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Library use up, but library budgets down in Indian River County
Single mom Stacy Jones doesn't have a computer at home. She doesn't even have a home. Jones, who is unemployed and lives at the Homeless Family Shelter in Vero Beach, waited patiently with her 2-year-old daughter Daneisha for a computer to become available on the second floor of the Indian River County Main Library.
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S Korea:To Seek Further WTO Arbitration On Japan Move On DRAM
SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- The South Korean government Saturday said it's unhappy Japan hasn't completely scrapped punitive duties on memory chips made by Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (000660.SE) and plans to seek further World Trade Organization arbitration in the case.
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Gateway pupils get laptop help
HUNTINGTON - Starting with the new school year, Spencer Rock, 11, will be using the Apple MacBook laptop computer provided to him by the Gateway Regional School District.
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Boyle Community Education
Danville-Boyle County-Kentucky School for the Deaf Community Education program is offering the following classes. Computer classes are $70. For more information and to register for classes, call (859) 239-8986 or e-mail danvilleboylecommunity@yahoo.com
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SEC broadcasts coming soon to Web
Live SEC football and men’s basketball games are coming to a computer near you. Agreements the SEC signed with CBS and ESPN over the past two weeks include clauses that allow those outlets to stream games over the Internet to fans with high-speed broadband connections. The ESPN agreement calls for games to be streamed over ESPN360.com. The service is offered free through selected ISPs, although ...
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Beyond the backyard
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Bobby Warner doesnt have anything against computers or video games, but hed much rather see young people get out and enjoy nature."Kids nowadays have no connection with the outdoors," said Warner, a Charleston lawyer and avid...
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College Campuses are ripe for the picking
DALLAS — Amid all the back-to-school activities and tasks that college students face, one of the most important is to protect their identities. They have such busy schedules that they may unknowingly expose themselves to identity theft and fraud, particularly when they’re making online purchases or engaging in social-networking Web sites. “They’re living in an extremely open environment where ...
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How to save those sweet cell-phone voice mails
Q. I have some voice mails of my granddaughters that I've saved for two years on my Verizon Wireless cell phone service. I asked Verizon if I can download the voice mails so I can permanently save them, but they said no. I've heard that RadioShack has $75 software that can help, but I'm trying to avoid that cost. Any ideas?
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An easy backup for hard drive
I've been saying it for years now: It's not “if” your hard drive will fail, it's “when.”
The Charlotte Observer |
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Why some recording companies avoid iTunes
With few exceptions, Apple's online music store requires songs be made available separately because consumers strongly prefer that. But a chorus of label executives, managers and artists, like the Eagles, want to sell an entire album only. Yet shunning iTunes carries risks.
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Oregon delegates say GOP convention will "energize people"
They're both Republicans, but Melyssa Swartz-Baxter and Jeff Grossman come from distant poles of the party. Grossman, a longtime Washington County party leader in his mid-50s, works on computer security systems and calls his politics "very conservative."
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Flying high
BEAUTY queen Jolene Lim Wei Li (pic) has added another feather to her cap. This time, it is not a pageant title but the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) award.
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Durham's Niemann shuts down Charlotte
HBP- Gomes (by Egbert). Umpires- HP: Chris Bakke. 1B: Troy Fullwood. 3B: Christopher Conroy. T- 2:33. A- 9,196.
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TRAVEL BRIEFS
Frommer's travel guides are becoming available for download to iPhones and the iPod Touch. Digital editions of Frommer's 2008 guides to New York, San Francisco, London and Paris are $9.99 from Apple.com via the new Apple App Store and from iTunes. More Frommer's guides will be out later this year for downloading. Once the books are loaded, users can browse ad-free content without an Internet ...
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A balancing act
Maybe Seneca County is different. By Friday morning, 79 percent of people who responded to an online poll on The Advertiser-Tribune Web site said they reconcile their checkbooks weekly or monthly. National statistics are quite different. Moebs Research Services reported recently nearly seven out of eight people-87 percent-do not balance their checking accounts.
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HP Photosmart A636 CNET rating:
Improved photo quality prints; incredibly easy desktop software installation; tons of editing features; large touch screen; small footprint.
The Plain Dealer |
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Where are they now? Catching up with past subjects
Everyone has classmates, neighbors and old colleagues they wonder about from time to time. "Whatever happened to ... ?" is a question often asked and, these days, frequently answered by a quick Google search.
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Use a little common sense when on the Web
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Dont get me wrong, I love the Internet. I just wish it werent a place where people jump to conclusions first and ask questions later. Case in point: Last weekend, a hunter tried to check into Denvers Grand Hyatt hotel while carrying a ...
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Fields in better shape for doves but bird population in decline
Dove hunters unsure about where to go for Monday's opener can start on the Internet.
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Justin Vernon
Why Is He Famous? Justin Vernon’s music is highly intimate and personal -- he sings in falsetto for most of his new album, and seems intelligent and thoughtful in both interviews and MySpace blogs.
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How To: Collect IOUs
Like this list? Buzz Up on Yahoo! Here's how to collect IOUs It’s happened again: Your rent check is two days overdue and you’re short $500 -- the same 500 bucks that your deadbeat friend borrowed from you three months ago for God-only-knows what.
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Internet Poker Fans Are Playing Politics at Party Conventions
Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. poker players have anted up for another high-stakes game -- lobbying.
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Tennessee: Coaches swapping game video online
The techno football age is encroaching on the high school level and may soon end those Saturday morning gossip gatherings to swap video.
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Popular business directory searches
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Hynix urges Japan to scrap chip duty
SEOUL : South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor on Sunday urged Japan to immediately scrap punitive tariffs on its memory chips following a ruling by the World Trade Organization.
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