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While the Senate unanimously passed the Orphan Works bill on September 26, the bill has failed to find enough support to pass in the House ... yet. The Shawn Bently Orphan Works Act of 2008 is an attempt to change the basic tenets of copyright law - that is, if it's not yours, you can't use it wi...

If you're addicted to Adobe Photoshop Elements (like me!), this will make you sit up and take notice.  However, after reading CNET's review and Adobe's product description, I'm not sure this release will be anything noteworthy ... unless you've been anxiously waiting for automatic online backups ...

I was checking the Google stats on one of my web sites the other day, and found that someone went to my site after typing the following query into Google:  "what does "br fb hb" mean" (my web site came up number 8!).  It got me thinking about the consumers who try to decipher what we type into th...

As of August 10, 2008, there are 552 active residential listings in Sterling/Potomac Falls and the average number of days on market is 109. The list prices range from $71,500 to $2,450,000; the average list price is $330,740 and the median is $275,000 The current market absorption rate is 3.12. 1...

As of August 10, 2008, there are 393 active residential listings in Reston and the average number of days on market is 112. The list prices range from $110,000 to $1,600,000; the average list price is $452,414 and the median is $360,000 The current market absorption rate is 4.62. 85 residential s...

As of August 10, 2008, there are 1,544 active residential listings in Manassas (including the City of Manassas and Manassas Park) and the average number of days on market is 137. The list prices range from $47,900 to $1,499,999; the average list price is $254,497 and the median is $198,950. The c...

As of August 10, 2008, there are 752 active residential listings in Leesburg and the average number of days on market is 167. The list prices range from $69,900 to $5,000,000; the average list price is $608,025 and the median list price is $465,500. The current market absorption rate is 6.65. 113...

As of August 10, 2008, there are 496 active residential listings in Herndon and the average number of days on market is 126. The list prices range from $94,905 to $1,990,000; the average list price is $413,053 and the median is $332,250. The current market absorption rate is 3.26. 152 residential...

As of August 10, 2008, there are 261 active residential listings in Chantilly and the average number of days on market is 116. The list prices range from $112,900 to $1,795,000; the average list price is $505,573 and the median is $449,999 The current market absorption rate is 4.75. 55 residentia...

As of August 10, 2008, there are 435 active residential listings in Centreville and the average number of days on market is 112. The list prices range from $114,900 to $1,750,000; the average list price is $376,423 and the median is $324,000. The current market absorption rate is 4.53. 96 residen...