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Of no fixed abode
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. The state rolled out the big guns this week: armoured vehicles, barbed wire and police in bullet-proof vests were deployed, while journalists were barred from the scene.
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Net some savings: Tax-free weekend a great time to buy a new computer
Got your eye on a shiny new computer? This weekend might be a great time to get it.
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Landlines Are Old-School: Universities Increasingly Rely on Cell-Phones and VOIP
People around the globe have become increasingly dependent on their cell-phones. They are often our only phone lines, our media players, our digital cameras and even our Internet browsers. Yet individuals are not the only ones relying on mobile devices these days. Colleges have recognized the trend and are using it to their advantage.
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Bridge lights pass field test
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Designer Hal Hilbish didn't 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) fixtures, only go so far, he said. ...
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Recent Original Stories
CrossOver Office, the Windows API emulation framework for GNU/Linux, is finally at version 5.0 after some delay. While CrossOver has always been useful but never quite perfect, this new release is a breakthrough in Windows compatibility and GNU/Linux desktop integration.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 6th Jun 2007 23:02 UTC
Some review of Fedora 7. First, eWeek concludes: "We were impressed to see how amenable to customization this popular Linux-based operating system has grown."
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The mix
The blog http://retrocrush.buzznet.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Sep 2007 21:01 UTC
It does not happen every day that news related to computer technology - news we report on every day - makes its way to the headline news programs and newspapers here in my home country, The Netherlands.
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Business
Virgin Mobile has started selling Apple’s iPhone 3G and aims to attract younger customers to mobile internet services with the highest monthly data allowance in Australia.
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Snoop Bus Bust, Ratt Lose Member, de la Rocha Returns, Let Be DVD Denied, Ozzy Working on New CD, Late Night ...
Thought for the day: Your specially formatted email may look really pretty on your computer, but it probably looks like crap on the receiver's computer. Now let's get on to the quick stories making waves today
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Man gets 1-year sentence in Va. Tech threat case
A Florida man who had a large arsenal of weapons will spend about eight months in federal prison for threatening on the Internet to stage a Virginia Tech-style massacre.
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Stolen TVA laptops may have sensitive info, IG says
A laptop stolen from TVA contained Social Security numbers and reflects generally inadequate policies and procedures for tracking computers at the agency, according to the TVA Inspector General.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Business
Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang and members of the Internet firm’s board of directors are likely to come under fire today from shareholders peeved about failed takeover talks with Microsoft.
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Baldwin chief retires with $60,000-a-year pension
Baldwin Borough police Chief Chris Kelly retired due to a "brain disability" and is walking away with the vehicle he drove as chief, his office computer, $30,000 over the next three years for consulting services and more.
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County forum comes to life
Knox County commissioners Thursday used their new Internet forum to call for special emergency meetings to initiate removing County Mayor Mike Ragsdale from office and to call for a discussion of a new settlement between the county and its green waste facility operator after elevated levels of arsenic were found in a nearby well.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Kathleen Parker: We have become a nation of little old ladies
The tabloid story that everybody's talking about -- but almost no one is writing about -- has created an interesting debate on the Internet about the dueling roles of old/new media and what constitutes legitimate news.
New Hampshire Union Leader |
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Entertainment
A British engineer who helped design the helmets worn by the Imperial Stormtroopers in George Lucas's original Star Wars film didn't break UK copyright law when he sold replicas on the Internet, a judge said today.
The West Australian |
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Why I Hate the iPhone Camera (and Loved the Best Rock Concert Ever) [Apple]
There. I said it. I hate it. OK, I don't really hate it. But sometimes I want to smash it against the wall. The last time was in the pit at the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's concert in...
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News
The first cosmological object formed in the universe was a tiny protostar with a mass of about one per cent of our sun, according to US and Japanese researchers who spent years developing a complex computer simulation of what it was like after the Big Bang that formed the universe.
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iPhone Apps We Love: NetShare - Share Your 3G/EDGE Connection With Your Computer [IPhone Apps]
NetShare is one app we never thought would make it onto the official iPhone App Store. All it does is set up a SOCKS5 proxy for you to get your laptop/computer online through use of the 3G/EDGE...
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Some Nut Puts Working Desktop, 17-inch CRT and Printer in Convertible [Carputer]
Reader Henry found this "mobile office" in New York last night, which is probably one of the strangest things I've ever seen. It consists of a desk, a keyboard, a desktop, a CRT, a lamp, a printer...
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Question of the Day: What Do You Carry Your Gadgets In? [Bags]
For a long time, I just threw all of my gear into an Eastpak backpack I'd had since high school. But my laptop got all scuffy and gross like it had been hanging out in the wrong Starbucks or...
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It?s the Software, Not You
Whenever I encounter badly designed software, I stand there, slack-jawed, mind boggling, and wonder what on earth the designers were thinking.
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Friday August 01, 2008 - 00:03 EST
MIDDLESEX, England -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Online bingo provider, Platinum Play Bingo's newest offering, Bingo Ball for Life, has just made history, paying out for the first time in only the second week of operation.
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Man arrested after videos cause scare on Internet
A man was arrested yesterday in connection with hoax Internet videos in which he said he had poisoned millions of bottles of baby food, some with cyanide or rat poison, because he wanted to kill black and Hispanic children.
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