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102-year-old grandma is oldest person on Facebook
At a mere 102, she's the oldest face on Facebook. Ivy Bean many have been born 46 years before the first computer, but that hasn't stopped the savvy senior from tapping in to the online world of social networking.
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Is computer use changing children?
Distinguished neuroscientist Baroness Greenfield wonders what computers are doing to the children who use them a lot.
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Agency Management Roundtable Brings Online Marketing Seminar to Scottsdale
Agency Management Roundtable recently announced that it will hold its "Inside Interactive: Building a Successful Online Marketing Practice" seminar in Scottsdale, Arizona on October 24th and 25th.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?
Just when you think the federal government has come up with a plan to make the security process at airports more efficient, it turns out that the fine line in security is now blurrier than ever and I suspect the wait times at security checkpoints will actually grow longer. ...
ZDNet |
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A 'Dark Knight 'Sequel Poster Discovered
Moviesonline.ca reportedly found a Dark Knight sequel poster on the Internet, apparently made by a fan--and boy is it ever cool looking.
Hollywood.com |
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In China, Looks Are Everything
The controversy over little Miaoke Lin lip-synching during the Olympic opening ceremony has split the Chinese blogosphere and shocked the West.
New America Media |
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NVIDIA Estimates Lowered
NVIDIA reported disappointing Q2 results and blamed much of it on the competitive pricing environment and weakening desktop PC market.
Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Week in review: Static on the iPhone line
Seeds of discontent in Apple's iPhone, while Olympics earn gold and gripes. Also: Intel's new entries.
CNET |
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NYT: Google's Android coming soon on HTC handset
HTC, T-Mobile, and Google are gearing up to release a phone based on the Android software over the next couple of months, according to The New York Times, echoing an earlier report.
CNET |
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ICANN's Allocation Method for New TLDs
ICANN recently commissioned a report from Power Auctions LLC to investigate the merits of auctioning new Top-Level Domains (TLDs). Below I outline some of the issues related to stakeholder interests and mechanism design.
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Chevron sells U.K unit for $40 million
DCC Plc, an Irish distributor of goods from computer games to food, agreed to buy San Ramon-based Chevron Corp.'s U.K. fuel and oil distribution unit for $40.
Contra Costa Times |
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Good Life China (GLCC) Launches Retail Program for Popular (MONA) Online Gaming Portal
Good Life China Corporation is pleased to announce that it has launched a retail program to sell proprietary and popular 'NetEase Cards'.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Software Pirates Arrested
After a major worlwide clamp down on digital theft closes down several huge networks, the purge moves into our homes and targets our kids.
BellaOnline |
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"T.H.I.S." Is It!: Tally Hall Partners With Atlantic Records on Tally Hall's Internet Show, Launching September 15th
INFORMATION: TALLY HALL'S INTERNET SHOW
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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S.C. man convicted of wire fraud in N.C.
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A South Carolina furniture salesman has been convicted in North Carolina of scamming hundreds of online customers out of millions of dollars.
The Times and Democrat |
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Men call press conference to discuss Bigfoot discovery
A photo of a jumbled mess of hair, entrails, water and the carcass of a supposed Bigfoot stuffed in a cooler has recently made the rounds on the Internet along with claims that it is the real thing.
Oakland Tribune |
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MPC losses continue, but diminish
MPC Corp., the Nampa computer maker, reduced losses in its latest quarter despite manufacturing and delivery delays and other problems, the company said.
The Idaho Statesman |
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HelloMetro Launches HelloLocal.com Local Internet Search as the Latest Evolution of Newly Approved Registration of ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. & JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.----HelloLocal.com recently launched as the most up-to-date HyperlocalTM search engine, making online city search more user-friendly with intuitive search capabilities.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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NYT: Google's Android coming soon on HTC handset
HTC, T-Mobile, and Google are gearing up to release a phone based on the Android software over the next couple of months, according to The New York Times, echoing an earlier report.
CNET |
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Week in review: Static on the iPhone line
The iPhone 3G is proving to be a gold mine for Apple, but some users feel like they are getting the shaft.
CNET via Yahoo! News |
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TCS Wins $8.3 Million Department of Defense Professional Services Contract
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSYS), a leading provider of mission-critical wireless communications, today announced that it has received an $8.3 million contract to provide a major Department of Defense Command with communications professional services. The delivery of these professional services will be over the four quarters ending in July 2009.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Where Customers Go to Praise (or Bash) You
There are a dozen or so Web sites that review local businesses across the country. Take a look, and read what people say behind your back
BusinessWeek |
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Is America ready for its first BlackBerry president?
The next U.S. president could shape cybersecurity, government research initiatives, intellectual property laws, and wired and wireless communications services in ways that affect both enterprise IT executives and average citizens. Yet some experts say he could handle all this without having Twittered, texted or even used a PC, although his familiarity with information technologies might strongly ...
Network World |
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Surf's up: file sharing on uni networks
A survey by the Oxford Internet Institute in 2007 found that students are the “most active users of online entertainment and social networking sites”. The social aspect of the internet becomes even more important at university when keeping in contact and up to date with your mates across the country and on campus.
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Attention span
Are computers changing how children think?
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