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Lotus Cars stories - Lotus Lounge - New York, NY, 10002 - Citysearch (Dec 23 2005 15:32 GMT) - Lotus Lounge - New York, NY, 10002 - Citysearch Come to Citysearch to get information, directions, and reviews on Lotus Lounge and other Bar/Clubs in New York … If you wander into the Lotus Club on an afternoon, you’ll find a nice sort of cafe society … What makes Lotus Club so appealing as a [...] |
Media Mouse: Daily News Updates
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Workers Win $172 Million Verdict against Wal-Mart (Dec 23 2005 15:32 GMT) - Two days after being voted “Grinch of the Year” in an annual poll of the most greedy corporations, Wal-Mart has been ordered to pay $172 million in compensation to employees in California. A California court found that Wal-Mart violated a state law that required employers to give employees an unpaid half-hour lunch break if they worked more than six hours. The $172 million award consisted of $57 million in general damages and $115 million in punitive damages with an estimated 100,000 workers eligible for a portion of the settlement. |
New Shareware & Freeware Released (FeedDirect)
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SkinCalc 3.5 by Cloanto Corporation (Dec 23 2005 15:32 GMT) - SkinCalc, which is completely free, features standard and advanced calculator functionality, a spreadsheet interface, and skins. Skins make it possible to change the layout and functionality of the software, with effects that include non-rectangular shapes, user-configurable transparency and alpha channel translucency. More than 100 skins are available from the sites listed at skincalc.com, which also has instructions to create your own skins. (Version: |
Slashdot
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Metadata in Vista Could Be Too Helpful (Dec 23 2005 15:31 GMT) - linumax writes "Windows Vista will improve search functionality on a PC by letting users tag files with metadata, but those tags could cause unwanted and embarrassing information disclosure, Gartner analysts have warned. Search and organization capabilities are among the primary features of Windows Vista, the successor to Windows XP due out late in 2006. While building those features, Microsoft is not paying enough attention to managing the descriptive information, or metadata, that users can add to files to make it easier to find and organize data on a PC, according to Gartner. 'This opens up the possibility of the inadvertent disclosure of this metadata to other users inside and outside of your organization,' Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald wrote in a research note published on Thursday." |
Autoblog
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Proton to get Savvy in UK this January (Dec 23 2005 15:30 GMT) - Proton's latest Malaysian invasion into the UK, the nippy little Savvy, now has a price and an on-sale date. According to Carpages UK, the subcompact will mix it up with the Chevrolet Sparks and Kia Picantos in the shallow end of the automotive pool. Starting at a reasonable £5,995 for the basic Street package (including standard-fit anti-lock brakes, cd player, and... rather oddly, rear parking distance sensors) and ranging up to the £ |
Autoblog
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Proton to get Savvy in UK this January (Dec 23 2005 15:30 GMT) - Proton's latest Malaysian invasion into the UK, the nippy little Savvy, now has a price and an on-sale date. According to Carpages UK, the subcompact will mix it up with the Chevrolet Sparks and Kia Picantos in the shallow end of the automotive pool. Starting at a reasonable £5,995 for the basic Street package (including standard-fit anti-lock brakes, cd player, and... rather oddly, rear parking distance sensors) and ranging up to the £ |
Blogator.com
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Review: Crossover Office 5 (Dec 23 2005 15:30 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - If you just can't bear to part with Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, or Quicken, but want to make the switch to Linux, relax -- CodeWeavers' CrossOver Office has you covered. |
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