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Blonde Beauty of '40s, '50s Films, Dead at 84 (Jan 18 2005 23:55 GMT) - The entertainment world is morning the loss of a leading lady of the forties and fifties. Virginia Mayo has died of pneumonia and heart failure at a nursing home in Thousand Oaks. |
Broadbandreports
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Bit Torrent Rolls On (Jan 18 2005 23:55 GMT) - Piracy whack-a-mole continues. To nobody's surprise, Bit Torrent trading has rolled on despite the recent MPAA/RIAA crackdowns and the closure of several of the most popular Torrent sites. P2P site Slyck notes the closures simply shifted the Torrent piracy around a bit, to other .. |
Radio UserLand Messages
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Homepage loading problems (Jan 18 2005 23:54 GMT) - My blog homepage stops loading part of the way down the page. It gets to the bottom of the subscribe buttons in the right hand column and stops. Viewing the source shows it is all there? Any seen the same sort of problem and know a solution? Using Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP. |
Motorcycle-Blog.com
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Best New Motorcycle Magazine (Jan 18 2005 23:54 GMT) - Since Jesse James, Indian Larry and the Teutul family caused a huge surge in the national popularity of motorcycles, many new motorcycle magazines have entered the fray. There are new mags on customs, on the stunter scene, street racing and of course touring. The very best one to come along ... |
Cantoni.org
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NFL Game Audio on Audible (Jan 18 2005 23:54 GMT) - CNET News.com (and others) are announcing that NFL will deliver game audio through Audible.com: Under terms of the agreement, Audible.com will offer MP3-compatible audio broadcasts of the Super Bowl and conference championship games. |
IT Facts.biz
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PC market in 2004: 177.5 mln PCs sold, 13.7% growth (Jan 18 2005 23:54 GMT) - The worldwide PC market remained strong in Q4 2004 with growth of 13.7% driven by the small and medium business segments and holiday consumer demand, according to IDC. Total shipments rose to 51.5 mln units for Q4 2004, marking the seventh consecutive Q of double-digit growth in worldwide PC shipments and beating projections of 13% growth. Shipments for all of 2004 reached 177. |
IT Facts.biz
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IT outsourcing grew 37% in 2004 (Jan 18 2005 23:54 GMT) - The IT outsourcing market grew by 37% in 2004, but was characterised by a larger number of smaller deals and greater competition among vendors. Datamonitor measured all new outsourcing, systems integration and consultation deals worth over $1 mln and tracked 1,814 such deals in 2004 - up 4.4% over 2003. IBM Global Services remains the market leader with a 10.7% share. |
IT Facts.biz
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10 bln RFID tags by the end of 2005 (Jan 18 2005 23:54 GMT) - Deloitte & Touche expects collecting, collating and presenting RFID data will become a very sizeable industry, with technology companies grabbing the lion's share of revenue. By the end of 2005, more than 10 bln RFID tags will have been sold and used. |
IT Facts.biz
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Online spending in 2004 reached $117 bln (Jan 18 2005 23:54 GMT) - Consumers spent a record $117 bln online in 2004, with many of them preferring to shop with retailers that had Internet and brick-and-mortar stores. Online consumer retail spending grew by 26% over the $93.2 bln spent in 2003, ComScore Networks said. During the holiday shopping season alone, which includes November and December 2004, consumers spent $23.6 bln, a 28% increase over the $18. |
IT Facts.biz
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2 bln mobile subscribers by year-end 2005 (Jan 18 2005 23:54 GMT) - The global mobile phone market is set to grow to 2 bln subscribers by the end of 2005, fueled by strong demand from developing economies in Asia and Latin America, according to Deloitte & Touche. Mobile penetration would surpass 100% in some markets as users take a second connection for data or for personal use. The mobile industry had 1.5 bln users in June 2004. |
GromBlog
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Want a Picasso? (Jan 18 2005 23:53 GMT) - If you've ever fancied a Picasso of your own then why not buy this Authentic , Hand-Signed Picasso for only £205 (currently) from eBay. It's probably not worth much more as Picasso used to give sketches like this away for payment for rent and meals in his later life. Still very cool though. |
WeBlogs P2P & NTIC
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Les pauvresses du MiniMac (Jan 18 2005 23:53 GMT) - Déjà que Steve (Jobs) est bien gentil de vous (nous) offrir, à nous pauvresses que nous sommes, des MacMini à moins de 500 $ (notez qu'à ce prix vous avez juste une "boite" sans écran ni clavier),... |
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