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Ioan’s great Blair proves a big hit on the internet
A LEAKED clip of Ioan Gruffudd’s performance as Tony Blair, in a biopic of US President George W Bush, was viewed 100,000 times within just hours of it appearing on the internet.
icWales |
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Olympic secret of ancient 'computer'
AN ancient device retrieved from the wreck of a Roman merchant vessel not only predicted astronomical events but Olympic ones as well.
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South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor swings to 2nd-quarter net loss on factory closure costs
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Hynix Semiconductor said Thursday it swung to a second-quarter net loss from the same period last year on costs to close a U.S. factory. Sales also fell.
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Groups praise voting measure
Civil rights groups, state voting officials and computer experts all praised Wednesday a bill by Sens. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., designed to improve the security, accuracy and accessibility of voting in America.
Deseret Morning News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 22nd Apr 2006 16:48 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, the Linux world's very own Thurrot-before-he-lost-his-faith, writes: "People tell me I bash Microsoft too much; that Microsoft's products really are great. OK, so I won't bash Microsoft this time around.
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BT Posts Lower Net Income as Some Customers Switch Networks
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- BT Group Plc , the U.K.'s largest phone company, said first-quarter profit declined 35 percent as some clients stopped using its wholesale lines for broadband services and costs to cut jobs increased.
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Gadgets, online friends ease trip along Quit-Tobacco Road
Technology is helping to make winners of quitters. The Internet has long been rife with self-help sites for those who wish to give up smoking, but new technologies are emerging to give smokers a leg up in their struggle.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Telegrams to become history as post offices go e-savvy
With the Department of Posts rolling out plans to provide various Internet-enabled services in all the post offices across the country, the telegram is bracing for consignment to history.
Express India |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd Sep 2005 11:38 UTC
As early as May 1995, three months before Netscape initial public offering sparked the dot-com boom, Microsoft executives were worried that the nascent WWW could one day become a significant threat to the Windows franchise. Another memo is also making the rounds.
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Recent Original Stories
"The browser that helped kick-start the commercial web is to cease development because of lack of users . Netscape Navigator, now owned by AOL, will no longer be supported after 1 February 2008, the company has said.
OS News |
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Flickr Co-Founder Caterina Fake Joins New Startup, Hunch
Caterina Fake, who co-founded Flickr along with her husband Stewart Butterfield in 2004, has announced her plans to join a fledgling new startup called Hunch. Flickr is one of the web’s most popular photo-sharing sites, and was acquired by Yahoo in 2005 for $35 million. Since then, Flickr has been one of Yahoo’s [...]
TechCrunch |
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Video-share websites rapped by MPs
Websites like YouTube are being urged to do more to protect children from violence on the internet. MPs complained the sites did not remove things like pornography and fights quickly enough.
ITV.com |
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Clearing the air: A first-time visit to the Church of Scientology
Not about the field of Scientology itself; plenty of articles had been written and/or posted on the Internet by ex-Scientologists (including founder L. Ron Hubbard’s son, L. Ron Hubbard, Jr., who reportedly changed his name to Ron deWolf in the early 1980s).
Journal Inquirer |
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France Telecom First-Half Net Drops 19% on Higher Tax (Update1)
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- France Telecom SA , Europe's third- largest phone company, said first-half profit dropped 19 percent as higher taxes canceled out growth in fixed-line and wireless earnings.
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MONROE COUNTY: Fair rooted in youth accomplishment
Before the trucks and tractors roared, before the flying fender pieces filled the air at the derby-even before the county queens flashed their winning smiles-there were the tomatoes, squash, bell peppers and animals.
Monroe County Clarion |
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Construction to fix leaks in Marston Science Library begins this week
Construction between UF’s Marston Science Library and Computer Science and Engineering buildings will soon bring an end to leaks that have plagued rooms beneath the bisecting plaza for about 20 years.
Independent Florida Alligator |
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AT&T takes a landline hit in 2nd quarter
In spite of troubling losses related to traditional landline subscribers, AT&T posted solid second-quarter profits based on strong growth in AT&T wireless subscribers, a double-digit increase in Internet Protocol data revenues, and a growing list of AT&T U-verse TV subscribers.
Journal Inquirer |
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Space tourist spending $30M
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.
Deseret Morning News |
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Government-led project to rebuild, redesign internet gets backing
A massive project to redesign and rebuild the internet from scratch is inching along with US$12 million in government funding and donations of network capacity by two major research organizations, according to an Associated Press report.
America's Network |
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'Save Kids From Web's Dark Side'
Grim videos showing violent and sexually explicit content are introducing the "dark side" of the internet to children, warn MPs.
SKY News |
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School sales tax holiday begins at midnight
Beginning at midnight tonight - Thursday night - parents, students and school personnel will all have an opportunity to save more than 8 percent in Hannibal during the annual three-day sales tax holiday on clothing, school supplies and personal computers.
The Hannibal Courier-Post |
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Prof whose 'last lecture' became a sensation dies
PITTSBURGH — Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.
Journal Inquirer |
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Arrest made in Phoenix community college shooting
PHOENIX — A former student shot three people Thursday in a computer room at a Phoenix community college, injuring one of them critically, authorities said. The gunman fled but a suspect was arrested nearby.
Journal Inquirer |
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Media not told of censorship plan, IOC says
BEIJING - THE international media should have been told they would not have completely free access to the internet before they arrived to report the Beijing Olympics, IOC press chief Kevan Gosper said on Thursday.
Straits Times |
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China lashes out at US, says internet curbs will stay
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. Olympic host China lashed out on Thursday at the United States for interfering in its affairs and insisted it would maintain restrictions on internet use by reporters covering the Games.
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