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Gadgeteer looks at the "plague"

Since the ACS recent venture into virtual worlds for Relay For Life, I have been curious about this. I found this interesting story today in Wired Blogs Gadgeteer, so check it out! The story goes, "In a bizarre case of art imitating life, players of the Blizzard Entertainment game World of Warcraft suddenly found themselves dying from a mysteriously rampant ...

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Time for an Update to Cancer.org!

I was visitng the ASPCA site today to learn more about the animals in trouble when I noticed that they had an XML button to let you keep track of their news stories and press releases. So why don’t we have one on cancer.org? I mean bloggers, new sites, and slashdot are one thing, but now were being upstaged by ...

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Tips For Googling

Here’s an excellent summary on how to sharpen your search skills when Googling. Some of you probably already know most of this, but to me, a flashing 12, it really helps. Especially after spending 30 minutes last night trying to help my 6th grader Google what the "D" means on a penny. I knew, but I wanted him to find ...

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Email, once sent, can update

This story looks at using email for marketing – but info can update in emails that currently sit in a recipient’s box – if I have this right. The developer says, "Because it allows information included in e-mails to be automatically updated, LetterMark can transform e-mail into a permanent, live and convenient source for transmitting and storing data. It gives ...

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