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They Know Where You Are
Your computer knows what you did last weekend - but that's OK because most of your other gadgets do, too. Your browser remembers your Web reading list, your cellphone saved your calls, and your MP3 player can recite the songs you heard.
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Local writers win bad-prose prizes
It was a dark and stormy night ... At least it was when a trio of Northwest writers sat in front of their computers to channel the Prophet of Purple Prose, Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, who penned that overwrought opening line more than a century ago.
Seattle Times |
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Süddeutsche Zeitung Selects Level 3's Content Delivery Network to Support Rapid Online Growth
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Level 3 to Deliver Caching and Download Services to One of Germany's Leading National Newspaper Portals Level 3 Communications' ...
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It's 40 years since packet switching was invented by a team at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Bushy Park, Middlesex. This photo gallery takes a nostalgic look at the neonatal internet, and its proud parent.
ZDNet Australia |
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49ers blog: O'Sullivan will get first look in QB derby
Bee staff writer Matthew Barrows is at 49ers training camp in Santa Clara. Look for his blogs throughout the day at www.sacbee.com/blogs . The following are excerpts from Wednesday's blogs:
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It's 40 years since packet switching was invented by a team at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Bushy Park, Middlesex. This photo gallery takes a nostalgic look at the neonatal internet, and its proud parent.
ZDNet Australia |
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Photos: The neonatal internet
It's 40 years since packet switching was invented by a team at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Bushy Park, Middlesex. This photo gallery takes a nostalgic look at the neonatal internet, and its proud parent.
ZDNet Australia |
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Community Events
Author Matt Richtel Meet Matt Richtel author of "Hooked: A Thriller about Love and Other Addictions." Nat Idle narrowly survives an explosion in an Internet cafe after a stranger hands him a note warning him to exit immediately.
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Children’s Impact Center web profile links to pornography
The Community and Children’s Impact Center’s is being promoted on a biker website (www.bikerornot.com/index.asp&userID=54363). In the web profile is a link to a message board that contains images and postings that many would consider pornographic.
Cleveland Advocate |
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Area briefs
Library offers Web, computer classes STAMFORD - The Ferguson Library will offer regular computer and Internet training classes in the computer lab on the third floor of the main library at One Public Library Plaza.
Stamford Advocate |
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Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail
LAS VEGAS - 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.
Tucson Citizen |
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Internet security experts racing to patch hole
A flaw in the domain name system allows hackers to steer traffic and steal information. A gaping hole in the foundation of the Internet can allow malicious hackers to launch new attacks on corporate systems as well as individual computer users, a leading technology security researcher said Wednesday.
Los Angeles Times |
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SureWest goes after Web site critic
A simmering conflict between Sure-West Communications and some of its shareholders has heated up with the launching of a Web site critical of the Roseville-based company. Computer programmer and SureWest stockholder Kim Berry has riled company officials with his critical Web site.
The Sacramento Bee |
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Sprint, Qwest sales drop as subscribers switch to rivals
The telephone companies are losing customers to Verizon Wireless and AT & T. Sprint Nextel Corp. and Qwest Communications International Inc. posted lower second-quarter sales amid heightened competition for telephone customers.
Los Angeles Times |
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Three-state prostitution ring based in Phoenix broken up
PHOENIX — Authorities say more than 50 people have been charged in connection with a widespread prostitution operation that was centered in the Phoenix area and used the Internet to set up dates.
Silver City Sun-News |
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BUSINESS TRENDS: Chip makers turn to solar power
Semiconductor companies are rushing into the solar power business faster than a Pentium-driven computer, promising to turn a niche renewable energy into a mass-market product.
Courier-Post |
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US Election Year Predictions
Where do the major candidates stand on online gambling? Does either of them have a policy position on the topic? Come November, Americans will be heading to the polls to select the next President.
Online Casino Reports |
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Lynn DPW warns vendors on recycling
LYNN - The Department of Public Works has warned roughly 400 local businesses that if they don’t abide by a mandatory paper-recycling ordinance, their trash will no longer be picked up by the city.
The Daily Item |
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Wood River Internet company probed
WOOD RIVER, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois attorney general's office is investigating a Wood River-based Internet company accused of defrauding investors.
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RTA launches special channels through 'Youtube' and 'Facebook' portals
The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) launched special channels through 'Youtube' & 'Facebook' websites as a further tool of interaction with the public & customers and reach to wider segments of the community targeted by services, educational campaigns and several other issues.
AME Info |
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Time Warner's profit up
Time Warner Cable Inc.'s second-quarter earnings edged higher as increased Internet cable and phone revenue overcame costs related to its planned split from parent Time Warner Inc., the company said Wednesday.
Erie Times-News |
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TSA to allow laptops to stay in special bags
There's a new option for people annoyed at having to take their laptops out of their bags at airport security.
Erie Times-News |
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Radical Radio Tranny
“I don’t support same sex marriage in Massachusetts,” announces trans activist, radio host and Massachusetts resident, Ethan St. Pierre . Willing to voice his true feelings—be they on air, in his numerous blogs or in interviews—St. Pierre peppers his speech with verbal bombshells: “I like animals more than I like people,” “I’m not a real hate crimes advocate.”
Gay Wired |
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It's a big haul for ID thieves
11 charged, but experts say cyber crime flourishes Federal authorities are calling it the largest hacking and identity theft case yet. But this week's indictments of 11 people who allegedly plundered millions of payment card numbers might not seriously dent the underworld where such crimes occur.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Yale students name alleged harasser in Web libel suit
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Two female students at Yale Law School who say anonymous, defamatory comments were made about them on the Internet identified one of the defendants yesterday in their federal lawsuit.
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