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Home confinement turns to prison timeafter assault charge
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Gulf War veteran who admitted shooting up his computer with his ex-wife and children in the house is headed to prison after a Kanawha County judge ruled Tuesday that he violated the terms of his home confinement. In June, Circuit Jud...
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Retailers target youth virtually
With back-to-school sales off to a slow start, more old-line retailers and clothing labels are reaching out to kids online, enticing them to try virtual versions of their togs in hopes of making actual sales later.
Detroit News |
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Mr. Modem: Fun with the Start menu
MR. MODEM www.mrmodem.com While clicking a program on the Start menu, I accidentally dragged it to the desktop, so now it’s no longer on the Start menu. How can I get it back to the Start menu and off my desktop? As you discovered, it’s very easy to drag an icon from your Start menu to your desktop, but it’s a bit more challenging to get it back to where it came from. As you follow these ...
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The Space Tourist Who Wasn't
I met Daisuke "Dice-K" Enomoto in Star City, Russia, in August 2006. Enomoto, 37, is slight with tired eyes and a shock of bleach-blond dyed hair. His idea of space travel comes from comic books and Star Wars . He grew up as a self-described otaku , coding his own computer games and dreaming of space—or, at least, space as it was portrayed in Star Wars and manga. His favorite anime show, ...
Wired News |
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The online diet disasters: How personalised plans offer advice that is often wrong and sometimes dangerous
Avoid oily fish, cut out all dairy foods, : it's the kind of advice that flies in the face of conventional thinking on healthy eating. Yet, amazingly, this is what I was told to do.
Daily Mail |
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Going to Space? First Stop: Eight Months of Grueling Training in Russia's Star City
Do you want to be the commander or the engineer? It's exactly the kind of question you'd expect to hear from Richard Garriott, the 47-year-old father of massively multiplayer online gaming. His titles, which have sold more than 100 million copies, let gamers assume the role of magician, warrior, or sci-fi super-soldier. In real life, Garriott goes by the nickname Lord British and dresses ...
Wired News |
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Google Wireless Plan Angers Audio-Equipment Makers
Cross one off the list of Google's friends. Wireless audio-equipment manufacturers and producers of live events are up in arms against Google's efforts to open up a little-used patch of radio spectrum. What's being contested is the so-called "white space" spectrum, the vacant bands between ultra-high frequency television channels. As U.S. broadcasters transition from analog to digital ...
Wired News |
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
NEW YORK - Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers.
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Democratic delegates feel pressure: 'Support Hillary' troops push hard for floor vote
WASHINGTON -- A massive e-mail and Internet campaign is under way aimed at derailing the nomination of Barack Obama and making Hillary Rodham Clinton the Democratic Party's standard bearer next week at the national convention in Denver.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Online-only letters
Buses, not light rail, the way of our transit future Aubrey Davis is the grand old man of Puget Sound transportation politics ["Light rail...
Seattle Times |
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DSU, NDSU collaborate on engineering
Dickinson State University with the help of North Dakota State University has a new program to offer prospective students. Advertisement: General Equipment & Supplies Leica Builder. Find out what it can do for you! Starting at $5405, with memory starting at $6495. For more details Contact Dave at 800-437-2924 or email dbroten@genequip.com
The Dickinson Press |
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Baseball blog back up and running after being hacked
When Eli Greenspan woke up on July 20 to update his hugely successful blog, Eli's MLB Rumors, he was left with a sinking feeling.
Glenview Announcements |
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Search Advertising 101
Paid placement is a form of search advertising that provides a top ranking in return for payment. Every major search engine offers a paid placement program. Learn what's available in this session that is especially geared toward beginners, with details on programs from major providers and advice on how to succeed. Introduction by: Rebecca Lieb , Contributing Editor, ClickZ Speakers: ...
Search Engine Roundtable |
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Identify, Analyze, Act: SEM by the Numbers
Many companies find it difficult to use web analytics for more than reporting and ad hoc investigations. By defining requirements, roles, tasks, and benchmarks, an efficient process replaces one-off requests. This session covers practical workflows that you can quickly implement to see improved, consistent returns from your data. This sets a platform for experience-based learning that helps a ...
Search Engine Roundtable |
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India Search Market Led By 1 Billion Searches on Google Sites in June
comScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of the online search market in India, indicating that Google Sites commanded the strong majority of searches conducted in this developing market.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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7 Proven Ways to get Your Website on Page 1 Organically & then Convert
Learn the seven proven ways to get your website on page one organically and how to dramatically increase your conversion once you get there. Join Internet marketing guru Shawn Moore as he explains the secrets that he has discovered over his 11 years in the industry. Have your website generate comments like this: "Since we re-wrote our website in 2006, our sales have continued to grow at an ...
Search Engine Roundtable |
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What's new with Google Analytics and Website Optimizer?
Google continues to innovate around bringing power, flexibility, and accessibility to web analytics and web content testing. Join us for the latest news about Google's free web analytics and multivariate testing products: Google Analytics and Website Optimizer. Learn straightforward, data-driven techniques to enrich your website and increase your ROI. Come early to grab a seat. This is an ...
Search Engine Roundtable |
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Arroyo temper flares up again
MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s famous temper flashed yet again on Monday, in full view of members of the media.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Judge backs Boston hackers
Three students from the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology who found a way to hack into Boston's transit system to get free rides can talk publicly about the security flaw, a court ruled in a decision hailed as a victory for academic freedom.
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Reuters Business Summary
EBay lowering fixed-price sellers' listing fees SAN FRANCISCO - EBay Inc is cutting the fees U.S. sellers on its site pay for fixed-price items, in one of the company's boldest moves this year to boost merchandise for sale, lure new buyers and take on competitors. Total sellers' fees will decrease in most cases under eBay's plan to improve the balance between buyers and ...
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Laptops replaced
More than half of the laptop computers stolen from York City schools three months ago will be replaced in time for the new school year.
York Daily Record |
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Unilever: Behind the IT Curve
Employees at the consumer products company object to its antediluvian attitudes about Web access, e-mail, and other mainstays of modern life
BusinessWeek |
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Can Microsoft Catch Up With Google?
No, but the software giant has been trying some interesting new things in search. And it has the money and time to spend on startups and new search features
BusinessWeek |
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Sarasota student data seen online; Manatee safe
A national test preparation firm that accidentally posted online the private information of thousands of Sarasota students for weeks is investigating the error, officials said.
Bradenton Herald |
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11-year-old puts his heart into his designs
He's considering an appearance on a nationally syndicated TV talk show, has T-shirt and skateboard designs debuting at Champs Sports and a new e-commerce Web site taking shape on the Internet.
Bradenton Herald |
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