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IOC move to deter LPG diversion
State-owned oil marketing companies are planning to tag cylinders with radio frequency ID (RFID) chips, which will help track the movement of each cylinder from the time it leaves the filling station and returns for a refill.
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A chronology of the merger-and-acquisition dance between Microsoft and Yahoo
A chronology of events leading to Microsoft Corp.'s decision to abandon its offer for Web search and advertising competitor Yahoo Inc.: Feb. 1, 2008: After two years of talks and speculation, Microsoft makes unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for $31 per share, or $44.6 billion (euro28.85 billion).
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Conduction-cooled SBC rolls for signal intelligence apps
A conduction-cooled Virtual Machine Environment (VME) PowerPC SBC has been introduced by Cornet Technology Inc. for signal intelligence applications such as image-, RADAR- and SONAR-processing.
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"I noticed some tiny disturbance in the force before Christmas as Thom Holwerda posted two articles
about what he felt was the sorry state of free desktops. Seems most people in the GNOME camp simply ignored the article as irrelevant, but Aaron Segio of Trolltech and KDE let it somewhat get to him.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 18th Oct 2007 13:56 UTC, submitted by Witek Wasilewski
Ubuntu 7.10 has been released. " Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Edition adds an enhanced user interface, improved hardware support, multiple monitor support and integrated desktop search.
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ARM joins UEFI effort
ARM has joined the UEFI Forum, a non-profit collaborative trade organization with the intention of modernizing the boot process for computer.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Samsung stays on top of DRAM rankings
Samsung Electronics maintained its DRAM market lead in Q1, cranking up production as competitors retreated in response to weak market conditions and a U.S. economic recession.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Internet search for lost grandfather revealed he was a shunned vicar who sided with Hitler
The story of Henry Stanley Tibbs might never have been heard beyond his own village if it had not been for the arrival of his granddaughter in his old parish.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Dec 2007 16:27 UTC
Microsoft is serious about getting Windows XP to work on OLPC's low-cost laptop , but the company still isn't sure it will be able to make a go of it.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 10th Jan 2006 23:44 UTC, submitted by Derek Newhall
After 2 years of examination the U.S Patent and Trademark Office has reversed its two earlier unofficial decisions and decided that Microsoft's File Allocation Table file system constitutes a "novel and non-obvious" system enabling it to be patented.
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Yahoo CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft's $47.5B bid
Yahoo Inc.
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All eyes on Yahoo for alternate deal
Yahoo Inc is facing growing pressure to find an alternative strategy to a $US47.5 billion ($NZ60.7 billion) takeover offer from Microsoft Corp after the software maker walked away over a major disagreement on price.
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Amazon suing New York state over new sales tax law
Amazon.com Inc has sued the state of New York, challenging a new statute requiring Internet retailers based elsewhere to collect New York sales taxes.
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News |
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Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo
Microsoft Corp walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo Inc after the Internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by $5 billion to $47.5 billion.
Express India |
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Lack of disposal policies add to electronic waste burden
Charging your scrap dealer to take away old CDs and bargaining for a good deal on a computer could well be a thing of the past, if a government e-waste management policy comes into effect.
Express India |
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A virtual war on terror
The recent attacks from China have brought the ugly face of cyber terrorism out in the open. Our defence capabilities in the virtual world have come into limelight
Express India |
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LCD will take over the market held by CRT monitors for years
For the past couple of years, information technology has been instrumental in fuelling an upward growth in India.
Express India |
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Egyptians ignore Facebook strike call to protest Mubarek's 80th birthday
CAIRO - Egyptians largely ignored a call by online activists for a general strike Sunday to protest against the government on President Hosni Mubarak's 80th birthday.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Nov 2006 14:58 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Microsoft will make a surprise announcement at the Nov. 1 launch of Windows CE 6.0, according to the Web's rumor-mill. In what would be its most substantial nod to the open-source movement, Microsoft is rumored to be opening up CE 6.0's entire kernel as 'shared source'.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 28th Oct 2006 08:06 UTC, submitted by anonGPLv3supporter
"Slackware is one of the oldest (arguably *the* oldest) Linux distributions still around today. It is the pet project of one Patrick Volkerding who, love him or hate him, has ruled his distribution with an iron fist since the beginning.
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Conchords downloads take flight
Already a dominating force on United States pop charts, New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords have now annexed the digital realm.
The New Zealand Herald |
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MADDness
The high profile release of Grand Theft Auto IV this week has seen a number of groups use the inevitable publicity for their own means. Newspapers, online sites (yes, including this one) and blogs eager for pageview-generating stories about the hit title lap up stories from pressure groups, hoping to ride in on the search results or the Digg/Slashdot/Reddit homepages the masses consume. This ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 27th Mar 2007 12:59 UTC
"Microsoft's claim of 20 million Vista licenses sold simply doesn't add up when trying to assess who realistically bought them in the time frame - 'in the opening month' - stated in today's press release. Further, the press release claims that 'Windows Vista made a splash in its debut'.
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House prices in Scotland are expected to grow in the next year, avoiding a fall across the UK, a leading bank has ...
Not many laptops are delivered by kayak free of charge by a group of men armed with bearspray and a shotgun.
The Herald |
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After Deal Dies, Yahoo Weighs Its Next Move
As Yahoo investors nervously wait to see how far their shares will fall, the company is considering a partnership with Google as its most likely lifeline.
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