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Americans unload prized belongings to make ends meet
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) -- The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, "Please buy anything you can to help out."
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Emine Saner asks does brain-training really work?
Emine Saner: According to a new American study, computer-based brain training can improve IQ beyond becoming better at practised tasks
Guardian Unlimited |
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Americans unload prized belongings to make ends meet
The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, "Please buy anything you can to help out."Or the seller in Milwaukee who wrote in one post of needing to pay bills — and put a diamond engagement ring up for bids to do it.
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. |
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America's grim newspaper story
Extra, extra, read all about it. Newspaper circulations in freefall. Readers desert to the internet. Abandon hope, all ye who enter print journalism.
Independent |
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Putting your medical records online
Minnesota is a leader in the world of electronic medical records.
Minnesota Public Radio |
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Lats minute XP Sp3 Dynamics issue, halts Sp3 and Vista sp1 too!
Microsoft has decided not to release Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 to Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center as planned on April 29. The reason? A last-minute compatibility issue with a...Continue this aticle on Bink.nu.
Addict 3D |
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Broadband Learning Corporation Reports 2007 Results
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-- - Broadband Learning Corporation , a participant in the rapidly expanding distance learning market, today reported its audited financial results for the 12 months ended December 31, 2007 and its unaudited financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2007.
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Google's Directions Get a "Street View"
Ever wish you could get a view of possible landmarks when getting directions from a mapping site or program? I do. After all, I usually do better with "look for that Chevron station" hints. Well, Google's heard your plea, and has added Street View to directions in Google Maps.
Addict 3D |
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Broadband Learning Corporation Reports 2007 Results
Broadband Learning Corporation, a participant in the rapidly expanding distance learning market, today reported its audited financial results for the 12 months ended December 31, 2007 and its unaudited financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2007.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Community Forum Will Address Broadband Access
Sonora, Ca -- The Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency (A-TCAA) will be hosting a community forum on broadband internet Wednesday morning.
MyMotherLode.com |
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Purported Jimi Hendrix sex tape sold online
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A videotape said to show rock guitar great Jimi Hendrix having sex with two women was released for sale on the Internet on Tuesday, following a wave of stars, alive and dead, showing up in homemade porn.
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Inspector General's Office sits and waits for computers and phones
With pressure from the New Orleans City Council and pressure within its own office, the Inspector General’s newly minted office is struggling to get up and running, auditing the city for corruption.
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Grant County fears 'rate shock'
EPHRATA - With proposed fiber rate increases, Grant County's monthly Internet bill could skyrocket from $770 per month to $12,200 per month.
Columbia Basin Herald |
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British launch of Grand Theft Auto IV marred by stabbing
LONDON – British police were Tuesday hunting the attacker of a man stabbed as he walked by shoppers queuing to buy the latest edition of the notoriously violent computer game "Grand Theft Auto IV."
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Investigators look into computer use at Hightower High
Fort Bend Independent School District officials have launched an investigation into whether students violated district policy regarding the use of school district computers and other resources.
Houston Chronicle |
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Gadsden man charged with rape of girl he met on Internet
A Gadsden man has been charged with the rape of a 14 year old South Carolina girl he met on MySpace.
The Gadsden Times |
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Average Issue Readership General Public PARC Media Index 1997, Saudi Arabia
With technology opening the new doors of communication and the distribution of news and information, ArabNews Online is not bound by physical limitations. ArabNews Online is published by ArabNews from its offices located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and is now available to readers around the globe.
Arab News |
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All Events for 1 May 2008
Until 29 Jun 2008 At a time when the notion of the book is challenged by the advent of the screen and computer, this exhibition aims to show the extraordinary ways in which the book has been treated by leading artists...
My Village Kensington |
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The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily
ALKHOBAR, 29 April 2008 — Yahoo! CTO, Ari Balogh, introduced the Yahoo! Open Strategy (Y!OS) in his keynote last week at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.
Arab News |
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Picture Post: The most offensive ads of 2007
This image of a man with a fish hook through his mouth, a literal depiction of being "hooked" on cigarettes, was intended to shock smokers into quitting. But it appears the Department of Health adverts went too far. The ad campaign – which ranged across television, the national press, posters and the internet – was the most offensive of 2007, according to the Advertising Standards Authority's ...
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Microsoft Cuts Xbox Prices In Four Asian Markets
The reductions will take effect this week in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
InformationWeek |
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Recent Original Stories
"Don't get too excited about the whole Mac/Windows dual-boot thing. Although a wide range of starry-eyed experts have lauded Boot Camp in tones not heard since the days of OS/2, it's really nothing to get excited about.
New Mobile Computing |
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Report: AT&T to sell 3G iPhone at $200 discount
Is Apple about to have a two-tiered pricing structure for the 3G iPhone, with AT&T offering iPhones for $200 less than Apple?
CNET |
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Recent Original Stories
While the US courts recently reaffirmed Microsoft's FAT patents, the German Patent Federal Court has just dismissed the patent for use in Germany . According to a report in the German news publication Heise Online, the court has denied the protection that the European Patent Office granted to Microsoft under EP 0618540 for a "common namespace for long and short filenames".
New Mobile Computing |
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I-Team: 4 Metro Laptops Stolen With Ease
When city laptops containing the Social Security numbers of Davidson County voters were stolen around Christmas last year, a lot of people in Nashville were worried.
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