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Time Warner will spin off rest of cable TV business
Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday it plans to spin off the rest of its cable TV business, answering investor pleas to further simplify the media conglomerate's sprawling corporate structure. The news came as Time Warner, which also owns Warner Bros., CNN, AOL and Time magazine, reported a 36 percent decline in first-quarter earnings from a year ago, when it had a gain from the sale of AOL's ...
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Mozilla warns on Adobe, Microsoft hidden Web agenda
Companies building Web sites should beware of proprietary rich-media technologies like Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight, the head of Mozilla Europe has warned.
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Tony Rotino Senior Center: Sharpen computer skills this summer
Do you have any extra time on your hands during the lazy days of summer?
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Adobe lifts Flash and AIR development restricitions
Handsets go royalty freeAdobe Systems is throwing open its Flash and AIR file formats to speed delivery of Rich Internet Applications to billions of mobile devices with its tools and players.…
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Microsoft still isn't clear over Yahoo plan
With a self-imposed deadline nearing, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday was still deciding its next move in its takeover bid for Yahoo Inc. The Redmond, Wash., software giant is mulling several options in its three-month merger saga, which would combine two huge...
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Scott Davis on GIS beyond Google Maps
When Scott Davis isn't editing AboutGroovy.com you'll find him on the No Fluff Just Stuff tour, where he is known as both the Groovy guy and the Google Maps guy.
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GameSpot's GTA IV Score-Change Down To A "Bug" [Gta Iv]
Some of the more eagle-eyed/paranoid dwellers from the darkest recesses of the internet discovered a few days back that when GameSpot's GTA IV score was first spotted, it was given a score of 9.5, then quickly "changed" to a perfect 10.
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Recycling day targets hazardous household materials
Recycling day targets household materials
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Aurora man admits threatening Playmate on MySpace
An Aurora man will spend a week in the Kane County Jail and 2½ years on probation for using an Internet social networking site to threaten a Playboy Playmate, authorities said Wednesday.
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Microsoft's board fails to decide on Yahoo: WSJ
SEATTLE, USA: Microsoft Corp's board met on Wednesday to discuss its stand-off with Yahoo Inc over its $41.8 billion takeover bid, but failed to reach a decision on what to do next, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Microsoft's board of directors is still weighing whether to ad...
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Solutions for dying laptop screen
Dear Prima,
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Audit: NJ lacks computer security for personal Medicaid data
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey has not monitored access to key personal information in a computer system that tracks care for the poor, leaving no way to know if Social Security numbers and other information about doctors and patients have been misused, a recent state audit found.
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Local News
HICK Tech conference co-ordinator Emma Hogbin and EVERUS Communications’ David de Weerdt discuss his company’s fixed wireless service.
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Recent Original Stories
Google and CodeWeavers are working together to bring Google's popular Windows Picasa photo editing and sharing program to Linux. The program is now in a limited beta test. If this program is successful, other Google applications will be following it to the Linux desktop, sources say.
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Berkleigh Golf Club
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Recent Original Stories
This is an interesting comparison of OpenOffice 2.0 Calc and MS Office 2003 Excel. The author found that OOo is slow in some operations and takes a lot of RAM & CPU.
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HP Labs' find could revolutionize computing
HP Labs said Wednesday that it has proved the existence of a new element in electrical engineering that was first described in a scientific paper 37 years ago. Called the memristor, short for "memory resistor," it could make possible cell phones that don't...
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eBay releases complaint against Craigslist
eBay apparently feels Craigslist unfairly reduced its ownership stake because of eBay's rival online classifieds service Kijiji, according to the recently revealed copy of the complaint.
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Del.icio.us beta arrives for Firefox 3
A Firefox 3 barrier just got lowered. The widely used plug-in for using Yahoo's del.icio.us bookmarking service, now works in beta form on Firefox 3.
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Amazon 'Kindles' interest in e-readers
Amazon introduced a product which promises to revolutionize the way America reads. The Kindle was released to the public Nov. 19, 2007 and promptly sold out within five and a half hours. The Kindle is an e-reader, a hand-held device to which books are downloaded for reading on the go.
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Popular business directory searches
•A/P - A/R clerk •Inside sales clerk •Patient acct rep •A/R clerk •Financial secretary •A ... >MORE
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For 30 years now, you've been getting spam
WASHINGTON - THIS week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face - and other anatomical regions - of email inboxes everywhere: the first known spam email was sent 30 years ago on Saturday.
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Mum Cuban sits with Trib execs at Wrigley
News flash: Mark Cuban didn't want to talk during his visit to Wrigley Field on Wednesday. Talk about trying to win over Major League Baseball.
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An iPhone for $199?
With competitive pressures mounting, AT&T may cut the iPhone's price to boost demand—and cement its relationship with Apple
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Alcatel-Lucent Hit Hardest by Slump
The telecom equipment maker has been hurt by a weak dollar and a lack of competitiveness in wireless. But the outlook for the sector overall is stronger
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