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Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Increasingly, U.S. Fireworks Come from Overseas. To many Americans, fireworks are a key feature to the Fourth of July, but most of the fireworks used in the United States now come from China. [NPR Topics: Business]
10:15:02 AM

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Blogging While Browsing, but Not Buying. Online merchants are starting to test Web logs in hopes of giving their stores more personality and giving customers a reason to return. By BOB TEDESCHI. [NYT > Technology]
10:14:49 AM

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Oracle Makes JDeveloper 10g Free for All Developers [Oracle Technology Network Headlines]
10:14:34 AM

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Pop-up smut tops spyware chart. Panda's giant list [The Register]
10:14:20 AM

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I like this! I have been collecting "old" computers for years.

Geek Chic: Old Computers As Collectibles . The year was 1986 and Bud Ballos was an eighth-grader, a proud owner of a brand-new computer with what was to him "a weird thing" called a mouse. By Jose Antonio Vargas. [Washtech]

10:13:58 AM

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Classroom Clickers Make the Grade. For students weaned on TV remote controls, it's the perfect classroom interaction gadget: a 'clicker' that lets them respond anonymously to teachers' questions. It serves the 'instant-gratification generation,' says one professor. [Wired News: Technology]
10:12:51 AM

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Lawmaker Revs Up Fair-Use Crusade. Rep. Rick Boucher is the rare legislator who defends file-sharing technology and thinks Congress is way too chummy with the entertainment industry. Boucher chats about content, law and technology in the digital age. Wired News interview by Katie Dean and Evan Hansen. [Wired News]
10:12:12 AM

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