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When Obama, Osama are confused, it's time to fix your spell-checker
SEATTLE -- In the last two years, few names have become as recognizable as Barack Obama’s. But until spring 2007, “Obama” was unknown to Microsoft’s spell-checker. The suggested correction was “Osama,” a name that differs by a single letter, but carries lots of baggage.
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Amazon Video on Demand store open for business via Mac, PC; open beta on Sony HDTVs
Filed under: HDTV , Home Entertainment It's official, Amazon has moved Unbox -replacement Amazon Video on Demand out of beta for Mac and PC users, while confirming rumors the still-in-beta BRAVIA Internet Video Link service is open to all Sony HDTV owners. The streaming option (you can still download and watch via Unbox on PC or TiVo, and no matter how they're purchased, ...
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"Twilight" author drops new book after Web leak
Stephenie Meyer, author of the best-selling young adult "Twilight" books, has put the fifth and final installment in the series on hold in protest after a partial draft was posted on the Internet.
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Pet of the week
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Calaveras Enterprise |
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Your Stuff
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Glitches make mess of schools' bus routes
Computer glitches fouled up school bus routes so badly that Hudson had to cancel classes on Wednesday and Stow-Munroe Falls had to send home letters with corrected bus information for the third time.
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Amazon to Sell OLPC XO Laptops From November
Amazon.com will start selling OLPC's low cost XO laptop in late November, extending the Give One, Get One program.
PC World |
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OLPC to Launch Touchscreen XO-2 Laptop in Q1 2010
OLPC plans to launch the upcoming low-cost XO-2 laptop in the first quarter of 2010, according to an official from the group.
PC World |
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Supporting a good cause
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Calaveras Enterprise |
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High school roundup
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NebuAd suspends Web-monitoring plans
Secretive start-up reportedly puts on hold controversial plans to display ads based on the monitoring of Web activity.
CNET |
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Microsoft To Be Among 13 Investors In NHK Satellite Channel
Microsoft To Be Among 13 Investors In NHK Satellite Channel
Fox News |
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Albany beats state average for reading, science
Students didn’t fare as well in math; results available online
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Stolen-bras peddler faces pokey
NEW YORK - A New York man is accused of selling $80,000 worth of stolen Victoria's Secret bras on Internet auction sites over the last two years. Prosecutors say George Tutaya, 41, of Queens, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of criminal possession of stolen property.
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Wolters Kluwer Health Reaches Agreement to Acquire UpToDate
Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry, today announced it intends to acquire UpToDate, the leading evidence-based electronic clinical information resource.
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Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. Samsung is re-evaluating its printer distributors line-up as part of plans to drive mid-range and SMB product sales.
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Tell your friends what you're doing in 140 characters
Nobody wants to read a book about my life. Nobody. Not even my mom, because she already knows what happened. But, turns out, people do want to read about my life in tiny, tiny bits. If my life is dissected into two or three sentences, it becomes interesting. Anybody can be interesting for two sentences. That's the premise of Twitter.com, a new social networking Web site I've been sucked into. ...
The Oklahoman |
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Iran: Internet Bandwidth Expansion Underlined
04 September 2008 Currently, the capacity of the country's Internet bandwidth is about 12,000 mega bits and efforts for expanding it to 15,000 mega bits are being followed up rapidly, an Iranian official said.
Zawya |
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Weather forces audible
Lee-Davis High School Activities Director Della Authier checked out weather forecasts on the Internet, on television stations and via radio frequently while she and Hermitage AD Bruce Bowen (also monitoring numerous forecasters) tried to figure out when to play their season-opening football game. Hermitage at Lee-Davis was one of 21 games originally scheduled for tomorrow night, but the approach ...
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Current Issue:
Adorned in a navy blue polo and dark khakis, Jonathan Blaes relaxes in his chair. He's surrounded by stacks of paper, family photos and various weather maps, but the latest track of Tropical Storm Hanna covers his computer screen.
Technician |
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Getting to know ... South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society
About the group: Formed in 1968. Serves southern Cook and eastern Will counties, including Chicago's Roseland/Pullman neighborhoods. Collects, preserves and publishes materials of historical and genealogical nature. Publishes "Where the Trails Cross" quarterly and a monthly newsletter. Located at 3000 W. 170th Place in Hazel Crest. Web site: www.ssghs.org.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Special Ed Teacher In Custody After MySpace Incident
A Lake Forest teacher involved in youth soccer is arrested in connection with accusations he was trying to sexually entice a 13-year-old boy, police say, which led them to find computer images prompting fears there are other young victims.
NBC 4 Los Angeles |
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CTRL+S
Youve fixed the latest anti-burglar alarm system at home, but how safe are you on the www.world? Is it that simple for a hacker to enter your virtual world through the backspace and shift the control key of your cyber identity? Manjula Sridhar shows you how to save the day.
Deccan Herald |
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The Medallion has been found!
The 21st Citizens Great Medallion Hunt ended Tuesday night when Malden residents Gena Lucas and Sandy Jorgensen uncovered the hiding spot within a sign at the entrance to the building at the Princeton Recycling Center. Lucas indicated she had hunted for the medallion each year for the last 19 years, and Jorgensen had been hunting with her for the last 10 years. Pictured with Lucas and Jorgensen ...
Bureau County Republican |
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September 4: Cover
Thu, September 4, 2008 September 4: Cover Email Print Write Size: A A A Share: Facebook Digg Del.icio.us Google Stumble Upon Furl Newsvine Reddit Technorati Blinklist Feed Me Yahoo Socializer Ma.gnolia Raw Sugar Simpy Squidoo Spurl Blink Bits Rojo Blogmarks Shadows Netvouz Scuttle Co.mments Bloglines Tailrank Sitejot + Help Next story: September 3: Cover
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