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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. AFTRA said 62.4 percent of voting members approved the three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
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Samsung's low-power 128GB SSDs go mass production on the cheap
Filed under: Storage Good news on the SSD front. Samsung is now mass producing its 1.8- and 2.5-inch SSDs in both 64GB and 128GB capacities. And since these SATA II SSDs are based on MLC -- 64 MLC NAND flash chips of 16 gigabits each in the 9.5-mm thick 128GB SSD -- you can expect them to be cheap by comparison to SLC-based SSDs and faster by comparison to traditional laptop hard ...
Engadget |
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"Family Guy" creator makes bold move online
When September rolls around, the most anticipated new program of the fall season will be on the Internet instead of television.
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Now disposable email alias from Dot TK
LONDON, UK: Dot TK, the registry for .TK domain names has announced the launch of its free TK Mail service. This service allows individuals and businesses to protect their real email identity from spam and unwanted emails by creating up to 250 disposable email aliases that can be used for forms on the web, on-line purchases or even new contacts.
CIOL |
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Microsoft fluffs cloud computing lineup
SEATTLE, USA: Microsoft Corp. is strengthening its early-stage push to fend off competition by offering more Internet-based software , a change from its traditional method of selling programs that run on individual desktops or corporate servers.
CIOL |
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DreamWorks picks Intel
Associated Press LOS ANGELES: DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the Shrek movies and Kung Fu Panda, announced Tuesday it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. computer chips to Intel Corp.'s as it moves toward making all 3-D movies.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Web help-wanted creator eyes obituaries
NEW YORK: Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding http://www.Monster.com, one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source for newspapers.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Microsoft expands hosted software
SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp. is strengthening its early stage push to fend off competition by offering more Internet-based software, a change from its traditional method of selling programs that run on individual desktops or corporate servers.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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DreamWorks picks Intel
Associated Press LOS ANGELES: DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the Shrek movies and Kung Fu Panda, announced Tuesday it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. computer chips to Intel Corp.'s as it moves toward making all 3-D movies.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Opinion: Year of the penguin
It’s taken the confluence of several disparate but connected events to create the perfect breeding ground for desktop versions of Linux to finally flourish.
iTNews |
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Hoping to lure younger visitors, Itasca State Park gives wireless Internet a try
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) - With attendance slumping among younger adults, Itasca State Park has added wireless Internet to lure more visitors.
Crookston Daily Times |
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Food inspection worker fired for what he found on computer, union says
Luc Pomerleau's union says he was fired from his public service job not because of what he did, but because of what he found
The Globe and Mail |
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Qumranet Tests Desktop Virtualization System
Enterprise software developer Qumranet has begun beta-testing of a desktop virtualization system.
Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Intermap and G-VR Form CAD Alliance
US digital mapping company Intermap Technologies has collaborated with London-based 3D digital model provider G-VR to develop optimized triangulated irregular network (TIN) models for computer-aided design applications.
Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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IBM Acquisition Sparks Antitrust Fears
IBM's acquisition of mainframe clone manufacturer Platform Solutions has attracted antitrust fears from European watchdog The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which said the purchase is dangerous for the mainframe industry as it further extends IBM's dominance in the market.
Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'
SAN FRANCISCO -- In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more virtual socializing on the Web.
The Pantagraph |
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Google's Lively opens world of virtual reality networking
SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web. The Mountain View-based company unveiled a free service Tuesday in which three-dimensional software enables people to congregate in electronic rooms and other computer-manufactured versions of real life. The ...
The Oklahoman |
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Bank of America mulls Firefox support
The largest bank in the United States has officially ignored the second most popular Web browser--until recently.
CNET |
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Bank of America mulls Firefox support
The largest bank in the United States has officially ignored the second most popular Web browser--until recently.
CNET |
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Parents eager for tax holiday
Tennesseans will get financial relief on an upcoming sales-tax holiday. The state’s third annual tax-free weekend will begin at 12:01 a.m., Aug. 1. Clothing, school supplies and computers can be purchased free of Tennessee sales tax until 11:59 p.m. Aug. 3.
Columbia Daily Herald |
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Bloggers' challenge: Why is Cache Valley so crime-free?
The Herald Journal is inviting reader input on the above topic. If we get enough comments with enough variety, a sampling of those comments will appear this coming Sunday in a "Bloggers Soapbox" column on the newspaper's Opinion page.
Herald Journal |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 15th Aug 2006 23:21 UTC
RealNetworks will release open-source software this year that will let Linux computers play Windows Media files legally.
OS News |
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Asia bounces back from 21-month low
Asia Pacific shares bounced back on Wednesday from their lowest levels for 21 months hit yesterday, as oil prices plunged by more than $6 a barrel overnight and orders for Japanese machinery jumped sharply, especially for equipment to make steel and computer chips.
Financial Times |
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4-H projects will be shown at fair
ST. CHARLES – Judging and showing of 4-H projects will be July 16-21 at the Kane County Fair at the fairgrounds. The bulk of 4-H projects are judged prior to the fair opening on Monday, July 14, and will be on display during the fair. Projects on display include visual arts, woodworking, electricity, clothing, foods, natural resources, computers, horticulture, photography, and much, much more. ...
Kane County Chronicle |
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