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Bush says he will sign PEPFAR reauthorization
President Bush on Saturday during his weekly radio address said he is eager to sign legislation (HR 5501) that would reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through 2013, the AP/Google.com reports (Reichmann, AP/Google.com, 7/26).
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Taiwanese PC maker launches new products to sustain Philippine lead
MANILA, Philippines - Taiwanese computer maker Asus rolled out two new products in the country on Tuesday, July 29, in an attempt to sustain its lead in the red-hot sub-laptop category as well as in the desktop segment.
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Mobiles used more for nonphone calls
Mobiles are no longer used just to make phone calls on the hop but to send more text messages take pictures and check the Internet new figures released on Tuesday showed
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Latest get-rich dream: flipping Web sites
Dave Hermansen did not own a bird or a cage when he bought bird-cage.com, an online store, for $1,800 three years ago. He simply saw a Web...
Seattle Times |
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Electronic Arts And HP Jointly Organize Regional Spore Creature Creator Design Competition
Electronic Arts Inc.(EA) and HP are jointly organizing a pan-regional Spore™ Creature Creator design competition. The design competition is part of ...
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Alums ready to take on Google
Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its...
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Longtime assemblyman steps down from post
Longtime Assemblyman Neil Cohen, D-Union, resigned his legislative post Monday amid allegations he had child pornography on his state-issued computer.
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Leverage Software Adds Recommendation Engine to its Web 2.0 Social Networking Platform
Leverage Software announced the addition of a community recommendation engine to its Web 2.0 social networking platform. ebizQ received the following: "Social networks enhance communication across organizations and this new feature set ...
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Biographical information on Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno
NAME - Raymond T. Odierno. HOME TOWN - Rockaway Township, N.J. EXPERIENCE - Commanding general of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, beginning in September 2008; Commanding general, Army's Third Corps, 2006-2008; commander, Multi-National Corps-Iraq, 2006-08; assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2004-06; special assistant to vice chief of staff, Army, 2004; commanding general, ...
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Dale Dauten: Hey, you crummy managers: It's time for employee liberation
The message that kills us is the one that pops up on the computer screen on the rare occasions when we remember to shut everything down for the weekend just before we turn the computer off.
Arizona Daily Star |
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Biographical information on Gen. David Petraeus
NAME - David H. Petraeus. AGE-BIRTH DATE - 55; Nov. 7, 1952. EXPERIENCE - Commander, U.S. Central Command, beginning in September 2008; Commanding general of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, 2007-2008; commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 2005-07; first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq, 2004-05; commanded NATO ...
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Mount Laurel is home to new online college sports network
Bill Rasmussen sits at a desk in his office with his laptop in front of him and a note tablet and pen to his right.
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'HORRIBLE' WILL BE BACK
THE creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is talking about a sequel to his Internet sensation, "Dr. Horrible." Joss Whedon, who created the three-episode Internet show with his brothers last year as a goof during the writers' strike, never...
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Kuwait prepares web law
Kuwait's prosecutor general, Hamed al-Othman, has said that he has finalised a Bill that will criminalise the promotion of vice, incitement against the country's leadership and insulting Islam on the internet.
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Colorado Briefs
Case Logic, a Longmont-based maker of cases for consumer electronics, announced it is developing cases and sleeves that will allow travelers to more easily go through airport security without removing their laptop computers. The redesign is in response to a request by the Transportation Security Administration.
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Tucson man, 37, is indicted on child-pornography charges
PHOENIX — A Tucson man has been indicted on multiple charges of having child pornography on his home computer.
Arizona Daily Star |
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The Young Library: A girl learns what baseball teaches of life
Face it, baseball fans have it a lot easier today, in the Internet age, keeping track of games and statistics and key players.
The Sacramento Bee |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th May 2007 10:15 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Microsoft has released patches for 19 vulnerabilities , 14 of which are critical, hitting at holes in Excel, Word, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer, cryptographic technology and the whopper of them all, the zero-day vulnerability in the DNS Server's use of RPC. The DNS remote code execution vulnerability affects server-grade operating systems, including Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, ...
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Web companies work to gain business in emerging markets
Companies alter their Web pages for world markets AOL splashes images of Bollywood celebrities on its new home page for India. MySpace accepts sign-ups from mobile phones in Japan. Google departs from its customarily spartan home page and peppers its Korean site with colorful, animated icons.
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Sept. 11 con artist hid behind flashy guise in California
Fugitive used flashy California guise He was known around Long Beach, Calif., as the "Boy About Town" — a flamboyant, self-styled Internet gossip meister who burst onto the town's political and social scenes.
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Eternal question: Turn off/ leave on?
Q: Is it better for the computer to shut it off or leave it on if it is going to be off for only 12 or less hours? A: This question makes me feel nostalgic. It has been among the top 10 for years, and I still have at least one e-mail a week on the topic.
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A Look Inside Death Race
Yahoo! Movies has posted a new behind-the-scenes look at Universal's Death Race , opening in theaters on August 22. The Paul W.S. Anderson-directed action-thriller stars Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez and Jason Clarke.
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IOC to investigate apparent Internet censorship
BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will investigate apparent censorship of the Internet service provided for media covering the Beijing Olympics, press chief Kevan Gosper said on Tuesday.
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3000 passports & visas stolen: Can their ID chips now be hacked?
In a seemingly 'stolen to order' crime, 3,000 blank passports and visas have been stolen while being taken from Manchester to London. Though supposedly 'unusable' according to the Identity and Passport Service , the looming question is what fun criminals and hackers will have with chipped-passports in a 'blank' state.
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History Channel gets prehistoric
They struggled to survive 70 million years ago. Now computer-generated animation gives new life to combative prehistoric creatures. The History Channel's "Jurassic...
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