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Online exploration
I've been following a thread entitled "Husbands and porn" on another moms' site. It's one of those hot topics that pop up frequently on other sites, though not here to my recollection. I think the fact that we have less anonymity in our smaller town may explain that. Also, we're kind of a gentile bunch. The issue always elicits a variety of opinions. Some people say all porn is evil and the ...
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Companies need clear policies on Internet use at work
The Internet has become a way of life, one that most people use every day for both work and nonwork activities.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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Federal Court Rules COPA Unconstitutional
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld a lower court ban on the controversial law, which would criminalize constitutionally protected speech on the Internet.
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Pizza places contend in TL poll
The challenge to be named the best pizza in the area is heating up this summer. The Times Leader challenged local pizza joints to battle it out on the Internet, launching an online poll for best pizza in the area about two weeks ago.
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SF mayor gets codes to hijacked city network
City IT worker, who has been in custody on felony charges of taking sole control of the city's network, gives access codes to Mayor Gavin Newsom during a secret jailhouse visit.
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Right Click
On the Twittering, Facebooking, widgety frontier of politics, one of the webbiest sites this campaign season was born just a few days ago : a 24/7 online town hall, where voters, via text or video, can help craft their party's platform.
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Online initiative, iQ Academy, opens new doors for middle, high school students
Colleges and universities have for years offered interactive television and online courses to afford students a wide array of educational opportunities. And while public schools have tried to include enough of a variety of courses in their curriculums to suit all their students' needs, as well as keep up with today's fast-paced technology, many lag behind due to financial constraints and ...
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The Fives: Kitsch soars in big cans of SPAM, huge Jackalopes and the mysterious Carhenge
For those who read Monday's installment of the The Fives, I apologize for taking something as gleeful as a family vacation and turn it into a dirge exploring the dread of rising gas prices.
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McMorning Las Vegas, here's the news
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Reuters Business Summary
Yahoo profit down, outlook intact; CEO set to stay SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc's net profit fell 19 percent but investors took heart that it did not change its outlook despite a weakening U.S. economy and the distraction of Microsoft Corp's failed takeover bid. Shares of the Internet company, which just settled a proxy battle with activist investor Carl Icahn, rose 2.7 ...
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Social Gaming Firm Zynga Gets Its Big Round; $29M From KPCB; Buys Fbook App
Just when Fortune did a long story on Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers not investing in the Internet and Web 2.0 world anymore, the venerable venture firms unleashes a major one: San Francisco-based Zynga, which makes casual games for social network has received a big $29 million second round, led by KPCB, and includes Institutional Venture Partners and previous investors Union Square Ventures, ...
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft has released licenses for the Windows Vista operating system that dramatically differ from those for Windows XP in that they limit the number of times that retail editions can be transferred to another device and ban the two least-expensive versions from running in a virtual machine.
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Redline receives FCC Certification for additional 3.65 GHz WiMAX products
Redline Communications Group Inc. , a leading provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced that it has received Federal Communications Commission approval for its RedMAX AN100-UX Base Station and RedMAX SU-I Indoor Subscriber Unit in the United States.
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Redline Receives FCC Certification for Additional 3.65 GHz WiMAX Products
Redline Communications Group Inc. , a leading provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced that it has received Federal Communications Commission approval for its RedMAX AN100-UX Base Station and RedMAX SU-I Indoor Subscriber Unit in the United States.
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The Herald-Zeitung Mobile Edition
The Herald-Zeitung provides a text-only version of its daily web edition for readers using cellular telephones or handheld computers. Registered users of AvantGo can create their own custom channel to download regular updates.
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Recent Original Stories
"Opera Software filed a complaint with the European Commission yesterday which is aimed at giving consumers a genuine choice of Web browsers. The complaint describes how Microsoft is abusing its dominant position by tying its browser, Internet Explorer, to the Windows operating system and by hindering interoperability by not following accepted Web standards.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 24th Dec 2005 21:55 UTC
Love-him-hate-him Paul Thurrot has released a four part in-depth review of Vista's December CTP. "I think people are going to be surprised by how good the Windows Vista December 2005 Community Technical Preview (CTP, or build 5270) really is.
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by sedwards (2.33) on Fri 27th Apr 2007 18:48 UTC
Aggressive Marketing Backward Compatibility Shady Business Tactics Vendor Lockin Being at the right place and the right time. Spyglass being stabbed in the back Netscape not knowing how to fight Cutler and NT Unix Fragmentation Apple being Incompetent Sun being incompetent VB Foxpro (bought from someone else) Office (parts bought from someone else)
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Software for the times
SAS Institute Inc. is making money among the madness by helping customers bring order to chaos
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Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Tue 22nd Jul 2008 17:54 UTC
David Williams over at iTWire has done a comparison of Windows vs Linux . It is performed by doing functionally identical tasks in both the OSes. This comparison is not a fair one by any measure.
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Report: Google and Digg talks on again [Acquisitions]
Google cofounder Larry Page and Digg CEO Jay Adelson were all smiles at Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley retreat. Was it because they had just wrapped up a long-rumored deal for Google to buy Digg, with the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Villa Park man accepts plea for 2006 incident
WOODSTOCK – A 49-year-old man originally accused of fondling a 15-year-old boy whom he met online avoided prison and registering as a sex offender as part of a plea bargain. Mark Pauga, of 359 N. Mission Ave., Villa Park, received two years of probation Tuesday after pleading guilty to aggravated battery.
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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.
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Briefs: Man goes to prison for mail fraud
A 48-year-old Aurora man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison on wire and mail fraud charges for selling electronics over the Internet in 2005 and 2006 but failing to provide the merchandise.
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Web-initiated harassment of grandma continues
Web postings urging online and telephone harassment of Herald-Zeitung employees appeared Saturday morning on the Internet hours after an article was published describing similar attacks toward a New Braunfels woman.
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