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China surpasses US in internet use
Overtaking the US, Chinas internet-users population has reached 253 million by the end of June, reflecting the explosive growth in the web-user market in the country, data showed.
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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.
Rapid City Journal |
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State emphasizes 'green' purchasing
HELENA - Montana's state government recycles 700,000 pounds of office paper every year. State workers write with pens made from recycled plastic and type on computers made without the toxins already illegal in Europe.
Billings Gazette |
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TECH CHRONICLES / / A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech)
Users share personal accounts of history Do you remember that awesome Jim Morrison concert you attended back in the day when you wore flowers in your hair? Did you see the first Japanese aircraft approach Pearl Harbor on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941? Did you...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Industry Leaders Launch First-Ever Trade Association for Internet and Hosting Service Provides
Industry leaders announced today the launch of the Association of Internet and Hosting Service Providers, AIHSP, the first-ever trade association serving the shared interests of providers and vendors in the Web hosting and Internet services indus...
W3Reports |
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Lawmakers: NJ legislator focus of child porn probe
By TOM HESTER Jr. Associated Press Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating whether a veteran state lawmaker possessed child pornography on his office computer, two assemblymen who share an office with him said Thursday.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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MS shakes it up
Microsoft is shaking up its online division and strengthening its ties to Facebook.
iafrica.com |
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Union County Assemblyman under investigation for child pornography
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.
Courier-Post |
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I don't get it buzz: 'Charlie bit me' vid gets 37 million views
Sometimes, videos get popular for reasons I can't quite determine. I saw this video at least three weeks ago and thought it was mildly amuzing at the time. However, since then, I see it on all the charts, mentioned in blogs, etc. I ...
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Rapid growth takes toll on Comcast customers
WASHINGTON — Kenneth Bayes' request to Comcast was routine. He was moving his family from Fairfax, Va., to a new townhouse in Haymarket, Va., and wanted to transfer his bundled television, Internet and phone services.
The Tennessean |
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Newsom helps S.F. re-boot
Mayor picks up computer passwords from a jailed city systems administrator who held them. Treat your I.T. workers well. Listen to their concerns. Encourage their creativity. But set up good checks to make sure they can't hijack your system.
Los Angeles Times |
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OSA Survey Finds Open Source Software Business Thriving in 2008
In the first annual survey of its membership and other open source software and services companies, the Open Solutions Alliance found optimism despite a murky economy with 83 percent of participants saying they would see a year-over-year increase ...
ebizQ.net |
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Microsoft executives say they've given up on buying Yahoo
The software leader will find other ways to gain ground in online search and advertising, investors are told. Microsoft Corp. executives ruled out an acquisition of Yahoo Inc. on Thursday, even as they acknowledged that the Internet company would have provided a needed boost in online search, where the software giant trails leader Google Inc.
Los Angeles Times |
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Zara Phillips stars in Land Rover internet advert
Eventing world champion Zara Phillips is staring in a light-hearted major internet advertising campaign from Land Rover
Horse and Hound |
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Singapore SMBs to invest US$1.5B on IT/Telecom
SINGAPORE: Small and medium businesses (SMBs, or companies with up to 999 employees) in Singapore are on track to invest up to US$1.5 billion on Internet access and telecom services this year, up 3 percent over 2007. Spending on cell phones and long-distance telephony services will make up about 50 percent of the total, according to the latest study by New York-based Access Markets International ...
CIOL |
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5 accused of exposing selves to cops posing as girls online Wayne County
Five men have been arrested on charges of exposing themselves online to undercover officers they thought were teenage girls, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said Thursday. The suspects, who range in age from 24 to 57, used Web cameras to show their genitalia to the officers during Internet chats, said Sheriff Warren Evans.
Detroit Free Press |
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Gunman wounds 3 at Phoenix jr. college
PHOENIX — A former student opened fire in a computer lab at a Phoenix community college Thursday afternoon, wounding three people, two critically, authorities said. A man was later arrested.
Arizona Daily Star |
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'Dr. Horrible': An oral history
How Joss Whedon and Neil Patrick Harris created a Web phenomenon in the dark days of the writers' strike
Entertainment Weekly |
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Izzie Voodoo
Put one girl oozing theatre in a studio with guitars, heavy fuzzy basses, computers, keyboard effects, a tonne of software, production equipment and a mic or two and what do you get? You get Izzie Voodoo.
RainbowNetwork.com |
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Microsoft CEO backs Web spending, 'done' with Yahoo
WASHINGTON, USA: Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended Microsoft Corp's need to make heavy investments in its Internet businesses but said the company was "done," for now, with pursuing Yahoo Inc. "There's nothing under discussion between the two of us," Ballmer told investors...
Chennai Online |
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'Spammer King,' Family Dead Say Police
According to Colorado authorities, convicted Internet "Spam King" Edward Davidson and his family is dead in an apparent murder-suicide.
KCTV 5 Kansas City |
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'Spammer King,' Family Dead Say Police
According to Colorado authorities, convicted Internet "Spam King" Edward Davidson and his family is dead in an apparent murder-suicide.
KSAT San Antonio |
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'Spammer King,' Family Dead Say Police
According to Colorado authorities, convicted Internet "Spam King" Edward Davidson and his family is dead in an apparent murder-suicide.
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta |
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"Mirrored Heavens": Taking cyberpunk to the stratosphere
David J. Williams' novel "Mirrored Heavens" takes the cyberpunk tradition of William Gibson and moves it forward into a nightmarish world of eco-catastrophes and nuclear weapon standoffs, in which "razors" and "mechs" negotiate interlocking webs of loyalty and betrayal.
Seattle Times |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 18th Aug 2007 20:13 UTC
The OSI License-Discuss mailing list has been ablaze for the past few days since Microsoft submitted its Permissive License to the OSI for official open source license approval.
New Mobile Computing |
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