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New studies managing psychiatric meds in transition to college
An increasing number of students are packing more than their computers and iPods when leaving for college. They are bringing along prescribed psychiatric medications. Case Western Reserve University researchers will survey incoming students on how they manage psychiatric medications in the transition from home to college.
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Intel Shifts Future Core® Processors Into Turbo
In his Intel Developer Forum keynote today, Pat Gelsinger detailed the roadmap for Intel’s continued march toward pervasive, higher performance and power efficient computing.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Nokia unveils latest convergence device
N96 has been optimised for unhindered web access, entertainment
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Intel unveils new chip design to challenge AMD
Intel Corp. cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump. Intel, the world's...
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FDA warns General Electric over lax record keeping
(AP:WASHINGTON) Federal regulators have warned General Electric Co. over lax quality control standards at a plant that makes computer software for medical imaging.
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Google Webmaster Central Makes 404 More Useful
Google Webmaster Central has added a new feature that aims to make website visitors’ encounter with the perennial problem and most dreaded 404 “Not found” page a more pleasant if not useful experience. Although there has been manual work-around to solve this problem, mostly by editing the 404 php pages and customizing it to direct [...]
Search Engine Journal |
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Jackie Couture loads a computer monitor as part of the Richland County E-rase Your E-waste recycling campaign. This is the fourth year and the first year they have been open accepting recyclables in August.
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Legislative scoop: lawmakers name ice cream cone state dessert
Louisiana’s official state dish is gumbo. Apple pie is the state pie of Vermont, Massachusetts has an official state bean, the baked navy bean. And Oklahoma even has a state meal, an artery-choking round of courses that includes fried okra, barbecue pork, sausage and gravy, grits and chicken fried steak.
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Foreign sales boost HP earnings
Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest computer firm, sees quarterly profits boosted by international sales.
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Final Glance: Computers companies
Apple Inc fell $1.86 or 1.1 percent, to $173.53. Dell Inc fell $.19 or .8 percent, to $24.44.
INO News |
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Has Firefox 3 certificate handling become too 'scary?'
In a scenario reminiscent of the fairy tale about the fellow who cries "wolf" too often, security engineers are actively wondering whether Firefox' "blowing of the whistle" on self-signed certificates is a) frightening, and b) fair to developers.
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FBI grabs documents in Detroit security contract probe
DETROIT — The FBI grabbed documents and a computer in an investigation of a company that received a security contract from the city of Detroit. Court records show FBI agents made several stops on July 14, including the Detroit office of Security Communications Alert Network, known as SCAN, and an executive's sport utility vehicle. The FBI declined comment. A message seeking comment was left ...
The Toledo Blade |
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FDA warns General Electric over lax record keeping
Federal regulators have warned General Electric Co. over lax quality control standards at a plant that makes computer software for medical imaging.
Tri-City Herald |
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“Haywood should not have been allowed to leave India”
MUMBAI: U.S. citizen Kenneth Haywood, from whose Internet Protocol address a terror e-mail threat was sent just before the Ahmedabad blasts, should not have been allowed to leave India, Parambir Singh, Additional Commissioner, Anti-Terrorism ...
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Civil group empowers women to better their communities
About 100 women sitting in the large room of the municipality building of Bourjein late Saturday morning stared back at Zeina Mezher. Finally, they started shouting over the hum of voices: "A hospital for the village," "A library and Internet access," "Stress management sections," and "Entertainment for children during the summer.
The Daily Star Lebannon |
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Microsoft experimenting with a pause button for incoming e-mail
There's a new way for you to put a pause in your daily grind: The e-mail prioritzer enables you to stop getting new e-mails, and sort out the stuff that's already there.
CNET |
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Mad Catz Stock Rises on Revenue News
Shares of Mad Catz Interactive Inc., a San Diego-based maker of accessories for video game manufacturers including Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, soared 72 percent in after-hours trading Aug. 19 to $1.03 after the company released its financial results for its first quarter that ended June 30.
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HP reports $2B Q3 profit
Boosted by strong laptop and international sales, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $2 billion, or 80 cents a share, up from $1.8 billion, or 66 cents a share in the same period last year. (HPQ)
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Final Glance: Internet companies
Akamai Technologies fell $.35 or 1.5 percent, to $22.57. Amazon fell $1.82 or 2.2 percent, to $81.29.
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YamiPod lets you back up your music from iPod to PC
Reader George writes: I lost my songs from my hard drive and want to download the songs that are on my iPod into another hard drive. Is there software that can pull the songs from an iPod to a hard drive? There sure is. In fact, there's a lot of software that will let you back up your iPod or copy songs from your iPod back to your PC in the event of a hard drive crash. The catch: ...
Yahoo! Tech Advisors |
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Intel unveils new chip design to challenge AMD
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 (2:54 p.m.) Intel Corp. cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Intel unveils new chip design to challenge AMD
Intel Corp. cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump.
Miami Herald |
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Most Despised Internet Microcelebrities [Microcelebrities]
Recently, there was a roundup of microcelebrities on Style.com. (Out of 13 people, only 5 were dudes.) Readers voted either pro or con for each micropersonality. We mashed up the resulting data into...
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New York , August 19, 2008
—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the recent harassment of popular bloggers Raja Petra Kamarudin and Abdul Rashid Bakar.
CPJ Press Freedom Online |
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The Herald-Zeitung Mobile Edition
The Herald-Zeitung provides a text-only version of its daily web edition for readers using cellular telephones or handheld computers. Registered users of AvantGo can create their own custom channel to download regular updates.
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