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Internet targeting can yield sales leads

Web-posted 05/04/08

How is it that online advertisers seem to know that I'm thinking of buying a car or planning a big vacation? I find that creepy, so what can I do about it?

Digital broadcast is not same as high-definition

Web-posted 04/27/08

I've heard that television broadcasts are going all-digital next February. Is that the same thing as being in high-definition?

Avoid big cell phone bills when overseas

Web-posted 04/20/08

I'm heading to Europe this summer, and I want to bring my cell phone, but international roaming looks expensive. How do I keep costs down?

Government: A blessing for the economy

Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 7:11 PM

Times like these (as in “so-so”) make me glad to live here. Although the recent economic downturn (no one is using the R-word yet) has business and industry in many parts of the nation pulling on the emergency brake, the Augusta-Aiken metro area has simply eased off on the gas pedal.

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