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Online Exclusive: Students rely on texting for quick communication
Louisville freshman James Medious types with furious fingers that move at a mile a minute. He types on the bus, in his room and while walking the sidewalk. For busy students like Medious, time is of the essence. Medious' cell phone serves as his time saving device.
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WB Un Procurement -
VIETNAM, CONSULTANTS *** Asia Pulse Tender *** WORLD BANK UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS SERVICE PROCUREMENTS - APRIL 2008 Country: Viet Nam Project: SOCIAL SECURITY IT INVENTORY ASSESSMENT Financing: World Bank Abstract: CONSULTING SERVICES Sector: Consultants Contract/Bid Number: Expressions of interest Deadline: 19 May 2008 Assignment Description The World Bank is preparing a ...
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Former Prime Minister Mahathir Starts Blog, Joins Growing Band Of Malaysian Netizens
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad started his own blog Thursday (1 May), joining a growing band of politicians who are using the Internet to spread their views.
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Hyperspin Adds 10 New Languages to Monitoring Service, Boasts Largest Selection Available in Market
Hyperspin Internet Services, a provider of website and server monitoring, announced today it has added support for 10 new languages, further expanding the reach for end users and resellers of its award-winning monitoring platform.
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Recent Original Stories
"The beta version of IE7 released today by Microsoft is meant for developers and tech enthusiasts, and it's a good thing. This is not (yet) a browser for the faint of heart ; in fact, if you've become accustomed to the minimalist approach of alternative browsers like Firefox, IE7 might actually feel like a step backward.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Jul 2006 20:19 UTC, submitted by anonymous
After listing 5 things Linux could learn from Microsoft last week, Linux's very own version of Paul Thurrot now lists 5 things Microsoft can learn from Linux . "Yes, Microsoft may be at the top of the ladder now, but there are signs of decline everywhere.
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft is frequently dinged for having insecure products, with security holes and vulnerabilities. But Symantec, no friend of Microsoft, said in its latest research report that when it comes to widely-used operating systems, Microsoft is doing better overall than its leading commercial competitors.
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Losses bring new alliances among DRAM makers
A 6 percent drop in overall revenues generated by the top 10 manufactures of DRAM computer chips signals that the leading industry players will be looking to form alliances that will help cut costs and pad the bottom line, analyst said Wednesday.
The Idaho Statesman |
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Starting up: Got vision? You need it to attract talented employees
Stock options have lost some of their luster since the Internet bubble, when companies could attract talent through the hope of a quick payday. A combination of wages and stock options was a great hiring incentive for eager and talented workers who believed those options could turn them into millionaires overnight.
The Idaho Statesman |
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Cavaliers Notebook: Cavaliers: ‘It’s our fault’
CLEVELAND — Blown layups. Errant passes. Missed open jumpers.
Star Beacon |
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Tribe Notebook: Slumping Hafner, Peralta not in the starting lineup
CLEVELAND — Travis Hafner, 7-for-51 (.137) in his last 14 games, was not in Wednesday’s starting lineup. Manager Eric Wedge also would not confirm that Hafner will remain in the No. 3 spot in the order when he returns.
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Mount Desert board endorses citizens’ group for Internet coverage
MOUNT DESERT — The Board of Selectmen on Monday gave its enthusiastic blessing to the idea of a citizens group to work toward wireless Internet access for 100 percent of the town, but the board declined to make the group an official town committee or to provide any town resources for its work.
Bar Harbor Times |
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READER'S POLL
Should hospital practices be reviewed at the Tenterfield PAM Hospital after recent events? This poll is not scientific and reflects the opinions of only those Internet users who have chosen to participate.
Tenterfield Star |
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ExtraCare Charitable Trust awards contract for end-to-end IT managed service
Carillion IT Services (formerly Alfred McAlpine – IT Services)has won a five year contract to provide an end-to-end IT managed service to The ExtraCare Charitable Trust.
PublicTechnology.net |
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76% of young adults say they find Internet content targeted
76.0% and 73.9% of the 18-24 year and 25-34 year segments, respectively, say online content is aimed at their age groups, according to Burst Media. Most (55.7%) of those age 35-44 also say so. 35.4% of those age 45-54 year say internet content is focused on people their age. The...
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Uproar after income levels put on Web
ROME: Italians were surprised, and in some cases outraged, yesterday to discover their income levels were available for public viewing on an Internet site.
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Valley's United Online buying floral behemoth FTD in $806 million deal
Internet and media-services provider United Online blossomed Wednesday into $1 billion conglomerate with its purchase of floral giant FTD Group Inc. in a deal valued at $806 million.
Los Angeles Daily News |
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Yahoo outsources Messenger phone calls to Jajah
Yahoo is outsourcing the internet telephone functions of its instant messaging program to the startup Jajah, an Associated Press report said.
America's Network |
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Google readies for action against Dutch smut site
We're not googling, we're ogling Google is girding its loins for action against Porngoogle.nl, a Dutch site which indexes 26,000 movies from 11 Dutch online porn companies and shows previews.…
The Register |
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Court's software may see update
AIKEN --- As far as computers go, Aiken County court workers are practically in the Stone Age.
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PG YouTube – Part 1
One Utah family is taking internet safety so serious they're putting their money and time into what they call PG YouTube. On YouTube people can upload videos of any nature for anyone to see. One Nephi man started a site called itsagoodday.org after his 10-year-old saw something that wasn't PG rated. Fox 13's Arikka Von has the story.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 24th Aug 2005 12:20 UTC
OpenOffice.org receives most of the attention among FOSS office suites, but users shouldn't forget that free software includes at least two other word processors: AbiWord , and KWord , part of the KOffice suite. From their inception, both have been playing catch-up with OpenOffice.org's Writer.
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Google adds Street Views to Google Map driving directions
Google hopes to make it easier for users to get from point A to point B by integrating its Google Maps Street View images with Google Maps driving directions to provide visual images of an entire driving route.
Macworld UK |
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Germs Fester On Keyboards
Your computer keyboard could be dirtier than your toilet.
SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Jun 2006 12:11 UTC, submitted by John McWell
More than 60 percent of compromised Windows PCs scanned by Microsoft's Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool between January 2005 and March 2006 were found to be running malicious bot software, the company said.
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