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‘Face-to-face’ to buy wine
Indiana residents must first make face-to-face contact with a wine merchant before they can place wine orders over the phone or the Internet, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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Journalists expelled from Black Hat for hacking competitors
Three French journalists from Global Security Magazine have been thrown out of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas for hacking into fellow journalist’s computers.
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Microsoft readies dozen fixes for August
Microsoft is planning to issue twelve patches next week in its monthly security update. The August 12 update will include seven bulletins rated as 'critical,' the highest of Microsoft's security alert levels.
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Apple twice the price of PCs
Research by analyst house NPD has shown that on average Apple users pay twice as much in the shops as PC users. Retail data showed that in June the average cost for a Windows laptop was $700, compared to $1,515 for an Apple machine.
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Microsoft readies dozen fixes for August
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Friday 8 August 2008 at 23:34:00 Seven critical bulletins amongst upcoming release Microsoft is planning to issue twelve patches next week in its monthly security update. The August 12 update will include seven bulletins rated as 'critical,' the highest of Microsoft's security...
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Journalists expelled from Black Hat for hacking competitors
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Friday 8 August 2008 at 23:28:00 French trio claim it was all a joke Three French journalists from Global Security Magazine have been thrown out of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas for hacking into fellow journalist’s computers....
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Deputies receive training about online child predators
A wolf in sheep’s clothing is scary if you’re a sheep, but far too often the idea is not scary to children on social networking Web sites. Predators are using these Web sites more and more to take advantage of children across the country.
The Hillsdale Daily News |
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Seven of the ten largest DRAM manufacturers saw revenue declines in Q2
DRAM companies have been battling a difficult market environment for some time now and iSuppli’s second quarter revenue estimates give an indication just how rough the situation is. Only two top 10 manufacturers were able to post revenue gains, while one firm’s revenue decline was small enough to be considered flat. The rest saw its sales decline by up to 40%.
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Gateway DX4200-UB001A
We can forgive Gateway for cramming the DX4200 with more memory than it needs simply because its specs and overall performance are the best in its price class. Of the various do-it-all lower midrange PCs out there, this one gets our nod.
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A FLASHER who was identified by his white socks after exposing himself to a teenage girl has escaped prison.
St Albans Observer |
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JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む
Internet mall operator Rakuten Inc said Friday its group net profit in the first half of this year jumped 25.7% from a year earlier to a record 7.29 billion yen as sales expanded 23.1% to a new high of 121.81 billion yen.
Japan Today |
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Google Translate Gets Optimized for the iPhone
When you restrict your travel to Canada and the United States, it's easy to forget that the rest of the world doesn't necessarily speak English. When I was in Taiwan, I had a hell of a time trying to communicate with the people there and my experience in Tokyo was no different.
MobileMag |
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Bringing Freedom to Beijing, One USB Drive at a Time
Everyone knows about the Great Wall of China and most tech geeks would be aware of the Great Firewall of China. While within those Chinese borders, your web surfing experience may be a little limited. How can you still check your email and read less than China-friendly websites?
MobileMag |
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English "Lord" puts life up for sale on eBay
LONDON (Reuters) - An eccentric British millionaire has put his entire life up for sale on the Internet -- including his title of Lord of the Manor of Warleigh -- in the hope of converting his assets into cash.
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Computer equipment donated to pantry
The People's Resource Center received an $18,000 grant from the Tellabs Foundation to equip and furnish the new Community Technology Center (CTC) at PRC Southeast, located at 649 Blackhawk Dr. in Westmont.
Westmont Reporter Progress |
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Twin Falls Man Gives Beer To Baby on YouTube
Detectives started investigating the clip posted in December by "SPEEDADDY 123CXX3" from Twin Falls. It's called "Christmas at Speedy's" and it shows adults at a party drinking, eating and flashing gang signs with plenty of kids in the room.
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Survey: Mac laptops in high demand for higher ed
Apple's notebook line tops the list of most sought after notebooks for the upcoming school year, according to research firm Student Monitor.
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Did a single security engineer avert a DNS disaster?
Had someone with ill intent been as smart or as lucky as security engineer Dan Kaminsky, the entire Internet could have been rendered mostly inoperative. The extent of just how big a fix he implemented, is only now being realized.
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Yahoo Expands Ad Privacy Options
This new option complements the company's existing opt-out option for customized ads served by Yahoo on third-party networks.
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Study finds dark matter may be near Earth
U.S. and Swiss researchers say computer simulations suggest dark matter exists within the Milky Way galaxy and near Earth's solar system.University of California-Santa Cruz Professor Piero Madau said previous simulations showed the Milky Way clear of dark matter but the new study utilizing the Jaguar supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory provided enough detail to see clumps of dark ...
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Bacteria might some day be fuel producers
Scientists at Britain's University of Sheffield say they've used mathematical computer models to show how bacteria might become a future source for fuels.The researchers mapped the metabolism of Nostoc, a bacterium that fixes nitrogen and, in doing so, releases hydrogen that can potentially be used as fuel.The research uncovered a previously unknown link between the energy machinery of the ...
Moldova.org |
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AMD Launches 2 New Pro Graphics Cards
AMD announces new midrange and entry level professional graphics accelerators under new branding, the “ATI FirePro V5700” and “ATI FirePro V3700”
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AMD Launches 2 New Pro Graphics Cards
AMD announces new midrange and entry level professional graphics accelerators under new branding, the “ATI FirePro V5700” and “ATI FirePro V3700”
Tom's Hardware |
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Journalists expelled from Black Hat for hacking competitors
Three French journalists from Global Security Magazine have been thrown out of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas for hacking into fellow journalists computers.
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Microsoft Revises Memory Placement in Latest Xbox 360 Hardware
While Sony's hardware revisions for its PlayStation 3 console appear to almost always be in the interest of cutting costs, Microsoft's changes to the Xbox 360 seem to be aimed at both cost and reliability
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