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Tucson Time Capsule : Cutting edge in 1973
Check out this computer. Tucson High School principal Lee Starr, left, and Russ Krueger, a programmer with the district, inspected the new automation system to help curb truancy on Aug. 30, 1973. The school had a high absentee rate.
Arizona Daily Star |
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Bootlegged online theater clips cherished
Theater is the ephemeral art - except, that is, when it's bootlegged on YouTube. You can't actually watch Broadway's "Jersey Boys" online, and you can't balm the sorrow of missing out on "The Lion King" by downloading its majestic parades and anthems. Theater...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Photos: Moving-in day at CSUS dorms
With classes beginning Tuesday at California State University, Sacramento, an annual rite is under way - helping a family member move into a dorm. Alexander Nicholas, 4 1/2 leads dad, Alan, as they move Alexander's brother Austin, not shown, Friday. Don Tedrick plugs in a stereo, computer and television for his stepson. CSUS has five on-campus residence halls that accomodate ...
The Sacramento Bee |
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FAA system needs fixes
When a computer glitch at a Federal Aviation Administration center caused widespread airline delays this week, it served as a reminder that the U.S. flight system is waiting for a modernizing overhaul.
Courier-Post |
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Major Market Indexes Retreat After Downbeat Economic News
Wall Street tumbled Friday after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years as consumer spending slowed. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 170 points and a disappointing profit report from computer maker Dell Inc. weighed on the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index.
Hartford Courant |
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Comcast to update user agreement, limit users' downloads and uploads...
Comcast to update user agreement, limit users' downloads and uploads Comcast, the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month.
Miami Herald |
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Northwest Calendar
TODAY SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 55 PLUS CENTRE COMPUTER ROOM – The computer room at Thunder Bay 55 Plus Centre, 700 River St., will be open today & Sunday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Drop in fee: $1.50 per hour. Printing fee: 25 cents per sheet. Info: 684-2795.
The Chronicle-Journal |
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285 workers to lose jobs
at call center in Milwaukie Affiliated Computer Services, an information-technology consulting and outsourcing company, plans to lay off at least 285 employees at its Milwaukie facility.
The Oregonian |
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Stocks end lower on income data
NEW YORK -- Wall Street tumbled Friday after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending slowed. The Dow Jones industrial average was down more than 170 points, while a disappointing profit report from computer maker Dell Inc. weighed on the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index.
Provo Daily Herald |
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Dishonesty can hinder search for missing pets
A growing number of online or high-tech services allow pet owners searching for missing animals to look farther from home and contact more people.
Sun-Sentinel |
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ON THE MOVE: Greece woman hired as technician at WXXI
She is responsible for hardware and software support and account administration.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Comcast to update user agreement, limit users' downloads and uploads...
Comcast to update user agreement, limit users' downloads and uploads
Bradenton Herald |
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Local researchers in China to observe total solar eclipse
A group of area researchers are in Weinan, China to video capture and broadcast to the Internet a total solar eclipse, observable only from a small narrow corridor on the Earth.
Crookston Daily Times |
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Fans flock to Disney's Club Penguin Times
The virtual world's gazette aims to build community and foster literacy. The newspaper industry is constantly bewailing its need for a new economic model, as the Internet upends the old one. Maybe it could take a page from the Club Penguin Times.
Los Angeles Times |
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Miss a TV show? Catch it online
A television revolution is under way. The concept of prime time is dying as many networks are putting full-length programs online, allowing you to catch popular shows and old favorites for free over the Internet on your own schedule.
The Shreveport Times |
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New computer test helps doctors gauge athletes' recovery
A Provo hospital is investing in technology its doctors say will help gauge the recovery of everyone from 6-year-olds who fall off their trikes to Brigham Young University linebackers.
Provo Daily Herald |
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Microsoft to acquire Greenfield Online
Microsoft Corp., seeking to catch Google Inc. in the Internet-search market, agreed to buy Greenfield Online Inc. for $486 million to add Web sites that help consumers find product reviews and compare prices.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Board approves conservation plan
With students back in school, lowering of thermostats and constant use of computers and other activities will increase energy consumption and bills for school districts.
East Montgomery County Observer |
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2008 Market Facts
We’ve always figured that sooner or later applications such as calendars, word processors and spreadsheets would be Web-based. All we’d need to do is log on, open our browser and we’d be able to pick up work where we left off.
Everett Herald |
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Bumbling burglars at Lauderdale school are no pros
The computer thieves who burglarized the William Dandy Middle School are not the most high-tech. Box cutters and rocks are their tools of choice, say police.
Miami Herald |
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Photos: Moving-in day at CSUS dorms
With classes beginning Tuesday at California State University, Sacramento, an annual rite is under way - helping a family member move into a dorm. Alexander Nicholas, 4 1/2 leads dad, Alan, as they move Alexander's brother Austin, not shown, Friday. Don Tedrick plugs in a stereo, computer and television for his stepson. CSUS has five on-campus residence halls that accomodate ...
The Sacramento Bee |
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Shipping takes a new direction
The developer of a software product that has made the documentation process easier for vessels to enter ports around the world has broken away from the business that his father sold two years ago to start his own company.
Stamford Advocate |
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Immersion to pay Microsoft $20 million to settle patent suit
A company that makes touch sensors for interacting with computer applications has agreed to pay Microsoft $20 million to settle a patent suit.
Macworld |
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Bellingham company makes parts for Boeing, Microsoft
The Bellingham Herald |
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NSW on the hunt for cheap laptops
IS IT possible to buy a durable, sophisticated laptop for $500? The NSW Government is about to find out; it's looking for a company prepared to provide 200,000 of them at the same bargain price.
Guyra Argus |
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