|
Wave of new contracts boosts profit at ACS
Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services Inc. said Thursday that it had strong third-quarter financial results boosted by new contract signings.
Dallas Morning News |
|
Miley Cyrus photo flap educational?
NEW YORK -- Miley Cyrus' struggle with her controversial photo in Vanity Fair presents a great opportunity for parents to discuss how seemingly innocous photos posted to a blog or social networking site can be misinterpreted, experts say.
The News Journal |
|
Older Japanese go online in search of love
TOKYO - YOU'RE never too old to fall in love. That's what Yoji Kawamura figured after retiring at the age of 62 and deciding that part-time work and his new hobbies of photography and computers weren't enough to fill his days.
Straits Times |
|
Renter Beware! Scammers turn their sights on the humble apartment seeker
Amid the crumbling ruins of the nation's real estate market, San Francisco's rental market appears strangely immune to reality. According to CraigStats, a Web site which crunches information from Craigslist about the San Francisco rental market, median rents...
San Francisco Chronicle |
|
Recent Original Stories
According to Andy Updegrove, Microsoft seems to be reconsidering support for OpenDocument. A quote from the blog: "So there is no line drawn in the sand, nor (to put it another way) has Microsoft painted itself into a corner.
OS News |
|
Stanford, chipmakers team on simplifying Multi-Core apps
AMD, IBM, Intel, HP, Nvidia, and Sun join forces on Pervasive Parallelism Lab to extol the advances of multicore and multithreaded processors.
EETimes.fr |
|
MATERNA at The Facilities Show 2008 in Birmingham - MATERNA Presents Professional IT Solutions for Facility Management
MATERNA Information & Communications, a leading European supplier in
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
|
ARM joins Adobe push for broader mobile strategy for flash
Several of the moves will further open access to Flash, including removing restrictions on the use of the SWF and FLV file formats.
EETimes.fr |
|
GTA IV boosts PS3 sales in US News by
Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced sales of PlayStation 3 have been boosted in the US following the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. However, the company hasn't issued any specific figures. Instead there's just a statement from Bob McKenzie, bigwig at top shop GameStop.
EuroGamer |
|
Generation Facebook
Generation Facebook is the godchild of two important developments that took off over the past three years in Egypt - an increasingly bold blogging movement and street activism.
Middle East Online |
|
Two students make St George's proud
From left: Mr. Binoy Sebastian (Maths Teacher), Mrs. Shanti Han (Principal), S Prashanth (Recipient), Mrs. Beth Ruiz (Computer Studies Teacher). - PHOTOS: NORLAILA ABDULLAH
Borneo Bulletin |
|
Boca Java Expands Specialty Gourmet Coffee Selection By Roasting Fresh Organic Peruvian Coffee
Company Increases Fresh Roasted Coffee Selection By Offering Highest Quality http://www.bocajava.com/press/04_29_2008_organic_peruvian_coffee.jsp [Organic Peruvian Coffee] (PRWeb May 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb907784.htm
PRWeb |
|
Crown Prince launches GO! broadband
His Royal Highness Prince Hj Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, yesterday morning consented to officially launch DST's GO! broadband service at the Empire Hotel and Country Club.
Borneo Bulletin |
|
Surf while on the GO! with DST 3.5G broadband
Surf while on the GO! At work, at home or at play, anytime and anywhere with a high-speed data access broadband up to 7.2Mbps. This is the service that DST Group is offering to local Internet users as it launched its 3.5G GO! broadband at the Empire Hotel and Country Club yesterday.
Borneo Bulletin |
|
Increases in West Nile Virus Replikin Concentrations Precede Increases in the Number of Human Cases
Replikins, Ltd. has found that the replikin concentration of West Nile Virus increased annually through two distinct cycles as the virus expanded in the U.S.: the first from 2000 to 2003, and the second from 2004 to 2007 (p less than 0.001). Increases in the annual number of human cases followed each of the virus replikin concentration increases. (PRWeb May 2, 2008) Read the full story at ...
PRWeb |
|
[Campus] Breaking the boundaries of composition
Ryan Murphy began playing his electric guitar, while the computer in front of him recorded the track. After a few minutes, he set his instrument on the floor, and the computer continued looping the track, replaying it. For another five minutes...
The Minnesota Daily |
|
Online Casino Player Wins Over € 320,000 in One Day Without Hitting a Jackpot
A 30-year-old player from Denmark won € 323,578 in one day at Windows Casino without hitting any Jackpots. (PRWeb May 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Windows_Casino/Online_Casino/prweb909904.htm
PRWeb |
|
Senator says China to spy on hotel guests
WASHINGTON - A U.S. senator accused the Chinese government yesterday of ordering U.S.-owned hotels in China to install Internet filters that can spy on international visitors coming to see the Summer Olympic Games.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
|
Restaurants blog for patrons
Downtown restaurants are turning to the Internet in their attempt to recover from the financial strain of having to serve only cold food or to shut down altogether after gas service to the area was interrupted for several days.
Boston Globe |
|
Tulkoff sets a new course
Emigres' grandson expanding the business Philip Tulkoff spent most of his career in engineering and computers. The food manufacturing business started by his Russian immigrant grandparents nearly 80 years ago had only been his high school summer job.
Baltimore Sun |
|
Microsoft may go hostile for Yahoo! today
Microsoft is likely to go hostile in its battle to win Yahoo! and a statement of intent could come as early as today.
Daily Telegraph |
|
Gold Buckle Network Inks Co-marketing Deal with American Cowboy Magazine
Alliance offers enhanced benefits to GBN Members and AC readers and establishes online marketing partnership between leading Western content providers. (PRWeb May 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/GoldBuckleNetwork/AmericanCowboy/prweb907134.htm
PRWeb |
|
The Right One/Together Dating Acquires Top Tier Internet Dating Service
Two dating service leaders are marrying. The Right One and Together Dating, a traditional, brick and mortar matchmaking company with 60 locations in the USA, has acquired the internet dating service LoveAccess.com. (PRWeb May 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb909354.htm
PRWeb |
|
Author: Photo is Joseph Smith
A new book by an Arizona computer consultant claims to have uncovered the only known photo of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith, but some experts are skeptical it really is the Mormon prophet.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
|
Computers link Chico State, Harlem students
CHICO -- Students at Chico State University are reaching across the technological divide by becoming mentors to students across the country through the Seeds of Support program.
Chico Enterprise-Record |
|
|