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Feds seek to nab credit thieves in La., Miss.
A ring of cyber-thieves has stolen tens of thousands of credit card numbers from Louisiana and Mississippi restaurants this year, leading to over $1 million in losses for the banks that issued them.
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Intellectual Property
Don't rush into signing NDA's. Sometimes it's better not to, particularly if you may end up receiving information that you already have, or being bound not to compete with something you already knew about. Instead, fully understand the meets and bounds of what you can say and speak to these.
Mondaq |
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New US domestic spying guidelines proposed: report
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The administration of President George W. Bush has drafted a set of guidelines for state and local police agencies that would make it easier to collect intelligence on ordinary citizens, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
Muzi |
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VMETRO's ADC510 Selected for EG3.com Tech Choice Awards
VMETRO, a leader in embedded computing solutions based on standards such as VXS, VPX, XMC and FMC that utilize multi-gigabit serial interconnects, today announced that eg3.com has selected its FPGA Mezzanine Card ADC510 for an Editor's Choice award. (PRWeb Aug 17, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1216284.htm
PRWeb |
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Applying for a Grant from the Gates
Recent television interviews of Bill Gates as he announced his retirement from Microsoft have once again shown him to be a sincere, modest, happy-natured family man.
The Union |
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Cyberstar: A Chicago techie and his hot startup
Adrian Holovaty is as red-hot as a techie can get. His EveryBlock.com tells you all about your neighborhood-including who's taking bribes. In its day-to-day workings, EveryBlock.com, Adrian Holovaty's Web 2.0 startup, is about as far from colorful as a business can get. And Holovaty, one of the nation's hottest computer programmers, isn't afraid to tell you so.
Chicago Tribune |
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VMETRO's ADC510 Selected for EG3.com Tech Choice Awards
VMETRO, a leader in embedded computing solutions based on standards such as VXS, VPX, XMC and FMC that utilize multi-gigabit serial interconnects, today announced that eg3.com has selected its FPGA Mezzanine Card ADC510 for an Editor's Choice award.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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Pandora Internet Radio to go Silent?
The Pandora Internet Radio service might have to pull the plug because of the royalty fees. Apparently this year the royalty fees will cost Pandora 70% of its projected $25m in revenue. This kind of cost would kill almost any business. Pandora has ab...
I4U |
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Letters From Federal Prisoners Going Electronic
When Melvin Garcia was sent to prison almost a decade ago for racketeering, he had never used a computer. Now he sends 50 e-mails a month from a federal prison...
ABC 2 Baltimore |
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'Modify' your PC at Blinque
WITH so many computer stores at almost every corner of Davao City's streets, Blinque is one that truly stands out from all the rest.
Sun Star |
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Smart backs Tuna Festival
LEADING wireless services provider Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) signed an agreement with the General Santos City government to be the exclusive telco partner of Gensan's forthcoming Tuna Festival.
Sun Star |
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Braun is a premium brew for Milwaukee
The brewer voted for the Brewer. She voted by Internet ballot every day using her three e-mail addresses. She filled out manual ballots on visits to Dodger Stadium. And, in hopes of packing a much bigger wallop, she e-mailed her 800 or so co-workers at the Anheuser-Busch plant in Van Nuys, Calif., with a simple plea to vote for her son, Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun. When the ...
The Capital Times |
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Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didnâ€t â€Melt†the Internet
I admit it, even I was skeptical. When I received the first demonstration of the Silverlight plugin and the NBCOlympics.com web site back in March of this year at the 2008 Microsoft Technology Summit, where a group of Open Source experts gathered from around the world were asked for feedback...
ZDNet |
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Officials confirm fifth case of West Nile virus in state
The state's fifth case of West Nile virus in a horse has been confirmed in a thoroughbred that died in Yakima County near Ahtanum Ridge, state Department of Agriculture officials said.
Tri-City Herald |
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The end of Windows as we knew it
Microsoft is not dead and, indeed, is looking forward with a cloud-plus-desktop strategy that may help it to compete in the race to lock in as many users as the cloud can.
CNET |
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Internet: Banking isn’t better but funny
I WAS in front of our 10-year-old family desktop computer trying to check the history of websites visited by my two boys with apparent surging hormones when I came across this interesting piece from The Wall Street Journal.
The Manila Times |
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Subtle Internet Ads Send Targeted Political Messages
Specially tailored Internet ads are helping political candidates target potential voters they want to mobilize. The Web is already filling up with ads for Barack Obama and John McCain. Robert Smith speaks with two experts in the field, Democrat Michael Bassik and Republican Cyrus Krohn, about this popular new way of reaching voters.
NPR |
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San Joaquin County reports 2 West Nile virus cases
STOCKTON -- Two people in San Joaquin County have tested positive for the West Nile virus.
Modesto Bee |
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MacDailyNews - Where Mac news comes first
"Amid increasingly loud complaints about spotty service and reports of potential hardware flaws on the 3G iPhone, Apple had just two words for both its longtime fans and first-time customers: 'No comment,'" Ashley Phillips "reports" for ABC News.
Mac Daily News |
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NSW on the hunt for cheap laptops
IS IT possible to buy a durable, sophisticated laptop for $500? The NSW Government is about to find out; it's looking for a company prepared to provide 200,000 of them at the same bargain price.
Milton Ulladulla Times |
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Use Your Tongue To Turn Her On
Like this list? Buzz Up on Yahoo! Which muscle is the strongest one in your body and can make women reach immeasurable heights of sexual ecstasy? No, your penis is not a muscle and again, it's not the strongest member of your physical make-up either.
AskMen |
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The Truth Behind Buffett's Big Bet
The Oracle of Omaha bet against top fund managers. Here's why.
The Motley Fool |
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Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian barred from leaving island
Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bianhas been barred from leaving the island by prosecutors who searched his home and office in connection with corruption allegations. The prosecutors seized five boxes of evidence and three computers on Saturday, and ordered Taiwan's former leader not to leave the island. It is the first time that a former Taiwan leader has been put under such a restriction. All ...
People's Daily |
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Five nabbed on Internet porn charges
Five people have been arrested on various Internet child pornography charges following a three-month undercover operation by detectives with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Opelousas Daily World |
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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 17, 2008
Google's search share surpasses 70%. Take our Google penalty poll. What is the deal with Google and ranking software? Google get personal on personalizes results. Google shuts down FeedBurner ads and opens up AdSense for feeds. Google Reader improves sharing feature. Google fixes bugs with 404 reporting and sitemaps pending in webmaster tools. They also fixed bolding of search results for ...
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