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Respect the Web geek's cock!
An entrepreneur offers a charming speech on how to launch a start-up and deal with all those money-grubbing whores.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 12th Dec 2006 23:54 UTC
Microsoft released seven security bulletins , including fixes for three critical vulnerabilities, as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday update delivered on Dec. 12. The software giant shipped 11 security patches in total, including a cumulative Internet Explorer bulletin and an update meant to fix a flaw in the Windows Media file format.
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Al Qaeda says Bagram escapee killed in U.S. bombing
DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda field commander who escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan in 2005 was killed in a recent U.S. bombing, an al Qaeda leader said in a statement posted on the Internet on Thursday.
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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 websites.
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Microsoft hits the beach with Water Watch
Ian Williams, vnunet.com , Thursday 31 July 2008 at 17:19:00 Online observatory launches with European Environment Agency Microsoft and the European Environment Agency (EEA) today announced the launch of the Eye on Earth online environmental observatory. The first resource to go live is Water Watch, which allows...
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Microsoft hits the beach with Water Watch
Microsoft and the European Environment Agency (EEA) today announced the launch of the Eye on Earth online environmental observatory. The first resource to go live is Water Watch , which allows users to compare the cleanliness of bathing water at sites in 27 European countries.
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10 Things We Want to See in the iPhone 2.1 Update [Wishlists]
The iPhone 2.0 software is pretty good. We like the App Store a lot; it adds a boatload of new functionality to the iPhone. But it's certainly not perfect. Having used it for a few weeks, we've...
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Hitachi CinemaStar Now Reaching 1TB [Hard Drives]
For the DIY DVR enthusiast, Hitachi just announced their new CinemaStar 7K1000.B. Coming in sizes up to 1 terabyte, the 7,200 RPM drives promise to be the "industry’s quietest, most energy-efficient...
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IPod Battles Rage On
Companies, including Dell and Samsung, keep trying to build a better music player.
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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 websites.
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Nielsen Mobile and MRI Partner on Mobile Audience Targeting Tool
Nielsen Mobile and Mediamark Research & Intelligence (MRI) are to jointly launch Mobile-MRI, an integrated database of consumers' mobile and offline media usage that will allow mobile media companies and advertisers to better target audiences with their mobile campaigns.
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Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Need to get something off your chest? Say it with help from the Bureau of Communications . Like Mad Libs, but more useful. We love the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar . Does that make us dorky? And perhaps more importantly, do we even care? Remember those old school comic book ads ? Pet raccoons, stick on ...
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140% Of Our Waking Hours Now Spent On Email [Technology]
Email: it's no longer cool! Was it ever? Apparently it was, so I hope you didn't miss your opportunity to use your inbox as a "gauge of Digital Age machismo." Because now email, like The Blob, has...
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Sales tax holiday returns for Tenn. shoppers
Shoppers can take advantage of the state's sales tax holiday this weekend to save on clothes, school supplies and computers.
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Need a new computer' Buy one and it's tax free this weekend
North Carolina shoppers in the market for a new computer, school supplies or a wardrobe update will pocket some savings if they hit the stores Aug. 1-3. That's the weekend of the Tar Heel State's annual sales tax holiday, started in 2001 to coincide with the back-to-school shopping crunch.
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Google & Yahoo Spent $1.36 Million in Lobbying Last Quarter
Google and Yahoo spent a combined $1.36 Million last quarter in lobbying according to the Associated Press, with Yahoo spending $630,000 and Google topping off at $730,000. Google spent their lobbying funds the following political efforts : The agreement to let Google serve advertising on the Yahoo network and regulation of online advertising Net neutrality rules that would [...]
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About Pogue’s Posts
David Pogue's technology column has appeared each Thursday in The Times since 2000. Each week, he also writes the Times e-mail column "From the Desk of David Pogue," creates a short, funny Web video for NYTimes.com, and posts entries to his Times blog.
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About Pogue’s Posts
David Pogue's technology column has appeared each Thursday in The Times since 2000. Each week, he also writes the Times e-mail column "From the Desk of David Pogue," creates a short, funny Web video for NYTimes.com, and posts entries to his Times blog.
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It’s the Software, Not You
A couple of weeks ago, I spent a long weekend trip to New York City with my kids. We took a bunch of taxi rides over the three days, and discovered that the taxis are equipped with touchscreen credit-card payment systems.
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Network for Good to Acquire ePhilanthropy Foundation
Network for Good, a leading provider of online fundraising services and how-to resources for nonprofits, announced today that it has acquired the ePhilanthropy Foundation, an educational organization helping other nonprofits to use best Internet practices.
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PC shipments reach highest level since 1999
Angelica Mari, Computing , Thursday 31 July 2008 at 17:07:00 Dramatic price cuts for PCs helped drive sales growth in the UK The number of PC deliveries in the UK in the second quarter of 2008 represents the highest level of growth since 1999 because of a dramatic fall in selling prices,...
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Network for Good to Acquire ePhilanthropy Foundation
Network for Good, a leading provider of online fundraising services and how-to resources for nonprofits, announced today that it has acquired the ePhilanthropy Foundation, an educational organization helping other nonprofits to use best Internet practices.
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Scrabble knockoff returns to Facebook with changes
(AP:NEW YORK) A popular Scrabble knockoff is back on Facebook _ with changes that could help it skirt legal trouble. The return came less than two days after the creators of Scrabulous blocked their version of the word game from U.S. and Canadian users of Facebook, the online hangout.
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American baggage system back up at JFK
Things were getting back to normal today at Kennedy Airport after American Airlines fixed a computer glitch that knocked out its baggage system a day earlier.
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MediaG3, Inc. Signs China Broadband Wireless Implementation Agreement with Academy of Broadcasting Science
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