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Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Tue 15th Jul 2008 17:16 UTC
A new Ubuntu-based Linux distribution has arrived, aimed at both Linux newbies and content creators. Boasting "out of the box" multimedia codecs, the freely downloadable PC/OS incorporates the lightweight XFCE desktop, and is said to offer a similar layout to the groundbreaking, but ultimately doomed BeOS.
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The computer mouse could be extinct in 3 to 5 years
London, July 18 : It took the world by storm 40 years ago, but now, after four decades, the demise of the evolutionary computer mouse is very near, predicts a leading researcher.
New Kerala |
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State's new data center gets poor marks
SALEM (AP) — The state government’s $63 million center to consolidate and streamline computer operations is getting poor marks from state auditors.
The World |
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AT&T to offer wireless Olympics coverage
AT&T Inc. subscribers will be able to watch the 2008 Olympic games via television, computer and wireless devices
BizJournals |
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"This is 95% of you lot when you were younger..."
Eurogamer's computer and video game discussion forum
EuroGamer |
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Black market for iPhones thriving in places Apple has yet to reach
MOSCOW - In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Apple's iPhone Dials Up a New Deferred Cash Hoard
Buyers of Apple's iPhone 3G typically sign two-year contracts when they purchase the swanky $525 device. But rather than record all the revenue at once, the iconic computer company will post roughly 72 cents in sales every day over the life of each of those contracts.
Cellular-News.com |
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N.C. Lawmakers Again Toughen Sex Offender Rules
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The General Assembly has agreed again to toughen laws against convicted sex offenders, this time on social networking sites.
WSOC-TV Charlotte |
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Black market for iPhones thriving in places Apple has yet to reach
MOSCOW - In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Apple's Demand May Kill Psystar
But Mac clone maker might counter with anti-competitive argument.
PC World |
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Team debuts electronic-hacking how-to videos at HOPE conference
Do-it-yourself hacker team creates video series to show people how to hack everyday electronics.
CNET |
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AT&T to offer wireless Olympics coverage
AT&T Inc. subscribers will be able to watch the 2008 Olympic games via television, computer and wireless devices
Atlanta Business Chronicle |
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Apple deals: MacBook Air, Pro, iMac, more
Currently the Apple store is offering refurbished MacBook Air models in three configurations. Prices start at $1,499 for the 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo model with 2GB of RAM and 80GB PATA hard drive; next is the 1.8GHz model with 2GB of RAM and 80GB PATA hard drive for $1,699 and finally the 1.8GHz model with 2GB of RAM and 60GB solid-state drive fo...
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Don't drink and drive, then post on Facebook
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."
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Black market iPhones big in Russia, China
In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country. Today Russians can buy almost anything they want here — but they are still begging for one item: Apple Inc.'s slick iPhone.
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Google shares drop day after earnings miss expectations
Shares of Mountain View-based Google dropped 9.2 percent, the most since its August 2004 initial public offering, to $484.22 in morning trading. The owner of the most popular Internet search engine reported earnings that missed analysts' estimates for only the fourth time as a public company on a
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Google shares drop day after earnings miss expectations
Shares of Mountain View-based Google dropped 9.2 percent, the most since its August 2004 initial public offering, to $484.22 in morning trading. The owner of the most popular Internet search engine reported earnings that missed analysts' estimates for only the fourth time as a public company on a
Contra Costa Times |
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BSA: pirated software taking cops off the street, costs jobs
The Business Software Alliance has had IDG conduct another piracy survey, this one focused on eight US states. The report attempts to shock everyone from their piratical ways by calculating the losses in unusual units: police officers taken off the street. Read More...
Ars Technica |
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Clickbooth.com: The First to Go Above and Beyond with Top-Notch Industry Experts
Affiliate managers are a dime a dozen; at Clickbooth my team is made up of Affiliate Strategists," stated Erin O'Grady, Director of Affiliate Publishing at Clickbooth. Each strategist, while an expert on the industry as a whole, is also highly trained on one traffic type -- search, email, on-site, etc.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Country music’s Sugarland on way to La Salle
Sugarland will deliver its sweetened country-pop to fans Saturday in La Salle in the area’s Concerts for a Cause series. The cause is computers for Blackstone elementary school in Mendota.
La Salle News Tribune |
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Team debuts electronic-hacking how-to videos at HOPE conference
Do-it-yourself hacker team creates video series to show people how to hack everyday electronics.
CNET |
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RosenBlog: Oh, say can you see ... Wayne Messmer?
Chicago Tribune |
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Google to buy Russian contextual ad company
(AP:MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.) Google Inc. said Friday that it signed an agreement with Rambler Media Ltd. to buy its Russian contextual ad service ZAO Begun for $140 million.
INO News |
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AT&T to offer wireless Olympics coverage
AT&T Inc. subscribers will be able to watch the 2008 Olympic games via television, computer and wireless devices
New Mexico Business Weekly |
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Stocks Weave Tapestry of Red, Green
Google, AMD and Microsoft are all falling. IBM is one positive for technology. Citi is also climbing.
TheStreet.com |
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