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Privacy protections disappear with a judge's order
NEW YORK — Credit card companies know what you've bought. Phone companies know whom you've called. Electronic toll services know where you've gone. Internet search companies know what you've sought.
The Tennessean |
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RIAA's letters may turn into court dates
Illegal downloading on campuses could be heard in criminal courts after a year of letters sent to students around the nation threatening lawsuits in civil courts. University students and legal representatives saw an increase in pre-litigation settlement letters from the Recording Industry Association of America toward the end of last semester when awareness programs regarding music piracy ...
The Daily Texan |
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Site ranks Austin No. 17 for entry-level positions
Austin is the 17th best city for recent graduates to obtain a job, according to a recent report. Collegegrad.com, a Web site that locates entry-level job positions for recent college graduates, also named Houston, Dallas and San Antonio as cities where jobs were most available.
The Daily Texan |
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Longoria and Hart elected All Stars
NEW YORK (AP) _ Tampa Bay rookie third baseman Evan Longoria and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart were elected All-Stars by fans in Internet balloting the ended Thursday.
The Citizen of Laconia |
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Caught on camera
The long arm of the law has a computer mouse and knows how to use it. Two Northwestern Ontario men have been fined a total of $2,300 for killing a black bear during the closed season and leaving it to rot after investigators found pictures of people posing with the spoils on the Internet.
The Chronicle-Journal |
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Detroit news briefs
A Detroit woman who helped run a nationwide Internet child prostitution network pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday, U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Murphy announced in Detroit. Stephanie Head, 22, pleaded guilty before U. S. District Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff to distributing child pornography.
Detroit Free Press |
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National Guard troops aid in battle against California wildfires
ALBION, Calif. — Sweat rolled down Lisa Mirander's forehead as she hacked a tangle of saplings and brush down to bare dirt to prevent a wildfire from spreading in Northern California. It was a tough job, but no harder than the 13 months she served in Afghanistan.
Arizona Daily Star |
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Internet income pondered
AMHERST - A Dorchester-based nonprofit group is lining up a way for people shopping on-line to help generate money for the town.
The Republican |
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Cell-ebration of life
Atoms leap into starring film roles to share minute science secrets Troy In a sneak preview of the as-yet-untitled Molecularium Project film, a tiny oxygen atom named Oxy leaps about her spaceship, debating with her computerized pilot, Mel, whether to go to Earth to "discover the secret of life."When she arrives, she meets, among other oddities, a bickering couple of nitrogen atoms and a ...
Albany Times Union |
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Montgomery County lawmakers pressure schools to recycle more
Poor recycling habits in Montgomery County schools have inspired the green county's lawmakers to demand educators clean up their acts.
The Washington Examiner |
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Thales Agrees to Buy Ncipher for 50.7 Million Pounds in Cash
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Thales SA , Europe's largest defense- electronics maker, agreed to buy Ncipher Plc for about 50.7 million pounds ($100 million) in cash to add a maker of internet security software.
Bloomberg.com |
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MOVIE REVIEW: Live-action, 3-D 'Journey' to big screen works well
"Journey to the Center of the Earth" is the first live-action film to be shot in the 3-D format, Real D Cinema. Unlike "Beowulf," which was totally computer-generated, this movie brings real people out of the screen, and director Eric Brevig takes advantage of the surprise and suspense created by the 3-D experience.
The Daily Texan |
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TSA officer at DIA arrested in connection with luring child online
A Transportation and Security Administration officer at Denver International Airport is in jail in connection with luring a child over the Internet.
Greeley Tribune |
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Yahoo offering links to its search system
Web sites would show ads in return Having fallen so far behind Google Inc. that it became a takeover target, Yahoo Inc. is banking on the creativity of other Web developers to help preserve its independence and regain ground in the lucrative Internet search advertising market.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Deutsche Webseite für Online-Tickets
Alle Informationen rund um das Walt Disney World Resort in Florida sind jetzt auf einer neuen Website in deutscher Sprache zusammengefasst. Erstmals können hier auch Eintrittskarten online gekauft werden.
FVW.com |
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VIP-delegation visits Svalbard
Members of the delegation include former US president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, former U.S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, CNN Chief Ted Turner, financier George Soros and Google founder Larry Page.
The Norway Post |
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Christie Brinkley settles NY divorce case
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Christie Brinkley's fiercely combative divorce trial ended Thursday following a week of salacious testimony about her fourth husband's affair with a teenager and his Internet porn proclivities.
Arizona Daily Star |
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Apple Web service falters on eve of iPhone launch
By JESSICA MINTZ SEATTLE (AP) -- Apple Inc.'s new data synching service got off to a rocky start Thursday, as some users were denied access to their accounts just hours before the next-generation iPhone is slated to go on sale.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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News highlights
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he will recommend that the nation's largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet.
The Oregonian |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 11th Jan 2006 18:04 UTC
Tests at Microsoft's Linux lab show that counting the raw number of security updates required by the various operating system flavors is not as meaningful as examining the efficiency of the update process.
New Mobile Computing |
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Apple's new iPhone lights up Asian shelves
(Adds Hong Kong's launch, analyst, exec comments)
Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News |
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11-year-old Everett girl keeps tabs on all the neighborhood news
There I was, notebook in hand, midway through an interview with Drew Williams. She suddenly sat up a bit straighter, then turned the tables on me. "I have a few questions to ask you," she said.
Everett Herald |
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Math investigations
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The Dickinson Press |
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'Ban town halls from selling voter data'
A wide-ranging clampdown on the sources of junk mail, cold-calling and spam email was proposed by an official report today.
Independent |
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Roommate killer sent to prison for life
A 64-year-old Southeast Portland man who fatally shot two of his housemates, then hacked one of the bodies apart, will die an old man in prison.
The Oregonian |
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