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Joplin library brings in a new twist to literacy
Flat screens and book pages, it's a new twist to literacy at the Joplin public library, the home of two new early literacy stations for children ages two to eight. The computers are bilingual, and feature
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eBags.com Leads the Way, Offering TSA "Checkpoint Friendly" Laptop Case
Online retailer eBags.com -- the world's largest online retailer of backpacks, handbags, luggage, and laptop cases -- today announced that the company is one of the first retailers to launch a TSA "checkpoint friendly" laptop case. eBags.com is the first retailer to offer the CODi® Phantom CT3 Checkpoint-Tested(TM) laptop case for travelers in search of a laptop case specifically designed to ...
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eXpresso to expand online access to Office files
While Microsoft considers whether it will release a version of its Office suite as an online service, a California-based startup is giving business users a way to view and share Web-based versions of Office documents through its own hosted service. EXpresso, based in Palo Alto, offers a hosted application that lets people share and edit Microsoft Office Excel files online without having ...
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We Have Seen the Future of Internet Microfame, and It Looks Anonymous [Microfame]
Microcelebrity: how long does it last? Will there be a retrospective blog roundup in early 2009 called "2008's Fameballs: Where are they now?" We suspect that the half-life of Internet fame is even...
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Court says Britain should not send hacker to U.S.
PARIS (Reuters) - An European court has asked Britain to delay sending a computer expert to face trial in the United States until it can review his request to block his extradition.
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Rex Sorgatz Forgot His Internet Safeword [Almost Famous]
Oh, Rexie! The Internet micro-fame expert and boyfriend of the Huffpo's Rachel Sklar seems a bit shook up by our post about him yesterday—which honestly, by our standards, was fairly mild. "I...
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Bionic Commando Rearmed Available On Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and Windows PC
Capcom's Classic Action Platformer Grapples It's Way onto Next Generation Consoles and Windows PC
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Toshiba, Wave Team Up for Drive Encryption
Toshiba's Storage Systems Division and Wave Systems said Wednesda that they have teamed up to develop standardized full-disk encryption (FDE) solutions.
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Connell Wagner Partners with BST Global
TAMPA, Fla.----BST Global, the leading global provider of business management software solutions for architectural, engineering and environmental consulting firms, today announced that Connell Wagner has chosen BST Global as its business management solution partner.
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Alienware Gaming PC — I Want to Believe It Doesn't Cost So Much
Gamers want blazing performance and flashy looks in a fragging rig. The Area-51 m15x does both but also comes at a cost. At nearly $5,000, the rig provides the latest in gaming tech but also deals a tremendous blow to a bank account ... or trust fund.
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Polis poised to be first non-incumbent out gay elected to Congress
Jared Polis, the internet entrepreneur from Colorado, is poised to make history as the first non-incumbent out gay man elected to the House of Representatives when he appears on the ballot as the Democratic nominee in a district that last elected a non-Democrat over 30 years ago.
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Researcher lowers projections for online video ads
Research company eMarketer is sharply reducing its spending projections for online video advertising, saying the market hasn't been as strong as the firm had previously estimated. Estimates that eMarketer expects to release Thursday show U.S. spending for...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Court says Britain should not send hacker to U.S.
PARIS (Reuters) - An European court has asked Britain to delay sending a computer expert to face trial in the United States until it can review his request to block his extradition.
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NBC Local Media in Philadelphia Expands Its Profile with America's Video Game Expo (VGXPO)
Catch the excitement at the annual gaming expo November 21, 22 & 23 at the PA Convention Center.
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UMass, DEM reach settlement on water data
BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- The University of Massachusetts and the state Department of Environmental Protection have settled a disagreement over who owns data and a computer modeling system critical to the health of coastal waters.
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Cyber Thugs March Through Georgia
August 13, 2008: Georgia is not just being invaded by Russian troops, it is also being hammered on the Internet, with the same Cyber War techniques Russia used against Estonia last year.
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Lenovo Offers Mobile Workstation With Built-In Graphics Tablet
For graphics support, the W700 is available with either a 512MB Nvidia Quadro FX 2700M or 1GB Nvidia Quadro 3700 Open GL graphics processor.
InformationWeek |
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Researcher lowers projections for online video ads
NEW YORK (AP) — Research company eMarketer is sharply reducing its spending projections for online video advertising, saying the market hasn't been as strong as the firm had previously estimated.
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Daily Debrief: Online attack, retaliation in Russia-Georgia conflict
In Wednesday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Robert Vamosi discuss the latest exchange of cyberattacks between warring countries Russia and Georgia.
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Sneaky sneaker thief
SILVER SPRINGS SHORES - Sheriff's deputies are trying to figure out why someone would break into a home, take 15 pairs of sneakers worth $300, and not such pricey items such as televisions, laptop computers and stereos.
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Are Google's StreetView drivers humans or robots?
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Are Google's StreetView drivers humans or robots? --A heartless Google StreetView driver filmed a grieving, unconscious drunken man in Australia but didn't stop to help. Making Xen virtualization "safe"(r) with XenAccess --XenAccess may provide a way to give Xen great security at the hypervisor level. YouTube wants you to link your Google ...
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Court says Britain should not send hacker to U.S.
An European court has asked Britain to delay sending a computer expert to face trial in the United States until it can review his request to block his extradition.
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
The final report of the Independent Review of the ALAC submitted by Westlake Consulting has been posted today in Arabic [PDF, 940K], Chinese [PDF, 881K], French [PDF, 629K], German [PDF, 611K] and Spanish [PDF, 629K]. (The English original [PDF, 561K] was posted on 25 July 2008 .) This final report has been published following consultation on the draft report at the Paris meeting.
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CGC ties up with Honda for Nokia promotion
CONSOLIDATED Gulf Company (CGC), Nokia’s exclusive partner, and Domasco, Honda’s sole distributor in Qatar, have joined hands in a promotion for the Nokia N78 multimedia computer phone.
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Experts Accuse Bush Administration of Foot-Dragging on DNS Security Hole
The internet remains vulnerable to a spoofing attack recently discovered by security expert Dan Kaminsky. The only real solution is to digitally sign the DNS root zone, but security experts say politics in the Department of Commerce are slowing the effort and endangering the trustworthiness of the net.
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