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Nerdblog.net
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Surprise! Microsoft's WinFS beta arrives (InfoWorld) (Aug 31 2005 23:51 GMT) - InfoWorld - The surprise beta release of Microsoft's WinFS file system on Monday has attracted intense scrutiny. WinFS was one of the three pillars of Microsoft's next-generation version of Windows announced two years ago, then code-named Longhorn and now morphed and downsized into Vista. All three pillars — |
eclectic librarian
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gmail coolness (Aug 31 2005 23:51 GMT) - I have recently switched my personal emailing entirely over to my Gmail account. In the past year, I've been using it for Where's George hit notifications, Geocaching.com messages, and new BookCrossing messages and journal entry notifications. I continued to use my SpamCop webmail account for other personal emailing. However, when it came time to renew my account ($30/yr), I decided that it was time to move on. |
Car Insurance Blog
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Car insurance update - 'Wizard Of Oz'Slippers Stolen (Aug 31 2005 23:51 GMT) - 'Wizard Of Oz'Slippers Stolen are owned by a Los Angeles man and insured for more than $1 million.Four pairs of slippers 0) Save By Preparing Your Car For Summer if 0) 0) Scene Small firms ignore employees'safetyNEW research shows that two-thirds of small to medium-sized businesses do not ensure employees' |
Baseball Musings
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Leaving Lee in the Dust (Aug 31 2005 23:50 GMT) - Andruw Jones drove in five runs so far today with his 43rd home run and a single. That puts him at 108 RBI for the season, 11 ahead of Derrek Lee. It's looking more like Lee won't be able to... |
WebBoard Conference: (P-PDF) General
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Omnipage Problem (Aug 31 2005 23:50 GMT) - I have been having a problem with omnipage pro for the last couple of days. It allows me to scan but the problem is that it scans all of the pages and the proceeds to prompt me to add the next page for every single page, is this a setting problem or a scanner problem. Any Thoughts out there ? I have a Canon DR 9080c ... |
WeBlogs P2P & NTIC
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Apple pleure, Creative heureux (Aug 31 2005 23:50 GMT) - Alors que la demande de brevet par Apple sur l'interface de l'iPod n'a pas abouti, c'est en revanche Creative Labs qui annonce aujourd'hui avoir la parternité de ce brevet (n° 6.928.433) portant sur la «hiérarchisation automatique de fichiers musicaux par les métadonnées». Creative a en effet déposé... |
California Insider
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Questioning the API (Aug 31 2005 23:50 GMT) - I found this critique of California's Academic Performance Index pretty convincing. I have never understood why we have to have scores of 600 or 700 on an 800-point scale based on a formula that nobody can figure out rather than... |
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Governor Signs New Law Capping Malpractice Suits (RedNova) (Aug 31 2005 23:50 GMT) - Governor Signs New Law Capping Malpractice Suits (RedNova)ALTON, Ill. - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday signed a new law that attempts to hold down steep medical malpractice costs for doctors by limiting the amount of money people can collect in lawsuits against hospitals and physicians. More lawsuit limits sought (Chicago Tribune)Malpractice caps called only 1st step |
Oh!pinion
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Looters create perfect storm of evil stupidity (Aug 31 2005 23:49 GMT) - Those lowlifes taking advantage of the catastrophe in New Orleans are doing a lot more and a lot worse than stealing goods. We'd say they ought to be shot on sight, except we're quite sure that would amount to a death sentence for some 12-year-old dummy and a few desperate mothers seeking provisions for their [...] |
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