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Three weeks after its launch, Windows 10 is now in use by 50 million people worldwide. Although the figure sounds impressive, it's still far off the company's target of one billion Windows 10 devices in two years — something I'm not sure is possible.
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In a landmark ruling for the world of TV broadcasting and streaming, a U.S. judge has ruled that one streaming company could be entitled to a license that would let it transmit the copyrighted content of other broadcasters over the Internet.
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Microsoft has created online chaos by saying that Windows Insiders would be able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free before seemingly retracting that offer with an updated blog post and then saying that Insiders will get 10 for free after all.
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Surabaya -
Indonesia threatened Saturday to revoke AirAsia's permit to fly from Surabaya to Singapore in the wake of last week's loss of a jet with 162 people aboard.
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London -
A website has been set up for U.K. motorists who are paying their annual driving tax. The problem is, the site charges a handling fee, unlike the official government website, and it can take multiple payments, according to one concerned reader.
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By AFP
Oslo -
Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle said Wednesday it had obtained an Irish license for its long-haul routes, to the dismay of unions who argue it will ease the hiring of foreign staff.The company said it had already transferred the first aircraft to ...
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For most people, a visit to the dentist is a feared and traumatic experience, and most of the time some form of anesthesia is welcome. It can, however, be the wrong decision to make.
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Spartanburg -
Authorities say the troubled rapper known as DMX was arrested and placed behind bars overnight in South Carolina for driving without a license.
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Sydney -
Simon Chapman of the University of Sydney's School of Public Health recently published a paper that smokers should purchase pre-paid smartcards in order to smoke cigarettes, which would help the government gather data for anti-smoking campaigns.
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Nevada has approved Google's application for a license to test its driverless cars, the first licence of its kind in the US.
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Bethesda -
The parents of children who were operating a lemonade stand without a permit near the US Open were fined $500, but after some negative publicity the fine was waived and the stand was allowed to remain open-but in another area.
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Pharmaceutical company Allergan has announced that Botox has been cleared for the treatment of chronic migraine. The licensing of this product was given the go-ahead by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
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Chicago -
An American Airlines flight had an unusual experience when the first officer became ill and was replaced by a flight attendant who hadn't flown a plane for 20 years. She said they worked as a team as trained and safely landed at the Chicago airport.
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Conrad Murray, the doctor who administered a lethal dose of anesthetic to pope superstar Michael Jackson, will retain his medical license until his trial begins.
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Washington -
The State Department announced new guidelines for issuing passports to transgender applicants. If you bring a note from your doctor that you have undergone appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition you'll be able to get a passport to match.
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A Swedish air pilot was banned from flying for 12 months and fined US$ 2,400 after admitting to flying passenger planes for 13 years without a license.
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Montgomery -
"This is Alabama; we speak English," says gubernatorial candidate Tim James. "If you want to live here, learn it." Requiring Alabama driver’s license tests in English only is a matter of public safety for the people of this state.
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The Mozambican government recently launched an international tender for the third mobile telecommunications license in the southern African country at USD 25mn.
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Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell of Tangipahoa Parish in Louisiana denied a marriage license to an interracial couple.
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In the coming fall and winter, licensed hunters are allowed to walk into any licensed vendor in Idaho to buy a tag which allows them to kill a gray wolf roaming around in the area.
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Canada's broadcast regulator announced a new kind of television license designed to give some of the country's cash-strapped small-market TV stations some relief in an economic downturn.
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As long as you lie about your age, that is. "There's a laundry list of things we can use to deny or revoke a license, but having a 12-year-old dancing in their establishment is not one of the things that automatically enables us to revoke their license."
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Supreme Court rules that farmer must pay $375,000 in damages after he re-used the seeds from him crops to grow more soybeans... violating the seed company's "Seed End User Licensing Agreement"
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For anyone who has wanted to get rid of unwanted or old items over the internet, eBay has undoubtably crossed their mind. Some people, however, are too busy to go through the hassle of putting items online and going through the shipping process.
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More holes in US Security are exposed as undercover Congressional investigators set up a bogus company and obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 28 days that allowed them to create a "dirty-bomb."
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The price for a taxi cab license in NYC skyrocketed to an astronomical $600K, according to a lending company that financed the purchase.
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South Dakota's Division of Motor Vehicles has decided to rescind a vanity plate that reads 'MPEACHW' after a single reported complaint.
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Blogger says Microsoft's Shared Source License software is ridiculous.
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Woman crashes car into DMV, shortens line by 11 people.
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"Fifty-five minutes for you, 5 minutes for me -- just between friends."
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Costco in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Stu pendousmat
LICENSE: Today is the first day since the 1990s that undocumented immigrants in California can apply for state driver licenses. Photo shows Dept. of Motor Vehicles headquarters in Sacramento. Coolcaesar/Wikimedia Commons
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