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'The Dark Knight,' Fourth Highest-Ranking Film in History of Lycos Top Search List
Lycos, Inc. , a leading provider of social publishing, media and search services, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50, the 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending July 26, 2008.
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Olympic official: I didn't know about Web reversal
BEIJING—An Olympic official said Thursday he felt like the "fall guy" after promising reporters at the games they would have uncensored Internet access, only to find that the Chinese had blocked certain Web sites.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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Policing the internet - Q&A
Why the government is looking for changes in the way the internet is policed. By Mark Sweney
Guardian Unlimited |
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Missed Payment for IM Software Could Leave Traders in the Lurch
Beginning on Friday, Reuters can no longer use a critical piece of technology in its widely used Reuters Messaging Network, a court ruled Wednesday. Instead, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered judgment in favor of FaceTime Communications, owner of the instant messaging technology, in its contract dispute with Thomson Reuters.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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American baggage system back up at JFK
A computer glitch temporarily separated thousands of passengers from their luggage.
KGO-TV Bay Area |
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IOC Surprised By Olympic Internet Censorship
The International Olympic Committee now says that the media should have been informed by Chinese Olympic officials that they would not have free and open access to the Internet. read more
WebProNews |
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Meanwhile, back at the consoles By Doug Thompson
Let’s revisit the game console wars, a reliable subject to write about because nobody ever admits defeat. Nintendo’s Wii passed the Microsoft Xbox 360 in total units sold in the United States a few weeks ago.
Fayetteville Free Weekly |
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Odonnell Quits Blogging
Actress-turned-TV personality ROSIE O'DONNELL has decided to take a break from posting news on the internet - because she has become addicted to blogging. The ...
ContactMusic |
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American Airlines baggage system back up at JFK
NEW YORK - The American Airlines baggage handling system at New York's JFK Airport is working again -- one day after a computer glitch. Yesterday's problem caused dozens of flight delays, cancellations and luggage pileup at ticket counters.
KRGV-TV Texas |
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Policing the internet - Q&A
Why the government is looking for changes in the way the internet is policed. By Mark Sweney
Guardian Unlimited |
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Clearwater Middle School Teacher Faces Child Porn Charges
Investigators have arrested a Clearwater middle school teacher on charges that he had child pornography on his home computer. Aaron J. Stewart, who teaches at Clearwater Intermediate Middle School, was arrested by law enforcement agents with the CyberCrime Task Force today.
The Suncoast News Pinellas |
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Park nomad, laptop in tow, calls bushes home
Tom Sepa would rather not be called homeless. "That word is loaded," he said. "I prefer 'urban outdoorsman.' " It is true that Sepa has a lot of things that aren't generally associated with the stereotypical San Francisco homeless person - like a full-time...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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FLCC Approved for Online Degree Program
Finger Lakes Community College received approval for its first online degree program. The Middle States Association Accrediting Commission on Higher Education gave FLCC the green light to launch an electronic commerce degree program.
R News |
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Middle school teacher charged with child porn
A Pinellas County middle school teacher is accused of downloading child pornography on his computer. Arron Stewart, 28, was arrested at his home on Thursday.
FOX 13 Tampa Bay |
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Global anger at internet blockade
WITH a week to go to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the host nation, China, stands in the centre of a global diplomatic storm, sparked by its insistence of strict internet censorship but broadening yesterday to include human rights abuses.
Stock & Land |
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Feds not scouring Facebook for terrorists (say Feds)
Social engineering used to whip up Storm worm An FBI-backed organisation has warned computer users to ignore claims that the Feds are scouring Facebook for terrorists.…
The Register |
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American Airlines baggage system back up at JFK
NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines’ baggage handling system at Kennedy Airport was running at full speed again today, a day after a computer glitch temporarily separated thousands of passengers from their luggage.
The Star Press |
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CDFinder Transporter 1.0 converts media catalogs
West-Forest-Systems on Thursday released CDFinder Transporter (iView) 1.0, a new application that converts XML export files from iView, iView Media Pro and Microsoft Expression Media into CDFinder catalogs. The converter application guides the user through all the necessary steps, making the conversion as simple as possible. The data gathered inclu...
MacNN |
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A head's up on downloading tunes
The rapid rise of the MP3 player has revolutionised the way we buy and listen to music over the past few years.
Independent Online |
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YouTube-style sites in the spotlight
Video-sharing websites like YouTube must do more to protect people from the Internet's "dark side" such, says an influential group of British lawmakers.
Independent Online |
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Affiliated Computer gets $100 million contract
(AP:DALLAS) Affiliated Computer Services Inc., which runs back-office business operations for companies, said Thursday it received a contract worth $100 million from hospital system UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. to provide information services.
INO News |
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Faster FireWire on way for gigabit generation
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers approves a specification that gives support for bandwidth of up to 3.2Gbps.
CNET |
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Global anger at internet blockade
WITH a week to go to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the host nation, China, stands in the centre of a global diplomatic storm, sparked by its insistence of strict internet censorship but broadening yesterday to include human rights abuses.
Queensland Country Life |
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Game Reviews
PC Act of Murder: FBI Confidential - PC.IGN - 4.5/10 Mass Effect - Computer Games.ro - 87% 360...
Voodoo Extreme |
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Charles Arthur: The internet cannot be centralised, parliamentarians
Charles Arthur: The internet doesn't do top-down edicts on safety. It can't be centralised, patronised and controlled
Guardian Unlimited |
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