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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Oct 2006 20:07 UTC
Normally we don't report on every fart that gets patented by the big companies, but the following patent by Apple is actually pretty interesting: Apple has patented a method to store a user's ~/ directory (home directory) on external storage (the iPod?), making it portable.
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Bidders let down man who put his life on eBay
It is a question asked all too often - what price a life? In the case of divorcee Ian Usher the answer appeared simple if relatively unsubstantial: £192,000 (NZ$514,457).
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Sources: Assemblyman investigated for child porn
TRENTON (AP) -- Veteran Democratic state Assemblyman Neil Cohen is being investigated for child pornography possession on his legislative office computer, according to four officials familiar with the situation.
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Medway Marine dies in N.C. motorcycle crash
Joining the Marines had been Ian T. McVey's passion since high school. He entered in May 2007, after graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with degrees in engineering and computer science.
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Tinley Park Moves to Better Protect Residents' Financial Info
Officials in south suburban Tinley Park say they will store the personal and financial information of residents differently. They say today they recovered computer tapes with social security and bank information on file with the village that went missing a few weeks ago. But the scare has caused officials to rethink how to protect the information. As a security measure, officials routinely ...
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What a time to have a child
In the wake of Hillary Clinton's endorsement of Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, an AP-Yahoo! News poll revealed that more people would rather have Obama at their summer cookout than John McCain.
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Microsoft defends its big online gamble
Microsoft Corp. sought to persuade skeptical investors Thursday that spending on its unprofitable Internet business will be a worthwhile bet in the long run. Many appeared unconvinced.
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Action News Identified Crime Cluster in Kennewick
We've mapped a spot where a number of thefts and burglaries have happened this week. We took the data from the latest Kennewick Police briefing and used Google Earth to pin-point the problem spots in our community.
KEPR Pasco |
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Samsung Elec Q2 net disappoints, outlook grim
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , the world's top maker of memory chips, posted lower-than-expected quarterly profit and faces a tough second half with a sluggish chip market and lower margins in flat screens and mobile phones.
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AZ: Campus shooting sends 3 to hospital
Police say a gunman opened fire inside a computer lab at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix this afternoon.
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Creators of Scrabble knockoff on Facebook sued
(AP:NEW YORK) T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook.
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3 shot at South Mountain Community College; 2 critical
Associated Press - July 24, 2008 10:24 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A man opened fire this afternoon in a computer lab at a Phoenix community college, wounding three people, two critically.
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Microsoft Windows chief jumps ship for Juniper
Kevin Johnson, Microsoft's online and Windows chief and a key figure in the Yahoo takeover attempt, will become chief executive at Juniper Networks.
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Click fraud harder to detect, but rate stays flat
Bogus clicks on ads, which can make money for Web sites but cost advertisers, were no more common in the second quarter. But click fraud is getting more sophisticated.
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Microsoft exec to lead Juniper
MICROSOFT'S online and Windows chief, Kevin Johnson, has jumped ship to Juniper Networks to become the vendor's new chief executive.
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Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. Microsoft on Thursday plans to delve deeper into Ruby programming, with plans to ship Ruby libraries and participate in a testing project for the language.
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Alex Miller: Change keeps Vail on its toes
Remember back in the late 1990s when it seemed the economy was this steamroller that would never stop? Everything would be online, and the Internet would replace all forms of human communication.
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"Microsoft has just released the latest installment of the Windows Vista pre-RC1 builds, with Vista Build 5472.5 making its way to TAP and Tech Beta tester today, and for once, MSDN Subscribers too.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Apr 2007 22:20 UTC
Dell has stopped selling its Axim line of handhelds and is not planning a new product in the category, the computer maker said on Monday. "The Axim X51 family is no longer being offered, and we have no plans for a follow-on product at this time," Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden said in an email.
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Samsung Q2 results higher on LCD, cell phone sales
Updated: 25 Jul 2008 TOKYO, 25 JULY 2008 - Healthy sales of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels and a profitable cellular handset business helped Samsung Electronics post strong net profit growth in the second quarter.
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Hasbro takes Facebook game Scrabulous to C-O-U-R-T
Game-making giant Hasbro has filed a lawsuit against Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous and sent a notice demanding Facebook remove the popular game from the social-networking website.
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Bidders let down man who put his life on eBay
It is a question asked all too often - what price a life? In the case of divorcee Ian Usher the answer appeared simple if relatively unsubstantial: £192,000 (NZ$514,457).
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"Right at this moment, big changes have or are about to occur in three well-known browsers: Internet Explorer is finally being updated, with version 7 in its third beta and almost ready to roll out the door; Firefox is also ripening an upgrade beta for its Version 2.0 - it's in beta 1; and finally Opera, which has a devoted but smaller following, has recently come out with Version 9.0. So, three ...
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