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Bangkok voted world's best city
SINGAPORE, (Reuters Life!) - Bangkok was voted the world's best city for 2008 and the Galapagos were picked as the best islands in an online poll by Travel + Leisure magazine, trumping last year's winners Florence, Italy and Bali, Indonesia.
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Review: IPhone, redux: For the 3G model, 'new' is relative
One year and 11 days ago, our nation was swept by iPhone Mania. TV news coverage was relentless. Hard-core fans camped out to be the first in line. Bloggers referred to Apple's new product as the "Jesus phone."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Technology Briefing
Medicare legislation benefits Cell Therapeutics patients ... Cheapest AOL access plan will increase 20 percent ... Gmail will let you know if you're still logged on ... Library of human genetics will be created on Wikipedia ... Comcast teams with Vonage to ensure smooth Net calling.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Republican Web Site Posts Controversial Slogan
A Republican Club in New Jersey has removed a controversial slogan from its website that read, "Obama loves America like O.J. loved Nicole."
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Internet story claiming two Oklahoma players arrested for drugs is a hoax
OKLAHOMA CITY - The father of an Oklahoma quarterback says he plans legal action against a Nebraska football fan who posted a bogus story on an Internet message board claiming two Sooners had been arrested on cocaine distribution charges.
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News |
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Rockland school seeks votes in video contest
The R. Stewart Esten Elementary School is one of 167 finalists in the Big Lots’ national Lots 2 Give video contest. If it gets the most votes, the school will win $10,000 to buy new computers.
The Brockton Enterprise |
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Oklahoma internet story a hoax
Associated Press - July 9, 2008 11:45 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A Nebraska football fan is apologizing for a bogus Internet story claiming that two Oklahoma quarterbacks had been arrested on...
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Bangkok voted world's best city
Bangkok was voted the world's best city for 2008 and the Galapagos were picked as the best islands in an online poll by Travel + Leisure magazine, trumping last year's winners Florence, Italy and Bali, Indonesia.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 10th Jul 2008 01:47 UTC
My orthodontist uses a 3.11 and DOS software setup. Nothing has anything past 3.11 yet. My schools phone dialer runs DOS as well.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 10th Jul 2008 01:47 UTC
The first major Windows I used was Windows 2.0. I even found the original floppy disks two days ago, from 1988, and they still work! Why is it 20 year old single density disks last longer than than 20 day old double sensity disks??!
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Warrant issued for man charged in U.S. porn sting
OTTAWA — Police are now investigating a man charged with distributing child pornography and other offences after he allegedly claimed during an online conversation that he had participated in sexual conduct with a neighbour’s 14-year-old relative.
Ottawa Citizen |
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Webroot founder missing
The founder of Webroot, a multimillion-dollar, Boulder-based software company, has been missing in Hawaii for more than a week, and his family fears for his life.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Newsletter Subscription
Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. On the face of it, Microsoft without Bill Gates seems a bit like The Simpsons without Homer.
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Everest Broadband to expand, change name
The new owner of Everest Broadband is changing the company’s name and expanding its service to 10,000 more homes in the Kansas City area.
The Kansas City Star |
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The ‘Fake’ Steve Jobs Is Giving Up Parody Blog
Daniel Lyons, the former Forbes magazine journalist who wrote the blog The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs for the last two years, is moving on with his professional life and creative pursuits.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Bloomberg L.P. Consolidates in a Revamping of Divisions
Bloomberg announced a revamping intended to play up its growing assets in television, radio and Internet content.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Apple iPhone 3G makes international debut
The iPhone 3G makes its international debut Friday in an eagerly-awaited launch expected to boost Apple's fortunes along with its share of the booming "smart phone" market.
The Economic Times |
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Apple to Open Beijing Store on July 19
Apple will open its first Chinese store in Beijing on July 19, three weeks before the start of the Olympic Games.
PC World |
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I-Team: State Officials Surf Web On Your Dime
The I-Team says elected officials and government employees are conducting personal business online -- and on taxpayers' dime.
WBAL-TV Baltimore |
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Record Foreclosures, High Gas Prices Leading to Higher Stress
ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) – Gas toping $4 a gallon and super-sized credit card bills have left a lot of Americans feeling stressed out. A new Associated Press – AOL poll shows many Americans said they are suffering headaches, stomach problems and even depression because of the financial crunch.
FOX 5 News Atlanta |
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Sharky Extreme : News From Inside The Industry
Two new products have been announced by Lian-Li, the well-known case manufacturer. The first is the EX-H33 HDD rack mount kit, which is an all-aluminum frame and housing that supports up to 3x 3.5" hard drives.
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Broadcom, Qualcomm fight over mobile phone patent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chip makers Broadcom Corp (BRCM.O) and Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) sparred in an appeals court on Wednesday over patents used to make cell phones that offer Internet and other multimedia features.
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Regent Street to sell iPhone 3G to new customers
US Apple retail stores will not be the only ones selling the iPhone 3G when it launches Friday, as an employee at the Regent Street location in London confirmed "loads" of available stock, as well as the ability to process O2 network activations. Ars Technica writes that the process works similar to the AT&T method, where phones must be activated b...
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Fitchburg online marketers expand with City Dictionary
If you 're new to Madison and try to find "Beltline " on a map, you 'll be out of luck. And if a friend proposes "drinking a boot, " you 'll be puzzled. A new online business called City Dictionary hopes to explain such references and have some fun as well by compiling definitions for local slang, landmarks, characters, restaurants and attractions for U.S. cities. It 's another step into the ...
Wisconsin State Journal |
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ERIE COUNTY: Iannello looks to cut energy costs
Erie County Legislator Michele M. Iannello, D-Kenmore, is backing a resolution that outlines three steps recommended by the U.S. Department of Energy to reduce computer energy use.
Tonawanda News |
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