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(letters) Laptop Kids: Textbooks Still The Best Bet
i applaud the decision by the terengganu menteri besar to distribute laptops to year five pupils ("mini laptops do away with text books" -- nst, dec 1).
www.nst.com.my

Eddy Winner: Epson Stylus Photo R1900 Inkjet Printer
for years, if you wanted the best-possible glossy prints, you had to purchase a dye-based printer. the epson stylus photo...
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Switch-a-roo Leaves Woman With $1,500 Bag Of Flour
workers at a naples restaurant thought they were getting a steal of a deal on some new electronics. but when they opened up the purchase, it turned out to nothing but crumpled up newspapers.
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Fujitsu Wants To Give You A Free Laptop Every Three Years
it can be quite challenging (an expensive) to stay on top of the technological curve and it seems that fujitsu is feeling your pain. that's why fujitsu is launching a new program that can effectively give you a brand new laptop every three years. for free.
www.mobilemag.com

Apple Removes Antivirus Support Page
a support page on apple's web site recommending users purchase antivirus software for their macs received a lot of attention...
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Indie Space Ventures Blast Off
there's not much to see at the future home of spaceport america, touted as ground zero for commercial rocket traffic. deep in the new mexico desert, you'll find shrubs, scorpions - and jerry larson. his company, up aerospace, has signed on as the first tenant of the $220 million spaceport, where construction will begin in 2009.
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Business Tries To Buy Laptops, But Gets Sacks Of Flour Instead
a naples restaurant was scammed by getting flour instead of laptops as it tried to purchase computers from two men who walked into the business. it was a bait-and-switch operation.
naplesnews.com

Amazon On Your Iphone: Yes And No
shopping amazon.com from your iphone is great--as long as you're not expecting to download mp3s or movies.
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Theft, Pawn And Internet Sales Probe Widens
dover — add the garrison city and portsmouth as communities which have charged or are looking to charge a madbury man suspected in multiple area burglaries.
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Students In South African Village Have An Online Presence, Thanks To Los Gatos Rotary
thanks to a partnership between los gatos rotary, intel corp. and the nonprofit coalition for effective local democracy, qibira's new siphamandia school in south africa will soon welcome 60 students, and every one of them will have a brand-new laptop computer, as well as online access to the world's stores of knowledge.
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Scottown Boy Receives Laptop From Anonymous Donor - Ironton Online
scottown — already the efforts of the symmes valley band boosters have brought about results for 12-year-old ervin ray white. ervin ray was diagnosed this summer with all, a cancer of the white blood cells, and faces a bone marrow transplant at the ...
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Quad Core Gaming Notebook Could Make Upgrading Obsolete - Cinema Blend
the asus g71 quad core gaming notebook is extremely powerful and contains, yes, four core-processors. featuring the new intel core 2 quad extreme processor qx9300, gamers will be gaming for long freaking time, without having to upgrade for a long ...
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Nervous Staff Trawl Corporate Networks For Sensitive Data As Job ... - Computer Weekly
nervous office workers are trawling company networks for sensitive data as job losses loom. a survey of 600 workers in new york, london and amsterdam by data security firm cyber-ark found that a third of workers would be willing to double their hours ...
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Trendy On A Dime: Online Coupons Put More Gifts Under The Tree - Beaumont Enterprise
ever notice how when we were kids we always wanted the christmas gifts in the "big box"? you know, because it might be a bike or even a stereo. now, it is the little boxes under the tree that we obsess about. is it a new cell phone? oooh, or maybe an ...
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How Iphone Cuts Business Travel Costs - Forbes
in an economy like this one, what company can afford to send its employees on the road with suitcases full of high-tech gadgets? to cut costs, business travelers just need to tote an iphone filled with applications that help them book airline flights ...
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How And Where To Get Black Friday's Best Deals - Kesq News
one thing consumers can be thankful for this holiday season are the deeply discounted prices retailers are using to court them in hopes of boosting sales. "they're pulling out all the stops, offering unprecedented deals. bottom line: they don't want ...
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Black Friday May Have Been A Bust - Nashville Tennessean
a muted black friday seemed to confirm retailers' worst fears, as the post-thanksgiving shopping season kicked off with fewer people lined up for door-buster specials at nashville-area stores and budget-conscious consumers cautious about how much ...
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Shoppers Cautious With Gadget Buys On Black Friday - Denver Post
rohith bevavelli works his way through the crowd of shopper to get to the laptop section at best buy in corpus christi, texas, to take advantage of black friday deals friday, nov. 28, 2008. syracuse, n.y.—consumer electronics have long been among ...
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Ap » Hitech - Waterloo Cedar-falls Courier
syracuse, n.y. - consumer electronics have long been among the most popular holiday gifts, with fierce competition among shoppers for day-after-thanksgiving deals on flat-screen tvs and laptop computers. this year, everyone expects the economic ...
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Economy Hits Gadget Appetite - Mydesert.com
syracuse, n.y. — consumer electronics have long been among the most popular holiday gifts, with fierce competition among shoppers for day-after- thanksgiving deals on flat-screen tvs and laptop computers. this year, everyone expects the economic ...
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