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Local and international press digest
The Sunday Times reports on a do-it-yourself abortion package which can be procured through the internet and quotes the president of the Malta College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists describing the importation of such drugs as an extremely dangerous game.
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Datebook
MONDAY [7-14] Computers 101 -- Getting to Know My Computer, 6 p.m. Business Ownership Initiative of Indiana, 4755 Kingsway Drive, Suite 314. Registration required. $10. Call (317) 917-3266, ext. 100.
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Recent Original Stories
"Can the ordinary computer user ditch Windows for Linux? The question came up when I decided that my six-year-old version of Microsoft's Windows operating system had to be replaced. My Sony Vaio computer was still too young for the trash heap.
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NNU to host groups at community fair
NAMPA -- Northwest Nazarene University invites Treasure Valley businesses, churches and other interested organizations to take part in the campus Community Fair on Aug. 22.The event will be in conjunction with new student orientation and is a time when local organizations will have the opportunity to meet and address up to 300 new NNU students. Tables will be furnished as will wireless Internet ...
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All-Star tix going for whopping 10G
The Midsummer Classic is the hottest ticket in sports, with Internet sites and ticket brokers peddling prime Yankee Stadium field-level seats for more than $10,000. Bleacher seats were going for a low-end price of $450.
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Brizzi is starting to think about running again
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi last week joined a group of Indianapolis Star staffers -- columnists Matthew Tully and John Ketzenberger, opinions editor Tim Swarens and computer-assisted reporting coordinator Mark Nichols -- at the latest installment of Dialogue & Dogs. The event, held at King David Dogs, 15 N. Pennsylvania St., features a different newsmaker meeting with Star writers and ...
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O'Brien: Here's how I'd like to see Microsoft, Yahoo, Icahn make a deal
The standoff is over. Shareholder activist Carl Icahn is going to win his proxy fight with Jerry Yang and seize control of Yahoo.
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Marathon raises €80,000 in first half
The Ohloq Tbissima Marathon being organised by ĊAM Productions international raised €82,887 by 2030CEST on Satuday – with 30 hours yet to go. Ohloq Tbissima is being broadcast on Melita Cable Channel 30 u Education 22, with various transmissions on NET TV, ONE TV, TVM and Smash TV. It is also being streamed live on the Internet on www.di-ve.com and from time to time there are links with local ...
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Unlikely ace for online gambling
Barney Frank does not play poker or blackjack. The games bore him, and he thinks he would be terrible at them even if he tried. He's never played a slot machine, doesn't go to casinos, and has never tried to gamble online.
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posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 11th Jul 2002 19:00 UTC
KDE 3 was released only a few months ago, and it is, to date, the most successful version of the series, serving more than 50% of the Unix and Linux desktops, surpassing Gnome (~21%) and the rest of the gang.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Oct 2006 21:05 UTC
Nick McGrath, Microsoft's head of platform strategy, is at the spearhead of the software giant's attempts to head off the open source danger.
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Linked by Andrew Youll on Mon 29th Aug 2005 10:12 UTC, submitted by Nate Behlendorff
In this short interview , Ubuntu Linux founder and space tourist Mark Shuttleworth discusses the intended users of Ubuntu, why he chose to base it on Debian, and what the future holds for Linux on the desktop. Ubuntu is growing rapidly - and Shuttleworth is the man at the controls.
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Film camp may help local teens find career
When Megan Caraher, 14, learned film crews were shooting a movie based off her favorite book “Twilight,” a vampire love story, she headed straight for her computer.
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Drew's trial rescheduled for October
Lori Drew's trial has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 7, in federal court in Los Angeles, and in the meantime, she has agreed not to possess or have access to any device with Internet access.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 11th Oct 2007 22:25 UTC
Earlier this week, Mandriva released Mandriva Linux 2008.0, the latest version of their flagship Linux distribution. Mandriva was so kind as to provide me with a copy of Mandriva Linux 2008.0 PowerPack , the commercial version.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Apr 2006 17:13 UTC
Microsoft has a big surprise planned for not just those of its own customers using virtualization, but for those in the open-source community as well.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 23rd Jan 2008 22:07 UTC
With Linux on the desktop going from a slow crawl to verging on an explosion, many have toiled with the question: How do we make this happen faster? A well-known Austin-based Linux Advocate thinks he has the answer .
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Film camp may help local teens find career
When Megan Caraher, 14, learned film crews were shooting a movie based off her favorite book “Twilight,” a vampire love story, she headed straight for her computer.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 5th Jan 2007 23:25 UTC
"There's been radio chatter this week of a possible new addition to the Windows family: a 'Home Server' . If the chatter is right, Microsoft will unveil it at CES, which kicks off next week. 'Home Server', according to my sources, is about centralized storage, home automation and security."
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Six promotes Internet safety
Kansans now have another way to practice safe Internet surfing. Kansas Attorney General Stephen Six on Thursday launched a new Web site geared toward giving Kansas kids, parents and consumers tips and tools to make their Internet experience as safe as possible.
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St. Charles County senior news for July 11-17
Senior centers St. Charles Senior Center 1455 Fairgrounds Road 636-949-0658 July 11: Bingo, 12 p.m.; entertainment June 14: Wood carving, 9 a.m. July 15: Bridge, 9 a.m.; computer class, 9 a.m.; line dancing, 9:15 a.m.
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Monitor Position & Ergonomic Tips
The position of the monitor can have an impact on your comfort while working on a computer. If you are experiencing neck, shoulder or back pain, or if you have eye strain or tension headaches, the following tips may help relieve computer-related discomfort.
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NEW: Court forces county to hand over porn found on employeeâ€s computer
Madison County has been told to surrender pornographic images discovered on the computer of a former top administrator accused of harassing his assistant.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 12th Jan 2007 00:36 UTC
Axiotron, together with distribution partner Other World Computing, is drawing huge crowds at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco this week, as attendees flock to take its new Mac OS X-based 'ModBook' tablet computer for a test run.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 17th Oct 2005 17:07 UTC
While Build 5232 was released today to testers , WinSuperSite continues its review of build 5231. "Windows Vista Build 5231 could have been horrible and I'd still be happy about it, because we're finally getting regular Windows Vista builds.
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