France's six-month presidency of the EU in 2008 was one of the most expensive in history, costing about one million euros (£907,000) daily, officials say.The French Court of Accounts put the total cost of the July-December 2008 presidency at 171m euros.Usually the rotating presidency of the EU costs 70-80m euros. Only Germany has previously spent as much on it as France, the AFP news agency reports."The...
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article:"Where are all the Internet domain names registered and maintained?." 13 July 2000. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2009.One of the greatest things about the Internet is that nobody really owns it. It is a global collection of networks, both big and small, that connect together in many different ways to form the single entity that we know as...
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Delicious Works." 13 July 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2009.Delicious is a social bookmarking site that lets you store and share your favorite links. See moreBookmarks have been around since books themselves. In fact, as long as people have bound together large stacks of paper and had trouble remembering where...
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Netcom rose 1.26% to Rs 28.15 at 14:09 IST after the company's board approved raising up to Rs 1250 crore.On BSE, 26,961 shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 70,345 shares in the past one quarter.The stock hit a high of Rs 30.30 and a low of Rs 27.15 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 58 on 8 June 2009 and a 52-week low of Rs 23.30 on 13...
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computer know when to activate the screensaver?." 13 July 2001. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2009.constantly monitors the activity going on between the various components of the system. When it notes that thesettings of the Display properties window, the system sends a special command to the, or current, application to see if it can launch the screensaver....
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deviantART Works." 13 July 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2009.deviantART's home page randomly displays works of art created by its members. See moreStarving artists may still have it rough, but thanks to the social networking power of the Web, at least they have each other. More specifically, they can congregate...
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drugs dealer who refused to go to the toilet for 16 days to avoid producing the evidence that would convict him has been jailed for 52 months.Damien Ankrah, 28, placed the drugs in condoms and swallowed them to avoid detection, Swansea Crown Court heard.The judge heard that after police in Pembrokeshire arrested him during a drugs operation, he refused to eat for days to avoid going to the toilet.David...
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CarDomain Works." 13 July 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2009.Want your friends to view photos of your car? CarDomain lets you post pictures and share with an online community.Auto enthusiasts are extremely proud of their automobiles. Once they've acquired their dream car, drivers pour time, effort and money...
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"Top 10 Social Networking Sites for Parents." 13 July 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2009.Parents are joining all kinds of social networks to share their experiences and search for answers to common problems.Social networking has evolved from chatting on America Online and...
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Club Penguin Works." 13 July 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2009.Club Penguin is a virtual online community owned by Disney aimed at preteens and early teens between the agesThe possibilities are seemingly endless for users of social networking Web sites. Not only can you share information with online communities...
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