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Widow's ring returned after Uptown burglar arrest
A laptop, some shoes and an array of electronics were just a few items that were taken from Melissa Haddad's Uptown apartment in early July. However, it was her engagement ring that was her most cherished item stolen, which is likely why the Dallas police couldn't wait to let her know what they had found.
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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.
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jkOnTheRun blogger quits his day job
As a consulting geophysicist, James Kendrick had a job that involved driving around Houston from client to client and sometimes flying out of town.
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In the second quarter, Yahoo sees another drop in profit
Yahoo's profit slipped again in the second quarter, a recurring theme that has frustrated shareholders and raised doubts about the Internet company's future.
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Internet giant Google has launched a Maori-language version of its popular search engine. Coinciding with Maori Language Week, the company today launched Google Aotearoa to cater specially for people who speak the language of New Zealand's indigenous people.
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Jailed Computer Technician Gives Up Access Codes
SAN FRANCISCO -- The City of San Francisco's computer network ran normally again Tuesday night after a jailed computer technician gave Mayor Gavin Newsom passwords and access codes during a secret jailhouse visit.
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Cengiz: Too much Internet bad for communication
Today people are more willing to express their opinion over the Internet and less likely to do so in person, according to communication research done by Shirley S. Ho and Douglas M. McLeod of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Their study found that "fear of isolation, communication apprehension, future opinion congruency and communication setting significantly predict willingness to speak out.
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Former Wurld Media executive indicted
BALLSTON SPA — A former executive at a Saratoga Springs Internet startup company was indicted on a new grand larceny charge in Saratoga County Court today.
The Post-Star |
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Visitor from Texas faces sex counts
Kenner police have arrested a Kilgore, Texas, man on charges of using the Internet to arrange a sexual encounter with a detective posing as an underage girl.
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Bruno takes job at company with state contracts
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has been hired as chief executive of CMA Consulting Services, which provides computer programming and information technology to the state and other clients.
The Post-Star |
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Recent Original Stories
Groklaw reports that a company called IP Innovation, LLC, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Novell and Red Hat. Groklaw goes into black helicopter mode, trying to find a tie between this IP Innovation thing and Microsoft - and it finds it too.
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Want to find Mitch Albom’s latest book? Better get a Kindle
NEW YORK -- Mitch Albom has a new book out — well, not really a book, but a commencement speech in book form. And not in traditional book form, but as an e-book, published exclusively through Amazon.com’s Kindle reader.
The Pantagraph |
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Google Pays $140m for Russian Contextual Ad Company
Google has agreed to acquire for $140m Russian contextual advertising company Begun, a subsidiary of Rambler Media.
Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Google Faces "Parked" Site Fraud Allegations
Online retailer RK West has filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court of California, San Jose, claiming Google defrauded its customers by charging them for clicks from "parked" web sites, which serve ads on otherwise empty web pages.
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MySpace joins shared identity service OpenID
NEW YORK,USA : News Corp's MySpace Internet social network will join the OpenID alliance to begin letting its users take their online identity to other sites and social networks without having to register again. The move comes after the network decided in May to let its estimated 115 m...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 3rd Nov 2006 07:21 UTC
Windows Vista will offer varying levels of functionality depending on what kind of video card you have. When you upgrade, will your PC be up to the challenge ?
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 29th Aug 2006 21:24 UTC
"The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is a thin black handheld device with a Linux operating system, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, but, unlike most Nokia handhelds, it's not a cell phone. Instead, it's a fun way to connect to the Internet.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 11th Feb 2007 15:51 UTC
Forbes takes a look at Vista, and writes: "More than five years in the making, more than 50 million lines of code. The result? A vista slightly more inspiring than the one over the town dump . The new slogan is: 'The Wow Starts Now', and Microsoft touts new features, many filched shamelessly from Apple's Macintosh.
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Teens cope with life minus technology during power outage
Sam Dockery’s cell phone is dead and he hasn’t been on the Internet or played video games in more than 24 hours, but other than that, life isn’t much different than normal for the 14-year-old from Moline.
Quad-City Times |
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Danish headset maker relaunches RP products
MANILA, Philippines A Danish company which used to make wireless headsets for call centers has reintroduced its products under the popular Jabra brand in the Philippines.
GMA News |
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IPhone illustrates technology's power
With a million new iPhones sold in the initial weekend, Apple reaps the rewards of a program that has produced the best mobile computing device of its time.
The News & Observer |
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City author takes readers on intriguing foxhunt
Soon after Simon Rush and policewoman P.J. Porter solve the murder of Selina Norman in Oklahoma City, they discover their story has spread worldwide through the Internet. And then they receive a message from the Duke of Grantham. Knighton Meade of Oklahoma City crafts the story in his new book, "The Last Fox Hunt: A Simon Rush Mystery (Ballyduff Press, $17.95). The duke wants Rush and Porter ...
The Oklahoman |
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Microsoft: DirectX 11 To Use GPU For Parallel Processing [Directx]
DirectX 11 is coming, and it looks pretty awesome. Sure, you get advancements in shading and better support for multi-core machines, but what's really got our heads turning is the concept of letting...
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American Airlines and Google settle lawsuit
DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines has dropped its lawsuit against Google Inc. over its search engine directing some users to advertisements for the airline's competitors.
North Texas Daily |
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Windows Live Updated For Windows Mobile Devices [Windows Live Messenger]
Not content to just offer a new version of Windows Live Messenger for a competing platform, Microsoft today released an updated official version of the full Windows Live app for Windows Mobile that...
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