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Tickets available for Youth Explosion
Tickets for Youth Explosion are currently available in area churches and businesses, but perhaps the best place to start is the Internet.
Deer Park Broadcaster & Progress |
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Stupidity's worst nightmare
Sarah Haskins didn't set out to represent all womanhood. But she's causing an Internet sensation with her 3½-minute "Target Women" comedy segments at current.com.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Joikusoft and FON work together and cause a headache for tech writers trying to explain
A new piece of mobile phone software has been unveiled today that will allow you to share your mobile phone's internet connection with the FON community over wifi.
Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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News to know: Google; Web Olympics; Patch Tuesday; iPhone
Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Will the Olympics melt the Internet? Time Warner's Olympic boost, courtesy NBC More worries for Beijing visitors Phil Wainewright: Hello, Google, is anyone in there? Larry Dignan: Google: Our AOL investment is â€impaired' ...
ZDNet |
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Google Launches 2008 Olympic Games Site [Olympics]
Google unveils a 2008 Summer Olympics landing page, a clearinghouse for various GOOG tools that are tracking the events in Bejing. See a Google Map of medals, YouTube video highlights, Google News...
Lifehacker |
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Online social networking sites are hacker playgrounds
Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust.
PhysOrg |
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Oracle offers VM templates for flagship products
Templates to aid virtualisation. Oracle has this week unveiled a set of "templates" that are fully configured systems distributed as virtual machines that can be used for testing purposes or for deployment.
TechWorld |
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Setback for Dell's 'cloud' copyright attempt
Application to be re-examined. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has done an about face on Dell's effort to claim a trademark on "cloud computing," and is reconsidering its earlier action.
TechWorld |
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World’s Top Athletes Converge on Beijing For Olympic Games
By Aaron Sampson SPORTS EDITOR The lead-up to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, which begin today in Beijing, has been marked by controversy. Widespread opposition to the policies of the Chinese government inflamed demonstrations that disrupted the international legs of the Olympic torch’s journey last spring. Internet censorship, although slightly relaxed from a week earlier, continues to be a ...
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Man fights movie theater 'injustice,', lands in jail
A customer at the Eastridge Movies 4 theater told police he threw a computer monitor through a glass door Tuesday evening after being refused a refund.
Casper Star-Tribune |
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Notable movers
Teradata (TDC) was down $1.51, or 6.6 percent, to $24.40. The data-storage software provider reported second-quarter profit of 38 cents a share, more than the 34-cent average estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Google believes AOL investment 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.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Crime & courts
Daniel Allen Everett, 33, pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse and using the Internet to attempt child sexual abuse on Thursday.
MSNBC |
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CryptoLogic's Casino Software Soars With BSkyB Group plc
DUBLIN, IRELAND -- (Marketwire) -- 08/08/08 -- CryptoLogic Limited (TSX: CRY)(TSX: CXY)(NASDAQ: CRYP)(LSE: CRP), a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, has announced a three-year casino licensing contract with Sky Betting & Gaming, part of BSkyB Group plc (BSkyB), the UK's leading entertainment brand.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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CryptoLogic Reports Q2 Results; Stage Set for Growth
DUBLIN, IRELAND -- (Marketwire) -- 08/08/08 -- CryptoLogic Limited (TSX: CRY)(TSX: CXY)(NASDAQ: CRYP)(LSE: CRP), a world leader in Internet gaming software, today reported its financial results for the three months ending June 30, 2008, posting modest revenue growth over the same period a year ago.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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CryptoLogic to Build Internet Casino for Owners of Europe's Largest Dedicated Gaming TV Network
DUBLIN, IRELAND -- (Marketwire) -- 08/08/08 -- CryptoLogic Limited (TSX: CRY)(TSX: CXY)(NASDAQ: CRYP)(LSE: CRP), a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, announced today that it has signed a three-year contract relating to Internet casino software with the Gaming Media Group Limited, owner of The Poker Channel®, Europe's largest dedicated gaming television network, and ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
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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.
Eastex Advocate |
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Sophos warns of ‘jester’ Trojan horse in Facebook
MANILA, Philippines -- Facebook account owners are being warned against a new Trojan horse called Troj/Dloadr-BPL, which is concealed as a Google video link posted in a user’s Facebook Wall.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Ubisoft sues disk fab over game leak
The title, which sold just 40,000 copies to PC gamers, was reportedly downloaded more than 700,000 times after an employee of the duplication house, Optical Experts, allegedly liberated a copy of the game's code and posted it on the internet.
The Inquirer |
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National and Washington news in brief
Google believes stake in AOL has eroded In an assessment that could lead to a charge against future profits, Google believes its $1 billion investment in advertising partner AOL is souring.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Outwitting hackers
NEW YORK - 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.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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Incline man indicted on fraud charges
A 37-year-old former Incline Village businessman facing trial with his wife next year for allegedly operating an Internet fraud scam has been indicted on charges of wire fraud related to another case.
Reno Gazette-Journal |
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Yahoo to let users turn off targeted ads
WASHINGTON - Internet giant Yahoo is set to announce today that it will allow users to shut off targeted advertising on its Web sites, a move that comes as a congressional committee continues to air concerns about privacy.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Here come the iGames
The Apple App Store is offering hundreds of applications for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch. Taking advantage of the iPhone and iPod Touch's touch-screen interface and built-in tilt sensor, these new games offer fun while you're passing time on a rainy afternoon.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Google lets advertisers measure ad views
Google developed a system that lets advertisers limit and measure the number of times users view ads on its partners' sites.
San Jose Mercury News |
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