The XO laptop is supposed to be a low-cost computer targeted at children in the developing world. It is low on computing power by modern standards, low on memory, has no hard drive and runs on Linux, the open-source operating… More: continued here
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Online auction giant eBay has launched a microlending website that lets people invest in entrepreneurs in poor communities around the world – and get returns. More: continued here
Read More »Rolly: Thank you for all the good deeds – Salt Lake Tribune
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Read More »The long wait for Internet deliveries (Gulf Times)
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Read More »Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (Greenville Advocate)
Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of …
Read More »Giants-Pats tickets flood eBay – Fort Worth Star Telegram
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Giants-Pats tickets flood eBayFort Worth Star Telegram, TX –2 hours ago… more than 200 Giants ticket holders put their seats to Sunday's game against the Patriots at Giants Stadium up for bid on the auction site, eBay. …Many Giants fans selling Pats ticketsNew York Daily NewsTicket holders see …
Read More »Complaints soar over late online gifts – Telegraph.co.uk
BBC News Complaints soar over late online giftsTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –Dec 24, 2007Royal Mail staff have also come under fire for leaving "you are out" messages at houses instead of checking to see if anyone was at home. …Online shopping complaints riseBBC NewsShoppers wait for Christmas deliveriesWatford ObserverOnline Shopping Complaints Creep UpMyFoxOrlando.comall …
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The number of households receiving food stamps through Henry-Martinsville Social Services surged past 5,000 in November, agency statistics show. Social services reported a total of 5,027 food stamp households containing 10,779 people last month. More: continued here
Read More »eBay selling small Texas town – WFIE-TV
eBay selling small Texas townWFIE-TV, IN –18 minutes agoThe Grove, Texas, is for sale on eBay. It's expected go for around one million dollars on the Internet auction site. For that kind of money, … More: continued here
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