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Fire burns building at Apple HQ in California
Firefighters have put out a blaze that burned for more than three hours at the headquarters of computer maker Apple.
KATU Portland |
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BMW recalling 200,000 vehicles
BMW AG is recalling 200,000 vehicles over concerns that the front passenger air bag may not deploy in a crash. The German automaker says the recall involves the 2006 3 Series, the 2004-2006 5 Series, and the 2004-2006 X3 compact sport utility vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a posting on its Web site Wednesday that small cracks could develop in a seat detection ...
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Texas Education Agency Reauthorizes Fast ForWord Software for State-Sanctioned Intensive Reading Instruction Programs
OAKLAND, Calif.----For the second time in a row, the Texas Education Agency has named Scientific Learning Corp.’s neuroscience-based Fast ForWord® products to the state’s “Commissioner’s List of Approved Intensive Reading Program Providers.” A component of the Texas Intensive Reading/Intensive Math Initiative, the list is presented to eligible schools, with struggling readers in grades four ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Microsoft Surface books the Lobby at the Sheraton
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and Microsoft Corp. today to feature Microsoft Surface in the lobbies of select Sheraton hotels in Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. Sheraton will be the first hotel to offer Microsoft Surface, creating a...
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Computers tell their life stories to reduce waste
Installing radio frequency tags on all computer parts could speed up recycling programmes and cut the number of used PCs dumped on landfill sites
New Scientist |
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Logitech Announces New Clip on Mouse for Notebook Users
Notebook users often find that they just can't use the trackpad on their notebooks and prefer to add a notebook mouse to their computer. Logitech is a great purveyor of notebook mice and has announced its latest addition called the V550 Nano cordless laser...
I4U |
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Sector Snap: Chinese Internet stocks mostly dip
Shares of Chinese Internet stocks mostly declined Wednesday, with shares of Ctrip.com International Ltd. falling ahead of the online travel company's second-quarter report.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Yahoo Launches Fire Eagle Platform
Yahoo announced the launch of its Fire Eagle open platform today that allows users to display their location on the web, while giving them control over how their location information is displayed. The platform provides clear protocols on when location info...
I4U |
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Bill Gates Predicts the Future, Again [The Future, Conan?]
If you thought you were going to stop hearing about Bill Gates after his farewell, check out his latest predictions about what's going to be cooking in the next decade, straight from Microsoft Asia...
Gizmodo |
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Motherboard Walls Add That Special Something To Your Next Remodeling Project [Geek Decor]
These are the walls of a Human-Computer Interaction Institute lab at Carnegie Mellon, and as you can see, they provide plenty of opportunities to create such interactions on the fly when you snag...
Gizmodo |
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Internet safety and security forum scheduled Aug. 20
FORNEY — U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling, in conjunction with the Forney Police Department and the F.B.I. , is hosting a forum on Internet Safety and Security at 3 p.m., Aug. 20 at the Forney Sub-Courthouse.
The Terrell Tribune |
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Va. Ranks 4th Nationally In Download Speeds
A study shows Virginians are downloading information from the Internet faster than last year.
NBC4 Washington, D.C. |
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South Bay Teacher Accused Of Soliciting 13-Year-Old Online
Santa Cruz police have arrested a 37-year-old Santa Clara County teacher on charges that he attempted to solicit lewd acts from a minor over the Internet.
NBC 11 Bay Area |
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Nebraska Man Arrested for Sexaully Assaulting a Texas Teenager
A Nebraska man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl he brought back with him from Austin. Nebraska State Patrol and Grand Island officers arrested the 23-year-old David Pelna on Tuesday, and placed the 15-year-old girl into protective custody. Authorities say Pelna met the teenager on a social networking website.
FOX 7 News Austin |
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Some Retailers Remained Mum on Security Breach
Last week 11 computer hackers from five countries were charged with stealing more than 40 million credit card numbers from nine retailers. If you were lucky, you did business with four of the retailers. They disclosed the breach, allowing customers to cancel their credit cards, thus protecting themselves from further identity theft. The other five decided not to disclose the security breach ...
Enterprise Security Today |
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Geocaching: finding treasure on Block Island
Hand-held global positioning systems help hikers and outdoor sportsmen determine their exact latitude and longitude on planet Earth. The devices receive microwave signals from satellites orbiting the Earth and use the data to calculate position. They are the same devices that help us find our way in our cars and boats, and they also map out directions on the Internet.
The Block Island Times |
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Yahoo introduces services that lets users broadcast their location
Fire Eagle is an open platform designed to make Web sites ''geoaware.'
San Jose Mercury News |
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Patch Tuesday Fixes a Record 26 Vulnerabilities
This month Microsoft issued 11 bulletins that address a record 26 vulnerabilities, 17 of them rated as critical. The 26 vulnerabilities are the most Microsoft has addressed since it had 25 in August 2006, which also had 17 rated as critical. The patch for the vulnerability in the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access ActiveX control is important because shortly after the issue became public on ...
Enterprise Security Today |
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McDowell: Fairness Doctrine, Net Neutrality Linked
FCC commissioner: Reimposition of Fairness Doctrine could affect Web policy.
Broadcasting and Cable |
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What Parents Should Know About Buying a Laptop
This is the time of year when I am bombarded with e-mails from parents wondering what laptops they ought to buy for their kids heading off to college. I try to give general advice, but it is hard to make decisions without knowing a lot of information. My first rule about buying a laptop is to ask your child. They probably know exactly what they want. The second rule is to buy a ton of RAM. I ...
Enterprise Security Today |
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Bird enthusiasts have plenty of options at the bookstore
"Humans, Nature, and Birds: Science Art from Cave Walls to Computer Screens" ($37.50, Yale). Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy have taken the intriguing approach — science art — to focus on where science and art intersect, a union that furthers understanding of both. Included is a fascinating timeline that combines art, technology and the study of birds.
The Olympian |
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An Online Privacy Presumption Is Wrong Assumption
In a case that could redefine -- or, some might argue, "debunk the myth of" -- online privacy, a federal appeals court in California is reviewing a lower court's definition of "interception" in the digital age. The case, Bunnell v. Motion Picture Association of America, involves a hacker who in 2005 broke into a file-sharing company's server and obtained copies of company e-mails as they were ...
Enterprise Security Today |
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Georgian President's Web Site Moves to Atlanta
The Web site of the president of Georgia, the small nation that is battling Russian forces over a breakaway enclave, was moved to a U.S. hosting facility this weekend after allegedly being attacked by Russian hackers. The original servers located in the country of Georgia were "flooded and blocked by Russians" over the weekend, Nino Doijashvili, chief executive of Atlanta-based hosting company ...
Enterprise Security Today |
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Three-alarm blaze at Apple's Cupertino campus damages building
Worry not, Apple lovers. The blaze that damaged a building on the tech giant's Cupertino campus Tuesday evening may have sparked quite a commotion, but apparently won't cause a shortage of iPods, iPhones or laptops. Fire at Apple campus
San Jose Mercury News |
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Microsoft Snuffs Out Third-Party ActiveX Controls
Stomps buggy HP, Aurigma controls with 'kill bit' update.
PC World |
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