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Airport advertising program helping all involved while turning heads
Advertisements are popping up in airports in at the security checkpoint — in the same bins where you place your shoes and laptop. Online shoe retailer Zappos.com has 3D ads plastered to the bottom of the bins in nearly all of the 14 airports participating in the pilot program, including Tulsa International Airport. "For us, it really made sense. People are placing their shoes and accessories in ...
The Oklahoman |
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Collinsville siblings accepted to Cybercave Academy
Collinsville High School students Alison Howard, 15, and Ryan Howard, 14, will be attending the fifth year of CyberCave Academies at Murray State University.
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Update by Thom:
Microsoft is facing an early crisis of confidence in the quality of its Windows Vista operating system as computer security researchers and hackers have begun to find potentially serious flaws in the system that was released to corporate customers late last month.
OS News |
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Google's YouTube teams with Lions Gate
Google said Wednesday that its YouTube video site will partner with Lions Gate Entertainment to share revenue from ads placed on clips from the studio's movies.
The News & Observer |
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Matsushita to spend over $950 mn on battery plant
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd will invest more than 100 billion yen ($950 million) to build a lithium-ion battery plant in Japan to meet robust demand for their use in electronic devices.
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Becoming a locavore
Lisa Sherrodd’s habit of eating locally started 10 years ago when she traded a computer for a goat.
Rapid City Journal |
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Sony Computer Entertainment
SCEE boss David Reeves has revealed that the 80GB PlayStation 3 SKU, which was confirmed for North America in the E3 Sony press conference on Tuesday, will arrive into Europe on August 27, although the video download service will not make it across the Atlantic.
gamesindustry.biz |
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Omantel unveils fixed line, Internet offers
17 July 2008 MUSCAT -- Oman Telecommunications Company, the diamond sponsor of the 2008 Salalah Tourism Festival, unveiled yesterday new promotional offers covering its services for current and new subscribers.
Zawya |
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Thuraya launches broadband terminal
17 July 2008 ABU DHABI - A new A-5 sized 444 kbps broadband terminal with advanced video streaming capability is the new competitive product launched by Thuraya, world leading mobile satellite operator, as part of its ongoing products innovation strategy.
Zawya |
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N.C. libraries get $1.6 million from Gates
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced this week that it will offer $8.1 million in grants to help public libraries in 11 states, including North Carolina, to improve and sustain free access to computers.
The News & Observer |
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It's lightning season; use surge protectors
With the summer lightning season at its peak, Progress Energy officials are urging homeowners to use plug-in surge suppressors to protect expensive electronic equipment such as computers and high-definition televisions. Customers are also urged to c
The News & Observer |
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Mark Czerwinski: It's time for some fishing!
Sometime this afternoon, I plan to put the finishing touches on a story or two, turn off my computer and begin four of weeks of glorious vacation time. Translation: a wonderful month of fishing, fishing and more fishing.
The Record |
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More tempered view of Obama is evident as Web activists gather
It was barely five years ago when the word "netroots" first surfaced as a description of grass-roots activists who pushed their political agendas on the Internet, especially through blogs.
Pioneer Press |
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Telling Tales
Things I will do this week at Tales of the Cocktail: Meet people from all over the world. Go to as many panels as possible. Write down all the best jokes. Take the tiniest of sips. Attend a Spirited Dinner. And blog. A lot.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Telling Tales
Things I will do this week at Tales of the Cocktail: Meet people from all over the world. Go to as many panels as possible. Write down all the best jokes. Take the tiniest of sips. Attend a Spirited Dinner. And blog. A lot.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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by (Staff) on Fri 16th Dec 2005 16:05 UTC in reply to " Slashdotted..copy post part 1 "
5. Grid/Utility Computing Ah, yes! The grandure and allure of becoming a utility company. You get to be a monopoly and no one can do a damn thing about it. The IBMs, Suns and the HPs of this world simply love the idea.
New Mobile Computing |
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Online Ad Leads Police To Suspected Brothel
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- After responding to an online advertisement during an undercover investigation, Jacksonville police arrested on Wednesday three people in connection with a suspected brothel on the Westside.
WJXT Jacksonville |
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Recent Original Stories
InfoWorld's Randall Kennedy has been using a converted Windows Server 2008 as his primary OS since hitting a wall using Vista as a Visual Studio development platform four weeks ago.
New Mobile Computing |
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I.E. resident gets a hand
Dave Armstrong does everything with one hand: lifting weights, working on cars, typing on a computer, even giving awkward side hugs.
San Bernardino Sun |
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Amazon.com to launch new online TV and movie store
(Reuters) - Web retailer Amazon.com Inc will introduce a new online store of TV shows and movies on Thursday, called Amazon Video on Demand, The New York Times said.
Reuters.co.uk |
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Program provides computers for underpriviledged
Tracy Bradford wanted to get her 11-year-old son, Dakota, the perfect gift for his birthday. She was surprised when she found out she was getting a brand new computer, which will ultimately become Dakota’s present.
Columbia Daily Herald |
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Former AOL executives back documentary film site
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three former top executives of Time Warner Inc's AOL are backing a new online video venture being launched on Thursday aimed at creating a new outlet for documentary feature films, a category that has struggled to gain mainstream attention.
Reuters.co.uk |
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Google's YouTube in Lions Gate film clips deal
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - In a move that signals a possible thawing of Google Inc's relations with Hollywood, its YouTube unit has reached a deal to feature film clips from Lions Gate Entertainment Inc on the video-sharing site.
Reuters.co.uk |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Jan 2006 12:44 UTC
If Grand Funk Railroad is on your shopping list, Advanced Micro Devices has the computer for you. The processor maker will unveil its 'Live' brand at the Consumer Electronics Show, which takes place this week in Las Vegas.
OS News |
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Online past will come back to haunt everyone in politics
Imagine if the current crop of public figures had grown up during the Facebook era. We might have photos of John McCain in Florida slurping body shots off his stripper girlfriend. Barack Obama rolling a joint on a beach in Hawaii. George W. Bush passed out at a Yale frat party, 40-ounce beer bottles duct-taped to his hands.
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