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Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo
Microsoft Corp walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo Inc last night after the Internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by $5 billion to $47.5 billion.
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Microsoft pulls $42B bid to buy Yahoo Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc.
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When you barely speak English, even a math test is baffling
Maryam Rahmatillayeva, a usually cheerful fifth-grader from Uzbekistan, knows how to use a computer mouse and can read some English. But the question she faced recently on a practice Idaho Standards Achievement Test in math stumped her nonetheless. GO...
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Walter Mossberg: Simultaneous, heavy use can slow down DSL speed
Q We have DSL service. I use several Web-based applications, one of which is online backup, and my husband is concerned that they degrade his use of the Web, which includes creating Web sites. I contend that that is like saying turning on one light bulb is using too much electricity, that two people on one DSL line aren't using up too much bandwidth. Who is right?
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Taking a swipe at better credit
People used to obsess over frequent-flier miles. Now, with lending standards getting tighter, they're applying similar energy to improving their credit scores. Jeffrey Sheldon, a 36-year-old Purcellville, Va., computer-systems administrator, has an enviable credit score of about 740. But he's planning to refinance his adjustable-rate mortgage in June and knows that lenders will be taking a ...
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Adobe makes mark on Web photos
The biggest name in photo software for many years has been Adobe's Photoshop. But, as more and more photos migrated online, Adobe became concerned that people would associate photo software less with its own locally installed programs than with Web-based products and services. So, last month, the photo giant introduced Photoshop Express, its free Web-based service for storing, sharing and ...
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Bring ballpark home
For those times when you can't take yourself out to the ballgame, there is the Liveboard by Vroop.This Bluetooth-enabled scoreboard connects wirelessly to your PC and picks up the current baseball scores and batter's count for your favorite team or any other team in the major leagues. The software runs on Windows and Mac computers, and has three modes. Basic mode follows one team, full mode ...
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By Victor O'Brien Killeen Daily Herald
Killeen police are going wireless to alert residents about crime.
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A fresh way to handle money
My Dad will be proud to read that I've spent much of the past week studying my finances and figuring out my budget. But I'm willing to bet he'll be surprised to learn that I did this in no time using a free Web-based program. This week, I tested Mint.com, which serves as a Web home base for account information from credit cards, credit unions and bank accounts. The site securely and ...
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N.C. writer has intriguing new book of stories
Raleigh's John Kessel is known as a science fiction author, winner of several sci-fi and fantasy awards, including the prestigious Nebula. But that's too tight-fitting a label to describe the writer of the dark, wacky, wide-ranging short stories that make up his new collection, "The Baum Plan for Financial Independence," ($24 hardcover, $16 paperback, Small Beer Press. You can also download it ...
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muvee Teams Up With Fujitsu Japan
muvee, the pioneer in automatic video editing, today announced its collaboration with Fujitsu Japan, a global leader in consumer IT and communications solutions. muvee's popular software, muveeNow, will come preinstalled on Fujitsu PCs this summer.
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Annual 'Evvie' for Excellence in Search Engine Study Papers Awarded
Stephen A. Arnold of ArnoldIT.com announced the Evvie "best paper award" for 2008 on Day Two of Infonortics' Boston Search Engine Meeting.
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New Web-based Software Puts Your Waiting List Online and Lets Your Customers Get In line, Online
Contemporary Web Plus, Inc., an online scheduling software industry leader, announces the release of Zipline Software, a revolutionary web-based waiting line and queuing management tool. Zipline Software automates the waiting line process for industries as diverse as restaurants, medical providers, tire stores, eyeglass providers, and portrait studios by connecting waiting lines to customers ...
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Web Site Targets Older Americans and People Planning Their Retirement - RetiredBrains.com Expands Information Offered
As more seniors become computer literate and use the Net to search for information there is an increased need for sites that focus on this market and provide the kinds of information older Americans are seeking.
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Oversight Systems, Provider of Continuous Monitoring Software Named as a Finalist in the Red Herring Top 100
Maker of real-time transaction monitoring software recognized as one of the top entrepreneurial technology companies in North America
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Plastic Replaced by Wood Technology: A New Gadget, the Wood Computer Mouse
Using advanced CAD/CAM techniques, a small Canadian based company has developed a method for replacing plastic components with customized wood components. The process is used for the computer mouse and will soon be used for other gadgets and technology.
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Stay Sharp with Brainiversity from Brighter Minds and Red Sprite Studios
To stay fit and healthy we should regularly exercise our bodies, and the brain is no different. Brighter Minds Media, LLC (Brighter Minds), a wholly owned subsidiary of Brighter Minds Media, Inc. (TSX: BRI.V), is thrilled to announce the retail release of Brainiversity™, a unique brain training software program from Red Sprite Studios.
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Bloggers Unite For Human Rights
Tens of thousands of bloggers from all over the world will write about human rights on Thursday, May 15, as part of Bloggers Unite For Human Rights campaign.
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New in nonfiction this summer
• "The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport," by Carl Hiaasen; Knopf, $22, out Tuesday.
Poughkeepsie Journal |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Aug 2006 13:04 UTC, submitted by Dennis Chay
Although open-source software can be customized to meet a company's specific needs, its inherent complexity could dent the profitability of independent software vendors, says Microsoft.
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Google making digital versions of millions of books
In a dimly lit back room on the second level of the University of Michigan library's book-shelving department, Courtney Mitchel helped a giant desktop machine digest a rare, centuries-old Bible.
Deseret Morning News |
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Economy slow, but Coach prospers
Q. With all the recession worries, what are the prospects for my shares of Coach Inc.? F.V., via the Internet
Deseret Morning News |
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Buying a car online can save money
Most used-car transactions start on the Internet and end at a dealer. But the success of eBayMotors.com's auctions has led to a cult of car buyers who search the globe for collectible cars, conduct the whole transaction online and have the vehicle shipped.
Deseret Morning News |
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Microsoft drops Yahoo bid
Microsoft said Saturday that it was abandoning its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo after it raised its offer by $5 billion but Yahoo rejected it as still too low.
The News & Observer |
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Recent Original Stories
In a PC Magazine opinion piece, Oliver Rist makes note of some deficiencies in Apple's new OS, declaring , "Before Apple makes any more smug OS-related attacks on Microsoft, it ought to take a good look in the mirror."
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