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Unique educational program to hold open house Saturday
iQ Academy, a unique online alternative to the traditional brick-and-mortar school learning environment is, for the first time, now available statewide to students in grades 6-12. An open house to showcase the program and enroll students will take place at the Northland Inn in Crookston on Saturday, July 19, from 3-4:30 p.m.
Crookston Daily Times |
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New Carlisle Man Arrested; Home Computers Seized
Deputies in Clark County searched a home Friday in New Carlisle and seized computers and other items.
WHIO-TV 7 Dayton |
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Oasis Online Technologies Corp. Cancels Letter of Intent to Acquire TranSend International, Inc.
MESA, Ariz.----Oasis Online Technologies Corp. and TranSend International, Inc. have decided to terminate the November 2007 non-binding letter of intent pursuant to which Oasis was to acquire TranSend International Inc.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Best friend moving in with boyfriend
"P.R." worries about the closeness between her best friend and boyfriend ... "S.B." was scammed on the Internet and wants to feel better ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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AMD and Nvidia Platforms Do Battle
AMD's 780G versus Nvidia's GeForce 8200. Both platforms turn integrated chipsets into hybrid graphics solutions. We look at microATX boards from ASRock to find the best all-in-one AMD platform.
Tom's Hardware |
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Eds: UPDATES with additional background, quotes. ADDS byline, Internet note. Moving on general news and political services.
Hays Daily News |
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iPhones hot even 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. Today Russians can buy almost anything they want here -- but they are still begging for one item: Apple Inc.'s slick iPhone.
The Press-Enterprise |
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U.S. and European stocks rise on Citigroup results
But the Nasdaq composite index fell on disappointing results from technology icons Google and Microsoft.
International Herald Tribune |
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Analog-to-digital TV conversion
Q: I have gone through several hurricanes, and the most important thing that helped during those difficult times was the ability to get emergency broadcasts on a battery-powered, portable TV set.
Miami Herald |
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Citigroup, Schlumberger, Google, Mattel, Barr among big movers on the stock market Friday
July 18, 2008 - 4:40 p.m. The nation's biggest bank by assets posted a smaller-than-expected second-quarter loss, boosting the sector on hopes financial troubles are alleviating.
Canadian Business |
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4. Reduce stress
When was the last time you basked in the wilderness of a state or national park? The Internet has made arranging a camping trip or day hike easier than ever. Here are a couple of sites to check out:
Miami Herald |
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More Companies Complain to FCC About Free Mobile Internet
Several telecom companies met with the FCC this week to voice their disapproval of the FCC's planned auction around free mobile broadband services. AT&T, Motorola, T-Mobile and Texas Instruments were among the few that commented on the idea. T-Mobile ... (follow link to read)
Phone Scoop |
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Facebook and MySpace photos become new source of evidence for prosecutors at sentencing
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ 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."
Chicago Tribune |
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MZ Pioneers Electronic Proxy Voting with Digital Certification for Shareholders
MZ Consult NY LLC , a leading investor relations, technology, financial services and integrated communications consulting firm, announced today the launch of an exclusive internet platform that allows proxy voting in Shareholders' Meetings supported by digital certification, as well as other mechanisms to encourage the participation of minority shareholders worldwide.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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A 1-2-3-4 plan for AMD to beat Intel
Analyst Opinion - Intel had a surprisingly strong quarter. AMD went the other direction and is now taking a number of actions that probably should have come right after the ATI merger. The difficulty the company is facing is one of competing with a vastly larger and better funded competitor in a market largely defined by standards that its rival sets. In short, it has always been Intel’s game, ...
TG Daily |
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Five Things to Do With Your Old iPhone
So you've made the plunge to the iPhone 3G -- what about your old, first-generation iPhone or iPod Touch? Here are five ways to turn it from yesterday's news into something useful, from a multitouch controller for your Mac or Windows PC to a mini media server for your kitchen.
Wired News |
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Trash and recycling
Q: Where can we recycle newspapers, glass, aluminum? We just moved into a condo.
Miami Herald |
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Mobile Edge's ScanFast cases get checkpoint friendly
Ok, we've been hearing plenty about these new "checkpoint friendly" bags, and even got photos of what some may look like once they get the TSA thumbs up, but I think it's time someone out there made them available so we can stop holding up the line at the airport. I got an email from Mobile Edge who informs me it will be releasing three new checkpoint friendly bags later this summer ...
Yahoo! Tech Advisors |
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Older Americans’ online activity is beginning to mirror that of younger onl
The online behavior of Americans 50 years and older increasingly is mirroring the online behavior of younger Americans, including similar online shopping habits, according to a study from The Center for the Digital Future in conjunction with AARP, an organization for those 50 and over.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Amazon launches a streaming video test
Streaming video from the web to consumers’ homes may well replace the DVD, and Amazon.com Inc., which sells lots of DVDs, appears intent on keeping pace with the advance of video-viewing technology.
InternetRetailer.com |
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More consumers turn to the web for discount coupons
The Internet is the fastest-growing source of discount coupons, but has a long way to go to catch up with the Sunday newspaper, according to consumer and media measurement firm Scarborough Research.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Deal with Buy.com marks sign of the times at eBay
Buy.com, with $3 million in sales a month on eBay.com, is a big part of the new face of eBay as the world’s largest e-marketplace strives to boost growth rates with a shot of new products and higher service levels, says Scot Wingo, CEO of ChannelAdvisor Corp., which specializes in helping retailers sell on eBay and other e-marketplaces.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Ad click growth slows for Google, but Q2 revenue rises 39%
Consumers are still clicking on paid search ads, but they’re not clicking more than they were earlier in the year, Google’s Q2 financials reveal.
InternetRetailer.com |
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The tickerspy.com Wrap: Tech Earnings Disappoint, But Oil Continues to Fall
Stocks were mixed to end the week, as the tech sector took a hit on disappointing earnings from Google and Microsoft, but the Dow caught a boost on falling oil prices and better-than-expected results from Citigroup.
Indie Research via Yahoo! Finance |
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Future Shop's New ConnectPro Installation Services Connects Your Technology at Home-Home Theatre, Computer and Car ...
Future Shop, Canada's largest retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronics, has launched its ConnectPro service to install technology and make it work together perfectly.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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