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FOOLISH TRIVIA
Formed when China’s Legend Holdings merged with IBM’s personal computer business in 2005, I’m now one of the world’s largest makers of PCs, with annual revenue topping $16 billion. (The IBM division introduced its first portable PC in 1984 – it weighed 30 pounds.) I have no world headquarters and, instead, have a distributed management structure with operational hubs in Beijing, Raleigh, N.C., ...
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Micron has cash for potential acquisitions, official says
Micron Technology might buy all or part of a German competitor so wounded by the brutal computer-memory market that it may no longer be able to survive on its own, a Micron executive suggested Saturday.
The Idaho Statesman |
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STS launches Dell Inspiron 1525 notebooks
STS, authorized Dell distributor in Jordan, launches a new series of Dell notebooks, Inspiron 1525. The new notebooks are distinguished by their bright colors and chic appearance, sufficient to make any user proud of acquiring them.
AME Info |
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A Great Way to Expand Your Home's Living Space
(ARA) - Is what used to be your office now the baby's room? Have your desk and computer taken up residence in the formal living room? Are you running out of space to store your growing collection of stuff?
Today's News-Herald |
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Purdue's program mix helps explain male majority
Lauren Stuart isn't an average student in her computer science classes at Purdue University.
Journal & Courier |
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PHOTO GALLERY: Fairmont City library opens
The Fairmont City Library Center hosted a party Sunday afternoon, celebrating its new permanent location inside the town’s American Legion post. The center will officially open its doors on Tuesday morning and features more than 9,000 items in its collection, a computer lab and a reading room.
Collinsville Herald |
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PAX 2008: Designing Virtual Worlds Panel
From PAX 2008, game designers discussed their crossover from tabletop to computer gaming and the future of designing virtual worlds.
WarCry Network |
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Calorie-counting Web sites track food you eat
A computer screen won't help you lose weight. But the monitor can help you screen your caloric intake. A smorgasbord of calorie-counting Web sites is waiting to track the food you eat. The premise is simple: Once you know what you're swallowing, you can tweak your diet.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Candidates use Web to identify the like-minded
The ability to identify sympathetic voters based on their Internet habits, and then to target them with ads as they move across the Web, is one of the defining aspects of the 2008 presidential campaign.
Houston Chronicle |
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MSU grad wins $275,000 in Google competition
BOZEMAN (AP) - A recent graduate of Montana State University's computer science program, Jeffrey Sharkey, has placed among the top 10 entrants in the Google Android Developer Challenge, earning him a $275,000 cash prize.
Missoulian |
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Kevin Smith makes a porno with 'Zack and Miri'
LOS ANGELES -- Kevin Smith likes to watch porn online, not to get his jollies but to marvel at how extreme the art of exhibitionist sex can be.
The Pantagraph |
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Notebook: Fish thumps ninth-seeded Blake
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pleased as Mardy Fish was to reach the U.S. Open's fourth round for the first time, he wasn't thrilled that he had to beat James Blake to do it.
Sports Illustrated |
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Military buddies who served together overseas reunited after 54 years
TRENTON — Fifty-four years ago there was no Internet, or computers, for that matter.
Middletown Journal |
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Programmer scores in video game of love
MORRISTOWN - The prospective groom popped the question to his girlfriend over her favorite video game last December. On Saturday, computer programmer Bernie Peng made it official when he married Tammy Li at a Morristown ceremony.
The Record |
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Notebook: Julie Coin's magical run comes to an end
Julie Coin's magical run comes to an end - NEW YORK -- It was standing-room-only in a small secondary interview room Saturday.
El Paso Times |
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US election: It's the most vicious election campaign
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. The Republican war room in Denver looked harmless. It was on a busy road in a neighbourhood of modest motels and petrol stations.
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Fraudulent coupons circulating on Web likely to cost retailers millions
SEATTLE Fraudulent coupons for groceries and toiletries are being circulated in an Internet marketing fiasco one industry spokesman predicted would take years and a million dollars to clean up.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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eBay tells sellers to request ID in clampdown on knives
INTERNET auction site eBay has joined the fight against knife crime by making it more difficult to buy weapons. It said that from tomorrow it will require proof of identity from anyone trying to buy a knife.
Gulf Times |
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Grizzlies power past RiverHawks, 9-2
SAUGET, Ill. - The Gateway Grizzlies launched an impressive display of power Saturday night, hitting four home runs en route to a 9-2 win over the Rockford RiverHawks.
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Chocolate biz: Live the dream
As a software developer who worked with NASA, Timothy Childs built vision-tracking systems for the space shuttle. Now the former techie has a new venture he says is out of this
Connecticut Post |
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Telecom rollouts raise ire over utility boxes
PHILADELPHIA — The road to advanced video, Internet and phone services is bumpy, and the bumps can be almost as big as refrigerators.
The Standard-Times |
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College waiting on computer parts for turbine
Crowder College officials say they are awaiting the delivery of computer hardware parts before the college’s wind turbine can finally be functional.
The Neosho Daily News |
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Chris Niskanen: Minnesota man wins $1 million playing fantasy fishing
Here's a new twist on the electronics age: Could more people become interested in fishing and the outdoors through the use of computers and online fantasy fishing?
Pioneer Press |
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iDiva: It takes 2 to master life's little problems
I finally got a BlackBerry this week. You know, the amazing device that contains my phone, e-mail, Web access, pictures, video and plays "The Star-Spangled Banner" all at the same time.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Can gas-saving device squeeze more miles from tank? HOW IT WORKS
Consumer, auto shop weigh novel gas-saving technology, Local:4-Pagination
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star |
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