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Daily Telegraph - People want to have room to put up tables and chairs in their tent and have rugs and power points so they can run computers and TVs.” At a philosophical level, of course, camping should be about freeing yourself from the tyranny of your possessions …
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Charlotte Sun-Herald
FTC to Review Online Ads and PrivacyNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy LOUISE STORY Whitney Chianese was exchanging e-mail messages with her mother a few weeks ago, discussing the recent death of her grandmother, when advertisements for health care products began popping up on her computer screen.Privacy Groups Ask for Online 'Do Not Track' […]
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Safety Data Is Forthcoming, NASA Chief Tells House PanelNew York Times - 2 hours agoBy MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 - The NASA administrator told a Congressional panel on Wednesday that his agency would soon release data from tens of thousands of interviews with pilots about safety issues, information that NASA previously said […]
Biologists for Agency Endorse Dams PlanNew York Times - 5 hours agoBy FELICITY BARRINGER SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31 - Federal wildlife officials in Seattle on Wednesday endorsed, with minor modifications, a court-ordered plan for the government’s operation of the hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, …Fish to survive dam plan, agency says Seattle TimesUS […]
Washington Post - The notices, which most diplomats first learned about from the media as the e-mails sat in their office computers over the weekend, appeared to have catalyzed unease that has been swirling through the Foreign Service over issues that include Iraq …
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Ars Technica
• Mac OS X Virtualization! Is It Trick or Treat?InfoWorld - 53 minutes agoWhen we talk about virtualization on the Apple Mac platform, we are usually talking about virtualizing Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems as guest operating systems on either VMware Fusion or Parallels' Desktop for Mac products.Apple to Allow Virtualization of Leopard TidBITSLeopard […]
FOXSports.com - He took over as the first-stringer late last year when Wright suffered a broken thumb, and wound up leading the Hurricanes to a win in the MPC Computers Bowl, taking MVP honors in that game. If he starts Saturday, it would likely be just a short-term …
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Gizmodo.com
A Computer That Works With Google, Not MicrosoftNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy JOHN BIGGS Advocates of Linux, the free open-source operating system, like to say that buying a standard-issue computer involves a Microsoft Tax, because you have no choice but to pay for Windows.Wal-Mart to carry $199 computer Chicago Tribune$200 "Google PC" Launches Thursday […]
GameSHOUT
Locked vs. Unlocked: Opening Up ChoiceNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy CYRUS FARIVAR NOKIA, the world’s largest maker of cellphones, has been running ads that read, “Open to Anything” and “Unlock your potential.Cash Isn't King: Apple Limits iPhone Purchases PC WorldApple Says No Thanks to Cash for iPhones PDAstreetdBTechno - Techtree.com - Laptop Logic - TG Dailyall 116 […]
Canada.com
In Search of a Google-Verizon DealBusinessWeek - 2 hours agoby Spencer E. Ante Verizon Wireless and Google may be nearing an agreement that would place the Internet search engine in a prominent spot on the cellular operator's phones, but speculation that Verizon is set to introduce a new breed of phones …What Is Google Talking […]
Malaysia Star
Repairing Solar Array Is New Focus of SpacewalkNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy JOHN SCHWARTZ Faced with two major problems on the International Space Station, NASA station managers shifted gears yesterday to an audacious effort to save a torn solar array.Space station troubles delay spacewalks CNN InternationalNASA Shifts Mission Priorities at International Space Station […]
The Age
Faced with clamor for WHOIS reform, ICANN votes to study the issue …Ars Technica - 1 hour agoBy Nate Anderson | Published: October 31, 2007 - 08:40PM CT The venerable WHOIS database has been under assault for the last several years by critics who contend that the names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers that it […]
NPR News - After the warranty on Dell computers expires, for instance, the company collects $39 for each tech support call unless the customer has paid $189 for a one-year service contract. Apple iMac customers get to purchase a three-year version for $169. The …
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Game Guru
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock ReviewIGN - 3 hours agoby Erik Brudvig and Chris Roper October 31, 2007 - Have you had enough Guitar Hero yet? The sales totaling into the millions and growing every day say you haven't.Metal vs rock in battle of the music video games ReutersNew Harmonix music game in the […]
Reuters - … activity with parents on average reading to children aged 1 to 2 an average of 7.8 times a week and to children aged 3 to 5 about 6.8 times. Children are participating more in lessons outside of school, such as music, dance, language, and computers. …
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