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Shooting at community college blamed on fight between rivals
PHOENIX — The most seriously wounded of three people shot in a community-college computer lab had punched the gunman, an old enemy, in the face before he opened fire, police said Friday. Isaac Deshay Smith was sentenced to jail for attacking Rodney Smith in December, and the two unrelated men had gotten into verbal confrontations every time they met since then, Phoenix Detective Reuben Gonzales ...
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TiVo to let customers shop while watching TV
As if there already weren't enough places to go shopping, TiVo announced this week that it would offer a service that allows people to buy things from Amazon.com with their TiVo remotes.
Detroit News |
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Writer of popular 'Last Lecture' dies at 47
Randy Pausch said obstacles serve a purpose: They "give us a chance to show how badly we want something." Confronted with incurable cancer, he devised a last lecture that became an Internet sensation, a best-selling book and a celebration of a life spent achieving his dreams.
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'Last lecture' legend Randy Pausch dies after pancreatic cancer battle
PITTSBURGH — Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47. Pausch died at his home in Chesapeake, Va., said Jeffrey Zaslow, a Wall Street Journal writer who co-wrote Pausch's book. Pausch and his family had moved there last fall to be closer to his ...
The Oklahoman |
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Welsh travel software firm flies into new global markets
A TECHNOLOGY company specialising in travel industry software has made its second acquisition in as many months as it looks to enter new global markets.
icWales |
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Internet fuels popularity of risky stunts
Earlier this month, a nine-second video of a man taunting a jaguar at the Oklahoma City Zoo surfaced on the Internet. Within 72 hours, more than 50,000 people had viewed it. By the time local news broadcasts and CNN aired the footage the following day, the video had become a small national phenomenon. Such is the power of the Web, where any minutiae can blaze through the public consciousness ...
The Oklahoman |
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Inspiring professor co-wrote bestseller
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI PITTSBURGH — Randy Pausch said obstacles serve a purpose: They "give us a chance to show how badly we want something." Confronted with incurable cancer, he devised a last lecture that became an Internet sensation, a bestselling book and a celebration of a life spent achieving his dreams. Ten months after giving the lecture, Mr. Pausch died Friday at his home in ...
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Northwest warns of phony e-mails infected with virus
Northwest Airlines on Friday warned e-mail users to watch out for phony messages using the company's name that may be infected with a computer virus. The Eagan-based carrier said the e-mails contain fake ticket confirmation and enrollment information and infect the user's computer when attachments are opened. The e-mails thank the recipient for using the new service "Buy flight ticket Online" on ...
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FCC poised to punish Comcast over Web blocking
(AP:WASHINGTON) A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic, an agency official said Friday.
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Do your homework before investing in back-to-school clothes
By KIM MARCUM Smart mothers know that it’s time to start thinking SCHOOL. We don’t mention this to the kids, who have half of their vacation still in front of them, but we know in our hearts that it won’t be long until we’re stockpiling No. 2 pencils and composition notebooks (which now come in colors other than black!). Back-to-school shopping also includes clothes shopping — a chance to ...
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His 'Last Lecture' inspired millions — and left 'em laughing
Randy Pausch, a terminally ill professor whose earnest farewell lecture at Carnegie Mellon University became an Internet phenomenon and best-selling book that turned him into a symbol for living and dying well, died Friday. He was 47.
Pioneer Press |
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N.J. Lawmakers Push For Porn Filters On Computers
Legislative leaders sought to install filters to block inappropriate material from being viewed on state computers two days after a veteran assemblyman's computer was seized for containing child pornography.
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by unoengborg (4.52) on Sat 5th Nov 2005 21:38 UTC
Standardizing on Gnome seam to be a very good idea. I'm by no means saying that KDE is a bad desktop, on the contrary it is very good, but Gnome is good enough. A standardized look of the commercial Linux desktop is more important than the additional bells and whistles KDE would have offered.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 29th Sep 2005 10:32 UTC
The $100 (E 83,-) laptop computers that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers want to get into the hands of the world's children would be durable, flexible and self-reliant. Among the key specs: A 500-megahertz processor by AMD and flash memory instead of a hard drive with moving parts.
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Unisys deploys Quintum's Tenor VoIP gateway
The service allows customers to test Microsoft's unified communications technology at no cost, including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, and Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
Computer Business Review |
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FalconStor and HiNet partner to offer SaaS-based storage services in Taiwan
FalconStor enables end-to-end online backup services for ISPs. World Venture provides the front-end web interface that allows customers to use FalconStor's data protection services via the internet.
Computer Business Review |
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TheStreet.com and Internet Broadcasting form content partnership
TheStreet.com, a financial media company, and Internet Broadcasting Systems, a local internet solution provider, have formed a content distribution partnership that will see TheStreet.com featured prominently across the Internet Broadcasting network of sites.
Computer Business Review |
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Ericom supports VMware's free ESXi Hypervisor
The company claims that the PowerTerm WebConnect is a desktop virtualization (VDI) solution that can manage VMware ESXi without the need to deploy VirtualCenter – presenting significant cost-savings for SMBs and enterprises seeking to deploy a virtualized desktop infrastructure.
Computer Business Review |
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Constitution Island selects Olive software to digitize historic documents
Olive will digitize 100,000 pages of historic material chronicling 200 years of life on Constitution Island, creating a fully indexed and searchable online archive open to the general public.
Computer Business Review |
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In Norway, an electric car abandoned by Ford is about to make its bow
OSLO, Norway -- Ingvil Ladehaug is battery challenged.
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'Last lecture' professor lived life to the fullest
PITTSBURGH -- Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.
Detroit News |
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State trooper arrested in Internet sting
A state trooper was arrested Friday on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child after Fort Lupton police said he used the Internet to send graphic sexual pictures.
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