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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 26th Feb 2007 23:14 UTC
Can you ignore DDE as a programmer on Windows?
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View the front of your house on the web via Google Maps
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - - We all know you can do some pretty amazing things on the internet. But, did you know anyone in the world may be able to find a picture of the front of your house and you could be in it?
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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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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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Wholesale Inventories Rise, Led by Computers, Metals and Farm Goods
While consumer borrowing increased in May, a decline in stockpiles puts distributors in a good place for scaling back production slowly in the face of a struggling economy.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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For iPhone, the ‘New’ Is Relative
Apple’s iPhone 3G, which will go on sale on Friday, comes with just a few new bells and whistles.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Chip makes broadband 60 times faster
Computer users frustrated by slow internet connections could soon be surfing the web 100 times faster, all thanks to new Australian technology.
The New Zealand Independent |
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Scrabble seeks big score on Web against unauthorized Scrabulous
C-O-M-P-E-T-E.
Newsday |
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UFC 86: Catch the replay!
Watch it online at Yahoo! Sports Catch the replay of UFC 86 ! Watch all five blistering rounds of Forrest Griffin vs. 'Rampage' Jackson! . . . . Click here for more
Fightnews.com |
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Blogger sentenced for "extremist" post
A Russian man who described local police as "scum" in an Internet posting was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday for extremism, prompting bloggers to warn of a crackdown on free speech online.
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Through his nonprofit organization, Lloyd, an Upper Marlboro resident, travels the world delivering computers — refurbished by his students — to countries where access to computers is limited.
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Google's 3D world a bit too 'Lively'
Google has launched a new 3D world system designed to be safe for teenage users.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Prescription For Drug Danger Online
A new study released shows how the Internet has become an uncontrolled marketplace for what are supposed to be tightly controlled drugs. You don't need a prescription - just a computer, John Blackstone reports.
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Author claims Drew Peterson wanted to pin third wife’s death on Stacy
Drew Peterson on February 27, 2007 standing at his front door. When it comes to friends and enemies, Drew Peterson can count the Internet among the latter.
The Journal-Standard |
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Recent Original Stories
The Linux community is splitting - right down the middle, at this point - over Microsoft's controversial claims that the open-source operating system infringes on patents it holds.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 26th Feb 2006 19:44 UTC
I used to really like skinning my desktops to make them look like another operating system. I stopped doing that years ago; and not necessarily because I wanted to do something more useful with my time. I stopped doing it because I somehow saw how utterly pointless it was.
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Beauty Queen Scandal Hits Close To Home
YAKIMA -- Embarassing photos of Miss Washington, Elyse Umemoto, can now be found on the internet. The Miss Washington Scholarship Organization says it won't discipline the Wapato native over photos posted on the web.
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Linked by Andrew Youll on Sat 27th Aug 2005 11:57 UTC, submitted by ajam
Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference is expected to be a coming out party of sorts for the next version of Visual Studio, code-named Orcas. Primary among the new features in and new direction for Orcas will be advances in how the toolset handles data, sources said.
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Recent Original Stories
Google has open-sourced its protocol buffers, the company's lingua franca for encoding various types of data, in order to set the stage for a wave of new releases, according to official company blog posts and documents reported in this article.
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Recent Original Stories
Codename Midori is a derivative of Singularity that is meant to supersede Windows, and it is more than just a research project. Singularity, is an experimental microkernel and operating system project started in 2003 for which Microsoft posted the source code back in March . Unfortunately Singularity was developed exclusively for research purposes and is not intended for practical use.
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Vermont Bans Internet Cigarette Sales
A measure banning mail order and Internet sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products took effect on July 1 in Vermont.
awmanet.org |
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Switch on a chip to boost internet speed
A new ultrafast optical switch on a chip could help speed up the internet in Australia by more than 6,000 per cent, say researchers.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 3rd Aug 2005 16:07 UTC
"I am proud to announce the official release of Symphony OS Alpha 4. Alpha 4 includes the KNOPPIX version of the 2.6.11 Linux Kernel and an updated base based on Knoppix 3.9, numerous improvements to the Mezzo Desktop environment , includes synaptic for package management, beagle for local searching, supports freedesktop.org .desktop files in the Programs target, and much more."
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Prisoner-release error prompts Dixon statement
Prisoner-release error prompts Dixon statement Mayor Sheila Dixon Wednesday called on the city and state's top criminal justice officials to upgrade their decades-old computer systems so that prisoner-release and detention instructions are no longer managed with handwritten notes.
Baltimore Sun |
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Google adds third dimension to online social relationships
STOCKHOLM, 9 JULY 2008 - Google has entered yet another space with the launch of Lively, a tool for creating 3D social spaces on Web sites, which is now available in a public beta test.
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