
Source: today.reuters.com
Initial ticket sales for the Dixie Chicks' upcoming tour are far below expectations and several dates will likely be canceled or postoned.

Source: distrocenter.linux.com
CCux Linux is a performance-oriented distribution whose main idea is to remove everything that is not i686-related, such as old compatibility packages, and to have everything from the kernel up compiled in the i686 flavor.

Source: arstechnica.com
Seagate delivered the first high-end SCSI drive using perpendicular technology in April of this year, and announced their first consumer drive, a 750 GB SATA model, shortly thereafter.

Source: arstechnica.com
For the serious gamer who has is looking at high-resolutions with the latest games, the Performance Gaming Box may be perfect. For those who demand Hot Rod performance but without the budget to live on the bleeding edge, the Budget Gaming Box is the place to start.

Source: arstechnica.com
As part of the ramp up to the release of Windows Vista in early 2007, Microsoft released a Windows system performance rating application that aims to give consumers an idea of how well their PCs will run Windows Vista and software designed for the OS.

Source: bytepress.com
Nintendo is a Japanese multinational company founded on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name.

Source: bytepress.com
nVidia is a major supplier of graphics processors, graphics cards, and media and communications devices for PCs and game consoles such as the original Xbox and the new upcoming ‘next generation’ PlayStation 3. Its headquarters are in Santa Clara, California.

Source: linuxforums.org
Fernando Apesteguia concludes: "When a distribution is packaged and delivered to clients, it is designed to be fully compatible with most of the computers available in the market. This is a very heterogeneous set of hardware (hard disks, video cards, network cards, etc.).

Source: elliottback.com.nyud.net
Elliott Back writes, "This will save your onsite HTML and Wordpress system from being hit every time a visitors comes through one of those high traffic sites.

I didn't have time to get accurate statistics, but I'm pretty sure that less than 0.1% of people in the United States race their cars professionally.

Source: macleans.ca
Gallup poll finds that 37 per cent approve of George W. Bush's performance - one of the lowest scores of any president in the modern era.

Source: npr.org
(audio) Fred Child interviews Edgar Meyer - a musician who plays the double bass. And Edgar offers an interpretive ten minute concert with three of his compositions.

It is hard, but plausible to be close to 100% effective in your day-to-day life. Achieving effectiveness can be done by focusing on one area at a time – typically one task. Moreover, multiple tasks lead to a more complex project.

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Flash video of master-juggler Chris Bliss performing in sync with music.

Source: village.albourne.com
The hedge-fund social network clips an FT report on a British crackdown on the valuation of illiquid securities for the purpose of hedge-fund performance reporting.

I'm a seventeen-year-old, testosterone-filled, single male. The long-awaited March Break has just arrived. It's Saturday, March 11, and where am I? What am I doing? Well I wasn't in Cuba hammered, stoned, grinding, or any combination of the above, on this year's grad trip.

Source: news.com.com
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Now that we're into 2006, my computer is about six years old.

Source: javaboutique.internet.com
- Adopt the Correct Include Mechanism.
- Use the Correct Scope in the useBean Action
- Use the init() Method of HttpServlet for Data Caching
- Disable Auto-reloading of Servlets and JSPs
- Disable Auto-reloading of Servlets and JSPs
- Maintain the session with minimum use of

Source: worldnetdaily.com
The performers sought to raise a headless corpse from the dead, cure a blind person, feed 5,000 soccer fans with five loaves and two fishes and walk on water, the paper said, but angry Christian leaders said Jones and McLeod are dishonest.