Topic: NEWS english - on March 12, 2005 at 9:29:00 AM CET
Look Who's Talking at the Drive-Through
McDonald's Corp. wants to outsource your neighborhood drive-through. The world's largest fast-food chain said on Thursday it is looking into using remote call centers to take customer orders in an effort to improve service at its drive-throughs.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 12, 2005 at 9:26:00 AM CET
Microsoft Gives Some U.S. Customers Early Bug Fixes
The U.S. government will get a head start on fixing security holes in Windows and other software under an arrangement with Microsoft Corp. that isn't available to most other customers, Friday's Wall Street Journal reported.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 12, 2005 at 8:41:00 AM CET
SpywareBlaster 3.3 released
To download the newest version of SpywareBlaster, please visit the SpywareBlaster download webpage:
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 12, 2005 at 8:38:00 AM CET
Building Your Home Theater Around the PC
We've all wished we had a screening room in our house at one time or another. And with the increasing popularity of digital photography, many of us are looking for a viable alternative to slide shows. But even though prices have dropped sharply, a traditional home theater installation is still not affordable for most of us. You need a video projector or a plasma TV, an audio/video sound system and a DVD read/write drive, preferably with a hard disk. The total bill for such a set up will likely run you $3000 (3,000 euros) just for entry-level equipment.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 12, 2005 at 8:35:00 AM CET
Star Wars Episode III rendered on Windows 64 bit
MICROSOFT said that famous upcoming Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the sith was rendered on beta version in Windows 64 bit.
This means this operating system like a desirable option even in its beta stage was good enough to render a state of the art movie. The company called Jak Movies decided to go for Windows 64 bit since it was faster to render under 64 bit windows.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 12, 2005 at 8:12:00 AM CET
Europe under snow
Spring gets off to an unseasonal start across Europe: this Envisat image from last week shows the continent covered by snow all the way down from Sweden down to Italy.
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