PC makers adding own flourishes to their machines (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Complaints about Vista and trial software on new PCs were factors.

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Little DSLR that could (The Star)

The Olympus E-420 is one of the smallest DSLR cameras in the market but it’s pretty big on features.

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GeoEye Hopes for Clear Skies Ahead (Washington Post)

On Thursday at 11:50 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, GeoEye chief executive Matthew O’Connell plans to be at Vandenberg Air Force Base, watching a Boeing Delta II rocket roar into the California sky, carrying GeoEye’s new imaging satellite — and the hopes of his company’s future. If all goes well,…

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JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む (Japan Today)

The barker outside the Gold On pachiko palace in Tamachi was taking no chances. Instead of handing out double-helpings to all and sundry, he waited cautiously before pouncing.

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From ancestors, the gift of wings (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines - Some Filipinos go to New York and feel liberated. Mia Ongpin Herbosa moved back from New York, and found liberation in Manila.

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Canon 50D DSLR is I4U Top 100 Holiday Gift Guide Tip #13 (I4U)

Canon announced the new 15.1MP Canon 50D DSLR camera this week. The Canon 50D is a bit more expensive than the Nikon D90. The higher resolution and the exceptional sensitivity of ISO 12,800 is surely to blame for the price difference. Canon targets with…

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Popular business directory searches (The Weatherford Democrat)

Tomorrow is a very special day for me. It is the 65th anniversary of the date of my birth. Just after breakfast on the morning of the first of September, 1943, I made my debut at the old Medical Surgical Clinic on West Columbia Street.

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Popular business directory searches (The Weatherford Democrat)

Tomorrow is a very special day for me. It is the 65th anniversary of the date of my birth. Just after breakfast on the morning of the first of September, 1943, I made my debut at the old Medical Surgical Clinic on West Columbia Street.

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Virtual Mirror Makes Trying on Clothes a Snap (PC World)

The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications has developed a virtual mirror that allows people to virtually try on…

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Space Station Laptops Catch Virus (PC World)

Malware goes into orbit, infecting laptops on the International Space Station.

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IFA 2008: Coverage roundup (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

This page will be updated over the coming days with all of our coverage from IFA 2008. IFA, along with CES, is one of the big consumer electronics trade shows in the calendar.

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KSU focuses on Polaroids by Warhol (Akron Beacon Journal)

Andy Warhol was such a suck-up. The Pop Art master always wanted to schmooze with the ”beautiful people” and wanted everyone who mattered to know he’d been there, in person, close enough to take a picture. So Warhol carried a Polaroid camera with him wherever he went.

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Alamogordo police logs (Alamogordo Daily News)

Mack Hunter, 60, of 523 Maryland Ave., was arrested on a Municipal Court warrant for failure to pay fines. Hunter was released to the custody of the court.

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Popular business directory searches (The Weatherford Democrat)

Tomorrow is a very special day for me. It is the 65th anniversary of the date of my birth. Just after breakfast on the morning of the first of September, 1943, I made my debut at the old Medical Surgical Clinic on West Columbia Street.

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Now the watched are those watching (Republican-American)

This column was going to be about digital technology and how it was changing the way movies were being made. I wasn’t going to write about computer graphics — done to death, including in this space — but about digital cameras themselves, those small, cheap, portable cameras that record professional images and sound.

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Public Safety Log (Albany Democrat-Herald)

People arrested are innocent unless proven otherwise in court. Initial charges often change as a case progresses.

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New Nikon SLR can shoot movies (Everett Herald)

Nikon Corp. on Wednesday launched the first digital still camera with interchangeable lenses that also shoots movies. The D90 single-lens reflex camera, or SLR, takes 12.3 megapixel stills, but can also shoot movies in the high-definition 720p format.

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FCC may help solve radio frequency interference problems (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

Nick Francesco says there’s not much you can do about radio frequency interference except talk to the FCC about the radio transmitter in your neighborhood.

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KSU focuses on Polaroids by Warhol (Akron Beacon Journal)

Andy Warhol was such a suck-up. The Pop Art master always wanted to schmooze with the ”beautiful people” and wanted everyone who mattered to know he’d been there, in person, close enough to take a picture. So Warhol carried a Polaroid camera with him wherever he went.

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Alamogordo police logs (Alamogordo Daily News)

Mack Hunter, 60, of 523 Maryland Ave., was arrested on a Municipal Court warrant for failure to pay fines. Hunter was released to the custody of the court.

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