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Social Networking Sites Becoming Useful For Lawyers
chareverie writes "With how the internet has become, social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace have become a tool for crime solvers, employers, and now, lawyers. Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunk driving case, the college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner, with the words 'jail bird' on his costume. Not surprisingly, his prosecutor was able to ...
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Merrimack, NH sister gets into trouble over game
Police in Merrimack, New Hampshire, say a dispute over a computer game became ugly between a 19-year-old woman and her two brothers.
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Ebadi rights group warns Iran on Internet crime bill
TEHERAN - 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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Yahoo moves to sell Asian subsidiary
TOKYO, July 19 (UPI) -- Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive says he's considering selling the Internet search engine's stake in its Japan-based subsidiary.
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Merrimack, NH sister gets into trouble over game
Associated Press - July 19, 2008 8:55 AM ET MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) - Police in Merrimack, New Hampshire, say a dispute over a computer game became ugly between a 19-year-old woman and her two...
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July 19, 2008
It is an ember he has doused time and again, only to see it flicker anew: links to Islam fanned by false rumors, innuendo and association. Barack Obama and his campaign reacted strongly this week when a photo of him in Kenyan tribal garb began spreading on the Internet.
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Bihar to announce new IT policy soon
Bihar will announce its new IT policy with several incentives for firms in August, state IT Minister Anil Kumar said here Saturday. "Bihar's new IT policy is in final stage. It is likely to get the cabinet approval by the end of this month and formally it would be announced next month," Kumar said.
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Sex predator paroled
An Internet sex predator from Montreal, who approached hundreds of girls before blackmailing two Alberta teens into stripping for him online, has been released on day parole.
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Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the iPhone 3G, a portable hard drive from Iomega, and the Linksys Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router.
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Wii becomes top-selling video game console in US
LOS ANGELES - Nintendo said Thursday that its globally popular Wii has become the top-selling video game console in the United States, a crown coveted by rivals Microsoft and Sony.
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STS and iAxcess sign agreement to provide security solutions
STS, Jordan's leading IT solutions provider has signed an official partnership with iAxcess, a leading regional distributor and channel management and focusing on security products and services.
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Outrage over prisoners blogging
Marc Klaas leads charge against Death Row inmates' online posts
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Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 18th Jul 2008 21:24 UTC
"Linux is a powerful and versatile operating system that can be utilized to hack just about any electronic hardware device. To prove it, I have here a list of popular gadgets that are already known to run Linux."
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Yahoo Coup' Not So Fast
One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders, Legg Mason Capital Management, 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 nine current directors has been under fire since Microsoft withdrew a $47.5 billion takeover bid 2 1/2...
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GREGG ELLIS:When blogs, real lives collide
Its intent was nothing extraordinary. Just a blog. An internet site designed where readers interact with me and discuss Mississippi State athletics, as well as other interesting topics of the day.
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T.D. 3 Computer Models
If you’re thinking about upgrading your home you should also consider upgrading your insurance. More Details Harmless mole or deadly skin cancer? Find out how to tell the difference, and see all the risks and signs of skin cancer.
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RIM Patches BlackBerry Security Hole
Research in Motion has fixed a critical bug in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server that could have allowed hackers in.
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Oh, the computer helps the thigh bone
A new scanning system cuts the guesswork in hip resurfacing, an alternative to total replacement. Richard Dunlap said a "deep down in the joint, bursitis kind of ache" showed up in his hip about seven months ago and never went away.
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Recent Original Stories
" Tabos is a new operating system, at this stage of development aimed to run on Intel's x86 platform. Although it is our first try in creating a runable, modern OS, it seems that we are on the right way.
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A Look At ACTA Wish Lists For RIAA, BSA, Others
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property brings us an analysis of several organizations' goals for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which we've discussed previously. In particular, he points out the anti-privacy views of the Business Software Alliance: "While the ACTA itself is not public, the US Trade Representative has at least released the ACTA comments. While many of them are to be ...
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Recent Original Stories
This is a step-by-step instruction about how to set up a web-, mail- and ftp server with SuSE 9.3. It comes with 47 screenshots so that even Linux beginners can install such a server without any problems. Of course, it's of use to experienced system administrators as well.
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Weekly Wrapup, 14-18 July 2008
It's time to review the week that was on ReadWriteWeb. On the product side we continued our ongoing analysis of the iPhone 3G and its accompanying App Store, we looked closely at a Gmail update to its contact management system, covered the US launch of Microsoft Live Mesh, and reported on a developer revolt with Google's Android. On the trends side we revisited the Facebook platform, asked ...
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Internet scam using name of fallen Fort Drum soldier
07/19/08 Craigslist scam using name of slain soldier to bilk people out of cash...
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Be Better Than Buffett
How you can best the Oracle of Omaha
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 26th Jul 2005 17:50 UTC
Sun Microsystems has distributed more than two million registered licenses for the Solaris 10 Operating System since the software became available on January 31st.
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