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Funny Or Die sites expand into cooking, videogames
EatDrinkOrDie.com is hoping to find the culinary equivalent of Paris Hilton's political campaign ad. The site is the latest expansion of the Or Die Networks Group, whose signature site is Funny Or Die, the comedy Web site Will Ferrell and Adam McKay co-created last year. As is true with the other Or Die sites, Eat, Drink or Die marries professional content with amateur submissions. Each of the ...
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ILOG To Exhibit At SYS-CON's AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo
ILOG delivers software that empowers their customers to make better decisions, faster. Over 2,000 global corporations and more than 400 leading software vendors rely on ILOG's visualization, business rule management system and optimization software components to achieve dramatic returns on investment, and create market-defining products and services. Visit us to learn about ILOG JViews, our ...
SYS-CON Media |
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MSU Coach Donates To Boys & Girls Club
Mississippi State University Head Football Coach Sylvester Croom gives five thousand dollars to the Starkville Boys & Girls Club. The money is earmarked for an upgrade in their computer lab and other programs.
WCBI Columbus |
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Governor's Mansion roof tiles sold on eBay
Pieces from the official home of Missouri's governors are going up for sale on eBay.
The Springfield News-Leader |
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MSI Wind barebones desktop now available to order
Filed under: Desktops This one looks to have actually slipped into availability a few days ago but, for those that don't make visits to Newegg.com part their daily routine, you may be interseted to know that the barebones version of MSI's Wind desktop PC is now available to order for the low, low price of $139.99. That'll get you the ever-present 1.6GHz Atom processor, along with Intel ...
Engadget |
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Palm Unveils Treo Pro to Battle BlackBerry
Palm Inc unveiled a Treo smartphone Wednesday based on Microsoft Corp software to compete for business users against rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry.
PC Magazine |
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Google's speech-to-text technology is huge search advance
This is huge: A new speech-to-text technology from Google in which you type in a word or a phrase and it searches through YouTube videos to find all the instances where someone said it.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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iPhone App: Apple adds HyperOffice to iPhone App Store
HyperOffice is now available by download from Apple's new App Store. Here is more info about the app:HyperOffice transforms the iPhone into a tool for mobile business. Users connect to secure corporate email, contacts, calendars, tasks and notes ...
PDA Buyer's Guide |
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MS claims more than 450,000 downloads of new SQL server
Software giant Microsoft has announced that more than 450,000 downloads have been recorded, to date, of the newly-launched version of SQL Server 2008.
IT World |
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Teaching experience
Business veterans claim you cannot teach ‘experience’, but European researchers say you can. The team developed software that helps players acquire real-life skills and realistic experiences through game playing. But this game is no executive toy.
IST Results |
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Many Older Adults Cannot Find Most Beneficial Prescription Drug Plan on Medicare Website
Aug. 20, 2008 - About three-fourths of older adults with basic computer skills could not find the most beneficial prescription drug plan on the Medicare Web site, and could not take the necessary steps to enroll to receive home health care services, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.
Senior Journal |
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Salesforce 2Q profit nearly triples, stock plunges
(AP:SAN FRANCISCO) Salesforce.com Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit nearly tripled, as thousands of new corporate customers signed up for an online software service that supplants technology programs that must be installed on individual computers.
INO News |
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Getjar blows raspberries at Apple
As a direct dig at Apple, Getjar is describing itself as the mobile applications portal for the 3 billion or so mobile phone users that don't own the iThingey.
iTNews |
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Final Glance: Computers companies
Apple Inc rose $2.31 or 1.3 percent, to $175.84. Dell Inc rose $.53 or 2.2 percent, to $24.97.
INO News |
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Download of the day: CircleDock surrounds your mouse with files, folders and shortcuts
Free application CircleDock automatically puts files, folders, and shortcuts within a few pixels of your mouse when you invoke it for quick action.
Tri-City Herald |
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Climate Change Already Drying Up the Southwest
University of Arizona scientists have found evidence that climate change is already drying up the Southwest.Greenhouse effect computer simulations predict...
Albuquerque Journal |
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Microsoft relaxes server licensing policy
The Remond massive has graciously decided to simplify its licensing policy for certain well-paying customers.
iTNews |
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Georgia Men Say 'Bigfoot' Was Filled With Road Kill, Slaughterhouse Leftovers
In an exclusive interview with Channel 2, two Georgia men said their bigfoot hoax was a joke and that they never intended for it to go as far as it did. The men confessed to Channel 2 they bought a costume off the Internet and filled it with possum roadkill and slaughterhouse leftovers.
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta |
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Canon Vixia HF11
An excellent choice for flash-based HD recording, the Canon Vixia HF11 gives the Sony CX7 a close run for the money and is a clear champion if you don't like the Sony's touch-screen interface. The HF11 incorporates 32GB built-in flash memory and a slot for SDHC removable flash.
Tri-City Herald |
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Barnes & Noble.com CEO Marie Toulantis steps down
Marie Toulantis, who was instrumental in the development of BarnesandNoble.com, has resigned as CEO of the bookseller’s online business. She will continue working with the company as a consultant.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Protect your laptop from the elements at camp
Laptops come in handy in the outdoors, especially if you want to download some photos in camp or even pull up some topography map programs and export them to your GPS.
Tri-City Herald |
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eBay cozies up to sellers with lower fees to try and compete with Amazon
With a press release headline that begins with the words: “EBay supports sellers,” eBay announced today it is lowering its listing fees.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Alan Rosenblatt: Internet Advocacy Roundup -- Health Care and Beyond
The common thread in these campaigns is a foundation in progressive values. Providing health care and fair pay for all are great examples of the basic principle that progressives stand with people, not privilege.
HuffingtonPost |
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Vibe Media Group Inks First-Ever Magazine Licensing Deal with MusicSkins, LLC
Vibe Media Group announces an industry-first licensing agreement with MusicSkins, LLC, the leader in music and music-related, high quality, vinyl skin products, to create a new line of VIBE-branded skins for the ever-growing iPod, cell phone, PDA, laptop, and gaming accessories market.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Final Glance: Internet companies
Akamai Technologies rose $.23 or 1.0 percent, to $22.80. Amazon rose $.84 or 1.0 percent, to $82.13.
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