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Incentives draw more visitors to libraries
Free DVDs, CDs, audio material, social programs, Internet access ... oh yeah, and books. And all you need is a library card.
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Reading device enlisted to help French papers
Through a project called Read & Go (yes, in English), a new device allows users to download the contents of the newspapers over France Télécom's wireless network.
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Sunday Life
The victim of a hammer wielding rapist has received damages from the Northern Ireland Court Service over a shocking blunder by officials that led to her name being published on the Internet.
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Online privacy versus piracy
Millions of YouTube enthusiasts - including many in Singapore - should be relieved the video-sharing website's owner Google has to hand over only anonymised viewer logs in media giant Viacom's US$1 billion copyright lawsuit.
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ProjectPartner signs OEM Partnership with Trifecta
AUCKLAND - 21 July 2008 - ProjectPartner is expanding its reach into the Geospatial Asset Management and Territorial Local Authority market by signing Trifecta GIS, an innovative software provider to the global geospatial asset management market, to use its core technology in the development of Trifecta Project Management.
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Fallon Will Start ?Late Night? on the Web
NBC?s next edition of ?Late Night,? with its new host Jimmy Fallon, will start as a nightly entry on the Internet.
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Monday
MELAKA, July 21 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Youth and Sports will set up a cyber centre in each parliamentary constituency in the country to enable youths to surf the internet.
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Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web
By JOCELYN NOVECK If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help. Robinson is now 106 - that's 35 years older than McCain - and she began using the Internet at 98, at the Barclay Friends home in West Chester, Pa., where she lives. "I started to learn because I wanted to e-mail my family," she says - in an e-mail message, naturally. ...
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Explosion in demand for touch screens / Apple iPhone, wide use in Asia create boom for technology
It's been a good year for touch screens. The release of the first iPhone model a year ago boosted interest in the technology tremendously, and the updated model released earlier this month probably will stoke enthusiasm further. Now touch-screen manufacturers...
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Hot music videos on your desktop
WATCH the latest Top 40 music clips with our Take40 player.
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BUSINESS BRIEFING / Your guide to the week's most notable business events
M - The Conference Board releases its index of leading indicators. - Earnings reports expected from Apple, Bank of America, Merck, Qlogic, SanDisk, Schering-Plough, Texas Instruments, UnionBanCal, Volterra Semiconductor. T - Earnings reports...
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The Battle over Your TV
Everyone from Microsoft and Sony to cable and telecom companies are out to secure a big slice of the digital video download space. But Amazon, Netflix, or Apple will likely reign
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US-YAHOO
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dissident shareholder will on Monday call on Yahoo Inc to compromise and accept a mixed board of directors drawn from among company nominees and a rival slate backed by Carl Icahn.
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Google: Weathering the economy?
news analysis The search giant's second-quarter results disappointed investors, but CEO Schmidt believes on-target sales indicate it is shrugging off the broader malaise.
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Free Traders Taking Case Cross-Country
Mayor Bloomberg, a vocal advocate of free trade, is lending his support to a cross-country campaign aimed at convincing Americans that free trade is good for the nation's employers and employees. The 30-state, seven-week bus tour organized by the Consumer Electronics Association, whose 2,300 members include Apple, Google, and Microsoft, begins today in Lower Manhattan and will include visits to ...
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Microsoft pledges more funds for online services
The spending of hundreds of millions of additional dollars on Microsoft's online ad business is expected be a 'drag' on the rest of the company.
ZDNet Asia |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 29th Jan 2006 16:12 UTC
"The buzzwords for the 2006 technology outlook fly thick and fast in nerd circles: high-definition DVD. A la carte TV shows from the Internet. Windows Vista. Most of these goodies will take time to reach the masses.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 10th Dec 2007 07:43 UTC
Addictive 3D games for Linux users to fill their time with. These games are really good and some have won awards or have been featured on magazines. Most are cross platform and all of them completely free. You don't have to use 'Wine' to be able to play as they come with Linux installers.
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by Sodapop (1.84) on Wed 31st May 2006 22:52 UTC
I don't know, I just can't really see this unless ATi was in trouble fiancially. If they did, it could be a blow to Intel. As for Linux drivers, I'm not sure. Is it Intel or AMD that does more for Linux? I'm thinking AMD, so this could be a good thing for the Linux community.
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SOFTWARE NOTEBOOK / Netflix, Xbox home movie deal no vision of tech simplicity / Viewers must add choice at firm's ...
Microsoft and Netflix generated lots of buzz last week when they revealed plans to let Xbox Live subscribers watch more than 10,000 movies and TV shows on demand, through their game consoles, from the movie-rental company's online library of streaming...
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Microsoft posts earnings rise but web ad business rocky
Shares of Microsoft sank more than 5%, 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, an Associated Press report said.
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Reuters Technology Summary
US-YAHOO SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK - A dissident shareholder will on Monday call on Yahoo Inc to compromise and accept a mixed board of directors drawn from among company nominees and a rival slate backed by Carl Icahn. Eric Jackson, founder of the activist hedge fund Ironfire Capital and leader of the grassroots shareholder group Yahoo Plan B, said on Sunday he would encourage ...
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Business
Perth mobile network provider and AdultShop spin-off Loop Mobile has launched a fully integrated online version of its mobile community, two months behind its earlier predictions.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 24th Nov 2006 19:49 UTC, submitted by anonymous
There is a new video of the 'Sugar' user interface for the USD 100 OLPC laptop . As you may know, the mission of this non-profit association is to develop a low-cost laptop, a technology that could revolutionise how we educate the world's children.
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This Week in New York Business
Today American Express, Apple, Bank of America, and Merck are scheduled to release their second-quarter earnings. The New York Public Library hosts a workshop on business start-up resources and services beginning at 3:15 p.m. at the Science, Industry and Business Library at 188 Madison Ave. Free. Contact: 212-592-7000 The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce hosts a business card exchange between 6:30 ...
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