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Longing for an Apple today
Early reviews have raved about the new iPhone 3G although the reviewers do moan about the shortish battery life and the poor 2 megapixel camera. Allan Jackson finds out more.
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Board fires Lewis coach for viewing 'soft porn' at work
FORT WALTON BEACH - The Okaloosa County School Board fired a Lewis Middle School coach for inappropriate use of a district computer and displaying nude pictures of himself online.
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Acer goes big with new monitor
Acer has unveiled the new P243W LCD monitor, a widescreen display designed for the home or small office environment.
Independent Online |
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Facebook is SA firms' best friend
Local companies are taking advantage of social networking website Facebook as a cheaper and more efficient way of marketing their businesses.
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Dell's $300 Subnotebook Expected Next Month
Competition in the subnotebook market will soon be heating up even more, as the Dell E will reportedly be released next month.
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New transceivers extend optical fibre Ethernet range
Network hardware vendors HP ProCurve and Allied Telesis have launched new optical transceivers designed to extend the range of gigabit and 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) optical fibre connections.
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New Jersey Resources Third-Quarter Earnings Teleconference to Be Broadcast Live on the Web
WALL, N.J.----New Jersey Resources invites investors, customers, members of the financial community and other interested parties to listen to a live Internet webcast of its third-quarter fiscal 2008 earnings results teleconference on Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at 2 p.m.
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Cavalier to Broadcast Its Second Quarter Conference Call Live on the Internet
ADDISON, Ala.----Cavalier Homes, Inc. today announced that it plans to provide an online simulcast of its second quarter 2008 conference call on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The Company currently expects to release its results for the second quarter and six months ended June 28, 2008 after the market closes on Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
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ETS apologises for online marking blunders – again
Sorry seems to be the hardest word ETS Europe, the school exam contractor, has been slammed by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) following revelations of marking delays brought on in part by technical cock-ups at the firm.…
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NY spammer hit with 30-month prison sentence
A Brooklyn man receives 30-month prison sentence for sending unsolicited marketing e-mail to the e-mail addresses of nearly 1.3 million AOL subscribers.
CNET |
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University Investigating Air Conditioned Computer Chips
Experimental system, which flushes a refrigerant through tiny channels cut into chips, would be a fivefold increase over the heat-removing abilities of existing systems.
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Recent Original Stories
"Due to the recent media hype surrounding the new MacBooks and the lack of actual experimentation, I decided to take matters into my own hands. Since I work in the IT department of a factory that uses all Dell computers, I was able to borrow a brand new Dell Latitude D620 for a few hours.
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Virginia Gilbert: Oil-Free President Network Politics, Street Corner St Louis
The gathering here is an example of the way politics is changing, as supporters both use and bypass mainstream media and traditional political groups, mixing online networking with old-style street demonstrations.
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NY spammer hit with 30-month prison sentence
A Brooklyn man receives 30-month prison sentence for sending unsolicited marketing e-mail to the e-mail addresses of nearly 1.3 million AOL subscribers.
CNET |
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Get Your Computer Back in the Fast Lane
(ARA) - Does your computer take forever to load programs or change pages when you're surfing the Internet? Have you ever been in the middle of writing an e-mail only to have the screen freeze and force you to reboot and lose all your work?
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Internet Resources Empower Long-distance Caregivers
(ARA) - John is 82 and lives in Manhattan. Since the death of his brother, he regularly checks on his 87-year-old sister-in-law who lives about 90 minutes away. She has dementia and needs help with daily needs. An aide lives with her, but John is concerned the help is getting burned out.
Richfield Reaper |
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Facebook blunder exposes personal details
Facebook has accidentally revealed personal information about its members. The social networking site divulged the dates of birth of many of its 80 million active users, even those who had requested that the information remained confidential.
Infomatics |
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Microsoft opens up Live Mesh
It just got a little easier to get into Ray Ozzie's cloud.
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Harmonic Vision Launches Initiative to Help Piano Teachers Integrate Technology into the Studio
CHICAGO----Harmonic Vision, developer of the Music Ace family of music education software, today announced a multi-part initiative to help piano teachers incorporate computer-aided instruction into their private studios.
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Recent Original Stories
"If Microsoft offers a superior product to Linux then why would they need a 'Get the Facts' campaign? Just about any time a major publication runs a story about Linux, Microsoft gets them to place a 'Get the Facts' advertisement nearby and often right in the middle of the story.
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IBM Invests Billions to Develop Operations
IBM plans to promote nanotechnology research and to create and retain jobs in New York with an investment of 1.5 billion dollars
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APCMag sums up the information we already have on Windows 7 .
"We're still in the long dark before 7's dawn, but the earliest signs are encouraging: a new streamlined kernel, an inbuilt VM for running old software, a revised and simplified UI... There's every chance that Microsoft intends Windows 7 to rise from the ashes of Vista and be what Mac OS X was for Apple."
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Rapid Link Completes Acquisitions of iBroadband Networks and iBroadband of Texas
Rapid Link, Incorporated, a leading provider of Broadband and Diversified Communication Services, announced today that it has acquired the assets of iBroadband Networks, Inc. and iBroadband of Texas.
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Nationally Known Homeland Security Veteran Joins Wayne County Community College District
James Marcinkowski, a nationally known veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , U.S. Navy Intelligence Operations and the Central Intelligence Agency , has joined the Wayne County Community College District as its top homeland security consultant.
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Online Learning Leader Advanced Academics, Inc. to Hold Inaugural Users' Conference
OKLAHOMA CITY----Advanced Academics, Inc., a leading online education provider, today announced plans to host its inaugural Users’ Conference July 18-19 in Oklahoma City. Conference attendees will include district superintendents, program administrators, and proctors from more than a dozen Advanced Academics partner school districts across the country.
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