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Gateway updated
THE Great Southern’s internet portal is being updated to keep up with its growing its popularity.
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TERC Investigations math. If you don't know what it is, and you have an elementary student, you need to educate yourself. Look it up on the Internet , and you will see the testimony of parents and teachers, students and principals who have been horrified by this poor teaching curriculum.
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Online ad spend overtakes mainstream TV
LONDON (Reuters) - Spending on online ads overtook advertising on mainstream TV in Britain last year, growing 40 percent to 2.8 billion pounds and accounting for 19 percent of all advertising, regulator Ofcom said.
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Presidential race more than young black, old white
Maybe it is because we have had so much time to get used to it. Or perhaps the candidates have become such permanent fixtures on our television and computer screens. Or I guess maybe we just matured as human beings. But think about it, a young African-American (with roots in Kenya, Indonesia, Hawaii and Kansas, certainly not the path taken by Chester A.
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Prison official pleads guilty to helping bondsmen
New Haven (AP, Aug. 13, 2008 9:30 PM)-- A former prison counseling supervisor has pleaded guilty to using state computers to give information to three bail bondsmen about fugitives and prisoners.
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Ruling Is a Victory for Supporters of Free Software
The federal appeals court in Washington said that just because a software programmer gave his work away did not mean it could not be protected.
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Verizon expanding high-speed service to rural Western Mass.
WORTHINGTON - Verizon's $200 million investment to bring its high-speed Internet to thinly populated parts of the hilltowns and Berkshires is starting to pay off, but locals are still looking to the state's Broadband Access Law to make high-speed connections available everywhere.
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THAILAND: Internet data law goes into force Aug 23
From Aug 23, private firms, organisations and government agencies will be required to store all internet traffic data for 90 days so it is available as digital evidence for police.
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Dutch police smash Shadow botnet
The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit has arrested two people and shut down the Shadow botnet, which is thought to contain over 100,000 compromised computers.
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All Contra Costa employees' salaries, benefits listed online
County Web site provides 198-page total compensation report on county's more than 8,500 workers, angering many
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7 Mo. residents indicted in online pharmacy case
Associated Press - August 13, 2008 9:14 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - The U.S. Attorney's Office says seven central Missouri residents have been indicted for allegedly taking part in a $3.4...
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EBay Wins Belgian Court Ruling Against L'Oreal
EBay, owner of the largest Internet auction Web site, said a Belgian court rejected a claim by L'Oreal that eBay didn't do enough to prevent the sale of counterfeit cosmetics.
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Radio One executives say figuring out how to capitalize on its growing Internet presence is essential if the company is to survive the current advertising "recession."
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The Clanton Advertiser
TROY – Receiver Josh Jarboe found a home at Troy on Wednesday just days after he was kicked off the Oklahoma football team for a profane Internet video that shows him rapping about guns and killing people.
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Dodge Challenger Revs Up for U.S. Road Trips
DETROIT — The 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 is taking to the road this week in an effort to spread even more buzz about the retro muscle car. The official Challenger blog, Red Letter Dodge, said the "Triple Road Trip" would be chronicled on the Web site .
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Forces members charged with sabotage still on job
Two sailors could face a maximum of 10 years in jail and dismissal from the Canadian Forces if they are found guilty of sabotage in a case involving a classified computer database at Ottawa’s National Defence headquarters.
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Midge-hunting Scientists Tackle Spread Of Devastating Bluetongue Virus
Scientists are stepping up the battle against the devastating and economically damaging bluetongue virus. By combining ingenious ways to trap and monitor midges with cutting edge computer modeling and weather predictions researchers are gaining an understanding of how the insects spread the disease so that they can improve surveillance methods and advise farmers how and when to protect their ...
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Insight Enterprises: SEC closes options probe
Computer hardware and software distributor Insight Enterprises Inc. said Wednesday the Securities and Exchange Commission has completed an investigation into its stock options granting practices and does not recommend any enforcement action. Insight is one of...
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Best Buy to sell iPhones
Best Buy Co. will start selling the iPhone on Sept. 7, becoming first U.S. chain to do so outside of Apple Inc. The announcement by Best Buy expands the availability of Apple's vaunted phone to 970 full-size stores and 16 smaller Best Buy Mobile stores.
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Judge puts defamation lawsuit against Wikipedia to the sword
Once again, the Communications Decency Act has protected an online resource from liability for content its users posted there. This time, it let Wikimedia off the hook for potentially defamatory content. Read More...
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Children’s Impact Center web profile links to pornography
The Community and Children’s Impact Center’s is being promoted on a biker website (www.bikerornot.com/index.asp&userID=54363). In the web profile is a link to a message board that contains images and postings that many would consider pornographic.
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Dutch police smash Shadow botnet
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 14 August 2008 at 02:04:00 Two arrested over 100,000 PC network The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit has arrested two people and shut down the Shadow botnet, which is thought to contain over 100,000 compromised computers....
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Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
Internet Explorer vulnerabilities fixed
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Forces members charged with sabotage still on job
Two sailors could face a maximum of 10 years in jail and dismissal from the Canadian Forces if they are found guilty of sabotage in a case involving a classified computer database at Ottawa’s National Defence headquarters.
Canada.com |
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Korea Hot Stocks-Interpark jumps on eBay talks
SEOUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Stocks on the move on Thursday include:
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