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Internet Users New Scam Artist Targets
The deals are eye-catching. Like the ones which make a pitch for deal-hungry consumers to dole out a comparatively small amount of money for something really worthwhile -- like a new laptop computer or a high-definition TV.
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Couples plan weddings with click of a mouse
CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - Susan and Mark Golebiowski found love on an Internet dating site, so it was only appropriate that when the couple started planning their June wedding they turned to the Web.
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Apple's lawsuit against Psystar examined
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Apple_s_lawsuit_against_Psystar_examined'; So we just got our hands on the complaint Apple filed against Psystar for building off-label Mac clones, and as expected, Steve and friends aren't pulling any punches -- in addition to the eight total claims, request for a permanent injunction, and money damages, Apple wants ...
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Student focuses on Sudan
Kamel Nuri is appearing on Western Illinois University's WIUS radio this summer to tell others about his home country. "Focus On the Sudan" airs Wednesdays and Fridays from 6-7 p.m. on 88.3 FM and at www.883thedog.com. Nuri is enrolled this summer in the WESL Institute to polish his English skills before heading to Illinois State University in the fall to pursue a degree in computer science.
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VISTA - Java error
Submitted by ambassadorworld on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 16:42. Tags: When I try to install the Java 6.0 update 7 on my Hewlett Packard computer with Windows Vista Home Premium and I repeatedly get the same error 1101. JAVA does NOT post any way to fix this error 1101 for VISTA on the JAVA website.
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Chirp Interactive Joins thePlatform
thePlatform, the leading broadband video management and publishing company, today announced that it has acquired assets from San Francisco-based Chirp Interactive, Inc., a provider of social media applications.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Gaming Companies Wow 'Em With Upgrades
During their flashy press conferences, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony all announced plans for more games, more sequels, more exclusives, more connectivity and more ways for gamers to use their systems for stuff other than gaming.
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Interface, Inc. To Broadcast Second Quarter 2008 Conference Call Over the Internet
Interface, Inc. announced today that it intends to release its second quarter 2008 results on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, after the close of the market.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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'World's Greatest Dad' arrested as sex predator in Michigan
A Michigan man has been arrested for using the internet to arrange a meeting to have sex with a 14-year–old girl. Daniel Everett of Clarkston, Michigan was caught by an undercover agent after propositioning what he thought was a teenage girl for sex.
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Newspaper reports Microsoft, AOL continue talks
Executives from Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL are trying to advance discussions on a possible combination that could give the software maker an alternative to a deal with Yahoo Inc., a newspaper reported Wednesday.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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SENEGAL: Deadly lead recycling industry cripples Dakar neighbourhood
Source: IRIN In the Dakar suburb of Thiaroye/Mer earlier this year 22 children died from lead poisoning over a three month period and in June a further 31 children were found to have potentially lethal levels of lead in their blood. While these children undergo emergency medical treatment, the government now faces the daunting task of identifying further victims, covering the exorbitant cost ...
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Technology & Gadgets
The original iPhone was a tremendous first effort but it was also crucially flawed and expensive. Now Apple's back for a second bite and the new version, iPhone 3G, addresses some complaints but ignores others.
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has warned users of Red Hat Linux that they will have to pay Microsoft for its intellectual property. "People who use Red Hat, at least with respect to our intellectual property, in a sense have an obligation to compensate us," Ballmer said last week at a company event in London discussing online services in the UK.
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Video Blogging Is Not The Frontier You Might Expect
Text style blogging that has become the everyday common expectation of the way blogging is, has been going steady now for the better part of ten years. Now we have things like Twitter, which many refer to as micro-blogging and is, regardless of things like Twhirl, still a text based medium. Even FriendFeed, which is [...]
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th Mar 2006 11:22 UTC, submitted by Rahu
Red Hat is going through a growth spurt as companies become more comfortable with its software as an alternative to Windows and profits fuel the expansion, executives with the developer of open source software said Tuesday. Profitability expanded even as Red Hat grew to more than 1200 employees.
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Can Consumers Still Afford Intel (INTC) Inside?
In this BusinessWeek article, we receive a solid report on Intel's (INTC: sentiment, chart, options) second-quarter earnings release...( Read More )
Schaeffers Research |
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Recent Original Stories
"Free software is great, and corporate America loves it. It's often high-quality stuff that can be downloaded free off the Internet and then copied at will. It's versatile - it can be customized to perform almost any large-scale computing task - and it's blessedly crash-resistant.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 19th May 2006 20:13 UTC
Ars reviews the new MacBook , and concludes: "Apple's new consumer level laptop is full of new features (iSight, widescreen display, MagSafe power connector, optical audio connections, etc.) and the prices are reasonable.
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Wireless microphones flap causing static
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 (12:45 p.m.) Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices.
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ISU reports laptop with students' info stolen
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - A laptop computer containing personal information about more than 2,500 current and former Indiana State University students was stolen from a professor as he traveled in southern Indiana, school officials said.
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COMMENTARY: Apple should clone the iPhone
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Should Apple Inc. open up its iPhone software? It's easy enough to argue it should, given the history of the personal computer. Steve Jobs and company became the first to turn into a hot product the computer interface innovations of the Xerox PARC Alto using a mouse to point and click on windows and drop-down menus.
Embedded Systems Programming Magazine |
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Oracle Patches 45 Vulnerabilities
BEA joins the quarterly roundup for Oracle critical patch update.
InternetNews.com |
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Report: Microsoft in Talks for a Deal With AOL
AOL and Microsoft are talking about an online deal, according to news reports.
PC World |
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Time Warner, Yahoo Up On Report Of AOL Talks
Shares in Time Warner rose 4.7 percent Wednesday after Reuters reported that talks to sell its AOL Internet unit to Yahoo or Microsoft have heated up ahead of Yahoo's Aug. 1 shareholders meeting.
InformationWeek |
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Local cops investigate data theft; Guardsmen warned to take precautions.
As many as 2,000 Missouri National Guard troops and their families have discovered that information such as their names, Social Security numbers and military ranks have been compromised after a piece of computer hardware was stolen from a car in Columbia over the weekend
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