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eBay, ACCC in PayPal battle

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Reykjavk Arts Festival to Host "Experiment Marathon"

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Hoggard's prayer is delivered

When Geoff Miller rang on Saturday morning to let me know about selection for the first Test, I was in the field at the Rose Bowl so I missed his call. I saw that I had a voicemail when I got back to the dressing-room, but I had to go to batting practice before I could hear it. When I finally listened to the message, it said only that I should call him back, no clues as to whether he had good or bad news and, try as I might, I couldn't guess anything from his tone of voice.

Hoggard's prayer is delivered

When Geoff Miller rang on Saturday morning to let me know about selection for the first Test, I was in the field at the Rose Bowl so I missed his call. I saw that I had a voicemail when I got back to the dressing-room, but I had to go to batting practice before I could hear it. When I finally listened to the message, it said only that I should call him back, no clues as to whether he had good or bad news and, try as I might, I couldn't guess anything from his tone of voice.

Spoils of Blu-ray win may elude Sony

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Why I Don't Want an iPhone. Wait. Why I Do.

As a person with no life who works at home and also doesn't have a televison, I spend an inordinate amount of time online. And I have noticed that tops among internet topics is the iPhone. I don't have an iPhone. I don't want an iPhone. I know if I got one I'd never figure out how to use it -- and it would embarrass me how rarely I'd have occasion to take advantage of its capabilities. No one ever calls me. Like, ever.

Green PCs: CPU Frequency Scaling in Linux

"Somehow, I’ve always had bad luck to new technologies. The world introduces more and more sophisticated methods of using the human knowledge each day, and I was always in the long tail of progress. Or simply, something didn’t want to work for me on Linux. It was similar when I tried to scale the CPU frequency. I didn’t pay much attention to this before, because the laptops I used, simply didn’t provide such a feature. Yes, I realize it was my bad luck to buy laptops like that--different Durons and Athlons, which didn't allow economical scaling, visited my poor desktop computer. So I classified this topic as: 'I don't know, nor am I interested, I'm overworked.' And then, recently, I purchased a new laptop and installed Ubuntu on it, where such things as CPU scaling work out of the box.

I just got hacked by someone i used to know, trying to get back at me for something. I finally figured out HOW he did it! Che...

I still remember receiving my first phishing email in my AOL account. I had won the AOL lottery! As good as it sounded, I was skeptical at best. So without much thought, I opened the email and clicked on the link inside to check if I truly was a millionaire after all. Almost instantly, my computer crashed, and with each subsequent restart would crash again.

Encryption

Im really in need of help right now. I like trying new programs out an I have been since I got my HP 111 classic. Satisfied with the programs I often use I decided to do a hard reset to take all the junk out such as recent programs I unstalled etc. I set my pda to encrypt everything I put on my SD card when I started collage an now I did a hard reset, most of my stuff don't get read because their encrypted. I tried everything I can think of with no luck, can someone help me please.... Thank you.

iPod Homiletics

For Christmas Mark and Vanessa gave me an iPod Shuffle, a neat little device, smaller than a credit card, in which I can store songs or sermons and listen to them (using the “ear buds� provided with the Shuffle) as I travel. It turned out to be a most practical and welcome gift. Once I got the hang of it, I started taking my iPod with me on every plane flight, and I even take it with me when I ride my bike. So far I have not downloaded any music. I have filled my iPod with sermons from some of America’s best preachers. I’ve listened to a ton of good preaching since January. I’ve tried to cast my net widely by downloading messages (mostly but not exclusively from iTunes) from many different speakers–some I knew, some I didn’t, younger and older, from a variety of denominations–mostly pastors but also some seminary types as

If I had a robot ...

So, if you had a robot, what would you want it to do for you? I'm sure you were just thinking about that very same question. If you are now asking yourself "How does this have anything to do with parenting?" let me ease your mind by blowing some smoke up your ... um, we parents are real busy people. The kind of people who need robots to do stuff for us.

What I've Learned From Amazon.com

Have you ever purchased something from Amazon.com? If so, have you noticed their follow-up process? If I’ve bought something that was shipped through an outside vendor, and not through Amazon’s own facilities, I receive an e-mail within days of delivery asking me to rate the experience. I also get periodic e-mails from them with suggestions of items I might be interested in purchasing, based on my past buying habits. (This only freaks me out occasionally when I feel as if someone is actually watching me a bit too closely, but I tend to not let that bother me.) I’m also able to easily track the delivery of my purchases online and can even see which city the package is in and when it was loaded on the truck for delivery. Talk about a customized experience.

Never give a monkey your car keys

When I was a toddler, my parents were friends with a couple who kept a pet monkey in a cage in their dining room. Looking back on this as an adult, it seems… unwise. But I’m sure that as a kid I thought that this was The Coolest Thing Ever. They used to tease the monkey by dangling car keys just out of reach. Then one day I gave the monkey my dad’s car keys, and he (i.e. the monkey) refused to give them back. I’m sure that I found this hilarious, but I cannot remember the incident at all; I only know about it because my mother once used it as an example of what a trouble-maker I had been as a child. The lesson: never give a monkey your car keys. (Corollary: never give a monkey a gun.)

The Samsung SGH-i620 Windows Mobile Smartphone Review, Part Two

"It’s been a month since I unboxed and posted my first impressions of the Samsung SGH-i620. If you haven’t already peeked at that portion of this review, then go ahead…I’ll wait. In that month, I have to admit that there have been a few times when I have wanted to toss the phone through my office window. Those of you who haven’t had the (dubious) pleasure of being around me as I trudge through a new product’s testing might not know that this is the phrase I use when I am repeatedly frustrated by a product that I really want to like. And I really did want to like the i620."

eBay in Reverse: Old Navy Averts a Tragedy

Remember a week or so ago when I developed that madras-plaid fetish? Well, it got real bad. I wanted everything in the preppy pattern. I bid on a bunch of stuff, and then for some reason (my own slowness or cheapness) I wound up with nothing. It was all sad, but the real heartbreak was the jumper, which I lost in its auction's last moments. Afterward I could not stop thinking about that piece. I mean, I had big summer plans for it: I imagined riding my bike wearing it with red round-toe flats; walking on the boardwalk in it with big sunglasses and flip-flops, perhaps eating a snow cone; throwing it on in the morning to get coffee and blog. The entire situation was a True. Ebay. Tragedy. But then I was in Old Navy on Friday, and nestled amid its lamé bikinis and hot pink maxi dresses, there it was, hiding: my new jumper.

Jason Perlow: Ubuntu: I'm extremely impatient

Okay, I admit, I am an impatient person. I hate waiting in lines. I have a superiority complex and a tremendous arrogance where I believe the world revolves around me. Hey, I’m a New Yorker, it comes with the territory. My wife, Rachel, is infuriated by this — whenever we go to a restaurant and there is even a fifteen minute wait, I walk right out the door. On a Friday night, I’ve been known to walk in and out of five or six restaurants until I get immediate gratification.

Robot fetches objects with just a point and a click

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Autonomous robot surgery a step closer

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Dear Steve:My new SLR camera was noisy and it vibrated a little, so I drilled a 2 mmhole near the lens.Now it is quieter, but still vibrating when I press the shutter. Shall I drill another hole on the other side of the lens for balance? And will thi

Dear Steve:My new SLR camera was noisy and it vibrated a little, so I drilled a 2 mmhole near the lens.Now it is quieter, but still vibrating when I press the shutter. Shall I drill another hole on the other side of the lens for balance? And will this void the warranty if I do? I own a new drill.

I Hate Windows - I am Afraid of Linux

IconFirst, a little background. I am a Windows user who has been using Windows since 3.1. I am not a programmer or a developer, I am a user. I process photos, use the internet, e-mail, write letters, play the ever important games and even use it to develop my comic strips. I am not computer illiterate and I use my computer with confidence and skill. Now with that said. I hate Windows.

Block Any Search Engine While Developing

I have a site that has been online for years and I will be hiring a freelancer to work on our website by adding some new content and fixing old pages. The problem is I really do not want someone actually working on the master version of the site. I have extra domains and server space so what I would like to do is just upload a complete copy of my website to another domain, then the freelancer can work on individual pages and then when finished I can approve them and pull that page into my master website. Not sure if this is the best way but had a freelancer work on my site before and 3 months later found some things that I had not approved and it caused some major problems.

Optus snags Apple iPhone resale deal

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Practical Experience As a Beginning Programmer?

LuckyLefty01 writes "I'm 21, going to college, and working part time doing odd jobs like math tutoring. In the past nine months or so, I've discovered and taken to programming (so far mostly C/C++/Obj-C). I am now looking seriously at something in this area as an eventual full time job. Since I don't have much scheduled this coming summer, it would be great to try to get a job of some sort at a tech-related company in order to get some practical experience in the field. Even if I don't have the background to get a job involving actual programming, I think that the knowledge of how such a company works would be valuable. Fortunately, I live in the SF Bay Area, so there should be plenty of companies around. I'm flexible about what I'm going to be doing, and very willing to learn just about anything anybody cares to teach me.

Opinion: Why is Yahoo boosting domain fees by 30%?

Like many people, I "own" a few personal domains for my blogs and a few old business ideas that never got off the ground. And, like many people, they have been parked at Yahoo Small Business, partially because I already had a Yahoo account when I registered them a few years ago, and partially because I was lured by the $1.99/year offers for new domains that Yahoo had running at the time. The rate increased to $9.95 after the first year, but I was OK with that. I was able to reserve the domains and set up redirects to my blogs, and have the option of building real sites if I ever get too frustrated with Google's Blogger service.

Why is Yahoo boosting domain fees by 30%?

Like many people, I "own" a few personal domains for my blogs and a few old business ideas that never got off the ground. And, like many people, they have been parked at Yahoo Small Business, partially because I already had a Yahoo account when I registered them a few years ago, and partially because I was lured by the US$1.99/year offers for new domains that they had running at the time. The rate increased to $9.95 after the first year, but I was OK with that. I was able to reserve the domains and set up redirects to my blogs, and have the option of building real sites if I ever get too frustrated with Google's Blogger service.

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