SOMALIA-BORN AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR MAJOR PRIZES

Considering what I have just posted (see directly below), the world is full of weird coincidences.BREAKING NEWS is that a young Somali...

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TOP BABY'S NAME

Well, I read the story in a newspaper, and people's names are often written down, but the topic of popular babies' names scarcely...

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Yahoo Mail Integrated Facebook and Social Media Service

Social Networking is now become one of the effective way to connect with any website in easy way. So Now Yahoo! made this for their users to get connect...

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Facebook Vs. Orkut Battle

As we know facebook is now become one of the most popular social networking websites amongst people and now every social network wants to connect like...

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SEAMUS HEANEY SHORTLISTED FOR TS ELIOT POETRY PRIZE

The BBC reports that Nobel Prize-winner Heaney has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot for his collection of poems called Human Chain -- a collection that...

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DIARY ENTRIES OF SEAMAN GEORGE HODGE

Follower Lee Blakey has commented on a long-ago post about a sailor's diary from Nelson's time.  He wonders about the ultimate fate of the journal...

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LLOYDS LIST NOW ONLINE

The digitization revolution is truly great for historians.  While looking at a faithful reproduction on the computer screen is not at all the same...

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A photographic history of mining in early New Zealand

Writing my commentaries on the politics threatening to affect the Alexander Turnbull Library was very pleasantly interrupted when geologist...

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Reactions to my posts on the threat posed by the SS Management Bill ...

Excuses, excuses -- but a good one, this time.The silence from this end has been because I have been tackling the mountain of mail...

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Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RC Leak On Web

It�s well known that Microsoft is prepping a service pack for Windows 7, and now it appears an RC version has leaked to the web. The current build weighs...

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Submissions to Parliament concerning New Zealand's national library

There has been a great deal of off-list interest in my posting on the Select Committee hearing into the State Sector Management Bill, much of...

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Samsung I8700 Omnia 7 Smartphone Review

After the huge success of Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000, Samsung is again introducing its yet another Windows Phone 7 based Smartphone Samsung I8700 Omnia...

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Beware of Google TV Hackers

Users Should aware of Google TV Hackers because like Apple TV, Google's new TV platform is getting the attention of hackers: AndroidForums user Apeman...

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MySpace Leak User Data With Advertisers

As we know MySpace is one of the promising Social Networking website like facebook. But it has been observed and reported by the Wall Street Journal on...

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THE AUTONOMY OF A NATIONAL TREASURE

There is quite a history to this particular national treasure, and one modest man's name dominates the story. As far back as 1858, the foundations...

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Internet Usage Hits 2 Billion Users

According to a report out Tuesday, there will be 2 billion Web dwellers by the end of this year.The number of internet users worldwide has doubled in...

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Google Block 188 Million Emails Spam

You may have seen slightly less spam coming into your email inbox recently, but those messages were more likely than usual to contain a virus, according...

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Hacker Hits Kaspersky Website

Scammers who try to trick victims into downloading fake antivirus software can strike almost anywhere. On Sunday they hit the website of Kaspersky Lab,...

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BRETT BATTLES, PATRY FRANCIS and JASON PINTER

Not long ago, I commented on a collection of thriller shorts by debut writers who had been sponsored by veteran authors, Killer Year.  I enjoyed...

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Microsoft Launches "Cloud" Version of Office

Microsoft Corp launched a fully online version of its popular Office suite of applications on Tuesday as it looks to extend its customer base and beat...

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VANDA SYMON, KIWI CRIME WRITER

Vanda Symon has been interviewed by the New Zealand Society of Authors in their NZSA Chapbook -- as the chair of the Otago-Southland Branch.First,...

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YouTube Rolls Out of Google TV's Launch

YouTube is preparing itself for this weekend's big rollout of Google TV with a launch of its own: the full release of YouTube Leanback, its made-for-TV...

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Windows Phone 7 Is Real Facebook Phone

When Microsoft and Facebook announced that they were partnering to integrate Facebook and Bing for social network-powered search, it confirmed something...

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BUYING E-BOOKREADERS AND THE LENDING OUT OF BOOKS

 Jon Snyder/Wired.com Obviously, there is huge public interest in e-book reading, and, as American naval novelist and historian James L....

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YEAR-TO-DATE E-BOOK SALES COMPRISE 9.0% OF TRADE BOOK SALES

The latest figures from the Association of American Publishers are quite startling.Indeed, it is little wonder that MediaBistro.com has headlined the...

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LONG-LOST DR SEUSS MANUSCRIPT FOR SALE

It has been hidden from view for almost forty years, but now it is up for sale at Nate D. Sanders auction house -- an original Dr Seuss handwritten book.According...

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United States World's Top Spammers

The United States is now the top source of spam, accounting for almost 19 percent of all junk e-mail sent throughout the world, according to a new report...

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Bing To Integrate Facebook Features in Search Engine Soon

You may start seeing some familiar faces in Bing search results soon.Microsoft deepened its corporate friendship with Facebook Wednesday, announcing tighter...

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Opera Mobile for Android Release Within A Month

Opera Software will release the mobile version of its browser for Android-based smartphones within a month, the Norwegian company said in a blog post...

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"AMERICAN ASSASSIN" TRIGGERS KINDLE PRICING WAR ON AMAZON

Vince Flynn, a bestselling American writer of political thrillers, has inadvertently triggered a fascinating political situation with his latest, called...

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MEDIUM-LENGTH HISTORY ON YOUR KINDLE?

It could be the answer for thousands of frustrated historians who write readable, well-crafted prose, just to see their papers languish in scarcely read...

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Windows Phone 7 and Android Platform Competition

Encroaching competitionMicrosoft (MSFT) has finally unveiled its Windows Phone 7 operating system, bringing another mobile platform to compete with Android....

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