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Complexity Makes Travellers Miss Their Connection - Silicon.com
high-speed wireless networks are meant to make life easier for business travellers. but now the problem for mobile workers is how to tap into all that increased connectivity, says george malim. the ubiquitous wi-fi hotspot, present in hotels ...
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Lifestyle Check On For 10 Baguio Officials
baguio city — the office of the ombudsman is conducting a lifestyle check on at least 10 appointed and elected officials of the city government in connection with the national government’s drive against graft and corruption.
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Article: Instant Expert: Secrets & Features Of Iphone 2.1
in addition to itunes 8, this week also saw an upgrade of the iphone os to 2.1, a release primarily intended to improve performance and fix some problems with the previous v2.0 release. the update is installed in the same way as any other update: connect your iphone to itunes and click the “check for update” button. itunes will notify you that a new update is available for your iphone, and ...
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The 15-petabyte Network Behind The Cern Atom Smasher - Silicon.com
enough information to fill multiple cds every second is flowing across the world on a network one thousand times faster than home broadband. terabytes of data are streaming through dedicated fibre optic links between laboratories and universities ...
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Charter Donors In Hiding - St. Augustine Record
want to know who paid for the fliers in august that attacked the proposed st. johns county home rule charter? forget it. and want to know who paid for the flier that supported the charter? forget that, too. both sides of the charter debate have used ...
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How Do You Boost Britain's Broadband?
business should pay for the next generation of high-speed broadband and shouldn't expect any support from the taxpayer. that's the conclusion of a broadband review looking at how to boost the speed of connections linking businesses and homes to the web.
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Featured Brian's Baseball Bash
the 3rd annual brian's baseball bash, hosted by orioles all star 2nd baseman brian roberts, raises funds for the university of maryland hospital for children.
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Icy Reception - Wired
broadband's icy reception at the south pole it's like nascar, but with rickshaws plus: lessig on how he was wrong about microsoft more » the computer room in the amundsen-scott south pole station still smells of fresh paint and new furniture. with ...
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Wireless Web Might Already Be In Your Pocket - Post-bulletin
wi-fi nomads are a sorry bunch, wandering with laptops open, hoping their modern-day divining rods can locate a free internet connection. here's a tip: check your pocket. the cell phone there makes it possible to bypass the laptop cards and dongles ...
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Aol’s Luddites Love Their E-mail More Than Google’s Geeks
if you read the comments on our post asking who uses aol, you would think that a big number of the company’s users simply keep their aol.com e-mail address to hear from long-lost correspondents who haven’t heard they have moved on to gmail.
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Apple Posts Iphone 2.1 Firmware Update
apple has used itunes to release its promised iphone 2.1 update to the public. although it adds the genius playlist feature also seen in the ipod touch 2.1 firmware, the primary focus is stated to be improving long-standing connection issues, by reducing call drops and "set-up failures." other iphone-specific changes include improved accuracy in the 3g signal meter, and better performance in ...
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Optus Usb Slimline Modem - Zdnet Australia
tags: optus , modem , usb , dongle , 3g this is getting repetitive. every time we review a wireless broadband dongle we begin by pointing out the fact that this new modem is actually exactly the same as the last modem we reviewed from one of the ...
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Mini-computers Not As Magical Without Wi-fi - Redorbit.com
if you are in the market for a light, thin portable laptop, take your pick. these thin portable computers are easy to carry and easy to use. they are perfect, right? not quite. once away from a high-speed internet connection, these laptops turn into ...
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Charter Donors In Hiding
want to know who paid for the fliers in august that attacked the proposed st. johns county home rule charter?
staugustine.com

Falcons Roll To Third Straight Victory
tompkinsville - monroe county extended its season-opening winning streak to three games with a 37-15 win over larue county on friday.the falcons (3-0) had three players that rushed for over 70 yards each and also got 120 yards passing from justin harlan.
www.glasgowdailytimes.com

Green Tech - Cnet News
a breakdown of the presidential candidates' positions on energy. are cars powered by electricity and hydrogen really better for the planet than biofuels?--international herald tribune as europe looks to scale back biofuels targets, the biofuels ...
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Look Out, Netflix, Here Comes The Library
netflix and blockbuster now have a new competitor. your local library.
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Archive For: September, 2008 - Zdnet Blogs
my blackberry curve is now my main t-mobile phone and i find that the 3rd party application support is just what i need to get things done and be productive. google sent me an email to let me know that the google mobile app for blackberry devices is ...
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Read All 'audio And Video' Posts In Webware - Cnet News
a look at myspacetv's new direct-record tool. (credit: myspace) myspacetv , the video-sharing section of news corp.'s myspace, has announced the addition of direct video uploads. this means that you can now sit in front of your webcam, navigate to ...
www.webware.com

Personal Tech
the washington post's rob pegoraro will be online to discuss recent reviews and answer your personal tech questions.
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