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China lifts more internet curbs
China unblocks more websites, in a move aimed at defusing a row over internet access for Olympic journalists.
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She's Got Game
FAYETTEVILLE - One look around Sarah Eldridge's office leaves no doubt about her enthusiasm as executive director of Pagnozzi Charities. Louisville Sluggers signed by friends of Tom Pagnozzi, founder of the organization, hang in a glass box near her computer.
The Morning News |
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China lifts some Internet curbs for Olympic press
China on Friday allowed media at the Olympic press centre to access Amnesty International's website and a small number of previously censored sites, but a wide array of others remained blocked.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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China lifts some Internet curbs for Olympic press
China on Friday allowed media at the Olympic press centre to access Amnesty International's website and a small number of previously censored sites, but a wide array of others remained blocked.
AFP via Yahoo! Philippines News |
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China lifts some Internet curbs for Olympic press
China on Friday allowed media at the Olympic press centre to access Amnesty International's website and a small number of previously censored sites, but a wide array of others remained blocked.
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Hu says China stands by Games pledges
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao said his country would stand by pledges made when it was awarded the Olympics as Games officials deflected fire over Internet censorship on Friday by lifting restrictions.
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China lifts Internet curbs at Games centre
The International Olympic Committee says China has agreed to lift its censorship of Internet usage for reporters covering next month's Beijing Games. At the Games media centre access will be free. But, correspondents say elsewhere in China an array of websites remain blocked to the public.
Deutsche Welle |
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Linux Today - Top Screencast Sites for Open-Source Developers
[ Thanks to Sakshi Garg for this link. ] "I have become an increasing fan of "screencasts" -- tutorials that combine someone's voice with a snapshot of their computer screen. Watching a good screencast gives you the feeling that you are looking over the shoulder of a master programmer.
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Patent office sees surge in online applications
In less than a year since the first patent electronic application was filed at the Indian Patent Office, the number has increased to 1,000, up three per cent.
rediff.com |
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SatGate Contracts Four Transponders At New SES ASTRA Orbital Position
SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), today announced that, via its Nordic affiliate SES SIRIUS, it has contracted four transponders on its new orbital position at 31.5 degrees East to the Lithuanian satellite services provider SatGate. SatGate is using the capacity to provide broadband and internet connectivity to households and end customers in Eastern and Central Europe, Russia ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Recent Original Stories
"This show features an interview with Richard Stallman , founder of the free software movement and the man who put the GNU into GNU/Linux.
New Mobile Computing |
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Kingston Technology DataTraveler BlackBox USB Flash drive Receives FIPS 140-2 Certification
Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the release of its first Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)*-validated USB Flash drive,
Thaipr.net |
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MCCAIN VISIT BLOG: McCain holds town hall meeting, fields questions from crowd
Sen. John McCain held a town-hall style meeting in Racine today. The Memorial Hall event attracted both anti-McCain protesters and supporters. This was a breaking news blog we updated throughout the day.
The Journal Times |
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Apple issues patch for critical DNS flaw
The comapny has released a security update for its Tiger and Leopard operating systems to address a critical and well-publicised Domain Name System flaw
ZDNet UK |
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Recent Original Stories
OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones.
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Pak Taliban warn women to wear 'hijab', else face acid burns
Lahore, July 31 : The Pakistan unit of the Taliban - the Tehreek-e-Islami Taliban Pakistan (TIP) has reportedly threatened the owners of CDs shops, Internet cafes and cable service providers to close down their activities, and warned the women to wear 'hijab' to ensure safety, else their face would be disfigured by acid.
New Kerala |
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Yahoo expected to spar with peeved shareholders
Fri, Aug 1, 2008 (12:15 a.m.) After spending weeks ridiculing Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors, nettlesome investor Carl Icahn has piped down and won't even be at the Internet company's annual meeting Friday.
Las Vegas Sun |
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From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
An introduction to the "human resources" component of the typical data processing center we've been exploring. by Paul Murphy
ZDNet |
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Optus outage; as CFO promoted
Optus customers in Sydney and Melbourne today had problems accessing their 3G wireless broadband services as another outage dogged the carrier.
ZDNet Australia |
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Why Women Enjoy Sex With Married Men
Like this list? Buzz Up on Yahoo! Why? Why would a single (or even attached) woman chase after a married man when she knows that he's attached to another woman?
AskMen |
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How To Master The Woman's G-Spot
Like this list? Buzz Up on Yahoo! Learn how to master the woman's G-spot Dr. Victoria Zdrok earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Drexel University, a J.D. from Villanova Law School and her certificate in sex therapy from New Jersey School of Medicine.
AskMen |
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Local researchers in China to observe total solar eclipse
A group of area researchers are in Weinan, China to video capture and broadcast to the Internet a total solar eclipse, observable only from a small narrow corridor on the Earth.
Crookston Daily Times |
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Sharapova pulls out of Beijing Games Olympic roundup
Maria Sharapova will miss the Beijing Olympics because of a right shoulder injury. The three-time Grand Slam singles champion said on her Web site Thursday that an MRI exam and other medical tests showed she has two small tears in tendons in her shoulder. The right-handed Sharapova pulled out of the WTA tournament in Montreal because of the shoulder on Wednesday night.
Detroit Free Press |
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Online shops to get business licence from August 1
Online businesses which make a profit in Beijing will be subject to the government's business-licence regulation from August 1, which would make the national capital the first to pilot the e-commerce regulation in China.
China Daily |
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Cartier tries to make friends on MySpace
The luxury jewellery brand is aiming its advertising at a younger audience by putting its profile on a social networking site. By Bobbie Johnson
Guardian Unlimited |
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