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Blog: Afghanistan today, a slideshow
Source: IRIN A man takes his tea. He dips a piece of bread in the glass. His foot rests next to a ceramic kettle – number 8. These and many more are from IRIN's latest slideshow, which features 31 pictures, all portraits of modern Afghanistan. They are new, fresh and you have not seen them yet. You can use them for free, just read our terms and conditions of use.
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Fired library aide claims wrongful termination
VISALIA -- A library aide who lost her job with Tulare County has filed a claim for wrongful termination alleging she was fired for calling police to say she saw a patron viewing child pornography on a library computer.
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NICTA invests $290,000 in EU collaboration
Research organisation NICTA has joined an international collaboration that aims to improve online data transfer.
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IBM to invest $1.5B in N.Y., add 1,000 jobs
Armonk-based IBM Corp. yesterday announced a $1.5 billion investment in its facilities in New York, including a pledge to retain jobs at its East Fishkill plant and upgrade the Dutchess County facility.
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Asus unleashes F8Va laptop with HD3650 graphics, reviews and prices roll in
Filed under: Laptops Leave it to Asus to bust out a nice laptop that we can't have -- yet. The new F8Va , released in Korea only for now, packs an Intel Core Duo T9400 at 2.53GHz, 4GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM, a 320GB SATA spinner, ATI Radeon HD3650 GPU, and a 14-inch WXGA screen at 1440 x 900. To top it off, the F8Va includes a Blu-Ray combo drive, 1.3 megapixel camera, and HDMI out. It's ...
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MormonTimes.com: The devil made me post it
An intercepted e-mail exchange between two demons from the underworld offers some perspective about online comments -- and church counsel about how to strike up a positive gospel dialogue online.
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T-Online steigt ein
Der T-Online Venture Fund beteiligt sich an der Flugsuchmaschine. Swoodoo-Chef Christian Saller freut sich über das Investment. T-Venture, eine 100-prozentige Tochter der Deutschen Telekom, steigt über den T-Online Venture Fund mit zwei Millionen Euro bei dem Münchner Internet-Unternehmen ein.
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Videogame console giants jockey for throne
A woman tries the Wii Fit games console. Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are waging battle at the Electronics Entertainment Expo, each claiming to be the true king of videogame consoles in a booming multi-billion dollar industry
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Mobissimo introduces collaborative community in partnership with Thingfo
Mobissimo is to feature a collaborative community with the introduction of MobiFriends. For the initiative, travel search engine entered into an alliance with Thingfo.
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Daily/Weekly Email Digest
SMBs: New Challenges for VoIP by Tom Flanagan and Fred Zimmerman Selling computer or communication technology to global enterprises bears little similarity to selling to SMBs.
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SMBs: New Challenges for VoIP
Alcatel-Lucent announced its commitment and support for MPLS-Transport Profile (MPLS-TP), building on the standardization efforts by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Enhancing MPLS with transport operational practices - including operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) and ...
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06:53 (BST), 16/07/2008 Sony at E3 Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS NOT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (EMBARGO LIFTS ...
– Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) held its annual press conference today at the E3 Media & Business Summit, making a series of announcements which demonstrated the strength of the PlayStation brand across all three of its platforms and further leveraged the heritage and momentum of PlayStation’s family of products to provide consumers with more compelling entertainment options than ...
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Public sector partnership key for broadband investment
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant BT said that a partnership with the public sector could see customers in Wales being among the first in the UK to benefit for a £1.5bn investment in high-speed internet access.
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06:50 (BST), 16/07/2008 PS3/PSP video delivery service Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS NOT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ...
– Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today launches the company’s new video delivery service on PLAYSTATION®Store for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems in the United States.
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Google-Yahoo tie-up draws fire on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A proposed online advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo drew fire at a Senate antitrust hearing Tuesday even as both companies defended the alliance as positive for consumers and businesses.
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iHome launches ZN9 clock radio for Microsoft Zune
iHome on Tuesday announced the launch of its newest alarm stereo clock radio, the ZN9 Dual-Alarm Stereo Clock Radio. It is the first ever clock radio made to work with Microsoft's Zune digital media player, allowing users to wake up to music playing from the Zune and through the ZN9's speakers, any preset station on the built-in AM/FM tuner or the ...
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Fresno Unified teams with HP in laptop deal
One of the biggest computer makers in the United States turned to an unlikely source to help design its latest wireless laptop -- the Fresno Unified School District.
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DAILY EXPRESS NEWS
Kota Kinabalu : Students face immediate expulsion if found to be involved in plagiarism (copying all or parts of the work of others), said Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Vice Chancellor Prof. Datuk Dr. Kamaruzaman Hj Ampong.
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Intel profit jumps 25#x25
Intel Corp.'s second-quarter profit jumped 25 percent, as blossoming sales of laptop chips helped the company cruise past Wall Street's estimates Tuesday.
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Seeking to bolster Flash and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) application development, Adobe is working on "Gumbo," the next version of the Flex platform.
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Apple has bought
the CUPS code base, and has hired it's lead developer. " CUPS was written by Michael R Sweet, an owner of Easy Software Products. In February of 2007 Apple Inc. hired Michael and acquired ownership the CUPS source code.
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AP Financial NewsBrief at 1:41 a.m. EDT
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ A South Korean court convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on Wednesday for evading taxes and fined him 110 billion won ($109 million), but said his crimes did not justify a prison term.
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Libraries get Internet upgrade
PATERSON -- By the fall, visitors to the city's four public libraries can expect an expanded number of computers, faster Internet access and a series of new training and workshop sessions to develop computer skills, paid for through a two-year $124,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Hacked iPhone 3G causes security concerns
Reports have emerged today that Apple’s much-hyped iPhone 3G has been hacked only five days after its world-wide release.
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Spam surged in second quarter, US remains biggest culprit
Spam significantly increased in the second quarter of 2008, security vendor Sophos reported today.
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