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Grand jury indicts Dover woman in stabbing of 12-year-old girl
An 18-year-old Dover woman was indicted Tuesday on charges of stabbing her boyfriend's 12-year-old sister in apparent retaliation for the victim calling her immature in a message sent through the social networking Web site MySpace.
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Telecommunications Authority ready to test e-state model
In the next 30 days, the Vermont Telecom Authority will test the technological and financial models it has developed to bring cellular telephone service and Internet connections to every hill and valley in Vermont.
The Burlington Free Press |
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Swiss break up Internet child porn ring, arrest 4
Swiss prosecutors say police have broken up an Internet child pornography ring operating in at least four countries.
AP via Yahoo! News |
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Google Chrome provides choice for users -- exec
SINGAPORE – Google Chrome is meant to provide users a choice, an executive said.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Chrome performance sustainable? What about Android? - community blog from Peter J Cooper
Anyone who thinks chrome is a geek topic is missing the point. It is also not beta in the sense that people won't wait to use it in finance. The recent launch of Google Chrome is nothing short of genius. Not original thinking but excellence in execution by any measure. I will explain.
Finextra |
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Off-line -- Man pulls plug on business
A worker spent the afternoon scraping the lettering off Davis Office Systems' storefront on 18th Street. Inside, half the lights were turned off. The rest illuminated a mix of antique typewriters, early computers and modern laptops, all of which tell the store's history from start to finish.
Merced Sun-Star |
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Chrome, Google's latest blockbuster on the web
Google has just released Chrome, their take on what a web browser should be.
IBN live |
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Browser War III Heads Straight to the Cloud
With Chrome, Google gets to scare the bejesus out of Microsoft by revitalizing Netscape’s old browser-as-platform threat and keep Firefox around as a fallback position in case Chrome doesn’t catch on or is slow in catching on, all the while maintaining the goodwill of the “community.” Firefox currently holds ~18% of the market to Microsoft’s ~75%. read more
SYS-CON Media |
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London News and Reviews
Ruined millionaire Christopher Foster shot his 15-year-old daughter in the back of the head as she chatted to friends over the internet. CCTV footage shows debt-ridden Christopher Foster striding around his property brandishing the rifle he used to slaughter his wife, daughter and animals.
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Google launches Web browser to compete with Microsoft
Google launched on Tuesday a beta version of its browser for Windows, called Google Chrome, in more than 100 countries. With the Web browser, Google wants to be in a better position to compete with the likes of Internet Explorer and Firefox. This was seen as yet another salvo in Google's intensifying battle with Microsoft to dominate not only what people do on the Web but also how they get ...
People's Daily |
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Virgin Mobile USA to Provide Location-Based Entertainment Service
Virgin Mobile USA and location based services provider, buzzd have announced a partnership that will bring the buzzd service to all Virgin Mobile USA handsets via the carrier's mobile internet platform.
Cellular-News.com |
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IBM Unveils Security-Enhanced Blade
The CloudShield software-enhanced server makes it possible to prioritize network activity, such as video sharing, and Web traffic, to minimize end-user delays, IBM said.
InformationWeek |
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TODAY’S MONEY-SAVING TIP: Share the savings on digital photos
– ERIN L. NISSLEY Spending tons of money on printing digital photos to share with friends and family? Consider signing up for one of the many free photo-sharing sites on the Internet that allow you to create and organize photo albums and share them with friends and family. Google-owned Picasa, http://picasa.google.com, not only gives you a gigabyte of Internet storage space, but also offers ...
The Citizens' Voice |
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Google trying to cut into Microsoft's pie
Popular search engine now offering a free Web browser. Popular search engine now offering a free Web browser.
The Morning Call |
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Still Loading: Law Firms Lag Behind the Rest of Corporate America
Womble Carlyle takes its Web site very seriously. With 50 blogging attorneys, an Internet marketing manager, and a Web site facelift expected to go live by mid-September, Womble Carlyle sees its Web efforts as central to its vast marketing push. Check out the LawFuel Jobs Network at http://www.lawfuel.com/law-jobs.asp
Law Fuel |
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Commodore name on a Netbook
(Image courtesy of CNET Crave) Most of us will remember the Commodore name from our youth when it adorned some of the first computers we owned including the Commodore 16, 64, 128 and the whole range of Amiga machines. More recently it has been associated with gaming PCs and now it looks like a Netbook will [...]
Geek.com |
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Microsoft claims Google is monopoly
CONVICTED MONOPOLIST , Microsoft has decided that Google is an evil empire and its planning an anti-trust action over the search outfit's new web browser.
The Inquirer |
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Google's Chrome browser gives users more options
CHICAGO - Most computer users don't think much about their Web browser. The lion's share just click on the small blue "e" (for Microsoft's Internet...
Boston Herald |
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TEMECULA: Cyberbullying policy raises free speech concerns
TEMECULA ---- School district administrators soon will draft regulations governing how to enforce a recently approved policy prohibiting cyberbullying. In doing so, they will have to navigate between a desire to curb digital harassment and protection
North County Times |
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McKinnon a 'scapegoat for Pentagon insecurity'
US mil still wide open to attack, says reformed hacker As accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon hopes against hope to avoid being extradited to the US, another reformed military systems meddler considers his own case - and how different the outcome was.…
The Register |
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Google launches own browser
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- The new Web browser that Google Inc. released yesterday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet-search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Korean online games market to exceed $1.7b by 2009
South Korea's online games market in will exceed USD 1.7 billion by 2009, driven by new releases and a widespread gaming culture, according to a report by Pearl Research.
gamesindustry.biz |
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Google brings out big guns in support of Chrome
Google's famed cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin came out to support Chrome, saying that browser technology is fundamental to the company's success, so Google decided to get more involved in this area.
Macworld UK |
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WebTech Wireless Announces Telematics for the Planet(TM), An End-to-End Measurement and Certification Tool for Green ...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - WebTech Wireless Inc. , a leading provider of location-based and fleet Telematics services, today announced its environmental performance solution, "Telematics for the Planet", designed to help fleet operators achieve measurable results from their fuel cost-cutting and carbon reduction plans.
CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance |
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Aerobatics by robotic helicopter 3 Sep 2008, 1250 hrs IST,ANI
WASHINGTON : Computer scientists from Stanford University in the US have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers.
The Times of India |
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