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Cingular upps SMS fee to 15 cents (Dec 15 2006 20:59 GMT) - Cingular has announced a 50% price increase for the price for an SMS message. Starting January 21st SMS messages will cost 15 cents (this applies to both sending and receiving). Sprint made this same... [Thanks to dozens of spam sites using the full text of our RSS content, the feed is now only a summary. Click through to see the full story. |
Joystiq
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AP: Wii 'gamers gone wild' (Dec 15 2006 20:55 GMT) - Filed under: Culture, Nintendo WiiCNN posts an AP story about Wii "gamers gone wild" -- no, not the good kind of wild going -- hyping the Wii accident-buzz in the mainstream media. The article is light in tone and suggests that the injury murmurs on the internet may be generating positive Wii press despite the occasional, horribly sickening knee injury. Our favorite part of the story is the bullet point header for those with short attention spans. The first point, "Controllers go flying, sometimes poke holes in TVs," gets a gold star for mixing casual writing with a sensational subject. |
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Airport travel tips for Christmas (Dec 15 2006 20:54 GMT) - THIS is one of the busiest times of the year at airports as the Christmas getaway gathers pace. But with tighter baggage restrictions and increased security checks, making a few... |
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Climate change may hit ski resorts (Dec 15 2006 20:54 GMT) - A REPORT claims that Alpine snow resorts face an uncertain future due to climate change. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) believe a 2°C increase in temperatures by... |
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It?s Vive la France time (Dec 15 2006 20:54 GMT) - IF you want to get a taste of French life in the heart of London than head to the Vive la France exhibition between January 19 and 21. With over... |
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Track down real French life (Dec 15 2006 20:54 GMT) - HERE is a new addition to the This French Life family that lets you explore the best English-language websites about France. Real French Life is like a mini Google and... |
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Winter sale dates in France (Dec 15 2006 20:54 GMT) - EACH département in France is slowly rolling out the details of their winter sale dates - good news for the bargain hunters. The different préfets of the départements agree with... |
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Tax help in the Dordogne (Dec 15 2006 20:54 GMT) - IF you are scratching your head about the French tax system there is a free event later this month offering advice. Organised by the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce in the... |
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Birds don?t head south (Dec 15 2006 20:54 GMT) - THE warm weather of the past few months in France has seen a delay in the migration of birds to Africa. Swallows have been spotted across the whole of the... |
International Scholarship
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Ireland: 2007 PhD Fellowship at the Child and Family Research Centre (Dec 15 2006 20:53 GMT) - Category: Scholarship Ireland PhD at the Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland The Child and Family Research Centre (CFRC) is based in the Department of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway. With the support of the Atlantic Philanthropies Ireland and the HSE, the Centre is commencing a major programme of policy research towards improving the lives of children. Applications are now being invited for four Ph.D. |
Autodesk | AutoCAD Software News
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Circuito Reduces Design Time by 30 Percent With AutoCAD (Dec 15 2006 20:50 GMT) - Founded in 1975 in Costa Rica, Circuito S.A. is an engineering firm specializing in electromechanical plan design for residential, institutional, hospitality, and industrial building projects. Over the last three decades, the firm has completed more than 800 projects, primarily for international clients. Circuito uses AutoCAD® |
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