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April 15, 2008 News and Trends

Keep XP!

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:13:43 PDT
Keep XP! Look, I justed signed the petition for Microsoft to keep Windows XP as a released product. Need I say more? What you say? Why? What a silly question to ask…. Oh, let me tell you in the off-chance you don’t know: Microsoft Vista Sucks! No seriously, it really, really does. Let me name a few ways. I have on a new Dell machine I bought in May and it has been a nightmare: It freezes, crashes, and hangs-up all the time. It doesn’t let me remove pre-installed programs. It doesn’t work

Announcing the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC)

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:17:47 PDT
I take his development to be a positive sign. This announcement was in my Inbox when I got home today: The Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC) is a new non-profit organization that has been established to promote the adoption of universal design. It is modeled after the Green Building Council which has played an important role in increasing adoption of sustainable design practices in the building industry. Our intent is to address the need for greater usability in buildings in response t

Cuba Gets Cell Phones

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:29:25 PDT
Cuba Gets Cell Phones Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 9:29 pm Contributed by: randem Yesterday the Communist island to our South became a little more like us. Monday was the first day Cubans could buy and use cell phones. This story, reported in many major news outlets including the AP (cited here via Wired.com http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CUBA_CELL_PHONES?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) tell the story of seemingly endless lines as Cubans waited to for the opportunity

Oy, vintage cutlery again..and the cause-du-jour

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:29:40 PDT
This is the April/May 2008 issue of "donna hay" magazine. My first ever! An indulgence for me personally at $7.95 but the clincher was the free notebook it came with called "note to self". It has lovely stripes of (whose?) signature duck egg blue and white (like in the magazine border above) with some elastic around the middle to keep it shut. I like elastic around notebooks. This one keeps the matching pencil in place. The inscription inside reads "A little book for life, love, adventure and t

AP Top News at 9:54 pm EDT - The Associated Press


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AP Top News at 9:54 pm EDT
The Associated Press - 2 minutes ago
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Police wore body armor, equipped with automatic weapons and were backed by an armored personnel carrier for a raid on a West Texas ...


ADRs in Focus: Asian airlines down on Delta-Northwest news - Houston Chronicle


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ADRs in Focus: Asian airlines down on Delta-Northwest news
Houston Chronicle, United States - 5 hours ago
© 2008 AP NEW YORK — Asian airline ADRs declined in afternoon trading on Tuesday, as investors were uneasy about high oil prices and an all-stock ...
Northwest and Delta leap on deal news Reuters.fr
Houston & Texas News Houston Chronicle
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Paula John: Market News - Independent


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Paula John: Market News
Independent, UK - 3 hours ago
For fans of fixed rates, the news is not good. The rate cut failed to impact on the interest rates at which banks lend money to each other, on which fixed ...
Video: IMF chief voices food fears bbcworldnews
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Transense Technologies falls amid reaction to disappointing news - Times Online


Transense Technologies falls amid reaction to disappointing news
Times Online, UK - 1 hour ago
... sensor for lorries, Transense Technologies fell 5¼p to reach 11½p, a new low, yesterday, the shares hit by market reaction to disappointing news. ...


Delivering quality news quickly - Al-Bawaba


Delivering quality news quickly
Al-Bawaba, Jordan - 1 hour ago
“With the newspaper offering 80 pages of intelligent, well-designed news, business, sports, culture and features, we want to make it as easy as possible for ...


News broadcasters threaten IPL blackout - CricInfo.com


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News broadcasters threaten IPL blackout
CricInfo.com, UK - 6 hours ago
The Indian media's rocky relations with the Indian Premier League have taken a downward turn with the News Broadcasters Association (NBA), whose members ...


School River Tragedy: Latest News - New Zealand Herald


School River Tragedy: Latest News
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 29 minutes ago
Click refresh to get the latest breaking news on the school river tragedy. Six students and one teacher from Elim College, Howick, Auckland were killed on ...


Polygamist Wives Speak Out (CBS News) - CBS


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Polygamist Wives Speak Out (CBS News)
CBS - 59 minutes ago
The silence at the reclusive polygamist compound in Texas has been broken. Several mothers of children who were placed under state custody are pleading for ...
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News Corp. dumps poison pill, moves to end staggered terms - CNNMoney.com


News Corp. dumps poison pill, moves to end staggered terms
CNNMoney.com - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - News Corp. said it will eliminate a controversial "poison pill" anti-takeover defense, and the company moved to dump a board ...
News Corp. board to hold annual elections Hollywood Reporter
News Corp approves termination of rights plan Reuters
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CNN Student News Transcript: April 16, 2008 - CNN


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CNN Student News Transcript: April 16, 2008
CNN - 1 hour ago
CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: We've hit the halfway point of the week here on CNN Student News, your commercial-free source for news for the classroom ...
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Legal News Watch Launches Asbestos Today

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 00:00:01 PST
SAN DIEGO, CA (PRWEB) November 3, 2003– Legal News Watch today announced the debut of Asbestos Today (http://www.asbestostoday.com), a single, central location where consumers can easily find...

Enewsbar.com Scrolling News Ticker Now Serving Newsfeeds From All Headline News Corp.

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:00:01 PDT
Wellington, FL (PRWEB) June 3, 2004 -- Enewsbar.com, a subsidiary of Intellim Research Inc., announced today that it is adding newsfeed services provided by All Headline News to its desktop scrolling...

All Headline News Creates News Gathering Division.

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:00:01 PDT
Wellington, FL (PRWEB) April 13, 2005 -- Premiere news aggregator and content syndication service All Headline News Corp has announced that it launched it's own news gathering and editorial...

All Headline News Announces Free RSS News Reader

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:00:01 PDT
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (PRWEB) July 30, 2005 -- The All Headline News has launched an RSS news feed reader to allow users of its website to be automatically informed of the latest news. In order to...

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