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RedOctane execs on a roll with "Guitar Hero"
There were a lot of questions surrounding the "Guitar Hero" videogame when it first came out. Would gamers agree to pony up extra money for the special guitar-shaped controller needed to play it? Would the music industry agree to license master tracks? Would the addition of downloadable content be successful?
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 4th Nov 2006 21:56 UTC
Some interesting bits of his blog entry in which De Icaza replies to emails he has received concerning the Novell-Microsoft deal : "I do not know of any patents which Mono infringes. (...)
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posted by David Adams on Wed 25th Sep 2002 15:53 UTC
The information that I could find on the web about Sprint ’s new '3G' high-speed data service was a little short on solid information, so I spoke with Kevin Packingham, Senior Manager of Business Marketing for SprintPCS’ new Vision service.
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Recent Original Stories
"The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0 , codenamed etch, after 21 months of constant development.
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posted by Tyler Bancroft on Tue 20th Jan 2004 21:00 UTC
I've been using laptops for a long time now. Not exclusively, but I've got plenty of experience with them. When it comes to hardware, laptops are nothing like any other systems. They use different motherboards, different graphics cards.
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Rutherford reaches pinnacle
TEAM PLAYER? APPLY TODAY! Office staff person, answer phones, staff clients, On-call on rotation, Computer skills. Team player. Fax Resume to 98 ... >MORE
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LAKE ELSINORE: Videos of council meetings to be put online
LAKE ELSINORE ---- Lake Elsinore City Council meetings will be broadcast, or "streamed," on the city's new Web site, a months-in-the-works reboot that will be launched later this year. Streaming meetings online allows anyone with Internet access to w
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Yuma RV inventory goes global
Record gas prices have driven some savvy businessmen to seek a detour around spiraling fuel expenses. And while overseas sales might be an exit to profitability, recent exports of an RV lot is largely accelerated by its Web page, says a Yuma dealer.
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This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
MarioPaint Composer Builds Your Digital Mario Opus (Windows and Mac) "Free application MarioPaint Composer is a remake of the old-school Mario Paint game for the Super NES, but this one runs on your...
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Who might be keeping watch on what you're watching?
On 2 July, a US district judge, Louis L Stanton, lobbed a grenade into the cosy world of social networking, user-generated content and so-called 'cloud' computing. He ordered Google to turn over to Viacom all of its logs relating to viewing of YouTube video clips since the search engine giant acquired the video hosting site in November 2006. That amounts to 12 terabytes (or more than 12 ...
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Doctors rage at being rated online
Hoteliers, restaurateurs and artists have known the tension for years. They unveil their work and then stand back to await an avalanche of either praise or derision from the public, the critics and, more recently, an army of bloggers. Now the nation's doctors are about to be exposed to the same sometimes arbitrary process of internet democracy. A website launching today, iwantgreatcare.org , ...
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Why Do We Have To Restart Routers?
jaypaulw writes "I've owned a WRT54G, some cheap D-Link home Wi-Fi/firewall/routers, and now an Apple Airport Extreme (100/10 ethernet ports). In the context of the discussion about the worst uses of Windows — installation in places where an embedded device is superior — I've gotten to wondering why it's necessary to reboot these devices so frequently, like every few days. It seems like routers, ...
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Recent Original Stories
Is the world ready for another community Linux distro? That's the question being asked and answered today at the 4th Annual Desktop Linux Summit. Once known as a community-supported alternative to the Linspire distribution, the Freespire name is about to rise again from the ashes of obscurity -- only this time as a distro completely sponsored and endorsed by Linspire itself.
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Google and CodeWeavers are working together
to bring Google's popular Windows Picasa photo editing and sharing program to Linux. The program is now in a limited beta test. If this program is successful, other Google applications will be following it to the Linux desktop, sources say.
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Spotlight: It just got boring and robotic
WHAT started out as a casual conversation in an Internet chat room turned into a lifestyle for 27-year-old Karen (not her real name). Karen met fellow chatter, Matt (not his real name), when she was chatting in an online group for Kuala Lumpur residents called, "KLights".
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Sex education: Does teaching abstinence work?
Dan Bailey was working a high-paying job in computer marketing in Dallas when he decided to give it all up to spread the message of abstinence to teenagers.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 14th Jan 2006 03:26 UTC
What is the best way to think of software development? Is it science? Is it art? Is it craft? Is it something else entirely? Read Steve McConnell's article here .
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 21st Nov 2005 09:29 UTC
"While it's not my distribution of choice, Mandriva 2006 definitely has some serious allure to new and experienced desktop Linux users alike.
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Mid-Michigan has gone iPhone crazy
The latest and greatest technological craze is now available. Apple's new iPhone 3G hit the market this morning, but getting your hands on one won't be easy.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th Jul 2005 17:32 UTC
The head of Open Source Development Labs, Stuart Cohen, has added weight to rumours of greater collaboration between Microsoft and the open source community.
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Don’t rush things
I AM a 19 year-old-girl studying at a local private university. About two months ago, I met P through the Internet and we became close friends. He used to call me frequently and we spent hours talking on the phone.
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"Castle Crashers"
After a mention of this in the Doom XBLA thread I did a search in the forum and on the main EG site to no avail. Google to the rescue - it looks rather splendid fun, and exactly what XBLA should be used for more often.
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Preferred requirements:
Previous experience using Microstation Plantspace P&ID in an engineering environment. Use of Microsoft Access and/or Excel and Word. Previous experience on the RPP-WTP Project in Richland, Washington or another government nuclear waste processing facility.
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Report identifies chips, functions in iPhone 3G
Following the initial teardown photos, TechOnline has identified each chip component on the iPhone 3G motherboard -- including the associated manufacturers and functionalities of each. The report says that choices are surprising for some of the upgraded communication components and outside of some basic design tweaks, the iPhone 3G is very similar ...
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Bank looks into penny-pilfering, cent-skimming computer
Feel like you've been gouged? Got a problem in your neighborhood? Contact whistleblower@star tribune.com or 612-673-4271. Read more and sound off at www.startribune.com/whistleblower
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