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Running Windows Mobile 6.1 on your desktop computer
— Apr. 21, 2008 — Those eagerly awaiting the day they can get their hands on a Windows Mobile 6.1 device have a way to try the OS now, Microsoft says. The company has posted free emulators, along with instructions on how to use them to test System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) if desired. ...
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What's Going On With Stephanie Ragusa's Smile?
TAMPA When the door opened Monday at the Hillsborough sheriff's office, Stephanie Ragusa walked out wearing handcuffs and a wide grin. "Stephanie, why the smile?" a reporter asked. Ragusa grinned more broadly, shook her head and continued walking toward the patrol cruiser that would haul her to jail. The school teacher's toothy smile — spread across newspapers, TV and the Internet — has become ...
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Game for a laugh as shares soar
COMPUTER games retailer Game Group saw its high-flying shares jump another near-5 per cent yesterday after it posted a 156 per cent increase in full-year profit and said tradi
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Recent Original Stories
Many people who have called Apple to complain about excessive heat coming from their newly purchased computers have been told that the MacBook and the MacBook Pro are in fact Notebook computers and not Laptop computers.
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Linked by Adam S on Sat 30th Dec 2006 16:32 UTC
Since it's year end, I thought I'd post one more "fun piece" for everybody. After Thom posted an article on his customized KDE desktop , I thought it might be interesting to compare desktop screengrabs and see what other OSNews'ers desktops look like. Are you cluttered or clean? Are you minialist?
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Lumbering McCann a team favorite
In today's high-tech world, video of the play gained instant, widespread, on-demand distribution on the Internet. So there was Chipper Jones, doubled over in laughter in the Atlanta dugout, watching Brian McCann run the bases.
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Police issue warning about Surrey sex assaults
SURREY -- Surrey RCMP are asking parents to speak with their children about chatting on the Internat after a series of sexual assaults in Whalley. Three sexual assaults have taken place in the area of 93rd Avenue and 126th Street since November, and two involved internet luring.
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Egyptian actors address HIV/AIDS, recent imprisonment of men living with disease
Egyptian actors Amr Waked and Khaled Abul Naga are speaking out against HIV/AIDS-related stigma in the country after several people who are allegedly living with the disease have been jailed in recent months, AFP/Yahoo! News reports.
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Microsoft DRM U-turn 'a betrayal'
The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that Microsoft has 'betrayed' MSN Music customers and wants the company to make things right by issuing an apology, refunds, and eliminate digital rights management technology from the Zune music player.
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Anniversary trip to Provence gives couple a fresh approach to cooking
Keyword Site Search Web Search by YAHOO! Search the last eight years of recipes from the Express News archives. Searching for stories and looking at headlines is free, but you will need to use a credit card to purchase the complete article.
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Busy bee
SHE is a greenie who can’t live without the Internet and fears driving a manual car. She listens to classical music, but has no time for movies. Now that she is MP for Kuantan, Hajjah Fuziah Salleh is unlikely to find time for anything else but politics.
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Microsoft cuts 360 prices across Asia
Xbox maker reduces hardware prices in Taiwan, Honk Kong, Singapore, and South Korea by up to 20 percent.
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Man accused of rape after meeting girl online
A Rio Rancho man is in jail and charged with raping a pre-teen girl he met online. Police say 37-year-old Louis Tirone started communicating with the girl earlier this month.
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11m Brits are online bankers
Royal Bank of Scotland has most web customers Web metrics firm comScore claims a third of the UK's internet population used online banking during January 2008.
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Taiwan Semiconductor profit rises 49%
TAIPEI: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world’s largest custom-chip maker, posted its largest profit gain in seven quarters, driven by sales of parts used in personal computers and consumer electronics.
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Softbank eyes 40% stake in Oak Pacific -sources
TOKYO, April 30 - Japan's Softbank Corp plans to take control of Chinese Internet firm Oak Pacific Interactive for up to 30 billion yen to expand in China, sources close to the matter said on Wednesday.
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Orcon Expands Unbundled Network
Orcon’s unbundled high-speed internet and phone service will be available to double the number of Aucklanders by the end of May.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Jan 2007 21:09 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Today, you can do everything you want with a Linux desktop, except play the latest games. Even there, Linux is catching up. So, why do only a handful of people run Linux instead of Windows? Here are my top-four reasons why Windows wins and Linux loses."
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Microsoft: Hyper-V on fast track for summer release
Microsoft confirmed Tuesday that its Hyper-V server virtualization technology is likely to ship up to a couple months ahead of the previously projected date. The company has said all along that Hyper-V, which is currently in beta, would ship within 180 days of the release of Windows Server 2008. The server officially launched at the end of February, and the company had tagged ...
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Myspace Karaoke Anyone? Ear Defenders At The Ready
Ah, karaoke, that ancient (ok not so ancient) Japanese tradition of humiliating yourself in front of friends, relatives and / or work colleagues. If you happen to be a fan of out of tune warbling and butchering of classic songs, you might be interested that the Myspace Karaoke service enters public beta today. It enables Myspace members to sing along with instrumental tracks and then share ...
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Cyberclinic: When should I trust forwarded emails?
There's probably a legitimate use for that button that forwards a message to your entire address book, but I can't think of one offhand. Forwarded emails can be profoundly irritating – not because they necessarily carry viruses, but because of the grossly misleading information they contain.
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Wii: More than just a game
Remember the buzz when Nintendo unleashed its Wii console the Christmas before last? If you'd pressed your nose up against the window of any computer games shop in Britain, you probably would have witnessed enthusiastic punters waving around a white device slightly larger than a mobile phone. If you had investigated further, you would have seen that they were playing a game of virtual tennis, ...
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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. Struggling with mounting debt and rising prices, faced ...
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Dream Job at Microsoft Too Good to Be True? Yep.
A New York man is facing up to four years in prison after pleading guilty last week to posting fake job ads for technology...
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Disabled Scott High Senior Awarded Scholarship
A Northern Kentucky student got a surprise gift at school Tuesday. Insight Cable awarded 17-year-old Kevin Schomaker with a $1,000 scholarship. The Scott High School senior has cerebral palsy and communicates through his computer.
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