By Amy B. Jordan Like many parents, I am making my back-to-school “to-do” list, and one thing I have already crossed off: sending in the paperwork for my 11th grader to receive a free laptop computer from her public high school. In my home, this is something we hardly “need” (although my daughter would...
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Pawning of county computer investigated; employee on leave
SEVIERVILLE — The sheriff’s office is investigating allegations that a county employee pawned a county-owned computer from his office. Rodney Derick Robertson’s computer disappeared sometime in August from his office in the county archives building, Sheriff’s Capt. Jeff McCarter said Tuesday. Robertson works in the archives department; he is the son of Register of...
GENCOM Genealogical Computer Society Monthly Meeting
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‘Real Steel’ Director And Hugh Jackman Find Humanity In Boxing Robots
Summer may be over, but the fall season still holds plenty of hot movies worth looking forward to. We’re celebrating the coming months of fantastic films all week long with MTV News’ Fall Movie Preview, starting with a sports drama mixed with a sci-fi twist: “Real Steel,” the robot boxing movie starring “Wolverine” leading...
Resistance 3 Review
Kevin Butler rallies the troops for Resistance 3 1 Resistance 3 Developer Video Shows Process of Moti… 1 Resistance 3 Beta starts early August 1 The Chimera Are Pissed in Latest Resistance 3 Scre… 0 Sony Committed to the Online Pass, Everyone Loses 22 Resistance 3 To Feature The PSN Pass 13 Article source:...
ETS Acquires Edusoft Ltd., Computer-based Learning Firm
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Educational Testing Service (ETS®), the world’s leading educational assessment and research organization, has acquired Edusoft Ltd. ( www.edusoftlearning.com ), a developer of interactive English Language Learning solutions worldwide. Edusoft’s solutions have been used since 1990 in classrooms, on computers and online in more than 30...
EE Reed Construction, LP Selects Hosted eCMS
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sep 06, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Computer Guidance Corporation, the leading developer of financial and project management software solutions for architecture, engineering and construction companies, today announced that E.E. Reed Construction, L.P. signed an agreement to implement Hosted eCMS for the management of its design/build and general contracting services with offices in...
Thai Man Arrested On Charges Of Insulting Monarchy
(RTTNews) – Police in Thailand have arrested a 40-year-old computer programmer on charges of insulting the country’s monarchy on Facebook, officials said Tuesday. Surapak Puchaieseng is accused of creating a Facebook profile with defamatory pictures, audio clips, and messages believed to be insulting to the royal family. But Puchaieseng insists that he is innocent...
Computer glitch kept flight attendant off 9/11 plane – The Tribune
SALEM, N.H. — A computer glitch saved Cheryl Currao’s life and also changed it forever. Currao, of Salem, N.H., was an American Airlines flight attendant in 2001. In the days leading up to 9/11, she was desperately trying to swap assignments so she could be on American Airlines Flight 11 to Los Angeles that...
Brazil House OKs Tax Breaks For Production Of Tablet Computers
BRASILIA (Dow Jones)–Brazil’s lower house in a voice vote Tuesday gave approval to a measure offering tax breaks for national production of tablet computers. The bill, which still must gain final approval in the Senate, would offer … Article source: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110906-714616.html