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Gas prices, flexibility attract students to online classes
TRAVERSE CITY – Ten years ago when Northwestern Michigan College began offering online classes, 96 students were enrolled in six online courses offered.
Traverse City Business News |
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SPI Group sells “Stolichnaya”
The sale price is $1 billon. SPI, the owner of the “Stolichnaya” vodka brand, and its buyer, FPAG, reached an agreement via the Internet in several e-mail letters.
Russian Information Agency Novosti |
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Blog: The Sexiest Computer Ever
Steve Casimiro wrote in his National Geographic blog that while the MacBook Air is just a computer, it's the sexiest laptop ever. Despite apparent technical shortcomings on paper, the computer has to be touched and used to be appreciated
The Mac Observer |
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Google Tips DoubleClick Integration Plans
After all the back and forth over whether Google's acquisition of DoubleClick would be anti-competitive or an invasion of our privacy, the search engine giant on Thursday released new details about how the online advertising company will be integrated into Google.
PC Magazine |
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'Consumer Reports' Warns of Safari Risks
Apple Mac users running the Safari browser are at risk, since their browser lacks the built-in phishing protection found in IE7, Firefox and Opera, Consumer Reports warns.
PC Magazine |
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New iPod, old firmware
Thinking of buying a new iPod touch? It could cost you an extra $10 if you buy a new model that's still got the old firmware installed—even though the 2.0 software update has been out for three weeks.
Macworld |
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Image Metrics and the USC Institute for Creative Technologies Put a New Face on Photo-Realism with Animated CG Character
LOS ANGELES----Image Metrics, the leading provider of facial animation solutions to the entertainment industry, partnered with Paul Debevec of the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies to create a completely photo-realistic computer-generated animated face.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Former Ark. Tech professor sentenced to 10 years
LITTLE ROCK -- 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.
Baxter Bulletin |
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A Crystal Ball for Startups
Younoodle is a social networking startup for people who love, well, startups. It has now unveiled a "startup predictor" that tries to forecast the future success of early-stage ventures, and even takes a stab at projecting their dollar value in ...
Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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VendAsta raises $3M to build social software platform MyFrontSteps.com
VendAsta Technologies Inc announces $3 million first-round funding from Victoria Park Capital for MyFrontSteps.com , a social software initiative focused on the home and home services industry.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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XPEL Technologies installs Ferreira as permanent CEO
XPEL Technologies Corp. has named interim CEO Nuno Ferreira as the company’s permanent executive. Ferreira had been appointed interim CEO in June.
BizJournals |
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What's behind AT&T's Synaptic 'cloud' initiative?
The term "cloud" as a metaphor for parts of the network that users don't need or want to comprehend, may have been coined by AT&T's own labs. So when the company said this week it's entering the "cloud computing" business, what did it mean?
BetaNews |
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Looking inside the Storm worm botnet
Venerable botnet encrypts its command codes using the current date.
CNET |
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Treasury to propose online health fund switches
A current requirement to show up at a post office is seen as a major barrier to switching.
Globes Online |
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Computer Sciences Corp. renews 338,000-square-foot lease
Computer Sciences Corp. has signed a long-term renewal on its 337,655-square-foot lease at 4550 Swinnea Road in the Southeast Memphis submarket. (CSC)
Memphis Business Journal |
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ICANN Highlights DNS Vulnerability, Releases Domain Testing Tool
In response to the DNS vulnerability issue , the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the release of an FAQ and a web based domain testing tool . From ICANN's announcement: "Due to the distributed nature of the DNS, no one organization can implement a fix for this vulnerability.
CircleID |
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Drakensang: The Dark Eye Hits Top Positions in German Computer Games Charts
Drakensang über alles! August 7, 2008 - Last Friday, Hamburg/Germany-based publisher dtp entertainment released the long awaited, highly acclaimed RPG Drakensang: The Dark Eye in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
IGN PC |
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IndiePix partners with Nelson Madison Films to promote homeless documentary SKID ROW
New York, US - 7 August, 2008 - IndiePix, the Internet-based distributor of independent films, has announced a partnership with Nelson Madison Films' distribution arm, Indie Rights, Inc. The partnership coincides with the launch of the new 'Activist' and 'Educational' Editions of SKID ROW - a no-holds-barred documentary featuring Pras Michael from the Fugees, as he takes to the streets of ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
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AJAX World RIA Conference - User Experience and RIAs: How Does It All Come Together?
RIAs provide the promise of an excellent User experience, but the ultimate success of the UX is driven more by the skill of the developer than the tool selection itself. This session will discuss the foundation and importance of the application of cognitive science techniques to the process of designing and building a rich Web application. read more
SYS-CON Media |
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Microsoft Licenses Havok Development Suite
Entire catalog of Havok tools to be available to all Microsoft affiliates.
1up.com |
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Dell says its power is now 100% carbon neutral
Dell has been working toward a plan to make the company carbon neutral for years. And now the company has announced it's finally done so, at least in terms of energy usage in its facilities. Treehugger has the story of how it did the job. Focusing on energy efficiency in Dell factories and offices goes without saying, but "green power" is the centerpiece of the strategy: The company now ...
Yahoo! Tech Advisors |
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Mobile broadband connects the unconnectable
TALK ABOUT connecting the unconnected. The INQ has just discovered that mobile operator 3 UK has been connecting the previously unconnectable with its mobile broadband offering.
The Inquirer |
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TSA 'checkpoint-friendly' bags fly on 16 August
After the news earlier this week the the Department of Homeland Security DHS is authorized to perform notebook computer searches at U.S. borders and the subsequent suits announced by the EFF and ALC comes a softer, friendlier federal government. The Transportation Security Administration TSA †who the...
ZDNet |
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Optimus Holding acquires Atlanta's Thoughtbridge
NORCROSS, GA - Norcross-based Optimus Holding Company (OHC), LLC, parent company of global IT providers Canvas Systems, Corus Group, LLC and IT Financial Solutions, has acquired ThoughtBridge, an Atlanta-based consulting firm focused on Microsoft technologies.
TechJournal South |
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Engage customers online to turn leads into sales
ATLANTA—Today, 80 percent of major purchases start with Internet research, but marketers can snag more buyers if they pay attention to what visitors actually do on their sites. So says FirstWave CEO, Richard Brock, who compares success in business to good golf.
TechJournal South |
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