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Preventing Laptop Theft this Back-to-school Season
(ARA) - Today's students gear up for back-to-school season by stocking up on expensive technology, from MP3 players to laptops. However, most students are unaware that dorm rooms and schools are some of the most dangerous places to store precious electronic equipment.
Carteret County News-Times |
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Khairy disagrees with move to block news portal
KUALA LUMPUR: The controversial Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin has found an unlikely supporter – his constant target Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin.
The Star |
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Get Your Computer Back in the Fast Lane
(ARA) - Does your computer take forever to load programs or change pages when you're surfing the Internet? Have you ever been in the middle of writing an e-mail only to have the screen freeze and force you to reboot and lose all your work?
Carteret County News-Times |
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McCain gives punters points for plugs
WASHINGTON: Spread John McCain's message online and you could win valuable prizes. That's the essence of his campaign pitch for supporters to join an internet effort with reward points akin to those offered by airlines and other businesses.
Busselton-Dunsborough Mail |
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Kern Center offering computer classes
The Kern Center for Community and Industrial Development offers a variety of non-credit courses and training opportunities each semester at Terra Community College.
Fremont News-Messenger |
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Man with plan for park in Bethlehem has criminal past
BETHLEHEM — A Thomaston man eager to open what he calls a "family fun center" for foster children on Munger Lane has a lengthy criminal record in Kansas, including convictions for theft and battery.
Republican-American |
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Video-game reviews: "Soulcalibur IV" and "The Bourne Conspiracy"
Video game reviews of "Soulcalibur IV" and "The Bourne Conspiracy" for Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3.
Seattle Times |
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Even critics give Apple a pass on iPhone 3G woes
First an iPhone price cut left early buyers feeling foolish, and then came reports that some iPods were spitting sparks. Now the new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service, disappearing programs for the device and a veil of secrecy over software developers trying to broaden its appeal.
Dallas Morning News |
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Efficient processors give students far more options
Cheap, lightweight laptops have quietly gotten better over the past year. This end of the home-use market is no longer owned by heavy, hot...
Seattle Times |
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He'll get in your face
Andy Thibault spends a lot of time in shorts and sandals watching rabbits nibble in his Litchfield backyard. When he feels up to it, he climbs the steep stairs of his Victorian home on a quiet, tree shaded street, turns on the computer and takes on the world.
Republican-American |
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Readers help me fine-tune e-mail
My column about switching from Eudora to Apple's Mail software for e-mail generated great feedback. I didn't have the space to cover all...
Seattle Times |
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POLICE REPORTS
Bella Vista incidents Among incidents reported to the Bella Vista Police Department according to records, were the following: At 6:31 a.m. Monday, someone was reported going through a woman’s trash on Duvall Lane. At 8:19 a.m. Monday, a load of gravel was reported dumped in the middle of Taylor Road and had been there since Friday. At 10:14 a.m. Monday, a white and black shepherd mix and a black ...
NWAnews.com |
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Comparing world religions
″ E-mail and Internet on Sept. 23-Oct. 9; Intro to Computers I on Sept. 23-Oct. 9; and Arkansas Wine Country, a field trip, on Sept. 30. (Benton County Daily Record)
NWAnews.com |
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Nabaztag's Violet debuts "Mirror" general-purpose home RFID reader
Filed under: Peripherals While we'll always know Violet for its iconic bunnies , the company is branching out into a more direct RFID application. The Mirror RFID reader is a USB-pluggable little platter that can read RFID tags and launch an assigned action on the computer when it spots a tag it knows. Examples we saw included a tagged post card of Vegas launching a corresponding ...
Engadget |
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Don't turn your (virtual) back on team of female online gamers
The Frag Dolls, a team of highly skilled all-girl gamers assembled to promote women in gaming, will appear at the 2008 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX).
Seattle Times |
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Microsoft buying Greenfield shopping service for $486M
Microsoft on Friday said it will buy Web-based survey company Greenfield Online for about $486 million in cash in a move that will bolster...
Seattle Times |
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With Software, Till Tampering Is Hard to Find
Thanks to a software program called a zapper, even technologically illiterate restaurant and store owners can siphon cash from registers and cheat tax officials.
The Gainesville Sun |
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Virtual world may render college road trips useless
Visiting colleges no longer means loading the family in the car to travel across the country. A campus tour is now a computer click away.
Republican-American |
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IIT-Bombay scientists bring online asthma monitoring closer to reality
Washington, August 30 : IIT-Bombay scientists have developed an inexpensive web-enabled device that can enable doctors to remotely measure lung function in patients with asthma and other disorders, and to quickly instigate medical attention in an emergency.
New Kerala |
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A Handful of Free and Cheap PDF Workarounds
PDF files are a lot like democracy, to paraphrase Winston Churchill. PDFs are a lousy way to move documents around, but the alternatives are worse. I hate PDF files. Portable Document Format is a benevolent monopoly by Adobe, which created the format and sets the standards for its development.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Mobile Apps: Salvation for Internet Radio?
Internet radio station operators are concerned that skyrocketing royalty fees could zap an industry that's still in its infancy. However, technology may be bringing some solutions to the vexing problem of paying artists a royalty fee each time a listener hears a song.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Apple, Loyalty and the Power of Forgiveness
First an iPhone price cut left early buyers feeling foolish, and then came reports that some iPods were spitting sparks. Now the new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service, disappearing programs for the device and a veil of secrecy over software developers trying to broaden its appeal. Such a string of mishaps and missteps might throw another electronics company into crisis.
E-Commerce Times |
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LG to launch Blu-ray rewriter for nets
Clive Akass, Personal Computer World , Saturday 30 August 2008 at 12:47:00 Blu-ray burner in network-attached storage box available next year 'at latest' LG is to launch a network-attached-storage (NAS) box with up to 4TB of hard-drive capacity and a Blu-ray rewrite drive capable of storing up to 50GB for disk....
vnunet.com |
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Radiohead 08.13.08 Mansfield, MA
You've heard it all before, Radiohead is the best band on the planet. Well, it's all true. The British quintet has been a critical darling and fan favorite since the release of OK Computer in 1997, if not before.
All About Jazz |
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Local bloggers get up close at convention By Kathryn Dailey Loveland Reporter-Herald
At age 22, Drew Conrad gets to walk among some of the nation’s top leaders at two of the most important political events of the year.
Loveland Reporter-Herald |
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