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Hispanic Student Wins Nike Design Contest
When a Hispanic Central Florida youth decided to sign up for a Nike shoe design contest while surfing the Internet, he never thought that his daring move would change his life.
HispanicBusiness.com |
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Rex Sorgatz's Posse [Microcelebrity]
Spiky-haired meme-promoter Rex Sorgatz of Fimoculous has established himself as the media's favorite expert on microcelebrity. So he ought to know better. The blogger's latest project—for Condé...
Gawker |
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Why Is This [Fame]
Something called "The Upgrader" at Conde's style.com has ranked some "Microcelebrities," which means uppity women who are famous on the internet, plus Jakob Lodwick and the Tron guy. And now you get...
Gawker |
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Tech tickers: Tiffany appeals eBay counterfeit ruling; Sun rating may be cut by Moody's; HP to buy Colubris Networks
Tiffany, the world's second-largest luxury-jewelry retailer, appealed a federal judge's ruling that eBay isn't responsible for sales of knockoff Tiffany products on its auction Web site.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Yahoo! Launches Fire Eagle
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced the general availability of Fire Eagle (http://fireeagle.yahoo.net), an open platform that helps users take their location to the Web while giving them the ability to easily control how and where their location data is shared.
Centre Daily Times |
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Gates marks anniversary of Microsoft research arm
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday that the dramatic growth of the Internet would eventually spark a software-writing revolution.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Technology and Film
The movie industry has definitely seen a renaissance due to advancements in technology. Many films increasingly utilize computer technology to create a perfect balance between enhanced visual stimuli and adept storytelling.
UGO - UnderGroundOnline |
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Armored Core: For Answer Preview
During last week's Ubisoft event in New York City we got to take a look at From Software's Armored Core: for Answer , which is coming to North American and European Xbox 360s and PlayStation 3s in mid-September.
UGO - UnderGroundOnline |
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Thieves Target Items of Value by Browsing Craigslist
There's a new warning about what you post on the internet. A distinctive fireplace was stolen from a south Minneapolis home, and the thieves targeted the property manager by browsing home listings on Craigslist.
FOX 9 News Twin Cities |
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Russian hackers continue attacks on Georgian sites
Associated Press - August 12, 2008 1:23 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Russian hackers are continuing to attack Georgian Web sites, including one hosted in the United States.
WBAY Green Bay |
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Starz ending Vongo movie service for Starz Play
Liberty Media Corp.'s Starz pay TV subsidiary is pulling the plug on its Vongo movie-download service in favor of letting Verizon Communications Inc. and other affiliates market a similar service.
Miami Herald |
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Starz ending Vongo movie service for Starz Play
Liberty Media Corp.'s Starz pay TV subsidiary is pulling the plug on its Vongo movie-download service in favor of letting Verizon Communications Inc. and other affiliates market a similar service.
Bradenton Herald |
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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.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Nvidia Has First Loss in 6 Years on Market Share Drop (Update1)
Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Nvidia Corp. , the second-largest maker of computer-graphics chips, posted its first quarterly loss in six years after giving up market share to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and spending more on new products.
Bloomberg.com |
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There's Something Fishy About These USB Drives ...
The market for USB flash drives is an ever-expanding universe of novelty. New casings — using colorful, translucent plastics, or rhinestone bling, or even bulletproof materials — dramatically improve upon that monotone silver-gray color ubiquitous to electronic devices. Some drives have abandoned rectangular casings altogether in favor of nostalgic shapes, such as teddy bears and rubber duckies. ...
The New York Sun |
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Californians' Internet speed slower than in Delaware
New study says state residents just average when it comes to high-speed Internet service.
Orange County Register |
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Internet firms admit to tracking users' behavior for advertising
Responses to a congressional inquiry into targeted online advertising indicate that some companies were indeed tracking their users without first asking their consent.
BetaNews |
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Intel says Atom chip 'off to the races'
Sales of Intel Corp.'s Atom processors, designed for consumer electronics gadgets and super-slim personal computers, are topping company targets as the world's largest chipmaker seeks to expand beyond a slowing PC market.
EETimes |
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Nvidia Ships Workstation-Class Mobile GPUs
In conjunction with several workstation-class notebooks annonced by Dell, Lenovo, and Hewlett-Packard, Nvidia disclosed its latest workstation-class notebook GPU, the Quadro FX 3700M.
PC Magazine |
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Internet pornography: It's a sin in God's eyes
A reader writes: "Have you ever had anyone ask you how to break the habit of Internet pornography? I just can't seem to overcome it, and I'm scared to death my wife will find out."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Intel CFO says comfortable with Q3
Intel Corp., the world's biggest computer chipmaker, is comfortable with its forecast for revenue in the current third quarter, its chief financial officer said.
EETimes |
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Dell Precision Workstations Will Wow Professionals
Dell's 15- and 17-inch models run quad-core processors; the 17-inch does this by combining two dual-core CPUs, which support up to an astounding 16GB of RAM.
PC Magazine |
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News 91.9
ST. STEPHEN, NB - A teacher charged with luring a child over the internet will have to wait until November to enter his plea. Thirty-three year-old Jude O'Reilly of St. George learned today that he's facing an additional ten charges.
News 91.9 |
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AOL Dialup Could Be Taken Over by Liberty Media
Liberty Media would be open to discussing a deal to swap its stake in Time Warner Inc for the media conglomerate's AOL dial-up Internet business, Liberty Chairman John Malone said on Monday.
PC Magazine |
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Sound Devices Introduces Updated Wave Agent Utility Software For Mac And PC Platforms
Sound Devices continually looks at ways to improve workflow from field production to post production. The recent release of a public beta version of Wave Agent is an important addition to workflow management.
Harmony Central |
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