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Bloggers Worldwide to Address Poverty on 2nd Annual Blog Action Day October 15
On October 15, 2008, bloggers everywhere will participate in the second annual Blog Action Day by blogging about poverty and by aiding poverty relief efforts. Several of the world's most popular blogs have agreed to participate. In 2007, more than 20,000 blogs participated, along with many major corporations and international organizations. Anyone may register for free at ...
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Interview: Ten-year-old plans career in IT after passing AS level computing
Ten-year-old Shayan Ahmed, who passed his AS level in computing yesterday, hopes to pursue a career in IT. In a podcast...
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Early Glance: Internet companies
(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of some top internet companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Akamai Technologies fell $.42 or 1.8 percent, to $23.11. Amazon fell $.80 or .9 percent, to $87.23.
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More Pasco County Stories
PASCO COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- A Pasco County elementary school teacher has been arrested on charges of internet solicitation of someone he thought was a child, according to investigators.
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Olympics fans cheer on streaming video
CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports Microsoft's Silverlight is helping more people than ever to tune in...err...log on to watch the Olympics online.
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Cloud Computing Expo - Lenovo To Field Netbook
Lenovo has gone into the netbook business with a one-inch-deep 2lb XP-based Atom IdeaPad S10 with a 10.2-inch screen. The company says it intends to add other models that target students. The widget can be had in black, white or glossy ruby red. read more
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US presidential candidate to deploy tech exec campaign army
The IT industry is in no mood for change when it comes to picking political leaders and it appears it won't be backing any US presidential candidate that offers it.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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DSGi, HP and Dell clinch NHS deal
Six NHS buying hubs have clubbed together to procure over 60,000 PCs, with HP, Dell and DSGi selected as the three suppliers.
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Cloud Computing Expo - Schmidt Speaks
Jim Cramer’s been doing a stint on CNBC in the middle of the trading day and, being a Google booster, managed to entice Google’s usually standoffish CEO Eric Schmidt on the air the other day. Schmidt said Google’s stock wouldn’t split and that Google wouldn’t start issuing guidance (it would distract Googlers from “trying to change the world,” he said). read more
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Cloud Computing - Yahoo Raises Geo-Awareness
Yahoo has opened up its Fire Eagle platform – in private beta since March – to all and sundry. It gives users a place to store and manage information about their location, and offers developers protocols for updating or accessing that information. read more
SYS-CON Media |
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Citizen Policing: Internet Style
After a group of thugs allegedly assaulted a man in Davis Square , he posted the whole thing on the davis_square Livejournal group. The cops couldn't help him out, but maybe the internet can. LJers are sharpening their pitchforks and giving legal advice. At the very least, prospects look grim for a cashier at the Davis Square Tedeschi's, who may have accepted a bribe from the thug crew. ...
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Virtualization Expo - Microsoft Schedules Virtualization Party To Spoil VMware’s
Microsoft is inviting its nearest and dearest – (and probably VMware’s nearest and dearest too) to a great one-day virtualization launch event on Monday September 8 in Bellevue, Washington. It’s the beginning of a six-month drumbeat. read more
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Microsoft Schedules Virtualization Party To Spoil VMware’s
Microsoft is inviting its nearest and dearest – (and probably VMware’s nearest and dearest too) to a great one-day virtualization launch event on Monday September 8 in Bellevue, Washington. It’s the beginning of a six-month drumbeat. read more
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Virtualization Expo - New Release of VMware Lab Manager Announced
VMware has announced the pending availability of VMware Lab Manager 3, which is supposed to provide greater automation and control for IT lab environments. Software developers and QA engineers use VMware Lab to provision multi-VM environments and it’s also meant to give IT departments more control over policies. The new release supports multiple organizational units – like helpdesk operations, ...
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Ontario teacher arrested on felony charges
ONTARIO — An Ontario High School social studies teacher was arrested Wednesday and charged with seven counts of online sexual corruption of a child in the second degree.
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Computers stolen from Wal-Mart
Five Dell note book computers have been stolen from Wal-Mart Super Center in Indian Orchard. Pa. State Police, Honesdale, report that the it is not known who removed the computers without paying for them. The theft occurred Friday, August 8 at approximately 6:11 p.m. The approximate value of the computers is $3,699.40. Trooper John Chervanka investigated. Anyone with information should ...
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Netflix Resumes Some Shipments
Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix resumed some shipping on Thursday after the most severe outage in its history stopped distribution to a third of its 8.4 million customers.
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Blogger loses online remarks appeal
A thief who posted "grossly offensive and threatening" comments on the internet about a detective who arrested him over a £20,000 scam has lost a court appeal.
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Weekly Search Buzz RoundUp - 08/15/08: Google Search Share Tops 70%, Gmail Outage Affects Thousands & Don't Depend on ...
Happy Friday! Hope you all had a great week and are pumped for SES San Jose next week! I know I am and I still don't know if I'm going! :) Here are the noteworthy news for this week: Google Search Share Tops 70% Google has had more than 70% of searches according to a Hitwise report. Is Google now a monopoly? It's debatable, but if there's choice involved, most feel that it's not. Do ...
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Friday, August 15th
In my post yesterday, I quoted a frustrated reader who couldn’t believe that Microsoft Word still proposes “Osama” as a corrected version of “Obama.” He wanted to know why Microsoft didn’t update its dictionary.
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Worm turns off DA website
The Democratic Alliance website has been off-line for the past week and is likely to stay so for the next, thanks to a "worm" planted by an unknown South American hacker.
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Hollywood Embracing Internet Video, Analyst Says
If studios open spigots, it will help fuel explosive growth in movie and TV downloads.
US News & World Report |
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Police probe fraud link in UK killings of Chinese
A Chinese couple brutally murdered in northern England may have been targeted over links to a bogus visa business and an Internet betting scam, detectives said Friday.
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Film board to look at 'slut list'
Authorities have set their sights on popular online chatroom MXit amid the furore over a "slut list" which was making the rounds on the site recently.
The Star |
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Network Magic's Charm Won't Vanish Into Cisco
Networking giant will still sell software while also bundling it with routers.
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