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Tiffany's Appeals eBay Ruling
As expected, jeweler Tiffany's has appealed a July decision that absolved eBay of any responsibility for counterfeit Tiffany items that appeared on the online auction site.
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National Federation of the Blind of Arkansas Agrees to Settlement of Lawsuit Over Accessibility of Software to Blind ...
The National Federation of the Blind of Arkansas and two blind state employees have agreed to a settlement among themselves, the state of Arkansas, and software provider SAP Public Services, Inc. The agreement resolves a lawsuit brought by blind state employees in 2001 because the blind could not access the Arkansas Administrative Statewide Information System (AASIS). The state, in turn, brought ...
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Judge Buys 'P2P Equals Web Radio' Argument
Raise your hand if you think downloading music from file-sharing service Kazaa is just like listening an Internet radio station? No? Anyone? Yes, District Judge Xavier Rodriguez?
PC Magazine |
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Omniture Search Marketing Expertise Featured at Upcoming SES Conference
SES Conference & Expo Booth #303 - Omniture, Inc., a leading provider of online business optimization software, will exhibit at the Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo in San Jose, California, August 18 - 21.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Broadband growth plummets in 2Q, cable stronger
The number of new high-speed Internet subscribers in the United States fell in the second quarter to the lowest level since a research company began tracking the broadband market seven years ago.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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The most important part of a social-media strategy
This is an exciting time for mission-based, nonprofit organizations thanks to the explosion in social media. Unlike e-commerce, which has been the huge Internet focus over the past 10 years, social networking is about connecting and getting involved, and not about buying and selling.
Philanthropy Journal |
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T-Mobile Reportedly To Open Its Platform To Developers
Like Apple's deal with its iPhone developers, T-Mobile would share revenue with the developers, an industry Web site claims.
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If it looks too good to be true, it probably is
BEIJING I t turns out that amazing line of fireworks footprints marching from Tiananmen Square to the Bird's Nest stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was computer-generated and inserted into television coverage to look like the real thing.
OregonLive.com |
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Ghana: Who is to Blame for the E-Waste Menace?
The dumping of electronic waste on Ghana by the industrialized countries has reached disastrous proportions, as each week several container loads of obsolete, computers and television sets are cleared at the Tema Harbour and driven into town with fanfare.
AllAfrica.com |
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Georgian president's website moves to Atlanta
Original servers allegedly attacked by Russian hackers
The Globe and Mail |
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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.
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INDIA: Haywood had reported inflated internet bills
AHMEDABAD --- Forensic and computer experts have confirmed with Mumbai investigators that the connection used by American citizen Ken Haywood in Navi Mumbai was used by other users in the last three months.
AsiaMedia |
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Riding music's new wave
The rise of the Internet and downloadable music has made it easy for musicians to get their product heard. Waltham resident Zane Kuchera has jumped on music's technological boom, transforming a nook in his Roseanna Park Drive home into a studio where he runs his own record label.
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The myth, the dream, the conspiracy, the $100 laptop
It's all over the news and opinion blogs this week: The fabled $100 laptop. Whatever happened to the thing? And will it ever reach that magic price point? It all began with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which aimed to put little, green, $100 notebooks in the hands of third world children around the globe. OLPC got off to a promising start in 2005, with laptops originally priced ...
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CNET: Mac's Cool Factor Makes Switching Worth the Risk
Linux just doesn't have the cool factor to make switching worth the risk, but the Mac does, according to CNET on Monday. That's why Linux works in the enterprise where cheap and boring is okay, but not with consumers
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Remote-control warriors suffer war stress too
MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. — Working in an air-conditioned trailer nicknamed the Dumpster, Predator pilots peer into Iraq through a bank of computers, operating by remote-control the drone via keyboard and chat software — and occasionally unleashing missiles on enemy fighters.
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National Federation of the Blind of Arkansas Agrees to Settlement of Lawsuit Over Accessibility of Software to Blind ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.----The National Federation of the Blind of Arkansas and two blind state employees have agreed to a settlement among themselves, the state of Arkansas, and software provider SAP Public Services, Inc.
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VIA quits mainboard chipset industry
VIA has formally quit the business of manufacturing chipsets for third parties, the company tells Custom PC. The semiconductor company has decided against continuing to make chipsets to support AMD and Intel processors and will instead focus on its own processors and their accompanying platforms, such as Pico-ITX (shown) or full reference platform...
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Asustek's Eee Box sold out in its Taiwan debut on Wednesday, thanks in part to a surprisingly low price. By Dan Nystedt 01 Aug 2008 TAIPEI, 30 JULY 2008 - Typhoon Fung Wong failed to spoil Asustek Computer's (Asus) plan to launch the mini-desktop version of its Eee PC in Taiwan on Wednesday.
Computerworld Singapore |
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Computer Mishap Costs Medicare Recipients
A computer system mishap at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services put $2.8 million in the personal accounts Medicare recipients.
KETV 7 Omaha |
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CPUs: Intel Core i7 CPUs sport energy saving feature
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Intel Corp. will describe a new technique to drive energy efficiency in its upcoming Nehalem 45nm desktop processors which it will dub the Core i7 family at the Intel Developer Forum Aug. 19. At IDF , Intel will also reveal plans for a quad-core notebook CPU and news about its emerging line of consumer electronics chips.
Embedded Systems Programming Magazine |
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Mad Moviegoer Arrested After Monitor Toss
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 movie theater.
KTHV Little Rock |
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Georgia accuses Russia of waging 'cyber-war'
Georgia today accused Russia of waging a parallel ‘cyber-war’, using hacking techniques to block key Georgian government websites.
Times Online |
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Online Shopping Gets a Rich(er) Relevance
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com The direct marketing business has come quite a ways from the time when Asa Montgomery Ward, a nineteenth-century railroad clerk, sent out a circular advertising watches and other trinkets.
Jewish World Review |
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Sony and HP Top the List for Most Reliable Laptop Brands
According to a study released by SquareTrade, an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances, Sony and HP are among the most reliable laptops available on the market.
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