Plugin 1.0, the first Aperture add-on version of its stand-alone Jade tool. The software is used to provide automatic enhancements to image batches that normally require fine tuning, whether in Aperture or elsewhere; users simply click the Enhance button, and Jade will make a variety of tweaks to improve colo...
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