Playbill Magazine Celebrates 125 Years in the Biz Sept. 21 (Playbill)

September 20, 2009

Among those expected to join Playbill and its staff in a celebration of Broadway’s past, present and future are Gina Gershon ( Bye Bye Birdie, Boeing-Boeing ), John Stamos ( Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret ), Lynn Redgrave ( Nightingale ), Stockard Channing ( Pal Joey ), Ana Gasteyer (”Saturday Night Live,” The Royal Family ), Michael McKean ( Superior Donuts ), Cheyenne Jackson ( Finian’s Rainbow …

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Why I Can Never Be Exclusive to Linux and Open Source on the Desktop (ZDNet)

September 20, 2009

Why can’t I move to Linux and Open Source applications as my desktop exclusively? My profession as a Systems Architect requires that I live in both the Windows and Linux worlds. by Jason Perlow

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Online World of Warcraft casts a spell (Denver Post)

September 20, 2009

The scene opens upon a raven-haired woman with ethereal eyes, hollow cheeks and a sculpted body clad in little more than a scroll of hardware pressing into her flesh. Her gaze appears more dangerous than the broken sword clutched among manicured fingers and ultimately abandoned.

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Digital nomads ditch cubicles for diners and pool decks (Denver Post)

September 20, 2009

Meet the digital nomads. They work ‘” clad in shorts, T-shirts and sandals ‘” wherever they find a wireless Web connection to reach their colleagues via instant messaging, Twitter, Facebook, e-mail and occasionally by voice on their iPhones or Skype. They represent an evolution in teleworking.

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Log into virtual labs for real experiments (The Times of India)

September 20, 2009

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have received a $1 million grant to take the concept of online laboratories, or iLabs, and put them into high schools. iLabs are experimental facilities that can be accessed through the internet, allowing students to complete experiments from anywhere at any time via a webcam and remote controls.

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Hamburg School District Report to the Public (Ashley County Ledger)

September 20, 2009

The Hamburg School District reports its progress in completion of compliance with the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools at the public meeting on September 21, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. in the Central Office, 202 East Parter Street, Hamburg. All parents are invited to attend.

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Video controversy doesn’t deter St. Louis ACORN office (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

September 20, 2009

Sept. 17, 2009 – House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, second from right, accompanied by, from left, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga.,

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Automakers, Tech Try to Dial Up Smart Cars (Enterprise Security Today)

September 20, 2009

Suppose you’re driving to a client’s office but realize you forgot the map. You open your e-mail from your car’s computer, which searches for messages containing addresses.

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