While in the past, a company could go "dark" with its branding initiatives for a few weeks after a nasty bit of public relations, in today's environment this just isn't an option, especially for companies at the epicenter of our country's economic meltdown.
It looks like those that bought a Seagate hard drive in the past few years could possibly be in store for a few freebies or a bit of cash, at least if a proposed class action settlement goes ahead.
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"We're offering those teams a chance to fly out of Europe, South America, Asia, acclimatise in Nairobi for a few days, do a bit of training, sight seeing, and then fly down for the world cup, it's only a four hour flight from Nairobi to Joburg, " he added.
When I was a kid, I had a few, some of them a bit less humiliating than others.
Lenovo's Android-based LePhone (not LePhono, sadly) may not be officially launching in China until next month, but the company did just hold a launch event of sorts in the country, in which it revealed a few new details and did a fair bit of boasting.
Furthermore, James Cameron had a bank of about a million computers rendering each frame of that movie, and to think that hardware could all be pressed into a console a few years later is a bit of a stretch.
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But I thought I would come along today and just talk to you about Australia and actually start by asking you a few questions, a bit of a pop quiz about Australia.
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I'm not just going for a holiday, I'm looking to play as many games as possible and hopefully get into a few test sides and get a bit of rugby played.
Real estate is always local, and a few markets are seeing a bit of life.
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In Costa Rica we did some zip lining, boat riding and snorkeling, a few nature tours, a bit of sitting on the beach and a whole lot of restful, sometimes jolting, and always thoroughly stimulating gazing across Costa Rica's undulating landscapes from the windows of tourist transport vans.
Being a bartender, as a profession, has gained quite a bit of popularity in the past few years.
Not great, but not a tragedy either: with just a few minutes left he had taken one for the team and eaten up a bit of the clock.
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Bear in mind that pretty much anyone can front a well-made YouTube video and think twice about whether this is all just a bit of fun for a few bored people on their summer break.
We exchanged a few pleasantries, but there was a bit of a strain in his voice.
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Until the electronics makers are willing to prune their businesses to concentrate on a few targeted areas rather than stock a bit of everything on their shelves, they will continue to flounder as the world passes them by.
Over the next 10 years the Groupon investment just might create a few thousand jobs, and return a nice bit of loot to the state treasury.
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"We've had a few meetings but it's taking a bit of time and I accept that local government at the moment has a lot on its mind, " said Alex Glanville, the author of the report.
"With Danny Orr and Scott Hill, Quins have two quality half-backs, and even though they have had a few tough losses and we have hit a bit of form, they could come to our place and turn it on, " he said.
And the Mistick Krewe of Comus, the oldest of the krewes, stopped marching a few years ago when the city imposed another bit of modernity on Mardi Gras: a ban on racially segregated parades.
So after a few days of life smacking me around a bit and nothing I could do to control it, I decided to focus on what I could control.
Just, you know, a little bit of bad luck on a few balls.
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And we think of any kind of problem or phenomenon as naturally following the distribution where there's a few people at one end who have no problem, a few people at the other who have, you know, a kind of little bit of a problem, and then there's a big broad middle and the curve goes up.
The problem with that definition, of course, is that not just anybody can measure it -- since most of us don't have an International Prototype Kilogram laying around, especially since every time the thing is picked up a few atoms rub off of it making it a little bit lighter.
If you do not have movement it is going to be a slow painful few weeks, death of 1000 cuts so to speak, as a little bit is gone every day.
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The cameras roll and without missing a beat, he slips into his deranged millionaire persona, a character that has popped up a bit over the past few years, as Hodgman has wrapped up his trilogy of "complete world knowledge, " the last entry of which, "That is All, " was released in paperback and audiobook forms this week.
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While we've had a good bit of conversation the past few weeks surrounding the right time to pick up a Blu-ray player, today's Ask Engadget HD inquiry puts a welcome spin on the discussion that we feel affects quite a few movie aficionados out there.
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"I'm really looking forward to it, although the last few days have been a bit of a whirlwind trying to get everything sorted, " he admitted.
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"We weren't at our best with our ball at the start and 299 is probably a few too many on that sort of wicket which slowed up a little bit, we did pretty well to get that close but unfortunately we didn't get the win, " he said.
Mr. SCHWEITZER: Well, we have noticed already that we are seeing good success with Syrah, with Cabernet Sauvignon, with Sangiovese and we think that Zinfandel will be very good here and a few of the more warm-weather whites like Sauvignon Blanc and Deanya(ph) are also having a bit of success.
On August 18th, Mr McBride seemed to give in a bit by showing a few slides of partially encrypted code in a Las Vegas conference room.
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