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First-time candidate will challenge Poppe for state House seat By BRYAN CLAPPER/bryan.clapper@austindailyherald.com
News Call or email the Newsroom at (507) 434-2230. Local Republicans on Monday endorsed Brian Thiel of Austin to challenge state Rep. Jeanne Poppe for the House 27B seat.
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Cyberbullying a reality
While the Internet may seem like the latest way to meet new friends and overcome boundaries, people of all ages may also find themselves becoming victims of cyberbullies.
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Hutchinson Tech to cut jobs after 2Q loss widens
Hutchinson Technology, which makes assemblies for computer disk drives, said Tuesday it will lay off 80 employees after it reported a steep and unexpected plunge in sales and widening losses for its second quarter.
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Google commences with Book Search
More than a million rare or fragile books have been digitised through the Google-Michigan partnership since it began in 2004.
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Alleged Jimi Hendrix sex tape sold online
A videotape said to show rock guitar great Jimi Hendrix having sex with two women has been released for sale on the Internet.
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Xbox prices to drop in Asian markets
Microsoft says it is cutting prices on the Xbox 360 in four Asian regions by as much as 20 percent.
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Recent Original Stories
Google has released a new tool which allows users to synchronize their Cookies, Saved Passwords, Bookmarks, History and tabs from their last session for the Firefox web browser.
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Dubai college opens in cyberspace
Dubai Women's College has built an alternative campus for itself in the internet-based virtual world, Second Life. DWC is the first educational institute in the region to join several international universities who have opened virtual branches in Second Life. Founded in 2003 by Linden Lab, Second Life is a three dimensional virtual world that is created by its members and allows for multiple ...
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Over 125 websites and interactive agencies honoured in Pan Arab Web Awards 2008
The Pan Arab Web Awards, in association with Microsoft, MSN Mena and Business Software Alliance (BSA), the international association established by the software industry to promote a safe and legal digital world, has recently concluded its fourth edition at the Burj Al Arab Al Falak Ballroom in Dubai, honouring over 125 websites and interactive agencies from several categories.
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Technology Report / Electronics makers to create home-networking standard
Several electronics manufacturers said Tuesday they are working to create a worldwide standard for how their devices will talk with each other in people's homes. The effort, launched by Infineon Technologies, Intel, Panasonic and Texas Instruments, is aimed at making sure everyone is on the same page when it comes to home wiring for digital entertainment such as movies, music and pictures.
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Oracle finishes $8.5 bn acquisition of BEA
REDWOOD SHORES, USA: Even as uncertainty is looming large over Microsoft’s unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo, business software major Oracle Corp has accomplished its largest acquisition as it completed its $8.5 billion takeover of rival BEA Systems Inc following green signal from European anti-trust regulators.
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Joystick joy for Game
COMPUTER games retailer Game has posted record profits as it said an “unprecedented range of popular products” had boosted prospects.
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Free Software Upgrades for Datastick Handheld Vibration Analyzers Cut Data-Collection Time by Up to 50%
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----As part of its ongoing mission to make life easier for its customers, Datastick Systems, Inc., today announced that the new version 1.81 of the Datastick® Spectrum software suite for its PDA-based VSA™-series Vibration Spectrum Analyzers, and Vista-compatible version 1.85 of Datastick Reporting System PC software ship this week.
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Oracle finishes $8.5 bn acquisition of BEA
REDWOOD SHORES, USA: Even as uncertainty is looming large over Microsoft's unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo, business software major Oracle Corp has accomplished its largest acquisition as it completed its $8.5 billion takeover of rival BEA Systems Inc following green signal from European anti-t...
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'Free' credit report scam
When does "free" mean "you have to pay for it"? Answer: In advertisements on TV and the Internet promising you a "free" credit report! Sadly, what you actually end up with is a charge of $40 and/or regular monthly charges to your credit card.
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Microsoft expects to spend up to $1.5B on Yahoo employee retention
Microsoft expects to spend upward of $1.5B to retain Yahoo employees, should it be successful in its unsolicited takeover attempt, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com
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Sun Microsystems, AOL, UPS, NetApp, Bank of Montreal, HP and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Named Data Center Energy ...
The Uptime Institute, a leading research-based think-tank and corporate advisory on the business and technology issues related to critical computing environment reliability and energy efficiency, today announced winners of its Green Enterprise IT Awards. The awards, which honor organizations that are pioneering energy-efficiency improvements in their data center operations, were presented today ...
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Last minute bug delays Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a delay in the expected release of Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), due to a newly found discovered incompatibility. The company said that it had uncovered a compatibility issue between its retail chain management solution for small and midsize customers, Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management Syst...
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Recent Original Stories
Because of Ubuntu's big release tomorrow, a review of the latest release candidate . It concludes: "To sum up my experience with Ubuntu's Dapper I will say that it is easily the most impressive Linux distribution I have used to date.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 24th Sep 2005 19:53 UTC
"With [the Win95] release, Apple was tested - and they failed miserably. Not only did I warn Apple to take 95 more seriously, I also accurately forecast the massive decline that would happen to them if they didn't do just that.
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Government questions the economic sense of smart meter rollout
Janie Davies, Computing , Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 06:00:00 But energy industry welcomes the government's long-awaited stance on smart metering anyway The government has cast doubt on the prospects for mandating the rollout of real-time networked energy meters to the UK domestic market.... > Read the full article
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AMD takes aim at small businesses
AMD has kicked off an initiative to get its chips into the small and medium-sized business market..
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Microsoft champions green computing
Microsoft has announced plans to support four academic research projects focused on energy-efficient computing as part of its Sustainable Computing Program..
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Suspect's notebooks detail growing sexual preference for children
A Bluffton man accused of having child pornography and bomb-making supplies will face child molestation charges, authorities said Tuesday. Detectives have identified at least two children that 26-year-old Paul J. Danao allegedly molested, said Master Sgt. Mike Riley of the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.
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An Outbreak of Caring
Tom Maguire, Verizon Communications' new Customer Care Czar, is one tough customer. When served chicken tacos without the chicken recently, he first complained to his waitress, then went online to the restaurant's Web site to fill out a survey with scathing remarks about his experience.
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