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Update: Fitch Rates Microsoft's IDRs 'AA+/F1+'; Outlook Stable
This is an update to a message issued earlier today. It replaces that message.
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What Is Microsoft's Photo Strategy?
News Analysis. It's a question somebody asks me a couple times a month—but more often right now with Photokina going on this week.
Microsoft Watch |
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Yahoo! Promises 'Revolutionary' Ad Platform
NEW YORK Yahoo! executives are not setting low expectations for the company's forthcoming advertising platform, likening its effect on advertising to the advent of color television and introduction of the DVR.
AdWeek |
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MySpace Says New Music Service Moves Beyond Internet Radio
Today, MySpace launched its new "MySpace Music" service. According to afp.google.com the new service, "...blends free online radio, community and ways to interact with bands and discover new tunes." MySpace users...
About.com |
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TOY STORY 2
Toy Story 2 is a very worthy successor to the 1995 blockbuster that took computer animation to an entirely new plateau.
Film Journal |
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Material that turns heat to power gets efficiency hike
Adding the right metal to a thermoelectric compound can more than double its efficiency – paving the way for heat wasted by engines and computers to be recovered
New Scientist |
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Questions remain as to why FBI searched judges' chambers
CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Steven Terry, whose office was searched this week as part of a public-corruption investigation, once headed a Cuyahoga County department that obtained millions in federal grants for a computer-mapping project spearheaded by J....
The Plain Dealer |
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Glitch causes air traffic chaos in UK
Thousands of air passengers in Britain have faced travel chaos after a computer fault at the main air traffic control centre caused delays and cancellations.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Gates gives $168 mln for malaria vaccines research
Source: Reuters By Leslie Wroughton UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Microsoft founder Bill Gates gave $168.7 million to develop vaccines for malaria, part of $3 billion in funding announced on Thursday to ...
AlertNet |
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Oracle May Speed Up Buybacks If Shares Get Too Cheap (Update1)
Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Oracle Corp. , the world's second- largest software maker, may step up stock buybacks if the share price drops too much, Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison said.
Bloomberg |
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Sydney medalists dragged in to probe
Hacker forces gymnastics governing body to investigate more alleged age-faking.
Sydney Morning Herald |
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Could smart traffic lights stop motorists fuming?
Traffic lights that wirelessly track vehicles would speed up journeys, reduce fuel consumption and improve urban air quality, say researchers
New Scientist |
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Verizon pulling plug on weather line
Long before the Internet and the Blackberry, before Stormtracker 6 and Earthwatch, before the Weather Channel and Accu-Weather, before weather became all but inescapable, the sky-watcher's most essential piece of equipment was the humble telephone.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Men Accused Of Prostituting 15-Year-Old Online
Two men wanted by Aurora police for allegedly prostituting a 15-year-old girl online were taken into custody this week, Aurora police announced Thursday.
KMGH 7 Denver |
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Depression treatment computer-based
HOUSTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Self-guided treatment for depression -- being designed for astronauts -- may soon be only a mouse click away for everyone, U.S. researchers said.
UPI |
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Titusville Police Officer Faces Charges For Computer Stalking
TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- A Titusville police officer is facing criminal charges for computer stalking. Adam Treinen is accused of using his authority as an officer to harass University of Florida officials to get information about his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. They're both students there.
WFTV 9 Orlando |
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Michael C. Shores, CEO of TXP Corporation, to Appear on the Corporate Strategies Radio Show 10:05 a.m. Eastern Time, ...
RICHARDSON, Tex.----TXP Corporation : TXP's Michael Shores, president and CEO, will be speaking on CRN Radio, which may be accessed on over 400 affiliate radio stations listed at CRN1 www.cableradionetwork.com or on the Internet www.corporate-strategies.net/radio or on www.princetonresearch.com.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Linux Today - Some Intriguing Data Behind Red Hat's 29 Percent Growth
[ Thanks to Matt Asay for this link. ] "This was the first time in years that Red Hat's second-quarter billings exceeded its first quarter billings. Not bad for a company that gives away free software.
Linux Today |
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"Substantially faster" SSD delivers 128GB for $420
— Sep. 17, 2008 — Super Talent Technology has announced a range of 2.5-inch SSDs (solid state drives) touted as "substantially faster than existing SSDs."
WindowsForDevices |
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Further information
Eqatec Viewer, now in version 1.1 (its "first official release"), supports programs written for NEF or .NET CF 2.0 and above using C#, VB .NET, managed C++, and J#. It supports Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Windows XP and XP Embedded, and Windows Vista.
WindowsForDevices |
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Firefox + NoScript vs Clickjacking
In response to my story earlier on the cross-browser Clickjacking exploit/threat, I received the following e-mail from Giorgio Maone, creator of the popular Firefox NoScript plug-in: Hi Ryan, I've seen a lot of speculation and confusion in the comments to your Clickjacking article about NoScript not being able to mitigate [the issue]. I had access to detailed information about how this attack ...
ZDNet |
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T. rex could catch a human, simulations show
Sophisticated computer simulations show that smaller dinosaurs, like the Velociraptor, could have outrun the fastest humans with ease
New Scientist |
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Solicitor looks into Loris computer store
Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 5:56 p.m. After months of investigating Seaside Computers and Computer Inferno in Myrtle Beach for fraud, the Horry County Solicitor's Office is taking notice of yet another computer store in Horry County.
WPDE-TV Myrtle Beach - Florence |
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Update: Fitch Rates Microsoft´s IDRs ´AA+/F1+´; Outlook Stable
This is an update to a message issued earlier today. It replaces that message. Fitch Ratings
wallstreet:online AG |
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Debugging Obama-McCain
Anyone who has ever argued with friends about technology knows how an element of a computer system can be either a feature or a bug, depending on your point of view.
Forbes |
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