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Times tough for parents, but not spoiled kids
Consumer confidence is waning, a quarter of Canadians believe we're in a recession, and less than a third of Canadians think now is a good time to make a major purchase. But if parents are feeling squeezed, you wouldn't know it by looking at their children, who could be carrying designer water in their brand-name backpacks this fall and instant messaging with friends on gleaming new laptops.
Winnipeg Free Press |
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Honest teen to get laptop
The teenager who bought a laptop from the man charged in the beheading of a Greyhound bus passenger will get a new computer thanks to a Montreal businessman. Sid Stevens of the Sun Youth Organization said the businessman called after he heard the RCMP had taken the laptop from the 15-year-old as evidence.
Winnipeg Free Press |
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Microsoft: We'll help others find, fix bugs
Microsoft's security team will help third-party developers of Windows applications and add-ons find and fix bugs in their software, the company said Thursday.
Macworld UK |
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Developers to Apple: Be more transparent on app standards
Wondering what goes into the process of determining what iPhone applications make the grade for Apple's App Store? You're not alone - the developers who write them sometimes find themselves wondering the same thing.
Macworld UK |
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Incendiary ads too graphic for Amnesty
China-bashing may have reached a new low yesterday when violent, Olympic-themed ads produced for Amnesty International turned up on the Internet. The human-rights group has since renounced the campaign which included a poster of a bound "dissident" being tortured in a swimming pool.
winnipegsun.com |
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Analyst: New MacBook and iPods planned
Speculation ahead of possible September event New iPods and a new laptop model could be on the way at an Apple special event in September, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.
PC Advisor |
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Website owner sentenced for 'obscene' stories
Five years probation for Pennsylvanian woman A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to five years of probation, including six months of home detention, and forfeiture of her computer after pleading guilty to obscenity charges for running a website that featured text stories that were sexual and violent in nature.
PC Advisor |
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Seven 'critical' Microsoft patches coming next week
Serious flaws in Windows, Office, IE & WMP 11 Next week's 'Patch Tuesday' roundup of Microsoft updates will deliver 12 security fixes to plug critical vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.
PC Advisor |
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Warning over malicious Facebook Wall videos
Hackers target users with fake Flash download Hackers are using Facebook's Wall messaging tool to target social networking users with malware.
PC Advisor |
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Nvidia licenses Transmeta tech for mobiles
$25m deal deal for Transmeta's LongRun2 technology Nvidia could put new power-management technology from Transmeta on products such as chips for mobile devices and graphics processors for laptops.
PC Advisor |
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Lenovo's profit up 65.31 pct in Q2
Shanghai. August 8. INTERFAX-CHINA - Lenovo Group, China's largest manufacturer and distributor of personal computers, announced on Aug. 7 that its global PC sales grew 15 percent and its net profit rose 65.31 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of this year.
Interfax |
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Oviedo cop resigns over Web sex pics
An Oviedo police officer resigned Thursday after dozens of pictures surfaced on the Internet showing him performing sexual acts and soliciting sex with married couples, as well as single men and women.
Orlando Sentinel |
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Google believes $1 billion investment in AOL is crumbling
SAN FRANCISCO - In an assessment that could lead to a substantial charge against its future profits, Google Inc.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Google believes $1 billion investment in AOL is crumbling
In an assessment that could lead to a substantial charge against its future profits, Google believes its $1 billion investment in advertising partner AOL is souring.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Google believes $1 billion investment in AOL is crumbling
In an assessment that could lead to a substantial charge against its future profits, Google believes its $1 billion investment in advertising partner AOL is souring.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Rambler Launches Special Website Dedicated to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
BEIJING, China----Rambler Media Ltd. , the company operating one of Russia's most popular internet brands, today announces the launch of 'Rambler Beijing 2008', a unique site dedicated to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games which will commence today in Beijing.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Latest transfer rumours - August 8
All the latest transfer gossip on Wolves, Albion, Villa, Walsall and Blues. We have scoured the back pages and the internet to bring you the latest gossip.
Express and Star |
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Typos bedevil politics
Typos can bedevil online political campaigns by letting evil software wizards sabotage or steal.
iafrica.com |
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FBI will analyze Ivins' computers
A federal judge on Thursday signed search warrants allowing FBI agents to analyze two computers that Army microbiologist Bruce E. Ivins used July 24, just days before he killed himself.
The Washington Times |
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Athletes misdeeds there for all to see on Web
When Notre Dame was founded in 1842, its student-conduct bylaws certainly didn't include the words Facebook or Beer Olympics.
Orlando Sentinel |
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Google downbeat on AOL stake
Details of latest SEC filing
Silicon.com |
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Targeted for hacking by reporters at my table
A CNET News reporter explains how she may or may not have gotten hacked at the Black Hat security conference.
CNET |
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ID theft? Don't forget to protect yourself
It is the largest case of identity theft in the country. More than 41 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen by an international ring that hacked into the computer networks of nine national retail chains, including Barnes & Noble, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax and TJX Cos.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Three plead guilty in closely watched online gambling case
Three men who helped promote the online gambling firm BetOnSports have pleaded guilty to federal charges.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Compiere Continues Expansion Of Open Source ERP Solution With New Business Analytics, Functional And Technical ...
Compiere, Inc., the global leader in open source business solutions, today shipped Compiere 3.1, the company's most substantial update of its enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) product line.
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