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Helping blind to see public computers
SEATTLE — The computer technology gap between those who see and those who can't just got a little smaller.
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How worried are you about your mortgage?
Excerpts from the blog With mortgage lenders imploding, banks struggling and the housing market in a downright funk because of an oversupply...
Seattle Times |
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The Internet -- a private eye's best friend
Private investigator explains how he can find almost anything out about anyone using the Internet, cell phones, cameras and video cameras in a world where privacy is just as good as dead.
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neverending traffic Devoted iFans love the Apple store
The summer doldrums and the scuffling economy have done nothing to slow down one store at Orland Square Mall.
SouthtownStar |
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AN IRAQI'S SECOND LIFE
"Alsarmady Eel" is the name used in the online world of Second Life by an arts professor who lives in Babylon, Iraq. Last year he joined Second Life because he decided the Internet was, as he puts it, "the 8th art," allowing "people from anywhere . ...
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Antigua, US at odds over gambling ban
(AP:ST JOHN'S, Antigua) Antigua's finance minister says it could take several more months to resolve an Internet gambling feud with the U.S.
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Traders get up to speed
Options traders and market makers thrive on a fast-paced, even glamorous image. It turns out they do their work on fuddy-duddy computer systems.
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You'll die laughing
Why is the Screen Actors Guild threatening to strike over the potential of future Internet revenues? Look no further than Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's website, Funny Or Die -- exhibit A for Hollywood's multimedia future.
winnipegsun.com |
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The Internet? That old thing?
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Former Internet tycoon and current cable-TV tycoon Mark Cuban was asked what potentially will kill media companies -- particularly broadcast TV networks --in these uncertain times.
winnipegsun.com |
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Library use grows, but varies by region
WASHINGTON -- Each year, more than 1 billion people visit libraries to borrow books or videos, log onto the Internet or participate in various community programs.
Montgomery Advertiser |
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Spin control
ELECTRONIC Girl Talk, "Feed the Animals" (Illegal Art) One of the most exciting performers in the electronic music underground -- his gig at last year's Pitchfork Music Festival set off a veritable frenzy -- laptop composer Gregg Gillis is arguably as significant for his politics as he is for his unbelievably dense, incredibly enjoyable musical pastiches.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Interest growing in campaigns
The AP-Yahoo News poll, conducted by Knowledge Networks, has measured the political sentiments of the same 2,000 adults since November.
The Beacon News |
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Antigua, US at odds over gambling ban
Antigua's finance minister says it could take several more months to resolve an Internet gambling feud with the U.S. The countries have been at odds since the World Trade Organization last year ruled the island could impose retaliatory sanctions for a U.S. ban on online betting.
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Library brouhaha spotlights privacy dilemma
Children's librarian Judith Flint was getting ready for the monthly book discussion group for 8- and 9-year-olds when police showed up. They wanted to seize the library's public access computers as they frantically searched for a 12-year-old girl, acting on a tip that she sometimes used the terminals.
The Courier News |
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Guy rocks Best Buy
DOWNERS GROVE -- It's the kind of futuristic moment you see in the movies: A legendary musician is performing in front of computer screens and plasma TVs while the fans wave lasers and lights to the beat.
The Naperville Sun |
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Modder shoves emulator, ROMs into actual NES controller
Filed under: Gaming , Peripherals This one has been around the block a time or two, but considering you have absolutely nothing else to do on a Sunday, you might as well dust off that DIY kit and get to work. What you're looking at above is a genuine (albeit modified) NES controller playing a bona fide classic on a laptop. Amazingly, all of the software required for such a marvelously ...
Engadget |
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Intel introduces laptop chips to challenge AMD
Intel rolled out a new batch of chips for laptops that promise longer battery life and better graphics-rendering abilities, the company's latest salvo against feisty smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices.
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WEB BURNOUT
Ricky Gervais has had it with online idiocy, reports The Post's Mandy Stadtmiller. At Madison Square Garden's packed show at the WaMu Theater the other night, he joked: "The Internet must be the greatest resource of information the world has ever...
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Linked by David Adams on Tue 4th Dec 2007 19:44 UTC
An enterprise Linux "expert" answers the question : "How can an open source software company like Red Hat stay in business if CentOS - and Red Hat itself - give their code away for free?"
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Interest in coupons up as economy slides
With her household budget tightening, Michelle Fox treats finding and redeeming coupons like a part-time job. "Every little bit helps. It's something I do for my family," said the Pueblo, Colo., resident, who helps offset rising costs for her five-person household by spending a few hours each week scouring newspapers and Internet sites for opportunities to save.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Jul 2005 21:21 UTC
IBM has begun participating in open-source Java project Harmony and intends to contribute code to the initiative , according to a Big Blue executive.
New Mobile Computing |
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Do open source applications take security seriously?
This should be the chief open source challenge for the next year, because if application security is not addressed, it's hard to see much more progress coming in the enterprise market. by Dana Blankenhorn
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CRM AddOn U.S. and The AddOn Store Merge to Form Premier Source for CRM Software; Combination Creates Broader Presence ...
AddOn U.S. and The AddOn Store announced merger. The merger will provide a powerful software solution for customers. (PRWeb Jul 20, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1123014.htm
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Precure, Digimon 02 Added to Direct2Drive Downloads
The anime production company Toei Animation is offering English-subtitled episodes of Pretty Cure and English-dubbed episodes of Digimon Adventure 02 for download on IGN's Direct2Drive service.
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MacDailyNews - Where Mac news comes first
"Shares of electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. climbed Friday after an analyst said the company may soon test a new concept designed to emulate Apple Inc.'s popular stores," The Associated Press reports.
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