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Fast Forward: ‘Augmented reality' fuses your world and the Web

'Augmented reality' fuses the Web and the world around you Sunday, November 22, 2009 The cameras on some new phones don't show the world as you've known it. Tap one to display a snippet of Internet data about whatever lies...

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Tourism Sector Gets Shs 25 Billion Boost

The Uganda tourism sector will receive US$13 million (Approx. Shs 25 billion) for its development work over the next five years from USAID and the Global Sustainable Tourism Alliance. Each will contribute half the sum.

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"Idol" wild child Adam Lambert readies first album (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged...

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10. Keen for a trip to Iceland?

Big drop in currency value makes formerly expensive destination attractive. Since the global financial crisis, Malaysians are observed to be staying close to home, choosing mainly popular domestic and regional destinations with...

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2. Astro's high definition future

PAY television operator Astro All Asia Networks, whose TV household penetration rate in Malaysia is almost reaching 50%, is aware that one size doesn’t fit all despite catering to the mass market. Astro TV chief executive...

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INTERVIEW - Glitz key to Atlantic City's future-Harrah's exec

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Atlantic City needs more flair, flesh and flash if it wants to take back business from the growing number of slot parlors in the Northeast, a senior executive with Harrah's Entertainment said on Friday.

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In Chicago, mixed feelings about end of Oprah Winfrey show

The loss of Oprah Winfrey's show could affect local tourism and businesses in Chicago. By Mark Guarino | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the November 20, 2009 edition In this Sept. 8 file photo thousands of...

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When a hotel deal is an error

By Christopher Elliott Q I recently found a $28-per-night rate at the Westin Imagine in Orlando, Fla. I was amazed. I booked the room, and several days later I called the hotel to ensure that it was a legitimate rate. The...

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Oman: 'Gateway airport projects to help tourism'

The government's ambitious airport development and modernisation programme will help fuel tourist inflows as well as open up new areas of the country to tourism development, according to the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of...

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Northwood keeps moving forward

Nov 20, 2009 (Grand Forks Herald - Twenty-seven months after an EF-4 tornado devastated the community of Northwood, N.D., killing one resident and injuring 18 others, recovery remains on the fast track. The city is finishing up...

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