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Acer reveals latest computing technology innovations
Taiwanese-owned Acer Inc. introduced to the Philippine market six new computer products— two laptops and four desktops —which it boasts are packed with enhanced-and-first-of-its-kind features.
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Brewers notes: Yost casts vote with his Hart
MILWAUKEE -- If Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost was a little bleary-eyed against the Colorado Rockies Tuesday night, it was for a good cause. Yost said he spent a great part of the day at his computer pushing the button for right-fielder Corey Hart, stopping only when he messed up typing the validation code for the vote five times in a row. Yost's support for Hart must be working because the ...
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Microsoft, shrugging off licensing moves to prevent it from repeating its controversial patent deal with Novell, has ...
that include an intellectual property assurance under which Microsoft will provide patent covenants for Xandros customers. In the meantime, Microsoft's covenant not to sue users of Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise will be extended to all General Public License v3 users as soon as Novell includes GPLv3 code within its Linux distribution, according to the Free Software Foundation.
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Abuses Are Found in Online Sales of Medication
A majority of Internet sites that advertise or sell controlled medications are offering to supply the drugs without a proper prescription, according to a new study.
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Students abuse Internet
College students are spending increasing amounts of time on the Internet, including social networking Web sites such as Facebook and Myspace. For many students, it is often an outlet to avoid other responsibilities, such as completing schoolwork.
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Lively New Virtual World From Google
In a way it's very un-Google. The new Lively 3D "virtual world" that launched today is perhaps another run at social networking after the mixed experience of Orkut (popular in Brazil and India, among a few other places). Apparently aimed at teens and even tweens, cutting their virtual teeth on sites like Webkinz and Club Penguin, Lively is apparently the product of the long-rumored Google ...
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Accused online sex offender in court Wednesday
A Kalihi man accused of arranging a meeting for sex with a Hawai'i Internet Crimes Against Children task force agent posing as a 14-year-olds girl on the Internet has an initial appearance scheduled Wednesday at District Court.
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Google Introduces a Cartoonlike Method for Talking in Chat Rooms
Google?s new online tool allows people to embody a cartoonish online avatar and have text-based conversations with other Internet users in virtual chat rooms.
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Police Tie Alcohol To Driver In East End Hit-Skip Fatality
Ashley Hacker sat on the steps of her family’s Eastern Avenue home Tuesday, trying to control her emotions. One minute she was crying and the next second she was recalling how much her step-father, Rodney Fuston, loved her and her twin sister Brittany.
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Olympics: NBC sets blanket TV schedule
NEW YORK — Start stockpiling eye drops. NBC Universal released an Olympics television schedule today that with broadcast, cable and broadband offers more coverage of competition from Beijing than all the previous summer Olympics combined.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Purdue researchers develop tiny refrigeration unit
Some researchers from Purdue University (Some very ingenious things have come from Purdue) have made a small refrigeration unit that may be cooling laptops or desktop in the future. The device is the size of a CPU, that allows very easy integration into current architecture and ease of integration into future designs. As we all know most computers are air cooled which never allows you to go ...
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Smaller actors union AFTRA ratifies deal with Hollywood studios with 62 percent vote
(AP:LOS ANGELES) Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have ratified a new contract with Hollywood studios that boosts payments for actors whose work appears on the Internet, the union said Tuesday.
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Google Stakes Virtual Reality Claim
The Internet search leader unveiled a three-dimensional service called "Lively" as an answer to the 5-year-old virtual reality site Second Life.
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Actors union ratifies deal with Hollywood studios
Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have ratified a new contract with Hollywood studios that boosts payments for actors whose work appears on the Internet, the union said Tuesday.
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Recent Original Stories
This article is about KDE's memory usage, but there are comparisons with other solutions for your desktop. Lubos Lunak concludes there is still work to do and there is some lowhanging fruit, but KDE does already a nice job on keeping its memory usage low.
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The Limits Of "Free" Speech On The Internet
"Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Say it on the Internet, and you'll find that free speech and other constitutional rights are anything but guaranteed."
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PC and Components
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Senate committee to tackle online privacy
ADVERTISING: A company is under fire for tracking online behavior to target customers.
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Google's second life
Google has announced its own answer to Second Life, where people deploy animated alter egos through virtual reality.
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posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 24th Feb 2004 07:51 UTC
One of the features geeks really miss on OSX's Unix environment are the virtual screens. Apple tried to address this need with the introduction of the excellent Expose, but all things fair, Expose doesn't do the same thing.
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School Board Votes to Accept XO Laptops
The Birmingham School Board voted on Tuesday to accept 14, 000 more XO Laptops paid for by the city with the condition that the city will also pay the cost of upgrading the support systems.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 12th Apr 2006 00:27 UTC
Gentoo/FreeBSD is a Unix-like operating system developed by Gentoo Linux developers in order to bring Gentoo Linux design principles such as Portage to the FreeBSD operating system. Gentoo/FreeBSD is part of the larger Gentoo/BSD project.
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LOS ANGELES - Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have ratified a new contract with Hollywood studios that boosts payments for actors whose work appears on the Internet.
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Sixth-former on work experience stole thousands from top law firm in cheque scam
A sixth who stole thousands of pounds while on work experience with a top international law firm was jailed for five months yesterday. Within three days of joining Freshfields, Titilayo Olaifa used the computer system to generate company cheques.
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Packard Bell (!?) Launches Gaming Desktop Line [Packard Bell]
Packard Bell—previously referred to as Packard Hell and Packard Smell—is diving head-first into the gaming PC market with the ipower X2.0, a gaming rig that features full customization at...
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