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Mayor says 'Fuhgeddaboudit!' to blog after comments upset readers
BELMAR, N.J. -- To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry. To the muscle-bound, tanned-as-coconut-shell visitors he referred to as “guidos,” employing a term widely considered an ethnic slur, the mayor of Belmar offers his apologies.
The Pantagraph |
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IMRG E-Retail Sales Index: web eats into high street takings
Online sales for the first six months of 2008 were up 24% to £26.5bn - equivalent to almost half of all supermarket sales - according to the IMRG...
Computer Weekly |
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Libraries to benefit from Gates grants
The Goss Reading Room, part of the Laconia Public Library System, and the Sanbornton Public Library, may soon benefit from a matching grant program that seeks to help libraries replace or upgrade public-use computer systems.
The Citizen of Laconia |
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AG warns of work at home scams
CONCORD — Attorney General Kelly Ayotte is warning people about work-at-home schemes that may be described as a business opportunity in the classified ads of your local newspaper or via the Internet.
The Citizen of Laconia |
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Study: Shrinking newsrooms hurt quality
The challenge newspapers must meet immediately is to find more revenue on the Internet, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism's study, called "The Changing Newsroom: What is Being Gained and What is Being Lost in America's Daily Newspapers."
MSNBC |
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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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A Great Way to Expand Your Home's Living Space
(ARA) - Is what used to be your office now the baby's room? Have your desk and computer taken up residence in the formal living room? Are you running out of space to store your growing collection of stuff?
Carteret County News-Times |
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GPS unit, laptop stolen from car
Someone stole a Garmin GPS unit and laptop computer from a parked car in South Middleton Township over the weekend.
The Sentinel |
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Google loses share as Yahoo and Microsoft gain
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In a rare slip for Google, Yahoo and Microsoft gained share as Google lost ground in the Web search market in June, industry data released on Friday shows.
Reuters.co.uk |
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Virtual Attack
A week ago, New Braunfels grandmother Mary Alice Altorfer had never heard of YouTube. Now she’s a hot topic on one of the most influential Web sites in America.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Squeezed by Sluggish Economy, Many Find Charity Begins at Home -- On the Computer
(ARA) - The downturn in the economy and rising food and gas prices are taking a toll on charities and non-profit organizations. Soup kitchens, churches, international aid organizations and schools report donations of all kinds are down as folks struggle to make their own ends meet.
Carteret County News-Times |
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Printable ads boost ignored web campaigns
By ensuring that online ads also appear on printouts of web pages, advertisers get the attention they desire (full text available to subscribers)
New Scientist |
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Google tops UK consumer brand survey
Google has leapfrogged Microsoft and Mercedes Benz to become the UK’s top consumer brand for the first time, according to the latest Superbrands report.
Mad.co.uk |
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Computer Crime is Here to Stay; So Are Jobs to Combat It
(ARA) - What do a recent global crackdown on Internet child pornography and the arrest of Dennis Rader, the infamous "BTK" serial killer have in common with the Sept. 11 attacks on America?
Carteret County News-Times |
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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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Google voted favourite British brand
When it comes to brands, Google is the one Brits like the best, it took the top spot in the new poll.
The Economic Times |
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My Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors
Dr. Arnold Kim’s Web site, MacRumors.com, has become such a popular technology site, he has stopped practicing medicine to blog full time.
The Hendersonville Times-News |
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World's oldest bible online: 4th century manuscript
Leipzig, Germany - The world's oldest surviving semi-complete copy of the bible, a 4th-century manuscript in ancient Greek that was discovered in a waste-paper bin by a German scholar, is set to go online on Thursday, the University of Leipzig Librar...
EARTHtimes.org |
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IBM selling $80 mln of Lenovo shares: term sheet
HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. computer giant IBM shed more of its stake in top Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd , offloading up to $80 million worth of stock at a 3.9 percent to 7 percent discount to its closing price on Monday, according to a document sent to investors.
EARTHtimes.org |
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NEC Launches New Entry-Level Workstation
NEC Computers has introduced its new WA1320 workstation. This entry-level platform has been designed to combine optimal design, performance and flexibility at an affordable price. The ultra-compact chassis (170x415x391mm, 7-9 kg) of the WA1320 offers dimensions ...
BIOS |
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Handsets, LCDs boost LG Elec Q2, but outlook cloudy
SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc increased quarterly earnings by 84 percent with strong results in mobile phones and at its LCD joint venture, but the South Korean firm faces a tougher second half amid a global economic downturn.
EARTHtimes.org |
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Cyber-Surfing Gives Everyone Easy Access to History
(ARA) - History is making history on the World Wide Web. With a click of the mouse, lifelong historians and those who just caught the history bug are taking to the Internet in record numbers to explore its nearly limitless access to times gone by.
Carteret County News-Times |
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Computer Crime is Here to Stay; So Are Jobs to Combat It
(ARA) - What do a recent global crackdown on Internet child pornography and the arrest of Dennis Rader, the infamous "BTK" serial killer have in common with the Sept. 11 attacks on America?
Carteret County News-Times |
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Mohave Valley Daily News |
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Recent Original Stories
Many people who have called Apple to complain about excessive heat coming from their newly purchased computers have been told that the MacBook and the MacBook Pro are in fact Notebook computers and not Laptop computers.
New Mobile Computing |
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