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Wash. state pulls plug on Wi-Fi at rest areas
Wireless Internet access is flickering out at highway rest areas across Washington state. The service was established two years ago, but the state Transportation Department says not enough people were using it to pay for the cost.
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FACTBOX - Suspicious deaths of reporters in Russia
(Reuters) - Magomed Yevloyev, the owner of a Russian opposition Internet site who was shot dead on Sunday, was the latest in a series of Russian journalists to have been killed or to die in suspicious circumstances.
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SKorea urges Japan to scrap chip tariffs
(AP:SEOUL, South Korea) South Korea urged Japan on Sunday to scrap punitive tariffs on computer memory chips made by Hynix Semiconductor Inc., saying it is considering taking retaliatory measures.
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Geographical Modifiers and Relevancy
Back in May, I noticed what appeared to be a test by Google to add more relevancy to search engine result (SERPs) by publishing a search box for geographical modifiers to a requested search query ( Google Pushing Local Results ). See image below: read more
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Hacker informant facing criminal charge
A reputed computer hacker in Boston who the FBI used as an informant is guilty of obstruction of justice, authorities now allege.FBI officials have accused Matthew Weigman, a blind 18-year-old, of threatening individuals assisting investigators in uncovering so-called SWATers -- people who sent police to fake hostage situations in dozens of cities, including Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, The ...
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Microsoft buys ciao.com to boost e-shopping search
LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft has agreed to buy Greenfield Online, owner of popular European price comparison website ciao.com, for about $486 million to boost its Internet search and e-commerce business in Europe.
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Tree story branches across the globe
TORONTO - A Sun Media story about a Scarborough tree with the image of a holy icon in its bark has become an Internet sensation and a hit with newspaper readers around the world. After a number of wire services picked up the story, it spread like wildfire [...]
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Hacker informant facing criminal charge
DALLAS, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A reputed computer hacker in Boston who the FBI used as an informant is guilty of obstruction of justice, authorities now allege.
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Miyazaki presents East-West 'Little Mermaid'
VENICE, Italy (AP) - Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki foregoes computer graphics and returns to the pencil and crayon for his latest film, an East-meets-West nod to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid."
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FAA Outage Reveals Odd Computing Practices
WASHINGTON -- 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.
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Sumog-oy: Gensan's computer literacy program
WHILE, strictly put, it is just program, the General Santos City's Sheep-CLP (Sheep is an acronym for the city's major development thrusts which we will later spell out, while CLP stands for Computer Literacy Program) operates as a virtual division under the City Mayor's Office (CMO).
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State begins computer recycling program
Have an old computer sitting in a closet or garage collecting dust? The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has started a new statewide program for recycling these obsolete pieces of technology.
Waxahachie Daily Light |
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Eric Hartley: Rethinking dream homes on the Shore
And one day last week, he started browsing the Internet for real estate listings in Anne Arundel County. He's considering selling or renting out his Stevensville home, a decision he said is "killing me."
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Anarchy Online and Age of Conan Vulnerabilities Fixed
dachshund writes "The Baltimore Sun reports that security firm Independent Security Evaluators has disclosed vulnerabilities in the popular MMORPGs Age of Conan and Anarchy Online. The flaws (which have since been patched) allowed a malicious user to read files from and take control of another player's computer. The full details of the attack are available, including a video (hi-res MOV) showing ...
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City police revamp department's Web site
After conducting a survey about the Annapolis Police Department's Web site, Officer Ben Keck came to the conclusion that some people simply didn't know about it.
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Using MediaTomb With a PlayStation 3
"Portage is wonderful, and of course contains MediaTomb. It is an open source uPnP media server with DLNA support. DLNA is a protocol that computers and other devices can use to talk to each other, for instance when supplying video files over a network."
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Owner of Russian opposition website killed
NAZRAN, Russia (Reuters) - The owner of an opposition Internet news site in Russia's troubled Ingushetia region was shot dead on Sunday after being detained by police, prompting his colleagues to call for a protest rally.
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Haiku Grows Swap Support
Thanks to Google Summer of Code student Zhao Shuai, Haiku now has support for a swap file. "As of revision 27233 it is enabled by default, using a swap file twice the size of the accessible RAM. The swap file size can be changed (or swap support disabled) via the VirtualMemory preferences. Swap support finally allows building Haiku in Haiku on a box with less than about 800 MB RAM, as long as as ...
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"Computer warriors pay geek mercenaries to fight their wars for them"
and Times Online wrote an article about it. Why have newspapers all of a sudden started doing reports on gold farming in MMO's? It's been going on for years. Why now?
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Tech-savvy protestors fight new dress code
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - High school students in the Pitt County School system are showing their computer skills in a unique way by protesting a new uniform dress code.
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Intel integrates N-Trig in mobile platform
Intel's unveiled the concept for its new laptop at its annual developers forum.
Globes Online |
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Israeli start-up among Google development finalists
TuneWiki is one of 20 companies still in the Android race.
Globes Online |
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Bloggers Jump On Madison Official's Arrest
Internet blogs buzz after it is reported that Steven Shaw, 30, of Madison, Conn., was one of a dozen men arrested in connection with allegedly attempting to patronize a prostitute.
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World War I plaque will return to UT
It's that time again. No, I'm not talking about back-to-school, presidential politics or (I hope) cooler temperatures. It's football season. Like many in Austin, I am crazy about the game, be it professional or college. Below are some pigskin-related questions; I've also rounded up some more that my predecessor Jane Greig answered over the years that you can read on the Life Guide blog, ...
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