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Standards push bar higher for grads
Districts statewide are buying new textbooks, extending the school day, offering online "credit recovery" classes and taking other measures to make sure kids can complete Michigan's tough new high school graduation requirements.
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Explosive growth of Internet and some questions
If you are able to read this article without any glitches, thank Internet and its ever-improving delivery standards. However, performance problems continue to hurt Internet, which has to consistently face the ever-increasing traffic and perform better.
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ITU’s Asia-Pacific Telecommunication and ICT Indicators Report focuses on broadband connectivity: Too much or too ...
Çѹ·Õè 1 ¡Ñ¹ÂÒ¹ 2551 11:48 ¹. ITU launched its key Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Report for the Asia-Pacific region at ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008, which got under way today in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Netflix meltdown holds lessons for business executives
This month brought a lesson on how not to manage technology — this time in catastrophic failure of the computer systems handling shipping and receiving at Netflix. The company’s errors reveal volumes about its internal workings, and contain lessons for all of us.
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Questions/Answers
Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. Microsoft announced plans to buy Powerset, a promising search start-up, that focuses on "natural-language search," a form of artificial intelligence that seeks to understand the meaning of both user queries and Web pages.
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A marriage made in cyber-heaven
As a young girl, Tammy Li envisioned marrying the man of her dreams in a big white wedding surrounded by her friends and family. Of course, her dreams never included a wedding cake shaped like a Nintendo DS. Or table decorations modeled after video game graphics.
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The buzz: McCain helps Web surfers find Biden's criticism of Obama
John McCain’s camp pulled a fast one. Do a Google search of “Joe Biden” or just “Biden” and you’ll see a prominent ad labeled “Joe Biden on Obama” linked to McCain’s site. There, a video shows Biden criticizing Barack Obama during the Democratic primaries.
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Microsoft to slash Xbox 360 price in Japan: Nikkei
TOKYO, JAPAN:Â Microsoft Corp will slash the price of its Xbox 360 game console in Japan by about 30 percent, below Nintendo Co's Wii and Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 in a bid to boost market share, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday. Microsoft has been struggling to stir up demand for its X...
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Scenes from a Jackson County shelter
At East Central High School, the 549 evacuees spread out in school rooms and hallways, some bringing televisions, computers, iPods, books and other items to keep them occupied as they prepared to ride out the storm.
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Haryana agri-markets get computers, internet
Chandigarh: All 108 'mandis' (agriculture grain markets) and 25 sub-centres of the agricultural marketing board in Haryana have been provided with computers and internet facilities to publish the prices of commodities on daily basis for the convenience of the farmers and traders visiting these markets.
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California Software planning expansion in Britain
Chennai: Chennai based software firm California Software(Calsoft) is planning acquisitions to ensure faster growth of its Oracle and Microsoft-based services in Britain.
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Today last day to apply as fire chief
Today is the deadline for candidates to apply for the Rome fire chief position.City Manager John Bennett said applications have been rolling in since the vacancy was advertised at the end of July — but now they will have to be sorted.“We’ve got a pretty wide search going on and some people apply for anything if they can do it over the Internet, whether they’re qualified or not,” he said.Fire ...
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iPhones to become cheaper
Mumbai: The iPhone buzz may become more with this catchy device getting cheaper by more than 15 percent. As a measure to boost up the sales, the Apple may drop iPhone's price by at least Rs 5,000, says Anshul Gupta, principal analyst with Gartner.
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Gigabyte United to combine into Gigabyte Technology; top-4 motherboard makers announce 1H08 financials
Gigabyte Technology has decided to merge its motherboard and graphics card sales subsidiary, Gigabyte United, into the parent company with the official execution date set for October 1 this year.
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Sanyo Will Build Lithium-Ion Battery Factory to Increase Output
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Sanyo Electric Co. , the world's largest rechargeable-battery maker, will build a plant to increase production of the devices used in electronics including laptop computers.
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Microsoft to slash Xbox 360 price in Japan: Nikkei
TOKYO, JAPAN: Microsoft Corp will slash the price of its Xbox 360 game console in Japan by about 30 percent, below Nintendo Co's Wii and Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 in a bid to boost market share, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday.
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Bookey works to enhance diversity programs at Google
Jordan Lloyd Bookey works as programs manager for global diversity and talent inclusion at Google’s Pittsburgh office, where she directs diversity initiatives for the search engine giant’s East Coast offices. Bookey is a former middle school teacher who also has worked at several nonprofits. She joined Google’s Pittsburgh office in 2007, after interning at the Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.
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Maronde, 88, helped create artificial kidney
The USC professor also launched computer prescription system.
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Microsoft expected to slash Xbox price in Japan
Microsoft is expected to announce Monday that it will cut the price of its Xbox 360 game console in Japan to below the price of Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3.
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Apps we love
Creating photo panoramas with Photosynth, a natural-language command line for Firefox and listening to Internet radio
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Xbox 360 add-ons drop price in Australia
Microsoft Australia slash the price on selected Xbox 360 accessories.
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Online college tips offered, from A to Z
What it does: The College Company Inc. is an online college adviser. Its first product, TuitionCoach (www.TuitionCoach.com), guides families on creating a college strategy and reducing costs by several thousands of dollars. By leveraging the scalable and interactive capabilities of the Internet, company executives say they make “personalized college guidance affordable for practically anyone.”
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Tropical Storm Hanna slowly drifting west
Tropical Storm Hanna weakened slightly as it swirled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas on Sunday. Hanna wandered with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. It’s expected to drift west slowly until Wednesday, when it should take a turn to the north and intensify into a hurricane. Most computer forecasting models expect Hanna to parallel the coast before coming ashore in ...
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