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Terminator head DVD player returns from the future to stop itself from playing a DVD of 'The Terminator'
Filed under: Home Entertainment , Robots Color us stumped and incredibly excited. We've discovered this totally useless yet endlessly amazing DVD player / Terminator head out in the wilds of the internet, but finding any information deeper than people exclaiming "this is awesome" is, in a word, difficult . Look, we're not saying that we want to find the company that makes these, ...
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SAIC gets $6 million contract
(AP:WASHINGTON) The Army said Friday that it has awarded a $6 million contract to Science Application International Corp. for work on a computer network system.
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More Google Android launch buzz: But will there be apps?
The media buzz for a mid-September Google Android phone pre-sale announcement with T-Mobile USA as the carrier continues to grow. As I mentioned here earlier, the word is that the phone hardware will come from HTC who currently makes some of the most innovative and popular Windows Mobile smartphones available. Rumor has it that the [...]
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Chinese software firm challenges Microsoft Office
Most often, Microsoft Corp.’s biggest rivals in the Chinese market have been black-market versions of its own products. But that could change when China's Evermore Software launches a challenges to the Office software suite later this month.
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ACC students return to new perks
Alamance Community College students start the 2008-09 year with some new perks. A new student activities center provides digs including a big-screen TV, space designed for students to use their laptop computers, and other space students can use either to hang out or for more-structured activities.
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Bill Gates, chairman, co-founder and former head of Microsoft, has predicted that continual expansion of Internet services will provoke a revolution in software development.
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Logica Holdings Changes Name to Dolphin Digital Media, Inc.
TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2008 -- Logica Holdings, Inc. , a developer of unique social networking websites using state-of-the-art biometric identity authentication technology, announced today that, effectively immediately, it has changed its name to Dolphin Digital Media, Inc., reflecting its corporate goal of creating and managing social networking websites and bringing the same quality of ...
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Bottom line: Seattle unloads its high-tech toilets
City officials have finally gotten rid of five high-tech self-cleaning toilets that cost Seattle $5 million but sold online for just $12,549.
The Olympian |
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Microsoft file format approved as international standard
GENEVA — The format used by Microsoft's Office 2007 programs to save documents will become an international standard after appeals against the move failed to gather sufficient support, the International Organization for Standardization said today.
San Jose Mercury News |
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SAIC gets $6 million contract
The Army said Friday that it has awarded a $6 million contract to Science Application International Corp. for work on a computer network system.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Fare's fair for hackers?
Researchers warn of #24;devastating effect#25; of computer-science gagging order.
Nature |
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FiOS or cable?
FiOS or cable? For months, Verizon and North Jersey's cable providers have been battling for business, bundling Internet, television and telephone services into one package. Each claims that its service is superior.
The Record |
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More online shoppers lust over lingerie at Victoria’s Secret, Nielsen says
53% more consumers trekked to Victoria’s Secret`s e-commerce site in July, helping the e-ertailer nab the No. 2 spot for unique visitors to apparel and beauty retail sites in July. EBay took the number one spot for traffic for the category despite traffic falling 17%.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Cyber crime: Big Brother is watching
On July 19, 2007, Thailand's new Computer Crimes Act (CCA) took effect. CCA Section 26 made data retention mandatory for all service providers, who would be required to keep records of their users' e-mail, chat, internet usage and personal identification for a minimum of 90 days.
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Dyersburg State offers new degree, technical certificate programs
Dyersburg State Community College recently announced the addition of new degree and technical certificate programs in Network/Cyber Security and Software Application.
Dyersburg State Gazette |
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Want to be in a Weezer Video and Break World Records?
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer at the LA Nissan Live Sets for Yahoo! ( more photos here ) by Yahoo! Music After the success of their their last music video , Weezer is set to film yet another for their song, "Troublemaker," and looking to break some world records while at it with fans who want to be in the music video (you must be available on August 21st in the Los Angeles Area). A Weezer ...
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Google Tops of Top 50
For whatever kind of internet list, which company do you think is the odds-on favorite to be at the top of it? If you bet on Google, you'd bet wisely. Google sits at the top of Comscore's Top 50 Internet properties list, reaching 141.5 million US Internet users out of 189 million counted. But that's not the interesting part. . . read more
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Study Probes Internet Health-Related Search Patterns
Copyright © 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. FRIDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new study says Google Trends has a potential as a scientific research tool that may help people better understand how the public uses the Web to find health information.
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Study Probes Internet Health-Related Search Patterns
FRIDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new study says Google Trends has a potential as a scientific research tool that may help people better understand how the public uses the Web to...
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Yahoo inducts two new board members
SEATTLE: Yahoo Inc said it will add Frank Biondi Jr and John Chapple former chief executives of Viacom Inc and Nextel Partners from a list of nine recommendations from Icahn to its board of directors as part of the company’s deal to ward ...
The Hindu |
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Disaster planning focuses on keeping IT systems up and running
When Pope Benedict XVI visited the nation’s capital in mid-April, he celebrated a weekday morning Mass less than two blocks from the Transportation Department’s headquarters in southeast Washington.
Federal Times |
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Vicious Cycle Software and Frozen Codebase Sign Multi-License Deal for Vicious Engine
Partnership with Frozen Codebase Continues with Upcoming Titles Zombie Wranglers and Fresco Beach
GameInfoWire |
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Beacon Blunder Returns to Haunt Facebook as Users Sue
Facebook continues to feel the ramifications of its controversial Beacon advertising platform, which for a short while last year broadcast information about the social networking site's users' activities without their express permission. A class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook as well as several partners that participated in the program, including Fandango, Blockbuster, ...
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Iolo System Mechanic 8
Forget about purchasing a new PC, re-install Windows and you’ll find everything runs way more smoothly. You system boots swiftly, applications launch immediately and your system just seems to work more efficiently.
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