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PSU freshmen football players move into dorms
On Wednesday, Smith Center graduate Joe Windscheffel took one look at his new living arrangements inside Dellinger Hall on the Pittsburg State University campus and had an interesting look on his face.
The Morning Sun |
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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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Internet flaw a boon to hackers
Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public briefing on an Internet flaw that lets hackers hijack traffic on the World Wide Web.
PhysOrg |
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Ground breaking eye therapy for stroke victims developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new computer-based therapy for stroke victims who have suffered partial vision loss has been developed by Scottish scientists.
PhysOrg |
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At Doggyspace, social networking goes to the dogs
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cici confesses on her Web page that she likes to greet everyone by licking their feet. Dolce admits to being a mamma’s boy. And Jake and Tycho posted a video that chronicles their adventures of rolling around on their backs.
Park Hills Daily Journal |
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Blackboard expects 2Q sales in line with estimates
Educational software company Blackboard Inc. said Wednesday it expects third-quarter results in the range of a loss of 2 cents per share to a profit of 2 cents per share.
Tri-City Herald |
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Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail
A newly discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure not only permits hackers to force people to visit Web sites they didn't want to, it also allows them to intercept e-mail messages, the researcher who discovered the bug said Wednesday.
Tri-City Herald |
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Blackboard posts lower 2Q profit
Educational software company Blackboard Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit declined even as sales grew, as expenses increased.
Tri-City Herald |
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Elpida Ready to Launch World's Largest Capacity (16-Gigabyte) FB-DIMM
Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), announced today that it is ready to launch 16-gigabyte Fully Buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM), the world's largest capacity FB-DIMM. Based on its own unique integrated packaging technology (stacked FBGA or sFBGA) with 2-gigabit DDR2 SDRAM Elpida has achieved development of FB-DIMM products that feature an ultra thin ...
PhysOrg |
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Improving health care with a card
Many people can't imagine banking without an ATM card to grab cash and the Internet to pay bills. And millions of travelers head straight for the electronic check-in kiosk when they get to the airport.
The Indianapolis Star |
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Google Street View told: keep off, private
Google accused of deceiving the public by breaking its promises to only photograph public roads and promptly remove images flagged as inappropriate.
Sydney Morning Herald |
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Students Learn To Write Viruses
snocrossgjd writes "In a windowless underground computer lab in California, young men are busy cooking up viruses, spam and other plagues of the computer age. Grant Joy runs a program that surreptitiously records every keystroke on his machine, including user names, passwords, and credit-card numbers. Thomas Fynan floods a bulletin board with huge messages from fake users. Yet Joy and Fynan ...
Slashdot |
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Caterpillar Infestation Near A Mountain
Caterpillars are moving into a neighborhood just behind “A” Mountain in Las Cruces. Jenn Dombrowski Reports: Sphinx Moth's Crawl Though Southeast Las Cruces Watch: Creepy Crawlers Wiggle Across Your Computer Screen Slideshow: Las Cruces Caterpillar Infestation
KFOX 14 El Paso |
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Google Street View told: keep off, private
Google accused of deceiving the public by breaking its promises to only photograph public roads and promptly remove images flagged as inappropriate.
The Age |
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Internet sex case defendant waives hearing
A Chambersburg man accused of using the Internet to send a sexually explicit Webcam video to an Attorney General agent he thought was a 14-year-old girl gave up his right in Franklin County's Central Court Tuesday to a preliminary hearing.
Chambersburg Public Opinion |
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How much would it cost with Linux?
PCWorld is reporting that US buyers won't get a chance to purchase Lenovo's least expensive netbooks slated for release this fall. While higher-end models of their new S10 IdeaPads with 10.2 inch screens and Windows XP will be selling in the States, buyers in every other major market will...
ZDNet |
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Somers launches new Web site
SOMERS — The town has launched its own official Web site this week for all things government-related. The new site, www.somersct.gov , will operate independently of the community site SomersNow.com , which had previously hosted the town’s government information.
Journal Inquirer |
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Somers launches new Web site
SOMERS — The town has launched its own official Web site this week for all things government-related. The new site, www.somersct.gov , will operate independently of the community site SomersNow.com , which had previously hosted the town’s government information.
Journal Inquirer |
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'Lonely lord' sells lifestyle
An eccentric Englishman nicknamed the "lonely hearts lord" his put his title, property - and himself - up for sale on eBay.
News 24 South Africa |
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Google gadgets spreading malware: Researchers
Two security researchers said Google 'gadgets' like calendars or daily photo feeds are increasingly becoming juicy targets for hackers.
The Times of India |
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Mysterious 3G error puzzles Canadian iPhone users
A number of iPhone 3G users, particularly in Canada, have been reporting a strange error when using Safari at 3G Speeds. Users receive this error message: "kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 302." Users on Apple's support pages and a variety of other forums have written about the problem....
MacNN |
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Sony adds 4GB, anti-blink, more to new Cyber-shots
Sony on Thursday launched its Cyber-shot DSC-T700 and DSC-T77 digital cameras with what it claims are more "intelligent" shooting functions. The 10-megapixel T77 camera is Sony's thinnest model at less than 5/8 of an inch with a 3-inch, 16x9 touch panel LCD screen. It features updated intelligent scene recognition technology, Smile Shutter and face...
MacNN |
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Prevent applications from appearing on 'most recent' list
Q: I'm running Windows XP. When I click the Start button, I see programs listed there that I have most recently used. Is there a way to keep a program from getting on that list?
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Apple keeps fans, analysts guessing
When Apple announced last month that it anticipated higher development costs in coming months, analysts cringed and the stock dropped. But tech heads rejoiced.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Google updates search box
Google has updated its network search hardware offering..
iTNews |
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