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3:05 p.m. - Agreement will limit distribution of child pornography on the Internet
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Like father, like son
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world's next space tourist, a computer game wizard, said Wednesday he's spending the bulk of his fortune on his $30 million adventure this fall. Richard Garriott will make history as the first child of an American astronaut to rocket into orbit, and his dad will keep in touch with him during his time in space. Garriott is set to fly aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to ...
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Bridge lights pass field test
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Designer Hal Hilbish didnt know what to expect during the first field test of the decorative lights he plans to hang from the Kanawha Boulevard bridge over the Elk River. Computer simulations, especially with LED (light emitting diode)...
The Charleston Gazette |
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Fake votes make for wacky week
There they were: Early primary voting results, already posted online. Anyone who Googled Brevard election returns could see some candidates racking up surprising leads.
Florida Today |
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Wireless way to make the waves safer
To prevent a boat from careening out of control when its operator becomes incapacitated or falls overboard, many power vessels have engine kill switches connected to a lanyard. These are supposed to be worn by the operator, but because they can be a nuisance, they are often not worn.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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New Search Engine Cuil.com
A new search engine launched this week is now online. Cuil.com calls its self the world's largest search engine. It searches 120 billion Web pages. According to the site they search three times as many Web pages as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft. The site also sorts out your searches.
KRBC - KTAB TV Abilene |
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Inviting the Internet to be in the studio
Ernie Halter
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Game developer takes walk in dad's space boots
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world's next space tourist, a Texas computer game wizard, said Wednesday he's spending the bulk of his fortune on his $30 million adventure this fall. Richard Garriott will make history as the first child of an American astronaut to rocket into orbit, and his dad will keep in touch with him during his time in space. He is set to fly aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to ...
The Oklahoman |
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Court allows extradition of hacker to US
Gary McKinnon, accused of breaking into military and NASA computers in what he claims was a search for UFOs, allegedly causing nearly US$1 million in damage, has lost his appeal against extradition to the US.
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YouTube faces $799m lawsuit in Italy
Mediaset, the media empire founded by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, is seeking at least US$779 million in damages against Google's YouTube service for allegedly misusing video produced by Mediaset, an Associated Press report said.
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UK police now armed with C&W solution
BANGALORE, INDIA: Cable&Wireless today announces it has signed a three year framework agreement with the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) to offer an integrated, managed, mobile information solution for use by police forces across the UK, to equip officers with instant information when out on patrol.
CIOL |
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Rich messaging service for iPhone
NEWCASTLE, UK: iPhone owners can now download Palringo’s rich messaging service (RMS) application from Apple’s new App Store. Palringo enables picture messaging, text-based messaging and, soon, vocal instant messaging over the iPhone’s data connection.
CIOL |
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Intel sees no slowdown in world PC market
Apart from broadband wireless, and the next generation of low-cost computers, Intel also remains bullish about the introduction of more digital capability in health care.
CIOL |
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Internet lets freshmen meet beforehand
College-bound students log onto Facebook to get to know their roommates before school starts.
Detroit News |
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Primax: Of Mice and Mysteries
News Analysis It's not mice nice to use Microsoft patents without licensing them.
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Google Working On a Formal VC Arm
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has done a number of strategic investments over the years, and usually big amounts in big-issue-tackling companies, like powerline internet, Wimax, and others. It even has a non-profit Google.org foundation to invest in global challenges. Now it wants to start a formal venture capital arm, a la Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Investment, Steamboat ...
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Marshall, WVU taking closer look at social networking Web sites
Randy Burnside has a fast and simple rule for Marshall Universitys student-athletes who are thinking about posting on the Internet."What I always tell our football team is dont put anything on the Internet or Facebook that you dont want your mother to...
The Charleston Gazette |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 31st Aug 2007 22:01 UTC
"With the latest release of Apple's office productivity suite, iWork '08, the Pages application moves into the ranks of full-fledged word processing applications . Previously known more for its page layout capabilities than for its word processing capabilities, Pages now enables users to switch seamlessly between writing and designing documents.
New Mobile Computing |
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DS Reports 2008 Second Quarter Software Revenue Growth Above 15% in Constant Currencies
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Thaksin's wife sentenced to 3 years in jail
The Criminal Court of Thailand on Thursday (July 31) found wife of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, guilty of intentionally avoiding tax payment of 546 million baht (US$16.28 million) for the transfer of 4.5 million shares of the Shinawatra Computer and Communications' shares worth 738 million baht ($22 million).
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GOLF NOTEBOOK: Locals qualify for first tee open
Ericka Schneider of Lakewood Ranch High and Eric Muslawski of Saint Stephen's have qualified for the fifth annual Wal-Mart First Tee Open from Aug. 25-31 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. Both will represent The First Tee of Sarasota/Manatee.
Bradenton Herald |
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Ready, set, shop
After months of high gas and food prices, local shoppers will get a sales tax break this weekend on items such as shoes, clothes and computers.
The Rock Hill Herald |
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TV's loss is Web's gain as Roger Ebert blogs
Ebert last week announced he was leaving the long-televised show he began with Gene Siskel -- by its earliest incarnation -- in 1975. The 66-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning critic hadn't been on the show since 2006, sidelined, if only to a certain extent, by a battle with cancer that has left him unable to speak.
Abilene Reporter-News |
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iBird Avian Flight Simulator Makes You Feel Like Icarus [Flight Simulators]
newVideoPlayer("/ibird.flv", 506, 304,""); The iBird Flight Simulator was easily the most creative demo at Microsoft's Research Summit yesterday. Also developed in conjunction with NYU (like the...
Gizmodo |
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Apple's Cash Conundrum
Its stash may soon be bigger than Microsoft's. But should all those billions continue to lie dormant?
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