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- McAuliffe: "Small businesses drive the American economy, and George W. Bush just let the air out of the tires. Too many small businesses will have difficulty keeping their employees on the payroll because of this decision by the Bush administration." |
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- The Press reports that Sir Gil Simpson has been forced to relinquish contol of Software Corporation as a consequence of refinancing efforts. |
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- Projections from economists see the New Zealand dollar climbing to 72 US cents and the Australian dollar hitting 83 US cents early this year. |
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- The CyberAtlas year-end roundup of reports on the numbers and costs of email pests shows things are, not surprisingly, pretty bad. |
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- The US now considers itself under "elevated" (yellow) threat from terrorist attacks, having dropped its Homeland Security threat-o-metre reading back today from "high" (orange). |
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- As part of the Flash Airlines fleet, the airplane that carried 148 people to their deaths as it departed Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for France was banned on safety grounds from operating flights to Switzerland but not France. |
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- Sara Williams of Microsoft announced the Microsoft is doing a Planet MSDN. Of course, theirs is called blogs.msdn.com, which makes total sense. They are using the weblogs. |
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- George Bush has now been talking about some new space projects, like a permanent manned outpost on the moon, and a manned trip to Mars, at a cost of untold billions. WHY? Sure, it will allow a few more random science projects that otherwise couldn't be done, and there will invariably be some spinoffs from the R&D for an interplanetary manned mission. But what would really be the point?The only reasoning I can think of is a gigantic sop to the defense and aerospace industry. |
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- My machines must talk to each other, because the note on my calendar program that I was leaving town incited them to rebel. I left Monday morning for the Macworld Expo in San Francisco knowing that a huge snow storm was coming Tuesday. Sure enough, it hit, melted a bit, became icy, and weighed down power lines. The power was out to the office in which my mail server and some Web sites (including this) operate for a few hours Wed. a. |
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- Orbiter Photographs Viking 1 and Pathfinder Landers on Mars' Surface Slashdot | Linksys DVD player w/ WiFi and ethernet Basecamp: Web-based project management (a service of 37signals) OQO Ultra Personal Computer Two new Clies with digital cameras coming News - Damageplan Vow To Uphold Legacy of Pantera ( Metal Underground . com ) (Produced by BookmarkBlogger.) Comments (0) |
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- Philo, I think that what you should of said instead of "I do *not* guarantee the results!" should have been "I nor anyone or the owner of the Obsolete Computer Museum or Helpline can be held responsible for any damage done to your property" Just pointing that out for anyone who decides to put out help that they arn't too comfortable about, as in that it could make the problem worse or dangerous. David I. |
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- Actress Amy Smart arrives to the premiere of Dreamworks' 'Win A Date With Tad Hamilton', January 9, 2004 in Los Angeles. The film stars Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel and Topher Grace in a romantic comedy. REUTERS/John Hayes (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 6, ++actress +amy +premiere +kate +grace] |
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- Actress Kate Bosworth arrives to the premiere of Dreamworks' 'Win A Date With Tad Hamilton' January 9, 2004, in Los Angeles. Bosworth stars with Josh Duhamel and Topher Grace in the romantic comedy. REUTERS/John Hayes (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 5, ++actress +kate +premiere +grace] |
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- Defending champion Eleni Daniilidou (L) has successfully defended her Auckland Classic women's tennis title, cruising to a surprisingly comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win over American prodigy Ashley Harkleroad (R)(AFP/Dean Treml) (Click for Large Photo) [yahoo: 4, +her +women +tennis +ashley] |
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- Actress Kate Bosworth (R) greets actor Topher Grace during arrivals for the premiere of Dreamworks' 'Win A Date With Tad Hamilton', January 9, 2004 in Los Angeles. Bosworth and Grace star in the romantic comedy with Josh Duhamel. REUTERS/John Hayes (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 3, ++actress +kate --actor +grace +premiere] |
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- Excellent wiki page on why people blog and why some people hate blogs. I think: "Fear of Other People. This one I take a little more seriously than the others. I think that people have some sort of subconscious genuine fear of knowing the thoughts in other peoples' heads. |
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- Excellent wiki page on why people blog and why some people hate blogs. I think: "Fear of Other People. This one I take a little more seriously than the others. I think that people have some sort of subconscious genuine fear of knowing the thoughts in other peoples' heads. |
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- For all those of you who have ever fought off tropical stomach bugs, this man is your poet laureate.... |
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- Though some have criticized it's lack of complexity (perhaps they would call Mozart's work simplisti... |
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- The hacker became a convicted felon Thursday, and now faces six to twelve months in custody. |
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- The Associated Press By Ted Bridis |
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- The Associated Press By Jason Straziuso |
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- Teach your users to think as you do... and other resolutions for the new year. |
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- A survey a judge cited in his decision to move Scott Peterson's capital murder trial out of Modesto contained made-up information, criminal justice students who conducted the survey told a newspaper. |
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- I am sorry for what you are going through and especially |
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- Thanks to a new breakthrough procedure, a 14-year-old girl will soon be able to do something she's wanted for two years -- eat solid food. |
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- SpaceRef Jan 10 2004 0:55AM ET... |
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- SpaceRef Jan 10 2004 0:55AM ET... |
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- SpaceRef Jan 10 2004 0:55AM ET... |
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- CanadaIT.com Jan 10 2004 0:38AM ET... |
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- New York Times Jan 10 2004 1:17AM ET... |
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- CTV.ca Jan 10 2004 1:24AM ET... |
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- Nearly 3,000 Episcopalians opposed to the church's election of an openly gay bishop last year are gathering in northern Virginia this weekend to discuss a possible formal split in the national Episcopal Church. |
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