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Rhapsody Has Merit, but iPod Users Will Find Little to Love
There's been a lot of news in the past few weeks about Rhapsody.com, the much-buzzed-about music subscription site that brings a new twist to legally downloading music. The site offers unlimited access to music for a monthly fee, as opposed to the pay-per-song plan of iTunes. As a longtime, reasonably devoted iTunes user, I gave Rhapsody a spin to see if it could convince me to convert.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 12th Oct 2005 12:23 UTC
Apple reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $430 million (E358 million), or 50 cents (E0.42) per share, on revenue of $3.68 billion (E3.06 billion).
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@Home brief
The Washington County Division of Environmental Management through its Department of Solid Waste Recycling Office will offer a permanent, ongoing program for recycling electronics.
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Boks go down
An insurance scam is believed to have spawned the serial murder of at least 21 women. The victims, all prostitutes or homeless, were lured to their deaths and then brutally disfigured as their killers hacked their features to make identification difficult.
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Sterling man diagnosed with West Nile virus
STERLING - A Sterling man has been "diagnosed positive" for the potentially fatal, mosquito-borne West Nile virus, Whiteside County Health Department staff confirmed in a news release Friday.
SaukValley.com |
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Will buying bug-free software ever be possible?
London, July 19 : European researchers are working on mathematical foundations of programming to create fault free software in the future.
New Kerala |
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The Buzz On Business
IPHONE DEMAND HUGE IN CHINA, RUSSIA: 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 new iPhone went on sale in 21 countries July 11 and will soon be released in 70 nations. ...
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Bihar to announce new IT policy soon
Patna, July 19 : Bihar will announce its new IT policy with several incentives for firms in August, state IT Minister Anil Kumar said here Saturday.
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SINGAPORE, Feb 1 (Reuters Life!) - You know that annoying tune that you can’t place or get out of your head? A U.S. company has recently launched a Web site, www.midomi.com, that names most tunes that you can hum, sing or whistle a tune into your computer microphone.
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it announced on April 9 that it was conducting a test with rival Google, the market leader in Web search and related advertising, to rely on Google to sell its search ads.
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Rediff launches developer program
Rediff.com, India's online community portal, launched its developer program at Proto.in ( http://developer.rediff.com ), inviting all application developers to come on board and build applications for Rediff.com properties which is being made compatible to support Facebook Markup Language (FBML).
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Games preview: iPhone Games
Related Stories Internet shopping: Cheap DVDs coming soon to your HMV - via a nifty legal loophole and an offshore tax haven Dork talk: Hunter Davies expresses his love for the Amstrad Gadget clinic: Bobbie Johnson on the hunt for a solar-powered pond pump On the road with Sam Wollaston: Skoda Fabia GreenLine Games preview: Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli PS2, PS3 (reviewed), ...
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Games preview: Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli PS2, PS3 (reviewed), Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii
Related Stories Internet shopping: Cheap DVDs coming soon to your HMV - via a nifty legal loophole and an offshore tax haven Dork talk: Hunter Davies expresses his love for the Amstrad Gadget clinic: Bobbie Johnson on the hunt for a solar-powered pond pump On the road with Sam Wollaston: Skoda Fabia GreenLine Games preview: iPhone Games
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Ebadi rights group warns Iran on Internet crime bill
The rights group headed by Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday condemned a draft bill on Internet crime, warning that it could boost the number of executions in the Islamic republic.
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Ebadi rights group warns Iran on Internet crime bill
TEHRAN (AFP) - The rights group headed by Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday condemned a draft bill on Internet crime, warning that it could boost the number of executions in the Islamic republic.
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SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo shareholder deals blow to Icahn
One of Yahoo'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.
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O2 allows MMS pictures to be seen by all
THOUGHT YOUR MMS pictures to your loved ones were safe? Think again. O2's web application that allows you to view MMS messages on the Internet instead of your non-MMS capable or enabled phone (like the Iphone), requires no authentication to view.
The Inquirer |
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Jo Stafford
Jo Stafford, a perfect singer, died on Wednesday. She was ninety years old. There will be obituaries this morning in newspapers all over the world. Web sites have them already.
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Hawaii businesses try to cut expenses
The computer repair folks at SuperGeeks have raised the price of their new "trip charge" twice in the past year
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Jacky's Electronics sees 30 per cent sales jump during DSS 2008
19 July 2008: Jacky's Electronics, UAE's number one multi-brand retailer, expects a 30 per cent increase in sales during this year's Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS). The leading retailer also projects LCD and Plasma TVs will be the most in-demand products during DSS.Mall footfall figures are estimated to escalate up to 40 per cent due to the region's largest summer festival's exciting promotions ...
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The Freewheeling Web's Privacy Noose
It's no secret that individual privacy has already suffered since the Internet era began, but privacy law expert Daniel Solove believes things are likely to get even worse, and he illustrates his vision in living color with a wealth of examples from the here and now. In The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet , Solove begins his dark tale with the classic story of ...
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Blather, bloopers and a big, dead whale
flASHback — Campaign-trail pontifications on economics and language arts lead off as we place tongue in cheek and "flASHback" on the weekly news that amused and confused.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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New library to have 30 additional computers
Tulare is building a new state-of-the-art library that will offer more than 30 additional computers for guests to use as well as the option of grabbing something to eat or drink at an on-site cafe.
Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register |
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Google's stock drops sharply as it reports earnings up 35%
Google Inc. shares plunged nearly 10 percent yesterday after the Internet search leader's second-quarter earnings missed analysts' expectations.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Second Life: A Wide World for Med, Science Students
Judith Kung Fu may be just one of more than 14 million computer-generated characters in the 3-D virtual world Second Life. But with her help, her creator may one day save your life. In Second Life, Judith has walked through the walls of a human cell. She has, in a flash, conducted complicated science experiments that took the world's best minds years to complete.
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