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Kansas Lottery questions Gtech's contract after Pick 3 blunder
Embarrassing computer blunders in the Kansas Lottery's Pick 3 game last week could cost international gaming giant Gtech a contract to run Kansas' state-owned casino games.
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Reaching out to document storage clients
SHAH ALAM: A courier and records management firm here is claiming a world first: That it is ahead of all other companies in its field in using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to store, manage, and retrieve documents.
The Star |
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Google Launches Lively; Second Life in a Google Environment
Google has just launched its own 3D Virtual World called Lively. Of course the first thing that would come into our mind upon reading “3D Virtual World” is none other than Second Life, with all its avatars and avatar interactions among members. Although Google’s Lively may look and feel like Second Life, it is no [...]
Search Engine Journal |
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iPhone mania, coming soon to an Apple geek near you
No related articles. The embarrassing spectacle of all four Aussie mobile telcos scrabbling to become Steve Jobs’ iPhone b-tch proves two things. One, Apple still knows how to run a cult. And two, our telcos and their partners still have no idea about mobile internet.
Crikey |
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DOI Contracts Miscoded
Over the past two years, the Department of the Interior has mistakenly awarded $5.7 million in small-business contracts to Home Depot, Dell, Sherwin Williams and other large corporations, federal investigators say.
New York Times |
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EXCLUSIVE - Legg: Icahn support up if ensures Yahoo price
Carl Icahn would have more support in his proxy battle against Yahoo if he pledged not to sell the company for less than US$33 a share, Legg Mason portfolio manager Bill Miller said on Tuesday.
iTNews |
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Blogcritics Soul Caliber IV Giveaway
Here is your chance to win the next installment in this weapons-based brawler. Blogcritics Gaming is giving away two (2) copies of Soul Caliber IV on the platform of your choice. Winner picked at random. Winners must be located in the United States.Prizing: (3 winners)...
Blogcritics.org |
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Pushing the Vista compatibility story
Months after releasing the OS, Microsoft finds it needs to offer a tool to vet whether software and hardware are Vista-ready.
ZDNet Asia |
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Gorilla Fever Hits New Zealand
A television commercial that became an online phenomenon and achieved cult status in the UK hit New Zealand television screens last night, with a similar response expected from Kiwis.
Scoop.co.nz |
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posted by Nicholas Blachford on Thu 26th Feb 2004 19:31 UTC
Today's computers are the result of many decades of evolution of techniques and technologies.
New Mobile Computing |
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Nov 2007 13:39 UTC
This is the fourth article in a series on common usability and graphical user interface related terms [ part I part II part III ]. On the internet, and especially in forum discussions like we all have here on OSNews, it is almost certain that in any given discussion, someone will most likely bring up usability and GUI related terms - things like spatial memory, widgets, consistency, Fitts' ...
New Mobile Computing |
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Attorney general rules DPS can keep Governor's Mansion fire videotape confidential
AUSTIN (AP) - A newspaper report says just-released records show a state trooper spent about 27 minutes surfing Internet Web sites the night an arsonist set the Governor's Mansion on fire.
KXAN 36 Austin |
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Remorse from jailed child porn offender
A 28-year-old man has been jailed for two years and three months for repeat offending accessing child pornography on the internet.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Trooper surfing Net in hours leading up to fire
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) - The lone DPS trooper on duty at the Governor's Mansion the night an arsonist set it on fire was surfing the web in the hours leading up to the first 911 call.
KXAN 36 Austin |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 19th Jul 2007 21:56 UTC
A soap opera is playing out on the mailing lists of several security newsgroups this morning, complete with people hiding behind pseudonyms, people "outing" one another and rumors of death threats against the major players. At stake? A possible worm for Apple's Mac OS X operating system.
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 28th Jan 2006 17:34 UTC
Customers and partners who've been holding their breath waiting for Beta 2 of Windows Vista before getting serious about testing Microsoft's next-generation operating system can exhale.
OS News |
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New Web Site Rates Police Officers
A new Web site will allow a person to judge police officers on their job and post about their personalities.
NBC 10 Philadelphia |
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Entertainment
In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organising the world’s information, internet search leader Google hopes to orchestrate more virtual socialising on the web.
The West Australian |
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Attorney general rules DPS can keep Governor's Mansion fire videotape confidential
Associated Press - July 8, 2008 11:05 PM ET AUSTIN (AP) - A newspaper report says just-released records show a state trooper spent about 27 minutes surfing Internet Web sites the night an...
ABC 7 El Paso |
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Actors union ratifies deal with studios
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.
Jam! Showbiz |
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Lawyer to be tried for insulting two Singapore judges
Singapore - An American lawyer is scheduled to go on trial for two weeks in September for insulting two of Singapore's High Court justices on the internet. Gopalan Nair, who used to be a Singapore citizen and opposition party member, plans to apply t...
EARTHtimes.org |
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iPhone shortages in UK, Australia, New Zealand?
Carriers around the world are expecting shortages of Apple's iPhone, with saying they will be sold out in "minutes" and others indicating that the crunch could last for weeks. In a cautionary message to potential iPhone buyers, Britain's O2 says a rush of customers, ordering as many 13,000 per second, brought down its online orders for iPhone 3G: "...
MacNN |
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Internet security breach tackled
A patch is released to protect computers against a security flaw that could direct internet users to fake websites.
BBC News |
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Storm leaves residents in the dark
As soon as the storm came late Tuesday afternoon, it passed, leaving thousands in the dark in Clark and Floyd counties. According to Duke Energy’s Web site, 3,763 customers in Floyd County were without power at 5:40 p.m. In Clark County, a total of 917 customers were without power.
The Evening News and the Tribune |
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