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Activist Placed Under Investigation for Blog
18 August 2008 By Natalya Krainova / Staff Writer Kemerovo prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the activities of an opposition activist, following allegations that he made offensive comments about law enforcement officers in a blog.
The Moscow Times |
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A Portal Into a Time That Russia Never Knew
18 August 2008 By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer Glamorous blondes in sequined dresses, director Federico Fellini in his signature hat and beaming Elizabeth Taylor with big hair -- the black-and-white images, set against Stoleshnikov Pereulok's boutiques, are like a portal into a time that Russia never knew.
The Moscow Times |
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Samsung Omnia i900 First Look Review
Finally! We've got the Samsung Omnia i900 Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 touch screen phone in-house. This import phone is one of the hottest of the summer, and it competes directly with the HTC Touch Diamond. It's got a slate ...
PDA Buyer's Guide |
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Notebooks Need Tougher Technology To Survive Bumps
Clear the desk and put that coffee cup away - recent research shows desk related accidents and liquid spills pose the greatest threat to notebook computers.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Cloud Computing: Hope or Evolution?
Gartners Hype Cycle analysis reviews cloud computing, social networking, green IT, microblogging and telepresence.
PC World |
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Open XML survives appeals process
GENEVA - The format Microsoft's Office 2007 programs use to save documents will become an ISO standard after appeals against the move failed to gather sufficient support, the International Standards Organisation said.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Xbox updates - what's coming this Christmas
The pre-Christmas run-up is about to begin for gaming fans, with a series of big titles being released to the New Zealand market. But there's more than just software on the agenda for Xbox, according to Tom Hunt, the head of Xbox in New Zealand.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Getting Human Hands Back Into Digital Design
Hugh Pickens writes "Using computers to model the physical world has become increasingly common as products as diverse as cars and planes, pharmaceuticals and cellphones are almost entirely conceived, specified, and designed on a computer screen. Typically, only when these creations are nearly ready for mass manufacturing are prototypes made. But the NYTimes is running an interesting essay ...
Slashdot |
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TV beats online as chief source of news for Americans: survey
NEW YORK - Television remains the leading source of news in the United States, said a survey released Sunday.
CNews |
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Mentally unstable man hacks father
Behrampore, Aug. 17: A 40-year-old mentally unstable man today hacked his father to death in a village in Murshidabad.
The Telegraph |
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ISO blows fanfare for OOXML
With the elan of an international standards organisation, the International Standards Organisation has declared Microsoft's OOXML document format will be an international standard.
iTNews |
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Gearing Up For College
The fall semester at Indiana State University will soon begin. Sunday, along with food and activities free laptops were given to nearly 1,000 recent high school graduates.
WTWO Terre Haute |
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Taliban issues warning to Canadians
Canadians, including aid workers, will endure more attacks unless their government withdraws its troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban is warning.The Islamic extremist group's Internet warning was confirmed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Sunday. It came after an Aug. 13 roadside bomb ambush killed Canadian aid workers Jacqueline Kirk and Shirley Case, along with a Trinidadian-American aid ...
Moldova.org |
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HIS FIRE COULD DESTROY HIS SKILL
I ASSUME Wayne Rooney's brain is like other people's. Or at least that all the bits are in roughly the same places. As an expert neurologist - following my lunch-time Google crash course - I therefore contend he should shut up.
The Electric New Paper |
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Microsoft opens up on Windows 7
Microsoft will this autumn reveal significant technical details about its new Windows 7 operating system, according to a new blog about the OS..
iTNews |
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Just how harmless is Yahoo Fire Eagle?
The launch of Fire Eagle may appear a harmless new addition to a growing group of interactive web applications but the consequence of a widespread take-up of the application may hold more sinister consequences, privacy experts have warned..
iTNews |
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Google faces defamation lawsuit in India
Google's India subsidiary is being sued for alleged defamation in the Bombay High Court by an Indian construction equipment company, The Wall Street Journal said.
iTNews |
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T-Mobile to offer first Android smartphone
Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone based on Google's Android software, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the company's plans.
iTNews |
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Aug. 17: Local News Briefs
Learn the basics of the computer: keyboard, mouse, different icons and how to open them at the Alexandria-Monroe Public Library on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 10 a.m. to noon.
The Herald Bulletin |
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Telstra plan 'doesn't hinge on broadband network'
Telstra Corp Ltd chief executive Sol Trujillo says Australia's biggest telecommunications company has many options for growth, including offshore expansion, even if it doesn't build the national broadband network.
Stuff |
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Telstra doesn't need NBN: Trujillo
TELSTRA has many options for growth even if it doesn't build the national broadband network, CEO Sol Trujillo says.
News Interactive |
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TV still leading source of news in US
Fewer Americans are reading newspapers and are instead getting their news online, but television remains the leading source of news in the country, according to a survey released Sunday.
The West Australian |
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Issuance of bogus refunds: senior income tax officials' gang busted
ISLAMABAD (August 18 2008): The Directorate-General of Intelligence and Investigation of FBR has busted an organised gang of senior tax officials of Karachi, who issued bogus income tax refunds to unscrupulous businessmen, who used names of advertising agencies/media companies on the basis of illegal 'tax deduction certificates'.
Business Recorder |
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Vendors Rally While Windows Sleeps
The newest mobile technology announcements neglect an industry leader.
PC World |
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Are You in Need of a Laugh?
This is an article on golf jokes which are listed on this web site www.golfjokes.com. When your feeling bad about your golf game check out this web site and get a few laughs at yourself or about others.
BellaOnline |
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