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CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS
• Pentagon puts hold on US Air Force Cyberspace Command The Pentagon this week delayed and may kill the Air Force's nascent Cyberspace Command, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
The Post-Standard |
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Businesses fearing more IRS audits using Internet to make their case
Like Howard Beale in Network , small businesses are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore.
BizJournals |
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Ex-Yahoo Exec Katz to Unveil SportsFanLive
Former CBS and Yahoo Media executive David Katz is set to unveil SportsFanLive, a community Web site targeted at super-passionate sports fans, which attempts to blend elements of news and social networking.
Mediaweek |
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Mind games make it fun
Iforget things. My mind is full of tech-related facts and acronyms - GPON, anyone? But when my wife asks me, "Did you put my phone back in my purse after you charged it?" . . . I am without a clue. These video games and training software try to make memorization exercises, math problems and pattern recognition tasks fun. For example, at Lumosity.com ($9.95 a month after a seven-day free trial), ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Booking camera is high-tech
PARKERSBURG - One camera in town doesn't see many smiling faces. It's the camera in the booking station at the Parkersburg Police Department. Officers use the camera when booking suspects after they make an arrest. The camera is a sophisticated computer terminal that not only captures images, but files them along with accompanying reports in a searchable database, said Police Chief Gerald Board.
Parkersburg News and Sentinel |
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News flashes - August 18, 2008
The temporary shelters for victims of xenophobic violence looked very quiet yesterday, during what was likely be their last day in existence. At the camp in Glenanda, south of Joburg, almost all people had gone by yesterday.
The Star |
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What exactly is 'Web 2.0'? Well, it can be lots of things
Dear PropellerHeads: My marketing consultants insist that I'd do more business on the Web with a new "Web 2.0"-style site. I looked at 10 different sites to figure out what this meant and got 10 different answers. So, what is a Web 2.0 site? A: You can save yourself some time in the future by just coming to us first -- we'll give you 10 different answers without sending you all over the Web. Not ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Renton fills in Boeing spaces with shops, apartments
The wasteland of empty parking lots just south of Boeing’s Renton plant is gone. Flannel-clad Boeing shift workers have been replaced by suburban homeowners buying lumber and appliances at Lowe’s and computer geeks browsing for electronics at Fry’s.
BizJournals |
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ARNnet |
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Powering VoIP over Wimax
"Disaster." "Miserable failure." These are just a couple of the terms Garth Freeman, CEO of Buzz Broadband, used to describe his experience with Wimax at a conference in Bangkok last March.
telecomasia.net |
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Web cameras give new ‘insight’ to campus life
Ten new web cameras strategically placed all over the Auburn University campus will allow students, alumni, locals and fans to see what is happening on campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Opelika-Auburn News |
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Boys' soccer: Scouting the city
Bryan Station Coach: Dan Hacker (ninth season, 32-74-1) Record: 7-8-1 (lost in first round of districts) Top players: Andrew Wethall (sr., midfielder); Christian King (sr., sweeper); Jeremy Kline (sr., stopper); Nick Petitfre (jr., forward); Desny Guerier (jr., midfielder); Marisio Garcia (jr., forward); Ross McGoodwin (so., midfielder)
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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New technologies upgrade campus life at AU
Auburn University students will notice a few upgrades when they return for classes Monday. The upgrades include wireless Internet access in dorms, university information delivered via podcast, Internet textbooks, and “clickers” and Blackboard in classrooms.
Opelika-Auburn News |
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3 Accused Of Soliciting Minors
Three men, including a youth swimming coach, were arrested in Polk County last week, accused of using online chat rooms and instant-messaging programs to solicit minors for sex, authorities said.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Fox news joins a social network, but not its parent's site
Fox News Channel wants more friends. But instead of using the News Corporation's own social network, it's choosing to network on the site's chief rival, Facebook.
International Herald Tribune |
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Yahoo! Announces New Privacy Choice
Yahoo! Inc. announced that it will offer users the ability to opt-out of customized advertising on Yahoo.com.
EContent Magazine |
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Local agencies struggle to tackle identity crimes
Internet, overseas scams pose challenges for law enforcement. In a world where a person's credit is the key to fiscal freedom, identity theft has become a problem law enforcement agencies are struggling with.
Royal Oak Daily Tribune |
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Iinet profit rises 12 pct to $19.9m
Iinet Ltd has increased full year net profit from continuing operations by 12 per cent as Australia's third biggest internet service increases sales of its high speed internet products.
The West Australian |
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Hold Times Drag Out At Wireless Companies
Nobody likes waiting on hold. If it's not the jazzy elevator music that drives you up the wall, it's the repeated "your call is important to us" message that serves not to calm you, but instead to remind you that it's been a really long time and you're still on hold.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Serving 3 brands: Burger King, Google and Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane, creator of the "Family Guy," is teaming up with Google and Burger King to animate both an online series and ads to go with it.
International Herald Tribune |
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Google, Microsoft, others squeeze out small tenants at Mountain View's Shoreline business park
A cluster of tiny tenants in the Shoreline industrial district of Mountain View is feeling a giant squeeze.
BizJournals |
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Oblivious bloggers?
NEW YORK — On her blog, 12-year-old Tavi Gevinson posts photos of herself wielding a toilet plunger, posing in a room covered with newsprint and wearing a paint-splattered tutu inspired by Dolce & Gabbana’s spring 2008 collection.
The Fayetteville Observer |
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Computers are changing the way schools teach
Until recently, computing in the classroom amounted to students doing Internet searches, sending e-mail and mastering word processing, presentation programs and spreadsheets. The new Web education networks can open the door to broader changes.
International Herald Tribune |
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HTC Advantage X7510
Laptop? Tablet? Smartphone? What if we told you that the HTC Advantage X7510 is all of these things rolled into one device. Weighing 375 grams with keyboard, the HTC Advantage X7510’s main feature are a five-inch 640 x 280 pixel display and a laptop-style QWERTY keyboard.
AskMen |
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YAHOO! search BEIJING—Defending Olympic champion Liu Xiang of China pulled out of the 110-meter hurdles Monday, walking away from the blocks after coming up lame during a false start.
Lebanon Daily News |
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