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Second arrest made in Walmart computer theft
08/30/08 Ogdensburg woman arrested for attempted theft of computers that was caught on camera...
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Diddy: Gas prices impacting air travel
Music mogul Sean Diddy Combs said he will fly in and out of Los Angeles on commercial airlines instead of using private airplanes due to high fuel prices.The music producer said in an online YouTube posting that the rising cost of gasoline in the United States and abroad is making him reconsider using his private jet to traipse around the world, Fox News reported Friday.As you know, I do have my ...
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The week in hardware: Hydra, Dell, and NVISION
NVIDIA, Hydra, Samsung and Phantom—yes, that Phantom—all were news this week. August wraps up, NVISION is over, and we'll see you all in September. Read More...
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Seminar leads families on cautionary journey to cyberspace
If you've given high-tech games to your children or cell phones to your teens, you might want to listen to what Theo Nicolakis has to say.
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The Bauminator
Damned if you do, damned if you don't -- Earlier, when Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) was being panned for its "invisible cap" for Internet consumption, part of the presumption as to why it was kept hidden was to deter people from abusing it or somehow circumventing it.
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Microsoft says Ciao to Google's web dominance
ONE of Europe's most popular price comparison websites, Ciao, has been snapped up by Microsoft as the Seattle-based software empire seeks to challenge the online dominance of Google.
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Benicia school computer system provides access to student data
BENICIA - Imagine if knowing exactly what your child was doing at school was as easy as checking your e-mail. For Benicia Unified School District parents, that's about to become reality, district officials said this week. A Web-based student information system called
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Google Finds Most Cows Point North
The Los Angeles Times reports German researchers, through the help of Google Earth, have discovered that 2 out of 3 cows point North. read more
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US No Longer the World's Internet Hub
museumpeace brings us a New York Times story about how internet traffic is increasingly flowing around the US as web-based industries catch up in other parts of the world. Other issues, such as the Patriot Act, have made foreign companies wary about having their data on US servers. From the NYTimes: "Internet industry executives and government officials have acknowledged that Internet traffic ...
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Iconic 60's show 'Thunderbirds' set for high tech small screen return
London, Aug 30 : The Thunderbirds are set to return to the small screen - and this time with hi-tech action scenes. Creator Gerry Anderson is in talks to buy back the show rights from ITV, after 32 years. The iconic marionettes will now be replaced with computer-generated imagery (CGI).
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Downtown may get Wi-Fi
CDE Lightband is seriously researching the possibility of creating a wireless network downtown allowing visitors to access the Internet.
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Spreading the Word From the 2008 Democratic National Convention
AT&T Inc. today announced the company's wireless network delivered an outstanding performance this week in Denver with more than 244 million text messages sent and received via AT&T wireless phones during the four days of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
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gpW:k37.8;/ucol2%>Steel-High 'chases history'
Stewart Young remembers the day his son, Jeremiah, was a small, freshman high school football player who looked up the state rushing yardage record on the computer and dreamed of breaking it.
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Internet killed the music-video star
NEW YORK -- The first time Arcade Fire performed in Paris, Mathieu Saura stood outside the venue with his girlfriend, holding up a sign that read, "Please, we want to come to the show." The band's bassist, Richard Reed
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MSI's Wind U90 to boast 8.9-inch display
Filed under: Laptops Well, that took long enough, now didn't it? We've been hearing about an 8.9-inch MSI Wind for months now, but it has just now popped up on the outfit's website. The Wind U90 will pack an Atom N270 processor, built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam, stereo speakers, microphone, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, 512MB or 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 1,024 x 600 resolution panel, 80GB hard ...
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Popular business directory searches
Medical Assistant Medical Assistant needed to work as a team player in a busy, non smoking medical office. Needs to have computer knowledg ... >MORE Master Corp Inc.
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Fantasy Football Draft Live Blog
Millions of football fans have either drafted or will soon be drafting their Fantasy Football teams. As a way to connect with friends, possibly win some money, and as a definite way to kill time at work, it's no wonder that Fantasy Football has grown in popularity. And the web makes drafting and maintaining teams so damn easy! 9:30am: We're about 30 minutes away from our own Fantasy ...
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Hackers Attack Iraq's Vulnerable Computers
Iraq's computers make a prime target for global terror.
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Chad Johnson Officially Changes His Name
Chad Johnson has a new name. Yahoo.Com is reporting that the Bengal receiver changed his name to "Chad Javon O cho Cinco'. He made the change in Broward County, Florida.
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Google Awards Android Dev Prizes, Introduces App Store
An anonymous reader writes "A group of Canadian engineering students was one of 10 teams to win a $275,000 prize from internet search giant Google Inc. Their program, Ecorio, gives users the ability to reduce their environmental footprint with tools that provide transit options for trips, invest in carbon reduction projects, and share their tips with other users. Other winners included a taxi ...
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TV, videos hit in Libs' new energy game plan
FLATSCREEN televisions, video game consoles and computers would be required to carry energy labels, and companies would receive tax rewards for cutting power use under a radical NSW Opposition plan to curb energy consumption.
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Google Awards Android Developers $3.75M
Apple CEO Steve Jobs' iPhone Apps store, seeded with Kleiner Perkins' $100 million iFund, isn't the only game in town for developers. Search king Google names 20 developers recipients of funding for its Android applications competition. Winning applications for the open-source mobile operating system include cab search, carbon footprint tracking, and price comparison via photo of bar codes.
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Global Briefs: France's Free Tackles Mobile, Iphone's "Misleading" Ads, China's Gymnasts Under Scrutiny
Lower Mobile Costs in France, Apple's Ads Slapped in UK, Chasing China Gymnasts' Ages
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Microsoft Shops for ‘Ciao.com’
Software titan trumps PE firm with $486 million bid for Greenfield Online, the parent of a European price-comparison engine.
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HOWTO: Managing Active Directory Users Under Linux With adtool
"IMO, Active Directory is one of the best product from Microsoft, since it’s based on a well known standard like X.500 (aka LDAP) and it has a good interoperabilty (although it could be better, see all the problems Samba people had in the past).
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