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Audit: Colo. emergency computers were not used for porn
COLORADO — Colorado Emergency Operations Center computers were used to access dating, entertainment and travel Web sites but not pornography, according to an audit released Monday.
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Early Glance: Internet companies
(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of some top internet companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Akamai Technologies fell $.28 or 1.2 percent, to $22.64. Amazon fell $.26 or .3 percent, to $82.85.
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Apple offers MobileMe users another free 60 days
Apple is offering a 60-day extension to MobileMe accounts to make up from problems users have suffered since the service's launch. This is the second such extension that Apple has offered; in mid-July, the company offered a free 30-day addition. MobileMe replaced .Mac, Apple's subscription-based online service. Users are given custom e-mail addresses, a Web site address, Web ...
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Acer leads local PC sales
Acer (Philippines), Inc. 's introduction of more affordable products enabled it to maintain its leadership in sales of personal computers in the Philippines.
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Free the airwaves, cries Google
FCC to consider petitions, analysis and dancing phones Google has launched another round in the PR battle over American white space, with a new website asking visitors to sign a petition to convince the FCC to allow unlicensed use of the spaces between TV channels.…
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Microsoft tweaks licensing policy to promote virtualization
Virtualization is one of the hot topics in enterprise computing these days, but the technology is not spreading as fast as many would have hoped, as key questions remain unanswered. Microsoft is trying to eliminate one of these concerns with a new licensing policy that enables customers to move applications within a server farm as often as necessary without paying additional licensing fees. ...
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Socom Confrontation : des images de la bêta
Sony Computer Entertainment nous dévoile de nouvelles images de Socom : Confrontation sur PlayStation 3.
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McLellan wins silver in 100m hurdles
Australia's Sally McLellan has won the silver medal in the women's 100m hurdles at the Beijing Olympics. AAP Ads from Yahoo! Search Marketing:
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Looking For Energy, Google Goes To Hell
Google.org announces it will help find ways to tap the heat under the earth's surface.
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Keeping innovation alive at Microsoft
Hsiao-Wuen Hon, head of Microsoft's research lab in Beijing, explains why he believes researchers should be given the freedom and opportunity to explore new ideas
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Listen to that and #8216;inner warning' on Web offers
Monday #8217;s e-mail brought the usual assortment of offers obviously too good to be true, including word that England #8217;s Queen Elizabeth #8217;s Foundation, with Parliament #8217;s blessing, had somehow selected me as one of 40 lucky recipients of a $277,000 grant.
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Georgia Cuts Access to Russian Web Sites, TV news
Georgia's Interior Ministry said the action was not anti-democratic, but Russian broadcasts could not be allowed to "scare our population"
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Univision Responds to Crucial Hispanic Electorate and Delivers Most Extensive Multiplatform Election Coverage Ever
NEW YORK----With Hispanics poised to play their most important role yet in a presidential election, Univision Communications Inc., the leading Spanish-language media company in the U.S., has announced its plans to provide the most complete campaign and election coverage in its history through its television, online, mobile and radio platforms.
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The Planet Returns Popular Double Down, Triple Play Promotions
HOUSTON----The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today launched new promotions that offer discounts on a broad array of dedicated servers and new technologies. Leading the promotional lineup are two of the company’s most popular options: Double Down and Triple Play.
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New report says 1,4m Zimbabweans use internet
INTERNET usage in Zimbabwe has grown by 165% over the last three years according to new statistics released by Internet World Stats. During the same period, the Internet penetration (the percentage of people using the Internet) has gone up from 6.7% to 10.9%.
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2nd Fumo aide pleads guilty today
PHILADELPHIA -- A second former Pennsylvania Senate computer technician has pleaded guilty in the corruption case against Sen. Vincent Fumo. Mark Eister (EYE'-ster), of Camp Hill, pleaded guilty Tu esday in Philadelphia to one of count of conspiracy and four counts of obstruction for deleting e-mail evidence from computers in Harrisburg.
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American Software's Board Approves the Quarterly Cash Dividend
ATLANTA, Aug. 19, 2008 -- American Software, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the Company's quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share. The Company's regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share of American Software common stock is payable on December 2, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 10, 2008.
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Former Hawkins Co. teacher sentenced for child pornography
Former Hawkins County math teacher and basketball coach Michael Eugene Noel, 38, has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for having over 9,000 images of child pornography on his computers.
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Camera car puts street images on the web
HOT on the heels of the launch of Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton’s new film festival, Nairn is about to be cast into the spotlight again — this time by Google.
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Can You Build a Fiber Test Kit On a Budget?
An anonymous reader writes "Have any Slashdot readers hacked together cheap test kits for fiber optic cable? More and more IT infrastructure is using multimode and single mode fiber optic cabling. Commercial test equipment is extremely expensive, running the gambit from a few hundred dollars for a basic light source, to tens of thousands for an OTDR. What equipment do you consider essential to ...
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Microsoft: Everybody Else is Doing it
Microsoft is tracking your data. But so are Google and Yahoo!, as they are so quick to point out when confronted by the House. A classic example of the "but everybody else is doing it" excuse that they taught us in D.A.R.E. in elementary school. The drug of choice for search giants is not crack or pot though. It is ad-targeting - learning about you so they can fill your screen with ...
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Top Media Executive Alan Citron Joins Buzznet Inc.
Buzznet Inc., the media company focused on building active, engaged online communities around pop culture, today announced that Alan Citron has joined the company to spearhead Special Projects.
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Credit Suisse Virtualization Experience Will be Shared at Web Conference
DynamicOps, a venture-funded spinout of Credit Suisse, will present a Web conference August 27 at 1 pm EDT. The topic, "Deploying the Dynamic Data Center", will describe virtualization experiences in large enterprise data centers.
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AfterCollege and the California Nursing Students' Association Launch Environmentally-Friendly Online Newsletter
AfterCollege, the largest career network for college students and alumni, and the California Nursing Students' Association today announced that Range of Motion, the award winning newsletter of CNSA, will be available exclusively online at www.cnsa.org. The new platform enables users to read and browse articles online and provides the option to print articles for offline reading. Readers may ...
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Free Travel with Facebook
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico----San Juan Marriott Resort has launched an initiative offering free travel in conjunction with a new application on Facebook. The application, called iGO iWRITE, is positioned as Facebook's first user generated travel book.
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