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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.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Microsoft, Google back broad privacy legislation
WASHINGTON - Microsoft and Google told lawmakers today that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising.
San Jose Mercury News |
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High gas prices fuel boom in online classes
Laurel Ranticelli considered driving 40 miles round-trip to take education classes at the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst. Then she realized she could take the same courses from her computer at home and save on fuel costs.
Centre Daily Times |
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Sustaining iPhone's "Cool Factor" Not Easy
To sustain its momentum and keep fickle consumers and Wall Street happy, Apple needs a dramatic second act with the next generation of iPhones, which roll out with faster Internet access and lower retail prices.
CBS News |
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Hitachi Extends Tbyte Disk Drives
A Gbyte of storage may soon be as outdated as a Mbyte of storage has become. At least, that is the thinking at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, which today announced its second-generation 1-Tbyte hard drive family, the Deskstar 7K1000 B.
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Eee PC 901, 904, and 1000 get UK pricing
Filed under: Laptops We still think ASUS should cut the number of available Eee laptops down to something a little more reasonable, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen anytime soon -- the company just made with UK pricing on the 901, 904, and 1000. The Atom-based 901 will come in at £299 ($592), while the slower 904 (which is essentially a 900 in the 1000's body) will ...
Engadget |
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Wednesday July 09, 2008 - 17:28 EST
LAS VEGAS – The movement to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act(UIGEA) and create a regulated online gambling industry suffered a setback last month when a bill that would have prevented UIGEA regulations from being implemented until the definition of illegal Internet gambling was clarified, failed to pass a House Financial Services Committee vote.
Rolling Good Times |
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Wednesday July 09, 2008 - 17:28 EST
LAS VEGAS – The movement to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act(UIGEA) and create a regulated online gambling industry suffered a setback last month when a bill that would have prevented UIGEA regulations from being implemented until the definition of illegal Internet gambling was clarified, failed to pass a House Financial Services Committee vote.
Rolling Good Times |
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Microsoft, Google back broad privacy legislation
WASHINGTON - Microsoft and Google told lawmakers today that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising.
San Jose Mercury News |
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News and views on Linux on the desktop ...
World's cheapest Linux-based laptop? — May 20, 2008 — A Hong Kong-based manufacturer is shipping a Linux-based ultra-mini PC (UMPC) laptop for only $250 ($180 in volume), which appears to give it the lowest price yet for a Linux laptop.
Desktop Linux |
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Orioles need not heed Joe Morgan's advice
Rick Maese: In Web chat, Hall of Famer suggests team should trade prospects for major league help
Baltimore Sun |
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Microsoft, Google back broad privacy legislation
WASHINGTON - Microsoft and Google told lawmakers today that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Tech Bits
(AP:SAN FRANCISCO) Flickr, a popular online photo-sharing site owned by Yahoo Inc., is teaming up with Getty Images to offer shutterbugs a chance to turn their hobby into a moneymaking endeavor.
INO News |
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How to add new drivers to your XP installation disc
Windows XP gone off the market? No problem: Just grab your Windows XP installation disc and install it on your computer by yourself, right? Not so fast. As popular as it is, Windows XP is now seven years old, which presents a unique problem if you try to install the aging OS on new hardware. The issue is one of drivers. A lot has changed since 2001, and modern computers have features and ...
Yahoo! Tech Advisors |
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Rogers lowers cost of data plan for iPhone on eve of Canadian launch
MONTREAL - After consumer complaints about the costs of running an Apple iPhone on the only Canadian network capable of connecting with it, Rogers Wireless (TSX:RCI.B) is cutting the price of the touchscreen phone's data plan to $30 a month for a limited time.
The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News |
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posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 12th May 2005 08:02 UTC
Guest PC is an emulator of the x86 PC for the Mac OS X platform. We had a quick look at the product and we compared it to VirtualPC 6.1 that we also happened to have in-house.
New Mobile Computing |
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posted by Amjith Ramanujam on Tue 8th Jul 2008 19:02
The new Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 brings recent Linux user interface improvements to the PowerPC architecture. Smooth, anti-aliased fonts and the clean, refined style of Red Hat's Blue Curve theme make this a beautiful creation to look at.
New Mobile Computing |
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Miss Washington embarrassed by Internet photos
The Miss Washington Scholarship Organization has called a news conference in Tacoma to respond to photos posted on the Internet.
The Olympian |
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Keesler Prepared For Cyber Training
BILOXI (WLOX)--Various computer classes have long been an integral part of Keesler's training. The advent of the new cyberspace command places even more emphasis on training so-called "cyber warriors".
WLOX-TV Biloxi |
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posted by Tony Bourke on Thu 29th Apr 2004 19:08 UTC
OpenBSD is a name synonymous with security , having earned the respect and adoration of security-concious sysadmins everywhere. OpenBSD is used in data centers all over the world, is the basis for several security products (from OpenBSD's site ), and is even the basis for Microsoft's Services For Unix .
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Recent Original Stories
Simon Phipps writes on his weblog : "I'm in Berlin today opening the very first OpenSolaris Developer Conference . I'll be announcing that the new Get.OpenSolaris.org site that allows anyone in the world to order a kit containing DVDs of OpenSolaris distributions, documentation and source.
OS News |
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Miss Washington embarrassed by Internet photos
The Miss Washington Scholarship Organization has called a news conference in Tacoma to respond to photos posted on the Internet. They show Miss Washington...
Seattle Times |
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Miss Washington embarrassed by Internet photos
The Miss Washington Scholarship Organization has called a news conference in Tacoma to respond to photos posted on the Internet.
Seattle Times |
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Recent Original Stories
This article outlines the designing and building of a Mini-ITX computer which runs off of a USB flash drive. The designer's goal was to build a system which was silent and as simple as possible. In the end it was little more than a USB drive, a VIA motherboard, and a case.
OS News |
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AlcoholEdu Course at the University of Alabama
The University of Alabama System is targeting incoming students with an online course they are required to take before they ever arrive on campus.
CBS 42 Birmingham |
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