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Program gives students a second chance to graduate on time
It’s a sunny July afternoon and Donnie Ellis is quietly working at a computer in Smyrna High School. He’s not on MySpace, nor is he playing a game. Ellis is listening to a lecture on integrated algebra and geometry.
Smyrna Clayton Sun Times |
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This will be the last Firefox 2 vs. IE7 article
"How do the latest versions of each browser compare? For this prizefight, we looked at Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft's first new Internet browser since 2001 and Mozilla Firefox 2, Mozilla's update of its popular Firefox 1.5 browser released in November 2005."
New Mobile Computing |
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Computer makers have been told they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM
by the end of this year, despite strong ongoing demand for the OS. Analysts and computer makers are wondering if the move is premature given Vista's ongoing performance and compatibility issues.
New Mobile Computing |
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Recent Original Stories
Scott Finley, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has ported the Linux files system Ext2 to Microsoft's new research operating system Singularity . One of the most striking observations was the author's comments on Singularity's robustness.
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Jazz Apple Cycling Team Crunches Competition
New Zealand’s ENZA sponsored Jazz Apple Cycling Team has chalked up yet another win with team member Lauren Ellis taking out the women’s field in Canada’s Tour de White Rock road race.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Affordable Broadband For Rural Communities
Famers and rural communities can now ditch painful dial-up internet connections and get Orcon’s next-generation broadband beamed directly to the home.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Internet Problems in Marathon
Web woes in Marathon as a three day internet outage frustrates residents and makes credit card transactions impossible for local businesses.
CBS 5 News Syracuse |
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SafeCentral
SafeCentral's browser secures your online transactions and offers special verification for many thousands of sensitive Web sites.
PC Magazine |
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Recent Original Stories
This guide contains the practical security measures to secure your Windows desktop at home. This guide is not necessarily intended for business or enterprise use, but it might come in handy for some .
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 2nd Jul 2006 21:26 UTC
People say I rant too much. I complain and complain, but never seem to really like anything. As I promised a few weeks ago, I will talk about things I love about computers.
OS News |
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Yahoo Survives Tumultuous Quarter
A quarter in which Yahoo weathered multiple takeover attempts and a proxy fight proved to be a negative one, with an increase in revenue but a decline in profits.
PC Magazine |
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Yahoo settles to avert shareholder fight over fate of internet company
San Francisco - Yahoo averted a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp.
The New Zealand Herald |
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U.S. boards face tough CEO health questions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investor concern about the health of Apple Inc chief Steve Jobs is spurring questions about how far companies must go in telling shareholders about a top executive's medical condition.
Reuters.co.uk |
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Santa Clara County libraries back online, phones working again
Santa Clara County libraries are back online after a three-day glitch that affected libraries in Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, and Saratoga.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Hot Flashes - Calling All Humans
The population stats say that the earth has begat about a jillion human beings these days. And further predictions hike up more people than resources can provide for.
The Prairie Advocate |
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MacBook Touch Tablet Slated For Launch This October?
If you'll cast Newton and ModBook aside for a moment, Apple fans have largely been deprived from the real tablet experience thus far. The end to that deprivation may be near, because there are rumors circulating about a MacBook touch that could hit retail as early as this October.
MobileMag |
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Yahoo 2Q profit falls 18 pct, below analyst views
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s second-quarter profit fell 18 percent, the latest sign of the financial decay that has frustrated shareholders and raised doubts about the Internet company's future.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Computer Security Dire as Malware Spammers Get Sense of Humor
Computer security threats are constantly changing, but what madness will ensue when online criminals start developing a sense of humor?
Wired News |
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VMware to Offer Low-footprint ESX Hypervisor Free
VMware Tuesday said it will offer the small-footprint version of its ESX virtualization software free.
PC World via Yahoo! News |
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Internet Memorial Dealer Begins Campaign to Stop Abuses by Cemeteries and Funeral Homes
On behalf of consumers across America who are victims of abusive sales practices by cemeteries and funeral homes, Prestige Memorials announces a new "get tough" policy.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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Yahoo profit falls by $30M in Q2
Web portal Yahoo Inc. reported a $30 million drop in its profit for the quarter ended June, compared with the same quarter a year ago. (YHOO) (MSFT)
San Francisco Business Times |
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Yahoo 2Q profit falls 18 pct, below analyst views
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s second-quarter profit fell 18 percent, the latest sign of the financial decay that has frustrated shareholders and raised doubts about the Internet company's future.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Apple releases iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, iLife updates
Apple today released updates its iLife '08 suite of applications. The updates include iPhoto 7.1.4 [74MB], which contains new holiday greeting card and postcard themes for use with Apple print products as well as addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues. Apple says that iMovie ...
MacNN |
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U.S. boards face tough CEO health questions
Investor concern about the health of Apple Inc chief Steve Jobs is spurring questions about how far companies must go in telling shareholders about a top executive's medical condition.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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'Spam King' gets 4 years in prison
Prosecutors say Robert Soloway spent years sending tens of millions of junk e-mail messages using networks of compromised computers. When his sentence was announced, Soloway simply smiled, because prosecutors had asked for nine years.
KOMO Seattle |
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