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Top Headlines
Between long lines, sellouts and activation problems, patience was key for local shoppers looking to purchase the coveted iPhone 3G released by Apple Inc. on Friday.
The Sun Chronicle |
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Recent Original Stories
"Recently a blog post entitled 'Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy' has come across my feed-radar a few times. It's yet another in the long line of 'Linux ain't ready yet' jeremiads and it doesn't really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why?"
New Mobile Computing |
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Collinsville siblings accepted to Cybercave Academy
Collinsville High School students Alison Howard, 15, and Ryan Howard, 14, will be attending the fifth year of CyberCave Academies at Murray State University.
Collinsville Herald |
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West Nile case confirmed here
The West Nile virus made its way to La Crescenta this week in the first confirmed case for the year in the Foothills.
La Cañada Valley Sun |
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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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Recent Original Stories
Here is an article that reviews the new features found in Xfce 4.4. Provides in details new features found in Thunar, new applets like Orage, and new abliities like built in compositing and ability to add desktop icons. Screenshots galore as well.
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 1st Jul 2007 15:21 UTC
Sometimes, Apple's (or any other software maker's) complete lack of respect for usability never ceases to amaze me. Take today for example. Apart from the close, minimise, and " maximise " widgets Apple places on window decors, there is also a fourth widget programmers on the Apple platform can use.
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Oct 2005 20:38 UTC, submitted by LogError
As promised, Microsoft on Tuesday issued nine separate security patches , fixing vulnerabilities in DirectX, Exchange, Internet Explorer, and Windows itself. Three of the fixes were deemed "critical," four "important," and two "moderate".
OS News |
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Becoming a locavore
Lisa Sherrodd’s habit of eating locally started 10 years ago when she traded a computer for a goat.
Rapid City Journal |
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Can’t Find a Parking Spot? Check Smartphone
San Francisco is preparing to undertake the nation’s most ambitious trial of a wireless sensor network that will announce which parking spaces are free at any moment.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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iPhone Users Plagued by Software Problems
Apple suffered network gridlock as the first buyers of the iPhone 3G tried to activate their purchases.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Guardian Buys Publisher of PaidContent Web Site
Guardian News and Media, the publisher of two British newspapers, purchased the homegrown media company ContentNext for a reported $30 million.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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New York Magazine Buys MenuPages Site
New York Media, the magazine’s publisher, bought MenuPages.com for an undisclosed price, and will maintain it as a stand-alone Web site.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Apple’s Toy, and Other Thoughts
Thoughts about the new iPhone, an eye-popping, all-electric roadster and the self-serving gripes and paranoia of the Bear Stearns brass.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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F.C.C. Chief Would Bar Comcast From Imposing Web Restrictions
Kevin J. Martin’s recommendation is a strong statement in favor of network neutrality, the idea that Internet access providers should not be allowed to favor some uses of their networks over others.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Far-flung friends trained via Internet
PORTAGE -- The last three years of Tracy Kinney's life have been consumed by parenthood and coffee.
The Kalamazoo Gazette |
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Electronics stolen from St. Joseph school
David Kraft, technology instructor at the St. Joseph campus of Calvert Catholic Schools, reported Thursday afternoon three video iPods and two iBook laptop computers were stolen from the school.
The Advertiser-Tribune |
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Software exporters drive Sensex lower, rupee up
MUMBAI: India’s stock benchmark fell yesterday. Infosys Technologies led software exporters lower on concern demand will slow in the US, their largest market, after analysts predicted Cisco Systems Inc and Intel Corp would suffer a fall in sales.
Gulf Times |
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Wis. paper cuts print editions, focuses on Web
MILWAUKEE (AP) - In a bid to offset slumping ad sales and rising costs, The Daily Telegram in Superior, Wis., said Thursday it will publish the majority of its 118-year-old paper on the Internet starting this fall.
The Bismarck Tribune |
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'Rock Band 2' to include new online modes, songs
LOS ANGELES -- "Rock Band" is ready for an encore. A sequel to the play-along music game that redefined the genre last year will be released first for the Xbox 360 in September, according to publisher MTV Games and developer Harmonix.
The Pantagraph |
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Computer model may assess risks of older drivers
AMHERST, MASS. -- In 2003, an 86-year-old man plowed his Buick Le Sabre into a farmers market in Santa Monica, Calif., killing 10 and injuring more than 70.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Recent Original Stories
Computer Guru has a theoretical solution to the Intel-Macs-Won't-Boot-Windows problem . All you need, according to him, is a set of Acronis applications, a clean install of Windows XP on another computer, Vista boot files, bcdedit, a Windows Vista DVD, and of course an Intel Mac. Please note that all of his ideas are pure theory, as he does not own a MacBook Pro or Intel iMac.
New Mobile Computing |
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A recent post about Firefox
and my general view of corporations and organizations has caused a bit of a stir. It even caught the attention of Asa Dotzler . He said "It's really hard for me to believe that either [Microsoft or Adobe] have the free and open Web at heart when they're actively subverting it with closed technologies like Flash and Silverlight."
New Mobile Computing |
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FCC may set precedent by punishing Comcast for blocked Web access
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 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 Pantagraph |
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Frenzy subdued, but line still forms for new iPhone
A very, very pregnant and very, very patient Lynn Hoffman waited for two sets of twins Friday — twin babies and twin Apple iPhones.
Pioneer Press |
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