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Chinese Travel Agent Ctrip Sees Shares Rise
Investors booked passage on China's largest online travel company.
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What if Software Could Tell You the CFO is Hiding Something on the Earnings Conference Call?
Kevin Maney writes: Bill Mayew, a Duke University business school prof, just told me about a research project that used voice-analysis software to rate the positive or negative emotional state of corporate CFOs and CEOs during earnings conference calls.
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Nielsen Online Names MSNBC Digital Network No. 1 News Site for Consumers
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 14, 2008 -- According to Nielsen Online, the MSNBC Digital Network is once again the number one Current Events and Global News site, attracting more than 37.5 million unique visitors in July.
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FiOS coming to Lebanon County
Verizon's fiber-optic lines will be coming to Lebanon County, but it is unclear when residents can hook up their televisions, computers and phone lines to the speedy FiOS service.
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Self-assembling Polymer Arrays Improve Data Storage Potential
A new manufacturing approach holds the potential to overcome the technological limitations currently facing the microelectronics and data-storage industries, paving the way to smaller electronic devices and higher-capacity hard drives.
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2TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro USB 2.0 storage offered
Other World Computing today announced it is now offering a 2TB version of its Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Drive USB 2.0 hub/storage device. The Mercury Elite is a "Plug 'N Play" external hard drive for Mac or PC that also offers three powered USB 2.0 ports. OWC claims data transfer rates of 60MB/sec; the drive is packaged with Prosoft Engineer Dat...
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New Facebook Group: "Join the Class Action Lawsuit...Against Facebook."
Sam Gustin asks: Did Facebook violate your privacy and commit computer fraud through its Beacon advertising platform?If you think so, feel free to sign up for a new online group called: "Join the Class Action 'Beacon' Law Suit against Facebook."On Facebook.Facebook has been sued in California's North District Court over the company's controversial Beacon advertising program ...
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Sony ready to debut WHDI with the DMX-WL1T
Filed under: HDTV , Home Entertainment Details around the wireless edition of Sony's Bravia Internet Link kit -- most notably peeped during CES -- are coming into focus. Using that WHDI tech the kids are so into these days, this system is for Sony's Digital Media Extender-equipped HDTVs, and according to Sony Insider will debut for a price between $350 and $500 at the IFA ...
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Cloud Computing: Who Can Help Me Get an Application onto EC2 and Storage onto S3?
OK, I have a budget, a computing task, a storage task, and even some smart people around me. I don't want to run these tasks on a server in my basement, at the university, or on my existing providers. My existing provider offers quick and virtualized services, but not quick enough - or enough. I want more storage - ran out. To get more from my current U.S.-based provider, I need to provision a ...
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Wuala Uses Java to Make Online Storage Social
First there was the failure of MediaMax/TheLinkUp, which was based on the idea of pairing online storage with social networking. In its wake comes Wuala, a new service from Zurich-based Caleido that pairs a similar plan with some unique technologies and capabilities. read more
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Brian Aker's Vision for a Livable Design, Looking at MySQL as OSCON Approaches
With me today is Brian Aker, Director of Technology for MySQL. Brian is the author of Running Weblogs w/ Slash. He's also leading a tutorial at O'Reilly's Open Source Convention, July 21-25, in Portland, Oregon...
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WeTheCitizens Expands with Addition of Software Architecture Veteran Jeremy Haile
ATLANTA----Jeremy Haile, a veteran software architect, has joined WeTheCitizens™, creator of the Wildfire Social Mobilization Platform, as Vice President of Product Development.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Oracle spent nearly $1.3 million to lobby in 2Q
(AP:WASHINGTON) Oracle Corp. spent nearly $1.3 million in the second quarter to lobby on patent reform, tax issues, trade measures and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form.
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Hackerteen Book Trailer
Hackerteen is an educational project that trains teenagers to work with computer security. With an innovative and fun methodology, young people learn how to protect companies - not to break into them - while reducing time spent on computer...
O'Reilly Media |
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Why I've Joined the Cult of Mac
I've always been a PC-hardware sort-of-guy, but I've finally broken down and bought a MacBook Pro. Here's why.
O'Reilly Media |
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Slackware 12.1 - The Newest Version of the Oldest Surviving Linux Distribution
Slackware has a well earned reputation for reliability, stability, and performance. It may also be the least user friendly major Linux distribution on the planet short of building Linux From Scratch.
O'Reilly Media |
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Benjamin Mako-Hill on Open Source vs. Free, GPL and Prepping for OSCON
We're talking today with Benjamin Mako-Hill; he has his fingers in so many pies I'm just going to read his bio off the OSCON Website.
O'Reilly Media |
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Secret to online sports coverage: bored office workers
The Internet makes it pretty hard for office workers to focus on their jobs from 9 to 5. There are always web games, breaking news, and most of all: sports. With Americans away from their televisions for 8 hours a day, the allure of quietly opening a second browser window to check fantasy baseball standings, [...]
The Christian Science Monitor |
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No, No Netflix
Computer glitch leaves customers with long intermission between movies.
Forbes |
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Sun-Times, Pioneer Web traffic spikes
Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. (OTCBB:SUTM) announced last week that total page views of its Sun-Times News Group Web sites, which include pioneerlocal.com, increased 45 percent from June 2007 to June 2008 up to 54.6 million, according to Nielsen//Net Ratings. That marks the first time the Sun-Times News Group sites combined have topped 50 million total page views.
Wheeling Countryside |
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Questions/Answers
Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. 11:20 a.m.: Laptops taken from vehicles parked at middle school
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Achsah duo arrested in MCHS break-in case
Madison County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men Aug. 8 in connection with a recent breaking and entering at Madison County High School and theft of firearms and computer equipment, according to two sheriff’s investigators. Deputies charged Achsah residents Andrew Merryman, 18, and Bobby W. Richards, 19, with breaking and entering, grand larceny, receiving or buying a stolen firearm, ...
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Report: Google sued in India over blogger's identity
A company in India is challenging the anonymity of a person who used Google Inc.'s blogging service, according to a report Thursday. (GOOG)
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CBS Sports and SEC agree to 15-year contract extension
The deal includes broadcast, digital, internet, wireless, video-on-demand and enhanced highlight rights across all CBS sports properties
WRAL.com Raleigh |
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Wilson Sloan Launches New Local SEO Service for the Triangle
Durham-based firm Wilson Sloan has provided multifaceted online marketing for businesses across the United States; now they're looking to home. Wilson Sloan plans to establish itself as the premier source for publicity, search engine optimization (SEO), reputation management and website services for Triangle-area businesses.
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