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Shoppers save gas, let mouse find the sales
Online shopping is gaining at a time when simply filling up a gas tank to head to the mall can seem like a spending spree.
Seattle Times |
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Wireless provider among few reaching into outlying areas
People in the sticks don't have to rely on Internet service that stinks.
Arizona Daily Star |
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Wi-Fi radios: more features, lower prices
Wi-Fi Internet radio sets have been around for a while without getting much attention, but they're worth a look: Prices have come down, and features are up.
Seattle Times |
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Preparation under way for MontanaFair
Visitors to this year’s MontanaFair will notice more than a few changes at MetraPark. The county-owned facility that hosts Montana’s largest fair is in the midst of upgrades that will renovate livestock barns, improve the interior of the big arena and make it easier for visitors to buy tickets online.
Helena Independent Record |
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Doing 'home business' while traveling
Q. I want to have a home business that I can work on my laptop anytime and anywhere. What is available? A. There are a lot of "work from home using your computer" offers on the Internet.
Orange County Register |
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Alleged racism attracts online attention
A local woman who said a racist hate-group targeted her grandchildren earlier this week claims to have received hundreds of anonymous phone calls since her story hit the airwaves and the Internet.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Free computer classes
McClaskey Adult School is offering free computer classes that allow students to decide what they want to learn.
The Sacramento Bee |
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Meredith Pro Tem
In the wake of Hillary Clinton's endorsement of Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, an AP-Yahoo! News poll revealed that more people would rather have Obama at their summer cookout than John McCain.
The Aspen Times |
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Local guide
Saturday July, 19 Local events• FREE CLASS, "INTERNET BASICS," 2 p.m., Parmly Billings Library, registration required, call 657-8258.
Billings Gazette |
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For cancer data worker, the disease has become personal
For seven years, cancer was a matrix of numbers on Della Blankenship's computer screen. Della Blankenship, who works for the California Cancer Registry, is herself trying to beat a cancer. Della Blankenship, who is being treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma, relaxes with Suki on Thursday in their Land Park apartment. "Every moment that I am alive is the best moment of my life," says the ...
The Sacramento Bee |
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Hoping to lure younger visitors, Itasca State Park gives wireless Internet a try
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) - With attendance slumping among younger adults, Itasca State Park has added wireless Internet to lure more visitors.
Crookston Daily Times |
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PASOK seeking transparency
PASOK will publish all its financial income and expenditure on the Internet and publicly name each person that contributes money to the party’s coffers, according to proposals put forward by Socialist leader George Papandreou yesterday.
Kathimerini |
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Microsoft shares drop 5 percent
SEATTLE -- Shares of Microsoft Corp. sank more than 5 percent on Friday, a day after the company missed Wall Street's earnings forecast by a penny, and issued softer-than-expected guidance for the current first quarter.
Everett Herald |
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Phony ad plays off name of soldier
In response to a Better Business Bureau warning and a freep.com story, the Michigan Attorney General's Office is looking into an Internet scam that uses the name of fallen U.S. Army Spec. Byron Fouty, spokesman Matt Frendewey said Friday.
Detroit Free Press |
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Big shareholder backs Yahoo board over Icahn
SAN FRANCISCO — One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn.
The Tennessean |
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It's the Apple of their eyes
Russians, Chinese clamor for iPhones on the black market In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Facebook fun new tool for prosecutors
Party shot of DWI suspect used in court latest evidence of trend PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- 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." In the age of ...
Albany Times Union |
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Stryker stock declines after warnings
Stock in Kalamazoo-based Stryker Corp., the third-largest artificial-joint maker, dropped the most in four months after the chief executive said it could take a couple of years to resolve warnings from U.S. regulators. ALSO: Blue Water could shut down; Google handles most search requests; American Airlines to cut jobs; and Republic rejects Waste Management bid.
Detroit Free Press |
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Linked by Adam S on Mon 29th Aug 2005 21:37 UTC
Linuxwatch.com is running a great story called " Five Reasons NOT To Use Linux ." It includes a nice list of reasons why one might want to steer clear of Linux, along with a nice comparison to how easily these reasons are addressed in Microsoft Windows.
New Mobile Computing |
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Harassing calls more sinister than pool flyer
New Braunfels woman Mary Alice Altorfer became the center of an Internet and media furor this week when she complained to police that her biracial grandchildren were being victimized by a flyer posted at her neighborhood swimming pool.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Recent Original Stories
Lately it's hard to avoid the buzz about these small laptops (sorry, I don't participate in the hype of calling them netbooks or whatever) - the small, cheap laptop systems that were popularized by the Asus Eee PC. Just like Xandros with the Eee, Mandriva is providing the operating system for the upcoming GDium system, produced by Emtec . The first GDium will be a netbook with a 10", 1024x600 ...
New Mobile Computing |
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Startup: Vital signs of a young regional company
The product: Computer software that coordinates scheduling at service departments of car dealerships. Customers can schedule service online or automatically over the phone. The software tracks a vehicle's service history and recommends scheduled service.
The Oregonian |
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Craigslist scam: Home rental in Portland is too good to be true
Everything about the online ad for the cute rental house in North Portland sounded good to Annette Barrackman: three bedrooms, a good neighborhood and the screaming deal of $1,000 a month for rent -- utilities included.
The Oregonian |
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Vt. first state to join national design competition for recruitment
MONTPELIER -- Vermont will be the first state in the country to join a national design competition being organized by government and software industry leaders as part of an effort to recruit more students into engineering and mathematics. ... - By Louis Porter Vermont Press Bureau
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus |
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Related Articles
Microtel , the company that supplies Wal-Mart with PCs without an operating system pre-installed, kindly sent us in one of their models for a review. They sent us a Microtel SYSMAR511 , which consists of an 1.4 GHz AthlonXP 1600+, 256 MB DDR memory, MSI motherboard and a 40 GB ATA-100 Samsung hard drive.
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