Oram bids for match-saving effort
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New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram says the team must maintain their focus as they strive to save the second and final Test with Australia in Adelaide.
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The visitors resumed on Thursday morning with Jacob Oram on 18, Brendon McCullum on 48 and the total on 207/5. McCullum had already done much to change the course of the match with his brisk innings on Wednesday
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When AKQA built a brand Web site for a Visa Signature campaign that launched this month, its media plan included a first for the account: a search component. It will buy keywords related to the checklist of "signature" life moments on the site, like "take a steamboat ride down the Mississippi."
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Match-making companies are creating new services that allow people to post their dating profile online and then automatically receive a text message on a GPS-enabled phone when a match is nearby, say, at a coffee shop around the corner.
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A bidding war may be under way for the struggling maker of trading cards.
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Okay, non-interview stuff first. I've recently picked up several 'shortcuts' from O'Reilly and Addison-Weseley.  I love this format.  For about 10 bucks, you can get a PDF only copy of a 50-100 page "book".  The shortcuts (so far at least) have been very focused, which allows them to cover a reasonable topic in sufficient depth without creating a monstrous 600+ page tome.  The shortcuts I've looked at so far have been timely, useful, and a great value.  October marks the beginning of Apress' push into Ruby and Ruby on Rails.    Apress also has Practical OCaml coming out soon to help soothe your inner functional programmer.  Now, on to interview news!
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Online dating site Match.com has made  its own resolution for 2008: to get out and meet more people,  or in this case, potential subscribers.
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By WG Caddick  WHAT a lovely surprise I had in the post this morning - two vouchers for pounds 5 to be rendered at Argos.   Following a phone call to your officers, I was told that it was because I had taken the Birmingham Mail for some time now.
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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to work with consumer groups, businesses and public bodies to help them exploit opportunities thrown up by the UK's [pound]21.4bn internet shopping market.
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Rules for the Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag contest.
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In a new blog post, Ligaya Turmelle reminds us about the Call for Papers that's still open for this year's OSCON - but not for much longer.   Anyway, here is the link for submitting a proposal and the currently listed tracks include Linux, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, Databases, Desktop Applications, Web Applications (client-side and server-side), Windows, Administration, Security, and Emerging Topics.   The deadline for entry is this coming Monday, February 5th (2007) and all entrants much submit the form for their entries to be considered.
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PEBBLE BEACH, California  - Around 800 hopefuls, lured by the David Beckham factor, will bid to earn a place in the same team as the former England captain during open trials for the Los Angeles Galaxy this weekend.
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Two special cricket matches are to be staged to raise money for the southern Asia tsunami disaster appeal.
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How the desperate might go about finding Mr. or Ms. Right.
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UPDATE - Allrounder Jacob Oram defied negative Australian field placements to slam a deserved second test century as New Zealand fought an admirable rearguard action on day two of the first cricket test at the Gabba here today.
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OAUG (Oracle Applications Users Group) president Patricia Dues said today that the organization is in the midst of plans to support PeopleSoft users and the PeopleSoft user group.
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Slot machine makers, keen to find a  new selling point for a traditional game, are trying to  increase the social aspect of slots by linking up machines so  players can share payouts and the thrill of winning.