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Man Arrested For Alleged Real Estate Scam In Orlando
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County man was in jail for trying to sell a home he didn't even own. Patrick Torre, a licensed real estate broker, was taken into custody Friday morning. Investigators say Torre was behind an internet real estate fraud scheme.
WFTV 9 Orlando |
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Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture, dies
Randy Pausch, the computer science professor who rose to fame after giving a quirky last lecture about celebrating life in the face of his terminal cancer, died Friday.
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AOL Cuts Back on Blogs to Save Cash
AOL is apparently telling some of news blogs under its wing to cut back on posts in order to trim down its budgets. The sites that are impacted by the move fall under AOL's Weblogs division and include DownloadSquad , Diylife.com , and The Unofficial Apple Weblog . All have...
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Policy on scanner access criticised
Otago MP Jacqui Dean believes North Otago people are being subjected to unnecessary stress over access to Oamaru Hospital's CT scanner. The CT (computer tomography) scanner, in operation since earlier this year, could be used only by patients who paid.
Otago Daily Times |
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3 shot at Phoenix college; suspect arrested
PHOENIX (AP) -- A long-standing dispute between two men turned violent when a former student shot three people in a computer lab at a community college, injuring one of them critically, authorities said. The suspected gunman was arrested nearby.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Probe of metal recycling schemes nets two arrests
Vigilant recycling centers have helped the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office clear up investigations involving stolen roofing material, a boat and other metal items that have been sold off for cash.
NBC 2 Fort Myers |
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'Last Lecture' professor dies at 47
Randy Pausch, the professor whose "last lecture" became a runaway phenomenon on the Internet and was turned into a best-selling book, died Friday of pancreatic cancer, Carnegie Mellon University announced on its Web site.
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'Last Lecture' Professor Randy Pausch Has Died
Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, has died. He was 47.
CBS4 Miami |
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'Last Lecture' Professor Randy Pausch Has Died
Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, has died. He was 47.
CBS 13 Sacramento |
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AOL to Shut Down Xdrive, Other Services
AOL will axe several services that haven't achieved enough popularity, as it struggles to grow its online ad business.
PC World |
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Author Of “Last Lecture” Loses Battle With Cancer
The college computer science professor whose “last lecture” about how he chose to face his terminal cancer became a best-selling book died Friday.
KWTX-TV Waco |
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Softball coach rehired
WARSAW, Ill. - Five parents attended the Warsaw School Board meeting Thursday, with concerns about hiring a softball coach. Tony and Beth Koehler and Travis Weigand were silent in the public meeting. Laura Weigand addressed board members.
Keokuk Daily Gate City |
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Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps
With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes for riding around town. Well, not so fast.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps
With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up.
AP via Yahoo! Philippines News |
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Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps
With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up.
AP via Yahoo! Singapore News |
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Carnegie Mellon Computer Professor Randy Pausch Dies
Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who garnered international acclaim for his "Last Lecture" at Carnegie Mellon University delivered just weeks after it became known that he had incurable pancreatic cancer, has died at the age of 47.
ChannelWeb |
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Study: Kansas will pay for warming, stronger storms
TOPEKA -- Kansas will lose agricultural productivity and face higher damage costs in the next century as temperatures rise and storms, including flash floods and tornadoes, intensify.
Hays Daily News |
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China says Web users top US at 253 mln
China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.
AP via Yahoo! News |
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Murphy USA station wins $85,000 for selling winning ticket
DIXON - For three days, Renee and Terry Hackman kept something rather unusual tucked away with their belongings at a water park in the Wisconsin Dells: $8.5 million.
SaukValley.com |
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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.
HispanicBusiness.com |
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Panel quizzes NRC, nuke owners over computer model
A hearing on the proposed re-licensing of Vermont Yankee nuclear plant wrapped up with federal regulators and the plant's owners testifying about a computer model designed to predict the effects of aging on the plant's piping.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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white papers
AOL will phase out several online services as the Time Warner unit continues to struggle in its transition from a business model based on subscription fees to one based on advertising revenue.
IT World |
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Linked by kvaruni on Mon 11th Jul 2005 14:48 UTC
The true reason for this article is to point out some sensitive points and to start a discussion. Hopefully, this discussion will produce some useful outcome and if some people in the Linux community are willing to listen to them, I would already be very enthusiastic. Let's start, shall we?
New Mobile Computing |
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AOL to shut down Xdrive, other services
AOL will phase out several online services as the Time Warner unit continues to struggle in its transition from a business model based on subscription fees to one based on advertising revenue.
IT World |
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white papers
The Open Web Foundation, a non-profit organization intended to help create an "Open Web," was announced Thursday at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland, Ore. Specifically, the organization is dedicated to the development and protection of non-proprietary specifications for Web technologies.
IT World |
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