11/22/2008
Yesteryears (Modesto Bee)
100 YEARS AGO: The new telephone directories that were distributed about town contained the names of 200 additional subscribers in the Modesto section of the book, showing good evidence of the speedy growth in the community. -- Karen Aiello
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11/23/2008
Prototype affordable Braille display in development (Drobe.co.uk)
Published: 22nd Nov 2008, 21:22:04. A low-cost computer-controlled Braille board has been prototyped by a RISC OS-using university student.
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11/23/2008
Where are newspapers going? It's up to you (Journal Inquirer)
Forty years ago today the Journal Inquirer became a daily afternoon newspaper and published its first edition, merging the weekly paper that had served the Rockville area (the Journal, founded a hundred years earlier) and the weekly that for the last few years had served South and East Windsor (the Inquirer).
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11/23/2008
Reading, writing and recycling (St. Clair County Journal)
To help curb the growing number of waste contributed by bottled water- and soda-drinkers at the schools, Madison County Recycling this year began providing bins for recycled plastic bottles and Highland Recycling agreed to pick up recycled plastic at schools. Plastic is an enormous source of waste along with the cardboard.
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11/22/2008
EPP, Dubai wins European Printer of the Year Awards (AME Info)
Emirates Printing Press (EPP), a leading high quality printing house in Dubai, UAE, recently won two prestigious Sappi European Printer of the Year Awards at a gala ceremony held in Hamburg, Germany.
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11/22/2008
Elevator Pitch: cmypitch has big plans for small businesses (Guardian Unlimited)
cmypitch has built a site with a whole buffet of tools for businesses, from a video pitching section to recruitment services and advice for entrepreneurs. Founder Emmett Kilduff describes the site as a social network for businesses, and claims the site attracted 20,000 users in the first two months since the launch, in June this year. The site is privately funded and employs 15 staff ...
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11/22/2008
WM Print upgrades sheetfed machinery with Roland 700 (PrintWeek)
Commercial printer WM Print has updated its sheetfed division with a new six-colour Roland 700 B1-format press.
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11/21/2008
SearchDay | Yahoo's Next Move (Search Engine Watch)
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Yahoo's Next Move; Marketing Pitches: Don't Strike Out With Your Audience; Google AdWords Launches Search-Based Keyword Tool; and more.
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11/22/2008
National Farm-City Week, Nov. 21 to 27 (High Plains Journal)
National Farm-City Week is a time to honor the men and women who grow America's bountiful food supply. The week of Nov. 21 to 27 commemorates U.S. food producers and seeks to recognize their efforts among the nation's urban citizens.
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11/20/2008
This Week on the Crunch Board (TechCrunch)
Make sure to look at the latest job listing on CrunchBoard. While doing that take a look at our new Crunchboard Service and Sales Directories. They are a great way to connect with the start-up community. Click through for some of jobs posted in the past week.
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