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Web Booms As High Street Slumps
The credit crunch and rising inflation are taking their toll on the High Street - but online retailers are booming, a new report says.
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Possible housing scam twarted
ARCADIA - A savvy home-hunter has foiled what authorities believe was an online housing fraud that tried to lure renters into handing security deposits over to a scam artist, police said Tuesday.
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Area men held in child-porn sting
Five local men accused of sharing child pornography over the Internet were among 52 Southern California residents swept up in a federal sting operation, authorities announced Tuesday. Video: Peer-to-Peer Child Pornography Sting
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TOKYO (AP) -- Apple said Wednesday that iPod music players sold in 2005 and 2006 on rare occasion can overheat, fail and deform because of a battery defect traced to a single supplier, and that other models are fine.
Arab Times |
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Weather’s effects on wireless signals studied
Kansas University researchers, along with Sprint Nextel and Sunflower Broadband, will be studying ways to improve high-speed wireless technology.
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Indians among top 10 browsers of China's leading portal
The portal, under People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party of China currently offers its content in Chinese, Arabic, English, French, Japanese, Russian and Spanish, acting as a bridge between China and people from around the world. According to Brian Zhang, Editor of People's Daily Online, Indians were among the website's top 10 readers from around the world, which were ...
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Flaws Found In North Carolina's Probation System
A federal report which highlights flaws in North Carolina's probation system points to officers dealing with heavy caseloads, high turnover and an archaic computer system.
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Sheriff's Deputy Among 55 Men Arrested in Child Pornography Bust
Fifty-five men, including a former sheriff's deputy and at least one attorney, were charged with possessing child pornography following an eight-month investigation, authorities said Tuesday. The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles said the suspects used peer-to-peer networks to exchange graphic images and videos, then stored the files on their computers.
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E-commerce: EBay changes aim for fewer critics and more sellers
The most successful auction house on the internet is trying to change into a mall. By Owen Gibson
Guardian Unlimited |
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Browns Notebook: Plenty of blame for Browns
BEREA — The No. 1 offense and the No. 1 defense were not first in the line of blame.
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Computer games: Industry acts on illegal downloads
Those who illegally share files on the internet could be asked to pay £300 to avoid further legal action. By Gwyneth Rees
Guardian Unlimited |
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Razer Maelstrom Audio Engine(TM) Unveiled at Games Convention
Razer(TM), the world's leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming peripherals, has unveiled the Razer Maelstrom Audio Engine(TM) at Games Convention, Leipzig at Hall 4, B01. The Razer Maelstrom is a highly upgraded virtual surround sound system found in the Razer Megalodon(TM), Razer's latest 7.1 surround sound gaming headset.
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BANGKOK, Aug 20 (TNA) - Thailand's Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's life sentence handed down to a Pakistani man for murdering a Thai female teacher whom he met on an online Internet chat service, and then dismembering her body in 2006.
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Traveling a rocky road: Dellwood man has collected rocks for more than 40 years
William Thies sees rocks a bit differently than many of us.
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
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...
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HP posts 3Q profit jump; faces stiff competition
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge — stiffer personal-computer competition — that threatens to slow its steady growth.
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
NEW YORK (AP) — 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.
The Post-Standard |
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Facebook grows popularity one 'friend' at a time
Facebook is the Disneyland of the Internet.Well, to be precise, Facebook is the "It's a Small World" ride of the Internet.
The Battalion |
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Latest transfer rumours - August 20
All the latest transfer gossip on Wolves, Albion, Villa, Walsall and Blues. We have scoured the back pages and the internet to bring you the latest gossip.
Express and Star |
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Computers have become a necessity, not an option
In this day and age, almost everyone could benefit from a computer, whether they are a student or not.
The Battalion |
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Salesforce.com buys InStranet for $31.5 million
Business software maker Salesforce.com Inc said on Wednesday that it bought smaller software maker InStranet Inc for $31.5 million.
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Microsoft to pay Novell $100 mln more for Linux support
Microsoft Corp plans to pay software maker Novell Inc up to $100 million in additional subscription fees due to strong demand for Novell's open-source Linux software that partners with Microsoft's proprietary Windows software.
The Economic Times |
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New law to let counties save on computer costs
The cost of leasing computers is not among the fond memories that State. Rep. Mike Tryon has from his days as McHenry County Board chairman.
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Internet Exclusive: This Week in the Outdoors: Cattin’ the Red
As guide Norman O’Neal launched his airboat from the Red River shoreline a few hundred yards below the Eisenhower dam below Lake Texoma, I was in the driver’s seat with my hand on the rudder controls.
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Android release looms with new SDK
The Open Handset Alliance lead by Google has posted an update to the Android SDK..
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