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LG's 42- / 50-inch PG6900 plasma packs built-in 160GB hard drive
Filed under: Displays , HDTV , Home Entertainment While we new LG had a pair of DVR-packin' plasmas lined up , nothing was officially official until now. The 42- and 50-inch PG6900 plasmas were designed to hold up to 86-hours of programming (SD, we assume) on its 160GB of internal hard drive space, and the 8-day EPG should give you a pretty decent view of what's coming on in the near ...
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Corporate America migrating to the blogosphere
Jason Calacanis, who got into blogging early and big, has quit. He co-founded a network of blogs called Weblogs in 2003, before the medium cracked the mainstream, and then sold it to AOL in 2005, working there until 2007. Today he is chief executive of...
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Backlash against ISP ad tracking for profit
It sounded like a winning proposition - free money - for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online...
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BRIEFS
S. Korea considers tariff retaliation 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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Dated computers make FAA vulnerable
When a computer glitch at a Federal Aviation Administration center caused widespread airline delays last week, it served as a reminder that the U.S. flight system is waiting for a modernizing overhaul. But it also appears the FAA's management of its existing...
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Searching for the perfect Netbook
They're only good for Web surfing, checking e-mail and working on documents, but that's 90 percent of what we do on laptops. Acer Aspire One (Linpus Linux Lite) Cnet rating: 3 out of 5 (good) The good: Attractive, slim design; big keyboard for such a small...
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Wireless system can detect water level in soil
On a rolling hillside planted with row upon row of Cabernet grapes, viticulturist Jason Cole waxes eloquent about the elusive notion of terroir, a term French farmers use to describe the je ne sais quoi of crops harvested in any given locale. "Grapes,...
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6 Internet providers disclose Web tracking for ads
Mon, Sep 1, 2008 (12:18 a.m.) The nation's largest Internet service providers all say they haven't partnered with Silicon Valley startup NebuAd Inc. to monitor Web surfing and deliver targeted advertising to their subscribers.
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Offense fails to wake up
Month's average fourth worst in team history despite 10 hits Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris' single-season home run record. Cal Ripken took his first day off after playing 2,632 consecutive games. Kenneth Starr sent Congress 11 reasons to impeach Bill Clinton. Google was born.
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News and Rumors
Pixar hit Wall-E will land in stores Nov. 18 in DVD and Blu-ray formats, along with an extensive collection of extras and, as is quickly becoming standard, a digital copy to watch on your iPod or laptop.
Miami Herald |
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Backlash against ISP ad tracking for profit
It sounded like a winning proposition - free money - for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online...
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Don't let your high-tech stuff get washed away in a storm
Tropical Storm Fay is a good reminder that living in Florida means there's a decent chance your computers, TVs and other gadgets could be ruined or damaged by bad weather. Here are some tips to help protect and use your stuff the next time a storm blows through.
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Teen charged for Internet threats
Mounties have charged a 16-year-old boy for making threats over the Internet to harm students at an Airdrie high school.
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Dated computers make FAA vulnerable
When a computer glitch at a Federal Aviation Administration center caused widespread airline delays last week, it served as a reminder that the U.S. flight system is waiting for a modernizing overhaul. But it also appears the FAA's management of its existing...
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Harnessing power of the crowd
Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business. Crown Business. Jeff Howe. 320 pages. Jeff Howe's new book belongs in the same section of your library as The Wisdom of Crowds, The Starfish and the Spider, Wikinomics, Small Pieces Loosely Joined and Seth Godin's forthcoming Tribes. The subject is group intelligence, or as Howe, a writer for Wired and other ...
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More fall victim to phishing scams
Phishing - the practice of sending e-mails that pretend to come from legitimate businesses asking for your personal information - is becoming a bigger problem for banks, which generally have been successful at keeping their online systems secure. Security...
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The Best Writing Tools on the Web
If you're looking for tools to help you with your writing, the Web is a great place to start. Here are just a few of the incredibly useful writing...
About.com |
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Microsoft releases beta version of Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft has accelerated development of new versions of Internet Explorer to stabilize its eroding market share and address the central role the Web has assumed in computing and daily life.
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'Attending' school on the Web
High school math teacher Dan Tucker no longer has to worry about whether this student's midriff is showing or that one can have bathroom privileges. And now, with his only commute being the one along the Internet's information superhighway, he has been known on occasion to work in his pajamas from his rural Catalina home.
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CBS unveils CNET Web-site redesign
CBS introduced a redesigned home page for CNET Networks, the Internet company it purchased for $1.8 billion, and said it would use its TV...
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Getting Google searches down pat
A weekly column profiling companies and personalities. This week:
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PartyGaming poker slowdown prompts downgrades
Online gaming firm PartyGaming reported a drop in the number of people playing its poker games in the last two months, overshadowing first-half results and prompting downgrades to earnings forecasts.
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Microsoft to buy ciao.com price comparison firm
A close-up of a stone sign bearing the Microsoft logo in gold letters at an entrance to Microsoft's Redmond campus in Washington.
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Do a lot of homework before selecting a commercial printer
Even in this era of the Internet when more Americans seem to be shifting toward paperless communication, printed materials remain a necessary part of any business.
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Winging It: Winging It: Airlines see comfort, fun as a plus
Flying is fun again! I'm writing this column while sitting comfortably in the middle of a typical airline three-seat row that I have all to myself. I'm writing on my laptop, which is resting across two tray tables. If only the fidgety, middle-aged guy in the row ahead, wearing a baseball cap with "Bite Me!" written across the strap, would quit stretching his arms over his head and into my space, ...
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