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"The basic idea behind Mac OS X's Dock is that when you need an application, you click on its icon on an on-screen bar, and the application is launched (if it has not been yet) or switched to (if it has).
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Just when you finally thought your Windows XP settings were just right, here comes Windows Vista. Fear not: PC Magazine has teamed up with Wiley Books to bring you Windows Vista Solutions to guide you through the ins and outs of your new OS. This week's excerpt helps you navigate the control panel to make your computer fit you.
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"After lot of work and several delays, we proudly announce the availability of SUSE Linux 10.1 . In tribute to 42 and as today is the fifth anniversary of the death of Douglas Adams, we dedicate this release to him. As usual, we ship all the latest open source packages available at the time.
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to return and the potential to do a Google deal," said Clayton Moran, analyst at Stanford Group. Moran said Yahoo shares could fall to the mid- to low-$20 range on Monday from their $28.67 close last week.
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Microsoft has unveiled a flurry of critical security alerts for Windows. Get the details on Microsoft Security Bulletins MS04-029 through MS04-038 and learn what you need to do to protect your systems.
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Yahoo shares set for huge drop
YAHOO faced growing pressure overnight to find an alternative strategy to Microsoft Corp's $US47.5 billion ($51 billion) takeover offer after the software maker walked away over a disagreement on price.
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Station to Station: Boston Viewers Test Interactive TV
Hearst-Argyle's WCVB completed installation of Backchannelmedia's interactive TV software last week, and will be the first station to test the program with special set-top boxes in a few hundred homes.
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Gaming cafes register as clubs for young patrons
SINGAPORE: If you cannot the bend the rules, go around them. That’s what some cybercafes here have been doing, to keep up a stream of young customers on weekdays.
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Reporter's Notebook: Al Giordano
Hard though it was to tear myself out of that jungle rainforest that I love so much, and to which I owe so much of my formation, I'm glad to be back in the cockpit again, piloting this intercontinental jetfighter of Authentic Journalism.
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Reporter's Notebook: Bill Conroy
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is an official sounding name for a fraud-busting detective agency funded by the insurance industry. In fact, NICB investigators refer to themselves as "special agents," the same title used by criminal investigators with federal agencies like the FBI and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (formerly the investigative arm of U.S. Customs).
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Reporter's Notebook: Al Giordano
That official's statement, of course, contains more bullshit than a rodeo, read on to find out why... Plus more news from Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Haiti, Venezuela, and Washington DC (Can you say "Human Rights Botch"?)...
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Reporter's Notebook: Al Giordano
Ron Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times begins to flush the members of presumptive U.S. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's Cromagnon foreign policy team out from their caves.
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Clinton extends fundraising arm to Internet
Running out of high-dollar donors, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is stepping up its Internet appeals in hopes of attracting enough contributions to keep afloat financially in the last stretch of Democratic primaries, aides say. As the marathon money chase has strained the limits of traditional campaign fundraising, Clinton aides have sought increasingly to shadow rival Barack ...
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The release candidate for Ubuntu 7.10 has been released . "The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software that the open source and free software communities have to offer.
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Mono project founder Miguel de Icaza claims that Microsoft prevented the open source project from holding a meeting at the company's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
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Egyptians ignore Facebook strike call
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. Analysts said the failure showed the limited influence of activists organizing on social networking...
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Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. Dell said it has stopped shipment of two Vostro laptop models in Europe after discovering a faulty keyboard design with a few keys out of place.
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Yahoo CEO on hot seat after Microsoft's S$64.7b offer rebuffed
SAN FRANCISCO - YAHOO Chief Executive Jerry Yang has gotten what he wanted: a chance to prove his company is worth more than the US$47.5 billion (S$64.7 billion) that Microsoft offered to buy the Internet pioneer.
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'Rickroll' prank comes to Baltimore
Almost 50 people sang the lyrics of British pop star Rick Astley in Baltimore during the weekend as part of a rickroll prank, fans say.Fans either sing or redirect Internet browsers to recognize Astley's 1980s hit song, Never Gonna Give You Up. The Baltimore Sun said Sunday.I'm in love with this song, said Ryan Goff, who organized the rickroll event Saturday at the city's Inner Harbor. I thought ...
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Clinton extends fundraising arm to Internet
Running out of high-dollar donors, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is stepping up its Internet appeals in hopes of attracting enough contributions to keep afloat financially in the last stretch of Democratic primaries, aides say. As the marathon money chase has strained the limits of traditional campaign fundraising, Clinton aides have sought increasingly to shadow rival Barack Obama's ...
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Clinton extends fundraising arm to Internet
Running out of high-dollar donors, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is stepping up its Internet appeals in hopes of attracting enough contributions to keep afloat financially in the last stretch of Democratic primaries, aides say.
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Google lost its recent antitrust battle with Microsoft on Tuesday when a US District Court judge overseeing latter company's antitrust settlement declined to accept Internet search giant's request to extend the US government oversight of Microsoft's antitrust efforts.
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"There are several possible reasons why you might choose to use the command line interface as your desktop environment . For one thing, it uses less electricity, so you could maximize battery life on your laptop computer.
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Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. In the end, Google played a significant part in the undoing of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo , the latest example of Google's ability to interfere with Microsoft's attempts to boost its online advertising business.
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Reuters Technology Summary
Investors eye Yahoo's alternatives to Microsoft
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