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Plagiarize this!
A recent Web site that allows students to post class-specific notes, quizzes, and even exams is generating popularity in California and is expected to spread to more American universities.
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Minneapolis tech firm shines on iPhone
We've all done it: flipped open a cell phone in the dark to hunt for a dropped pen or the keyhole on a car door. Now a Minneapolis software developer has capitalized on this alternative use of the cell phone and found itself in the spotlight on the new Apple iPhone App Store.
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Yahoo makes deal with Icahn on board seats
The Yahoo logo seen at a computer trade fair in Dusseldorf. The Internet giant has announced an agreement with corporate raider Carl Icahn ending his effort to oust the company's board over its handling of a takeover bid from Microsoft
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Tokyo bourse halts futures trading due to glitch
TOKYO: The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Tuesday it had suspended futures and options trading due to a computer system glitch, the latest in a series of technical problems at Asia's largest bourse.
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by (Staff) on Mon 22nd Aug 2005 21:36 in reply to " RE[4]: GNOME vs KDE "
"In your scenario with users, where users never leave their home folder how is such shared information handled?" Easy - have it show up in Gtk's bookmarks list, just like the 'Home', 'Desktop', and 'Filesystem' links do.
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No asterisk needed after Harrington wins 2nd Open golf crown
SOUTHPORT, England - Padraig Harrington never tires of reading the fine print on the silver claret jug, and as he stood up from a table on Monday at Royal Birkdale, he slowly turned golf"s oldest trophy to see his name on consecutive rows. "I don"t think this champion has anything to worry about with asterisks etched next to his name," Royal & Ancient chief executive Peter Dawson said. "He ...
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Oldest New Testament Bible heads into cyberspace
BERLIN - More than 1,600 years after it was written in Greek, one of the oldest copies of the Bible will become globally accessible online for the first time this week.
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Feds: Ex-anchor hacked colleague's e-mail
PHILADELPHIA - A fired TV newscaster was charged Monday with hacking into the e-mail of his glamorous younger co-anchor hundreds of times for more than two years, as leaked information about her personal life helped lead to her own downfall.
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Onondaga County holding online surplus auction
Are you looking for a used truck? An old copy machine? Maybe even a desk? Onondaga County might have just what you're looking for.
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Conference panelists see car battery breakthrough
The lithium-ion battery, already a fixture in personal electronic devices, soon will become the answer to high oil prices and environmental concerns as it bulks up to power rechargeable electric vehicles, government, university and industry panelists...
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Why BlackBerry When You Can Take the Bus?
Lobbying has gotten fairly high-tech lately, with Web sites, e-mails and viral advertising campaigns.
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Firefox's Effect On Other Browsers
An anonymous reader points out an interview with Mozilla's "evangelist," Christopher Blizzard, regarding the future of Firefox and how it affects other browsers. It's a German site, so forgive the comma abuse. From derStandard: "It's sort of interesting though, part of our strategy is to make sure, that we continue making change and the indirect effect of this is that Microsoft continues to have ...
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Lenovo shares dive amid downgrade, IBM share sale
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of top Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd fell 5.02 percent after a broker downgrade and a sale of the company's shares by International Business Machines Corp's .
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Rafael Nadal replaces Roger Federer as number one: Becker
TORONTO - The ATP computer says otherwise but Boris Becker believes Rafael Nadal has already replaced Roger Federer as the world number one.
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Lenovo shares dive amid downgrade, IBM share sale
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of top Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd fell 5.02 percent after a broker downgrade and a sale of the company's shares by International Business Machines Corp's .
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Recent Original Stories
Novell plans to release a beta for its Linux Desktop 10 including new features offering better interoperability with Microsoft Office and Open Office, said Ted Haeger, Novell's director of user communities, at the Southern California Linux Expo. The beta, tentatively scheduled for release next month , will include a new feature, dubbed Xgl . Haeger said Xgl will allow users to jump between ...
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Recent Original Stories
"There has been lots of talk over the past few years about open source license proliferation. I'm generally of the mind that if you can't solve the problem with the GPL, MPL, or BSD, it's not a licensing problem worth solving.
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Top Scoops
Election 08: Select Committee Vs. Revised Immigration Bill / Donations: Dominion Post & Winston / School Suspensions / Te Reo: Maori Language Online / KiwiRail Upgrade / Sheep / Work Stoppages / Mortuary Investigation / WTO / Zimbabwe/ Israel & UK.
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Linspire launched a revamped partner program
on September 14 that will pay system builders a percentage on all commercial Linux software and services purchased by users of either Linspire or Freespire pre-installed desktop and laptop computers using the company's CNR technology.
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City To Launch Initiative To Protect Kids Online
City officials are set to launch a new initiative next month designed to keep children safe while they surf the web.
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Acer introduces Veriton S461 compact business desktop PC
The Veriton S461 leverages the power of Intel Core 2 Duo processing, high-capacity hard disk drive functionality and dual-channel DDR2 memory features to deliver superior performance to multi-tasking business users, while IT updates, virus scans and real-time data feeds run in the background.
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Apple outlook well below Wall Street view
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Monday its current-quarter earnings would be well below Wall Street targets, sending shares of the iPhone, iPod and Macintosh maker down 10 percent.
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Report: AT&T to modify broadband service options
An AT&T executive on Monday said the company would modify the way it packages its broadband Internet service, offering more precise levels of service that promise minimum and maximum transmission rates, Reuters reported. During a hearing held by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, AT&T Senior Vice President Robert Quinn said the company would offer "non-overlapping tiers" of broadband ...
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N Harris Computer acquires Municipal Software
Constellation Software has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary N Harris Computer has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Municipal Solutions Group, including the shares of its wholly owned operating subsidiary, Municipal Software.
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Conference panelists see car battery breakthrough
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 (6:54 p.m.) The lithium-ion battery, already a fixture in personal electronic devices, soon will become the answer to high oil prices and environmental concerns as it bulks up to power rechargeable electric vehicles, government, university and industry panelists predicted Monday.
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