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San Mateo newsstand faces hard times
SAN MATEO — The double whammy of customers having less disposable income and the migration of readers to the Internet is hitting businesses that rely on newspaper and magazine sales especially hard.
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Report targets Internet drug pushers
NEW YORK (AP) - A new report is calling for a crackdown on some Internet pharmacies selling controlled prescription drugs on the Web. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 159 sites are offering these drugs for sale.
KESQ Palm Springs |
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Altitude Software wins 'Voice of the Customer' awards five years in a row
Altitude Software, a global leader in contact center solutions, has announced today it has won 'Best in Class Overall Category Winner' for 'Best Multi-Channel Contact Center Solution' and 'Best Outbound Product' at the EMEA Contact Center World Members' Choice Awards 2008.
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New employee constantly updating Chicopee Public Library Web site Library:
CHICOPEE - The Chicopee Public Library has a new Web site that's constantly being updated, thanks to the expertise of a new employee. She is Jennifer L. Hawkes, the library's new electronic reference services librarian.
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Neosho, Micronesian state forge sister-city relationship w/ link to Sister Cities International Web site
NEOSHO, Mo. — More than 70 people, many of them wearing leis of artificial flowers, leaves or sea shells, watched while the city of Neosho and the State of Pohnpei celebrated the establishment of a “sister-city” relationship Tuesday afternoon.
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posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 4th Jul 2008 21:45
There is a lot of noise about VoIP lately, especially because it can help you avoid a major part of your cellphone bill. The first VoIP handsets released were all USB-based, but now cordless, Bluetooth and WiFi handsets are springing one by one in the market.
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More Fun With The Rods, Both A And C
The rich and famous, it seems, split up differently than the rest of us. Christie Brinkley loaded up the kids in the family private jet and flew off to Colorado in search of comfort after discovering her husband was having an affair with an 18-year-old and spending some of the family fortune on Internet porn.
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Recent Original Stories
Decrying stasis in the laptop industry, InfoWorld's Tom Yager and crew have designed their ideal laptop for 2009 given the components are available currently.
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posted by Barry Smith on Wed 19th Nov 2003 21:08 UTC
I recognize that Open Source folks are passionate. I understand and I applaud the dedication and fierce loyalty. But for the love of all that is warm and fuzzy, could you please give it a rest? Just for a little while?
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Recent Original Stories
South Africa native and current London resident Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical Ltd. and the Ubuntu Linux distribution, told DesktopLinux.com Friday in an interview that widespread adoption of Linux on the desktop - so long-awaited by many people.
OS News |
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Linked by Michael Reed on Wed 21st Nov 2007 14:13 UTC
When computer company Apple announced that they were planning to make a phone, most pundits felt sure that Apple would produce something a bit different from the crowd. An Apple phone would have to be a plush, prestige unit and the product of a thoughtful design process.
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Software to help bus passengers with schedule
PARKERSBURG - The Mid-Ohio Valley Transit Authority plans to purchase a software system that will allow passengers to receive text messages containing information about bus schedules. The MOVTA, which oversees the operation of Easy Rider buses in Parkersburg and Vienna, is purchasing new technology from Strategic Mapping Inc. of Canada.
Parkersburg News and Sentinel |
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Google launches software for virtual socializing
In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organising the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc hopes to orchestrate more virtual socialising on the Web.
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More Fun With The Rods, Both A And C
The rich and famous, it seems, split up differently than the rest of us. Christie Brinkley loaded up the kids in the family private jet and flew off to Colorado in search of comfort after discovering her husband was having an affair with an 18-year-old and spending some of the family fortune on Internet porn.
The Tampa Tribune |
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'Serious' internet flaw revealed
Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web.
The West Australian |
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'Gene Wiki' To Debut On Wikipedia
Researchers launch an effort to create a library of human genetics using the online encyclopedia Wikipedia in hopes it could spur widespread discussion about thousands of individual genes.
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Computer techs fight private-investigator law
A local computer technician fears a new state law could have major ramifications if enacted. “We would probably shut down at that point,” said Kerry Weikel, a technician at The Computer Clinic in Kerrville. “People’s computers just wouldn’t get fixed.”
Kerrville Daily Times |
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Cleveland: Commissioner calls sheriff’s video 'childish'
County Commissioner Jim Smith says a video posted by Sheriff Tim Gobble on the department Web site is childish and an attempt to bully him into not performing oversight duties.
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
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Taste the Mochi
Mochipet -- the ever-fruitful laptop lothario. Plus: Diamond Days Fest, Ratatat, Kode 9, Apache, and more
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
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Search for Missing Lanikai Man
A Lanikai man who made millions off a security software company has gone missing, just days before he and his wife were scheduled to move to Colorado.
KHON 2 Honolulu |
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CBS, AirPlay Launch ‘Big Brother’ Game
CBS is teaming with Internet game supplier AirPlay to launch the first interactive game linked to “Big Brother.”
TV Week |
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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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Microsoft sets pricing, fee sharing for services
SEATTLE, USA: Microsoft Corp introduced on Wednesday pricing for its suite of online services targeted at corporate customers and a revenue-sharing plan to encourage other companies to sell the software company's products.
CIOL |
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Dreamworks to use Intel technology for 3-D movies
NEW YORK, USA: DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc plans to use chips from Intel Corp for the creation of 3-D movies, the companies said on Tuesday.
CIOL |
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Justice Breyer among victims in data breach
Last year, a Virginia investment firm employee decided to trade music or a movie on the file-sharing network LimeWire on a company computer. He inadvertently shared his firm's files, including personal data of clients, one of them Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
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