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Embarq Tracked Web Habits Of Gardner Clients
About 26,000 Embarq Corp. customers in Gardner, Kan., were part of a test earlier this year of a program that tracked their Web-surfing habits for advertising purposes, the company told members of Congress.
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Computer Sciences reports $2.9B in contracts
(AP:FALLS CHURCH, Va.) Information-technology services provider Computer Sciences Corp. on Thursday said it had an estimated $2.9 billion in previously unannounced business orders and awards.
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Montville resident trooper warns against internet scandals
The Montville Resident State Trooper’s office is warning residents that criminals are increasingly perpetrating crimes using the internet.
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Microsoft defends search investments to analysts
Microsoft's CEO defended the software maker's decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed minimal light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the failed bid to buy Yahoo.
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LOL and CU L8R, Barack
The presidential candidate is a frequent text message sender. AL GORE may claim a share of the credit for getting the Internet started, but Sen. Barack Obama is using the technology -- particularly the handy BlackBerry he keeps attached to his belt -- to chat up everyone from celebrities to campaign workers.
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Facebook and the end of sheep tossing as we know it?
The company's out with a new initiative designed to expand its popularity and smooth relations with developers. Rafe Needleman and I got together to take stock of the coming changes.
CNET |
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Recent Original Stories
Exigo is a new desktop environment project, being developed in Python and C++ using GTK+ as the GUI toolkit. The main aims of Exigo are usability, simplicity, and flexibility. Exigo also aims to introduce new concepts to the desktop, such as the use of tabs instead of standard windows.
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Do you need writing software?
Before you spend your hard-earned money on extra writing software, consider adapting the software you already use to write your manuscript.
BellaOnline |
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Internet Exclusive: Texans'92 have one goal in more ways than one
Though the Dallas Texans Red ‘92 club has not scored a barrage of goals so far in the US Youth Soccer National Championships, they are still in prime position to advance to the finals.
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Internet Exclusive: Sting '92 is winless, but not hopeless
Despite not picking up a victory in its first two games at the 2008 US Youth Soccer National Championships, Sting ’92 still has an opportunity at the finals with a familiar foe waiting in the wings.
Allen American Star |
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Internet Exclusive: Texans '91 excelling in the big games
Plano West senior Becka Rivera and Plano East senior Marissa Holden make it very difficult for defenses to contain the Dallas Texans Red ’91 club team.
Allen American Star |
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Internet Exclusive: Sting '90 cruises to the final
Sting ’90 is in a unique position at the 2008 US Youth Soccer National Championships as the squad still has one more pool play game left, but has already clinched a spot in the U18 finals.
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Internet Exclusive: Andromeda on the road to a title defense
Things are a little bit different for Andromeda ’90 entering this year’s US Youth Soccer National Championships. Whereas in 2007 the Plano-based club was one of the newcomers, Andromeda enters the 2008 event in Little Rock, Ark. as the defending national champions.
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Customer Service
NEW YORK - The movie-rental service Netflix Inc. is closing a small unit that finances independent movies, partly to avoid competing with Hollywood studios with which it partners for DVD and Internet distribution.
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Microsoft Says Chances Of Yahoo Takeover Negligible
The company's CFO described its rival as "a declining asset" and all but ruled out a complete takeover of the Internet company.
InformationWeek |
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Digital Revolution Could Be Olympics' Salvation
The Olympic Games will be played out on Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr, one Web-based video marketing executive asserts.
InformationWeek |
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Complaining Bloggers Have a Cable Company?s Ear
Comcast is reaching out to customers who complain about its service online. Some like it; others say it?s an annoying, sometimes eerie version of ?Big Brother.?
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The Closing Bell
Okay, folks. The sooner we get through this the sooner it will be Friday. We have new dates for Snoop Dogg , Ten Years After , Toots & The Maytals and Tower Of Power , and we have links to items about Sheryl Crow , Simon Cowell, Sir George Martin , MTV's VMAs and Yahoo's DRM blues.
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Microsoft To Buy DATAllegro
The data warehouse appliance maker's software is typically used with Ingres' open source database, but could be easily be optimized for Microsoft's SQL Server.
InformationWeek |
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One of Gates' Favorite Themes Continues in His Absence
Bill Gates is no longer working full time at Microsoft but some of his ideas, like tabletop computers and more natural user...
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Hackers Get Hold Of Critical Internet Flaw
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP)--Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet.
Nasdaq |
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First Look: Yahoo Zimbra Desktop Beta 3
The Test Center takes a look at the latest beta of Yahoo's Zimbra desktop application.
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Microsoft defends search investments to analysts
By JESSICA MINTZ REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft's CEO defended the software maker's decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed little light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the failed bid to buy Yahoo.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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UK businessman wins Facebook libel case
london • A British businessman won a libel case and £22,000 in damages at London's High Court yesterday after false claims about him were posted on the hugely popular social networking website Facebook.
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Scots boy must give up Narnia website
GENEVA - A SCOTTISH schoolboy must surrender a Web address tied to the Narnia fantasy world, which his father said was a birthday present, after a ruling by a United Nations arbitrator, an official report said.
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