Things go well for teacher, kids (Poughkeepsie Journal)

MARLBORO — Rebecca Auchmoody stood by the door, greeting first-graders and their parents with a smile as they came in her room. By 8:30 a.m., 19 students wearing shiny new sneakers and Mary Janes were sitting at their desks, drawing and putting stickers on their name tags.

In Tomorrow`s Paper (EdmontonSun.com)

Alberta`s opposition parties are charging that school fees are out of control, saying parents are being forced to pay for photocopying paper and even desks in some cases.

Life at Microsoft`s Mobile and Embedded Devices Division (Pocket PC Thoughts)

"With long, shared desks and a wide-open interior, one work space at Microsoft is an unexpected sight inside a company that has traditionally championed individual offices. But the unusual aspects don`t end there. The design team that works in the space spends part of its time generating new hardware concepts for mobile phones and other devices, not limiting itself to Microsoft`s customary focus

Labour pains hit service industry hard (Cochrane Times)

Cochrane Times — With all of Alberta in a bind for warm bodies to serve consumers Cochrane is in no different of a position, especially now that summer employees are returning to their desks at school.

Sask. government failing children who aren`t in school: Opposition (CBC Saskatchewan)

Many school-aged children aren`t at their desks and the NDP government is doing a poor job tracking where they are, a Saskatchewan Party MLA says.

REVIEW: Frames give new life to photos (AP via Yahoo! News)

Photographers looking to spruce up their desks, mantels and coffee tables with their favorite digital snapshots have a more high-tech, albeit pricey, option to printing.

Mirapoint Awarded Info Security Products Guide`s 2006 Best Deployment Scenario Awards for Email Security (RedNova)

Mirapoint`s Deployment at Hong Kong`s Largest S