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Steve Ballmer Visits Silicon Valley, Talks About Microsoft’s Future In Software, Search And Mobile
Hummer Winblad's Ann Winblad interviewed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this evening at a Churchill Club event in Silicon Valley. The live video stream is embedded below. The early part of the discussion focused on Microsoft's views on web based software offerings from companies like Google and Salesforce. Ballmer says apps don't really belong solely on the client or in the cloud, but rather a ...
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Tech industry still buoyant, Microsoft CEO says
SANTA CLARA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday he still sees a "certain buoyancy" among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes.
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Ridgefield students blocked from Wikipedia
RIDGEFIELD -- Wikipedia, the online collaborative encyclopedia, has had a block in effect since last October that makes it impossible for users of Ridgefield High School's Internet address to
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Technology posing ethical questions
"Don't be evil," goes the informal motto at Google. It's easy to see why a search giant might need those three words, but how about you?
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On The Record 9/26
POLICE BLOTTER TUSCARAWAS COUNTY • Deputies were sent to a Uhrichsville area residence Thursday where a mother was upset about her two daughters, a teen-ager and an adult, arguing over the Internet Web site MySpace. They said the elder daughter had left for her own residence before deputies arrived.
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Cell phone threats stir copycat fears in Finland
Panic spread among students in Finland on Thursday as threatening text messages and Internet postings raised fears of new attacks mimicking a deadly school rampage.
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Hacker quits school to avoid punishment
The Carleton University student who hacked into the electronic accounts of 32 students to expose the system’s security flaws has decided to leave the school rather than accept its punishment, which was delivered in a private hearing Thursday.
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Ballmer on search: 'I don't like not being No. 1'
In his Silicon Valley chat, the Microsoft chief executive says it's going to be a long haul in the search battle with Google. He also talks phones and Windows.
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Program Receives Research Grant
Fires, natural disasters and crimes can all be reconstructed due to a $336,817 grant given to a new virtual observation program in the computer science and engineering department.
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People helping people through internet
A Fort Myers man is headed to Texas to help victims of Hurricane Ike. But his best friend, a nine-year-old cocker spaniel, can't make the trip. NBC2 found out how an internet connection, Craig's List, and a puppy's face is bringing two Good Samaritans together.
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Scientists seek help with earthquake tracking
LOS ANGELES -- Earthquake scientists want to borrow your laptop or maybe a little space in your basement or garage. Researchers don't have enough high-tech monitoring stations to track every
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Microsoft outlines the future of computing
Software giant's research and strategy chief Craig Mundie says "spatial computing" will see people and sensors spewing trillions of bits of data, with programmers scrambling to mask complexity.
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Linux Today - Do-It-Yourself Konqueror Commands
"KDE's Konqueror is as multifunctional as a Swiss Army knife. It works as both a file manager and a Web browser, and you can enhance it even further by adding new commands to its repertoire by means of service menus. The new commands appear in Konqueror's context menu when you right-click a file.
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Simplifi features iPod dock, USB hub, flash reader
Griffin Technology today announced Simplifi, a desktop device that combines functions of an iPod/iPhone dock, USB hub, and media card reader. iPods can be docked, charged, and synced with the Simplifi, and two additional USB 2.0 ports are available for other devices. Various digital media cards are supported, including Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, SD, SDHC, xD, and CompactFlash....
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Solicitor looks into Loris computer store
Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 5:56 p.m. Police have made one arrest and are still looking for the people behind the bomb threats to Hartsville Middle and High Schools.
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Local Scoreboard for Sept. 26
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here are the first weekly football computer ratings from the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Ratings are by division and region of area schools with record and average bi-level points per game (top eight teams in each region advance to regional quarterfinals):
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Le spécialiste en web analytics Xiti revoit sa stratégie
Visant le haut de gamme, AT Internet souhaite devenir l'un des acteurs majeurs sur le marché international du web analytics a décidé de revoir complètement sa stratégie marketing et scinder son offre en deux avec : d'un côté, les solutions gratuites et d'entrées de gamme distribuées sous la marque XiTi ( http://www.xiti.com/ ), et de l'autre, les solutions haut de gamme AT Internet dédiées à ...
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'Reclusive' Whitehall man charged with child porn
WHITEHALL -- A 68-year-old Whitehall man described by police as being "reclusive" has been charged with Internet-related child pornography offenses. A White Lake-area computer repair and data recovery company contacted police after finding alleged child pornography on an external hard...
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Numericable sillonne la France
Numericable a lancé en septembre 2008 son Numericable Tour 2008. Son bus fera escale dans 18 villes et ce jusqu'à la fin du mois de novembre. Le but est de « faire partager à tous la réalité de la puissance fibre » déclare le fournisseur d'accès à Internet. Cette opération de séduction a pour objectif d'assurer aux Français sa « réelle volonté de proximité ». En parallèle, le câblo-opérateur ...
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China Space Mission Article Hits Web Hours Before Launch
A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground.
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Mary Hanna: You can pick my next computer
I need your help with an important decision that will affect my future. Should I stay the course with my personal technology or change it up? You, dear readers, will decide.
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Study: Video gaming may benefit teenagers' social abilities
The key to social activity and political involvement may be in the controller - video game controller, that is. Adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 years old participated in random telephone surveys conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project called "Teens, Video Games and Civics," which recorded their video game usage and its relation to their civic engagement within the ...
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Businesses urged to harness staff Web 2.0 skills
A Butler Group report claims employees' Web 2.0 know-how can boost workforce productivity and bring positive changes to businesses.
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US court sides with Microsoft in Alcatel-Lucent case
A federal appeals court says Microsoft does not have to pay damages in a long-running patent case over the MP3 music format.
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Ballmer: Tech showing 'buoyancy' despite economy
In a speech to the Churchill Club, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the tech industry is weathering the economic storm, but is not immune to it.
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