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Lake Work Firefighter Jailed After Internet Sex Sting
An Internet sex sting lands a Lake Worth firefighter in jail.
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Vonage adds 2,000 customers in 2nd quarter
Vonage Holdings Corp.'s subscriber growth nearly ground to a halt in the second quarter, as the Internet telephone company Thursday said it added a net of just 2,000 lines in the period.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Linux Today - What if Linux Took a Vista 'Mojave' Test?
"Vista: Go to Backhttp://newsadmin.linuxtoday.com/up and Restore, choose whether to go with a full system backup or a partial.
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ASUS launches Eee Storage, takes your Eee PC to the cloud... kind of
Filed under: Laptops , Storage Apparently Jerry Shen and the homegirls / boys at ASUS want to get a slice of that sweet cloud pie. According to a report, the computer-maker has launched a service called Eee Storage, which provides 20GB of online storage for Eee PC users, as well as access to downloads of around 3,000 pieces of free software and games. The company hopes to expand the ...
Engadget |
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The Herald-Zeitung Mobile Edition
The Herald-Zeitung provides a text-only version of its daily web edition for readers using cellular telephones or handheld computers. Registered users of AvantGo can create their own custom channel to download regular updates.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Armchair astronomer discovers unique 'cosmic ghost'
Hanny van Arkel was poring over photos of galaxies on the Internet last August when she stumbled across a strange object in the night sky: a bright, gaseous mass with a gaping hole in its middle.
CNN.com |
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Zimbra chosen for Ubuntu Partner Repository
Offline e-mail and document software, acquired by Yahoo last year, will be worked into the Linux distribution.
CNET |
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Tech Industry's Financial Results Show Sky Isn't Falling
An analysis second-quarter results for Cisco, SAP, IBM and others shows that businesses are still spending on IT despite the poor economy.
InformationWeek |
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Ubisoft Files $10M Suit Over Assassin's Creed PC Leak
French publisher and developer Ubisoft is suing disc manufacturer Optical Experts Manufacturing (OEM), blaming the North Carolina-based company for the leak of the PC version of Assassin's Creed onto the Internet earlier this year. According to Ubisoft, the pirated version of the game was downloaded 700,000 times, compared to retail sales of just 40,000 units. The company is claiming a loss of ...
Gamasutra |
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Jeremy Haft: The Great Firewall of China
Why do the Chinese think the world loves them when they don't? Blame the Internet firewall. Or so a misguided Op-Ed in the Washington Post...
HuffingtonPost |
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Hacker indictment greeted with muted response
Researchers at a hacking conference say theft of credit and debit cards will still flourish
The Globe and Mail |
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Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail
Security consultant who exposed giant vulnerability tells at Black Hat conference audience DNS flaw could allow hackers to intercept messages
The Globe and Mail |
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Lenovo looks for strong finish at Beijing Olympics
More than any other official sponsor at the Beijing Olympics, Lenovo may have the most to gain -- and the most to lose -- as a Chinese company trying to reach a worldwide market. Still the strongest name in computing in China, despite threats from foreign makers like Dell and Hewlett-Packard, the company, which has headquarters both in Beijing and North Carolina, has struggled to break ...
InfoWorld |
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The TIOBE List Director vs. the 'Anti-Java' Professor
It is probably no surprise that Paul Jansen and Robert Dewar feel very differently about not only Java, but about programming languages in general. Paul Jansen, managing director of TIOBE software, maintains the TIOBE index of popular programming languages , which – here’s the key point – ranks Java as the top programming language.
IT Management |
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Virtually Speaking: IBM Goes High on Linux
It's not difficult to be nostalgic for LinuxWorld's of yore. The show was once home to myriad announcements and filled with movers and shakers. For East Coasters it was a not-to-be-missed event, and every winter the faithful made the pilgrimage to the Javits Center.
IT Management |
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MSP Partners Recognizes Outstanding Contributions in Managed Services
OTTAWA, Ontario----MSP Partners; an alliance of over 20 leading IT vendors, in coordination with CompTIA , recognized managed service providers for industry excellence at the 2008 CompTIA Breakaway Conference.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008
The upgraded database includes improved data compression, better scalability, and easier management of concurrent workloads.
Intelligent Enterprise Magazine |
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IBM Joins Linux Distributors In Attacking Microsoft Windows, Office
At LinuxWorld, IBM threw its support behind Microsoft-free PCs for business and introduced a package of open source software for Linux-based supercomputers.
Intelligent Enterprise Magazine |
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ERF Wireless Forms New Division to Service Oil and Gas Industry
ERF Wireless (OTCBB:ERFW), a leading provider of enterprise-class wireless broadband products and services, announced today that it has recently formed a new Oil & Gas Services Division to address growing customer demand in the oil and gas industry for the company's wireless products and services. Utilizing the resources of its rapidly expanding wireless broadband networks in Texas, New Mexico ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Man charged with property damage
Associated Press - August 7, 2008 9:35 AM ET CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Police say a 55-year-old man tossed a computer monitor through a glass door after being refused a cash refund at a Casper movie...
KIFI Idaho Falls |
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RedRoller to Present at the Noble Financial Equity Conference
RedRoller Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: RROL), The Shipping Search Engine(TM), today announced that the Company will be presenting at the Fourth Annual Noble Financial Equity Conference on Monday, August 18, 2008 at the Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort, Nevada. The presentation will begin at 4:00 PM Pacific time (7:00 PM Eastern time).
Centre Daily Times |
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Numonyx, Hynix say two NAND heads better than one
Tricky market conditions, tough to produce... Hynix and Numonyx are throwing their weight behind NAND flash memory in an extended five-year deal to beef up development of the cash-starved sector.…
The Register |
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Yo, Philly in the News
Philadelphia rock musician and songwriter Robert Hazard died unexpectedly Tuesday night after surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Leonard Luchko, a computer technician and former aide of Senator Vincent Fumo, is accused of illegally destroying years' worth of state Senate computer records, apparently in an attempt to hide the data from the FBI during its investigation ...
Phillyist |
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What In the World Is Time Warner Going To Do With AOL?
Kevin Maney sees a pickle: OK, so at this point AOL's results are so bad they're dragging down Time Warner. But we kind of knew that. Now Time Warner says it's teeing up AOL to be spun off or bought in pieces or as a whole.
Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Former Ark. Tech professor sentenced to 10 years
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - A former chemistry professor at Arkansas Tech University has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on a charge he stalked a person he believed was a teenage girl on the Internet.
KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville |
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